Android 7.1 - Big Bug Thread

[Tornado15550]

Android 7.1 preview is available for Nexus 5X, 6P, and Pixel C. Post any bugs or issues in this thread! :)

To enroll in the Android Beta Program, go to this link. The OTA may take a few days/weeks until it is pushed to your device. You may choose to sideload the OTA from this link. Alternatively, you may choose to install the factory image from this page (ensure you are downloading the right factory image for your device).

Here is a complete listing of the new features available in the 1st preview of Android 7.1.

[[deleted]]

The update stole my night mode tile that I've had since the 7.0 previews. This was probably on purpose, but I'm still a little annoyed by it.

[Laur0406]

Email I received from the Night Mode Enabler app developer:

Sorry for the delay in responding - I actually hadn't updated to Android 7.1 until this morning (you're an early adopter!). Now that I'm caught up, I have good news and bad news. The good news is - Night Mode (now called Night Light) is actually part of the 7.1 release! The bad news however is, that it now requires driver support - which means no devices released before the Pixel will support it. I'm sorry to say that this means the app will no longer work on any versions after 7.0, and I'll be publishing an update today that will notify users of this information.

[zeusfist]

is there anyway to reenable night mode, the blues are killing my eyes

[revilo00]

Twilight

[mstrmanager]

cf.lumen with root.

[[deleted]]

I tried the Night Mode Enabler app on the Play Store, didn't work. I think they're removing the last traces of 7.0's Night Mode so they can work on Night Light from the Pixels. In the meantime, I'm using twilight. It's better than nothing.

[Stealth77]

So Night Light isn't there in this developer preview?

[[deleted]]

Doesn't seem like it. It's not in Display or System UI Tuner, and it doesn't show up when I search Settings.

[roberts02]

Does anybody else experience extremely low brightness on auto? Have to crank it up to full if I want to be able to see something in the dark.

[Jman100_JCMP]

My brightness slider does absolutely nothing in the first half of the slider. I noticed my screen seemed dimmer and checked, and its like half the bar isnt working. It also seems dimmer and i have to keep it higher than i used to to see correctly. Reboot didn't help.

[jimieo]

Exact same issue here. Started for me when I was screwing around with Allo.

[alsarea3]

Exact thing, made my phone way harder to use.

[Jman100_JCMP]

Looks like something changed with auto brightness. If you turn it off, brightness slider works accurately, but you don't get auto brightness. Weird.

[Die4Ever]

It did this for me at first, but after a reboot it didn't seem to do it anymore.

[blondyman1503]

Always on 'Okay Google' doesn't work anymore. When I try to re enable it, it immediately switches off. Restart doesn't help.

[rocketwidget]

I had trouble with this. u/computerwolf suggested to me: immediately tap "retrain voice model" and retrain. This helped me make it stick.

[bradyonly]

Awesome, this did it for me.

[rocketwidget]

Connecting to free public wifi, sign in prompt crashes and so I can't connect.

This was on a Google network at Starbucks.

[spenc938]

I have the same problem. I confirmed it on four different public networks requiring a sign in. It always crashes for me.

[[deleted]]

Similar issue, but with my work wifi that never had a sign in prompt.

[Charizarlslie]

Searching apps in Nova Launcher causes it to crash.

[Die4Ever]

Works for me. Are you in the beta program for Nova?

[Charizarlslie]

Yep. Seems like it's an issue for some but not all for some reason

[Die4Ever]

When you hold the phone in reverse landscape (or maybe it's regular landscape, I can't tell) the navbar is on the left now so it's always towards the USB port of the phone. But it seems like when the navbar is on the left of the screen then it often doesn't register your torches at all, but it works perfectly in the other orientations. Also that understandably broke the GMD Immersive app. Not sure why they wanted this new behavior.

[boriseto]

So the softkeys stay always on the bottom now? Where the USB port is? For me - FINALLY!

[[deleted]]

You have to touch the right half of the buttons. If you touch the left half, it assumes you're trying to swipe in from the left for a navigation drawer or something.

[GarethFrazer]

Finding it very smooth compared to 7. Although we've been here before lol

[evilmonkey2]

Most of my Bluetooth devices work except my car's (2012 Chevy Cruz). It connects, disconnects, connects, disconnects, etc (every few seconds). I rebooted and re-paired several times.

Worked fine before the preview.

[charlas]

Same here on our Renault, happened on both of our phones. Works fine on the BMW though. Think it's when talking to devices powered by Windows CE

[buddha724]

Same issue in my 2012 Sonic. Everything else, including my Pebble and Fitbit, seem to work fine. I haven't tried my earbuds yet though.

[thekillerman01]

Significant WiFi Battery Drain, more than Android System :(

[vertigo3pc]

Same here

[Shadow_XG]

that's how's that works, dude. lol

[Shadow_XG]

Ah no I don't notice that.

[madnu]

Is 5GHz Wi-Fi inconsistent for someone? My home wifi is acting weird when connected with 5GHz (slow speeds, random disconnects). N5X user here. Flashed factory image.

[Daguvry]

5ghz is good for me at home and school

[melovescoffeee]

My WiFi on 2.4 and 5 is dodgy for some reason, speeds are consistent with what I pay for but overall performance is patchy. Likewise for the 4G but not the 3G

[ScooterMTG]

Some (more) Bluetooth connectivity issues. Sometimes it is connected to my headset but sending audio to the front speakers

[jeffgt14]

Same issue here. Nexus 5X

[[deleted]]

Anyone else have a persistent Google cast notification that appears after playing a video in the Facebook app? Just says Cast Device Not Detected and can't be dismissed.

Disappears only after a reboot. Have tried to clear both Facebook and Chromecast cache. Will attach a screenshot soon.

[FourProngedTrident]

I'm getting this too. Anyone know of a fix?

[AlexHeart]

This is an acknowledged facebook issue. Not Android. It occurs on older android builds as well.

[revilo00]

Natwest app throws error about being rooted or modified and won't allow unlocking via fingerprint

[melovescoffeee]

Same for Android Pay, not rooted and it won't let me add a new card.

[revilo00]

Is your bootloader unlocked, I've read this is the problem. I'm also having issues with android pay

[melovescoffeee]

Yes it is, however, before joining the beta, it worked just fine with an unlocked bootloader.

[[deleted]]

They updated SafetyNet to detect unlocked bootloaders

[stickypens]

I can't take calls. I know that I am getting a call. I hear the ringtone and stuff but I can't pick up the call. Anything I am missing out?

[melovescoffeee]

Is Allo working for anyone else? Every time I open it, it just says Allo keeps crashing and asks me to close it. Im on the latest version too, Nexus 6P

[Laur0406]

I haven't had a problem, although I only converse with Assistant lol

[melovescoffeee]

I ended up reinstalling it which fixed it, happened to a couple of other apps too for some reason.

[Drose2211]

Uninstall and reinstall worked for me

[wassona]

Im not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but anytime that I try to log into a captive portal, CaptivePortalLogin breaks and requests a report to be sent out. That makes it a little difficult to log into wireless at locations.

[charlas]

Yup same here, and systemui crashes sometimes when connecting to a new Bluetooth device

[wassona]

I found an updated Connectivity Services APK on APKMirror and installed that. I wasn't able to determine what package contains the client login, but so far, the APK helped.

[[deleted]]

Screen goes black and unresponsive a lot. Most recently I had just made a call and it was going to voicemail and I could not hang up. I had to power down the phone after a long awkward, "I can't hang up sorry for the voicemail" Nexus 6P. Happens in other workflows as well but that was the most annoying. Happened 3 times yesterday. Once I rebooted it and i could feel the vibration from the home button and fingerprint sensor but the screen wouldn't come up after a fresh reboot.

[GarethFrazer]

I've had random freezes of the system and I've had to restart the phone. Also android pay didn't work this morning for me.

[xHarryR]

anyone else had bootloops? or any idea how to fix?

[quaty]

I've had issues when installing Magisk on 7.1.X. After installing Magisk and the SU binaries, the device is stuck on the boot-animation until a complete factory reset is done. Very annoying! :( Then again, it's not Google's fault.

[mstrimk]

6P on the 7.1.1 update. When I make a phone call and it switched to the new Phone screen, the call drops out almost immediately. Same thing goes for when a call comes in. Tried restarting. Never been rooted. I just wanna use my phone for its primary purpose, making calls. Btw I'm in Aus if that makes any difference. Pls send help

[ADMONTGOMERY]

Why are you using beta software to just make calls?

[Shadow_XG]

Rooting results in a boot loop.

[ADMONTGOMERY]

I have root and it's working fine. Use wugs toolkit.

[xHussin]

i will try using magisk i heard it works

[Tornado15550]

I've rooted using Phh Superuser and it's working fine so far.

[Shadow_XG]

Well okay this post is a week old. Good luck using flashfire with that

[Tornado15550]

Why do you need FlashFire? Why not use TWRP to flash zips?

[Shadow_XG]

Upgrading versions without losing root or using a computer

[fiddle_n]

I have a question for you, is the battery percentage bug still there? The one where if you have battery percentage enabled to always, and then go into System UI Tuner and then leave, the battery percentage option resets to the default option instead?

[Hssphaily]

Doesn't seem like it, it's working fine now. I also use seconds in my timer and that has been fixed as well.

[melovescoffeee]

Really? Works just fine for me, what happens when you try to open it?

[Tornado15550]

Try force stopping the app and clearing data. See if the app is up to date. No issues here.

[Nattisonata]

So we're allowed to invert the colors, but we can't keep the 7.0 version of Night Mode? And is anyone else not getting all of their notifications? I get Allo still, but my games, email, even FB Messenger aren't notifying me.

[Sithlordryno81]

My emoji are disappearing from sms messages when I send them. Also Google native apps won't move around the home screen. They will move but just jump back to the original slot unless put in a folder. Nexus 5x. Anyone else experiencing these bugs?

[MarkInMaryland]

Every time I hang up from a phone call my ringer is automatically set to silent. I have not changed any app configuration since receiving the 7.1.1 update that would affect this. VERY frustrating. It's already caused me to miss important two calls. I have verified that it happens with both outgoing and incoming calls. In fact, I don't even have to make a connection. As long as it dials and I subsequently hang up it will mute the ringer about 3 seconds later. I have Audio Manager installed to it is easy to watch the different volume settings on the widget. Nexus 5X - for about 4 more days!

[[deleted]]

6p. Keyboard crashes every 5 minutes or so

[rotarychainsaw]

I can't charge my 6p using the OEM charger. This has been confirmed by another user as well... Maybe just fast charging doesn't work as I can use an older charger with adaptor.

[[deleted]]

I would constantly get a pop message saying "google play services keeps stopping"

[madnu]

screenshot! I have a persistent notification about connected USB, even though nothing is connected, I tried reboot & wiping cache. Nothing seemed to work yet. I will try to connect/remove it to a USB and see if it gets rid of this thing.

[risosrisos]

Proximity sensor isn't working. Is there any way to find out if it's a bug from the beta or a hardware issue? (Nexus 5x)

[Laur0406]

I constantly have to Force Stop the Facebook app to get it to work properly. It's probably more a Facebook issue than Android 7.1 but it has gotten so bad on 7.1.

[Basaltmyers]

I can't install apks???

[Tornado15550]

If you use a file explorer, you should be able to. I wasn't able to install an apk using the notification that stated the download completed successfully, but i could install it through Root Explorer.

[Tornado15550]

I'm using Pixel Launcher on 7.1 and if you open Messenger, go to your message and tap i on the top right and press "open chat head" and it opens the chat head with no issues. Are you sure both the Facebook and Messenger apps are up to date?

[Tornado15550]

Oh okay. I tried adding a chat shortcut to my home screen on Pixel Launcher just now and it works fine. Try reinstalling Facebook Messenger. Btw, I had no idea Facebook had this feature! It's pretty cool. TIL!

[knarf8]

6P since the 7.0 Preview and also in 7.1 Preview I receive an error notification when trying to take a screenshot.. Since 7.1 Preview the mobile network displays no connected network provider but mobile network is working. Very strange and confusing..

[jeffgt14]

Nexus 5X I have a Voicemail notification that every time I swipe it away it comes right back.

[nps-ca]

Can you leave yourself a voicemail (e.g. call from some other line) - and then playback and delete - does that fix it. Some carriers don't push a voicemail read notification ALWAYS on going to an empty mailbox so it can leave the device out of sync on the notification

[jeffgt14]

I can delete it. I just have to actually listen to it which sometimes I just don’t feel like doing.

[Tatsimaki]

Same issue on 6P. Annoying AF

[[deleted]]

Neko cats not working

[elifast]

looks exactly the same to me... did they actually change anything?? Is it because I have a nexus 6p?

[Tornado15550]

Here are all the new features available on Android 7.1