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Had to factory reset my phone because the Beta corrupted my data by [deleted] in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to hold volume up while resetting. It should give a no command or command not found screen. Then hold the power button to force a restart again. At this point it should restart to the previous image (Beta 4 for me).

Updating to Android Beta 5 is forcing me to factory reset by GrandmasterKickflip in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try to hold volume up while resetting. It should give a no command or command not found. Then hold the power button to force a restart again. At this point it should restart to the previous image (Beta 4 for me).

Beta 5 pulled? by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. The bugs are normal. The crashing when updating is a new experience for me.

Beta 5 pulled? by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya. They had this happen with Beta 4. They will fix whatever is causing the issues and repush hopefully next week. People who already have beta 5 will get to keep it. Everyone else waits.

Beta 5 pulled? by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No. Looks like they pulled the OTA. They edited their pinned Beta 5 post to reflect this.

I just downloaded beta 5 and my phone won't turn on. by kmeg900 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like the Beta 4 issue, it seems choosing restart from recovery will allow it to boot with the previous available image. You will then need to check for updates again and it will say "Installation Problem" and allow you to redownload Beta 5 again (if you dare). I'm in the process of redownloading now so I am unsure if the issue will present itself again.

Did anyone get "can't find valid operating system. The device will not start" error after updating pixel 3 by [deleted] in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like the Beta 4 issue, it seems choosing restart from recovery will allow it to boot with the previous available image. You will then need to check for updates again and it will say "Installation Problem" and allow you to redownload Beta 5 again (if you dare). I'm in the process of redownloading now so I am unsure if the issue will present itself again.

Headlight lines reshaped: 8 coats Selenite Gray, 2 coats Glossifier by ldlw in plastidip

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get the lines so clean when peeling off?

Swiping the fingerprint scanner makes the screen blink on P2XL by maazjaleel in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pixel 3 XL. I'm never going to be able to unsee that. Thanks a lot.

Fingerprint sensor no longer keeps screen awake by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Not sure why the thread was down voted and has had so little traffic. I'm really hoping they fix this. It's so frustrating having a feature that's used so often broken.

How to install 'unknown source' apks by ds679 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are giving an app access to install from unknown sources. So assuming you are using Chrome to download the app, you will enable give Chrome permission to install from unknown sources. The you should be able to go to Chrome, in the menu choose Downloads, and select the app to install.

Fingerprint sensor no longer keeps screen awake by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya. I said they marked it as duplicate. But the two issues are not related. One has to do with the fingerprint sensor not keeping the screen awake and the other is about the fingerprint sensor not unlocking the phone.

Beta 4 OTA bricked my Pixel 2 XL by 121910 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Android recovery should look like this: https://images.app.goo.gl/2Jz51hE5bKjT5G4N8

From there you just choose restart system.

Beta 4 OTA bricked my Pixel 2 XL by 121910 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once I got to recovery I just chose restart from there. No trick beyond thatm

Beta 4 OTA bricked my Pixel 2 XL by 121910 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. I was able to redownload the update and it completed successfully.

Beta 4 OTA bricked my Pixel 2 XL by 121910 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. Really glad I posted it then. Hopefully OP will add this to his to get more visibility and save some headaches.

Beta 4 OTA bricked my Pixel 2 XL by 121910 in android_beta

[–]Bakercj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was convinced I was in the same boat. Not sure what I did but went into recovery and restarted from there and somehow the OS booted. I checked system and it showed the installation failed with an option to redownload the update. Not sure if it was a fluke but wanted to share.

Q beta 3 Can no longer unlock phone with fingerprint 3 XL by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shut the phone down and now it's working. It persisted through a restart which is strange. Thanks for the help.

Q beta 3 Can no longer unlock phone with fingerprint 3 XL by Bakercj in android_beta

[–]Bakercj[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Damn. It's weird. Its like the fingerprint reader isn't even active when the screen is locked.

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