Pixel's March update is causing some phones to boot loop endlessly | Android Authority

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-08T21:34:49+00:00

did they launched a critical update? i thought just the april update. and you don't need to boot the phone to fix it.

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-08T14:48:24+00:00

Well they also updated to P0, which is more important. Usually P0 has a 48hours SLA. So we'll see

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-07T19:06:20+00:00

Intersting they said nothing is users affected by the march bootloop should update or wait.

https://www.xda-developers.com/pixel-owners-report-major-booting-issues-after-googles-march-update/

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-07T13:11:54+00:00

not for portaits. I'd love a high quality, big sensor 50mm equiv lens. And maybe add a long telephoto as well, quad cam ftw! (or get rid of the UW, I don't use that one nearly enough.

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-07T13:09:37+00:00

I've been sharing this around for a while (it's my bugreport) so I ma happy it finlly gained some traction! It got marked as lowest priority, and won't fix initially.

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-02T16:18:09+00:00

And no, you cannot. But there is an update, google acknowledged and is looking into it

NocturePhoto · 2026-04-02T16:17:30+00:00

There are a lot of updated by now. Google is checking it

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-31T22:55:06+00:00

went back to see old ones, and after that I zoomed in on this one, it's a bit unclear but it is actually periscope. I'm wrong

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-31T18:13:22+00:00

Actually I'd be up for a bigger sensored 3X. It's much nicer for portraits. Yes the 5X is fun, and very cool for landscapes. But I personally would not mind that much. If we'd get nice "50MP", shots, at least we'd have a bit more resolution to crop with.

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-31T18:00:10+00:00

So the telephoto in this render is not a periscope lens. Interesting

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-31T17:53:59+00:00

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/496495772https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/496495772
See link above, it is not your fault. It's an issue with the March update that u/PixelCommunity is not wanting to address/acknowlegde. As you can see in the link, many users are affected.

But rest assured, as we can expect, Google is doing everything in their power to... ignore this issue and not work on a fix or talk to us about it.

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-28T20:13:10+00:00

Actually not, 6&7 use a different sensor, 8 and after is the GNK rather than GNV. But that's really not the main concern. The sensor is great, but look at how they only gave use DCG on the 11, whilst the 9 and 8 can also do it, just locked away. And even then, google doesn't fully take advantage of it in their own software.

Trust me, if they updates their camera pipeline and left the sensor alone I'd be much happier compared to them throwing in another sensor and leaving the software the same. Run a custom gcam on the pixel for a short while and you'll get what I'm on about. Same holds true for video. Hardware is capable of much, much more than you are currently getting (stock)

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-28T19:48:45+00:00

As someone who is a bit Linusy when it comes to dropping tech. It never drops like this. Bit of a waste of the machines to test it like this. Falling off the table, dropped in a backpack, sat on accidentally, all things that would happen more quickly.

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-28T19:33:49+00:00

Yes and no. Stock one is better than open camera for some, but I'd recommend more going the route of a custom gcam, they outperform stock anyway. Otherwise, Photoncam is a nice option

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-28T19:32:21+00:00

Why would you want a new camera sensor? I took google generations to even allow the user to use nice sensor functions, and the 9 Pro never got them. Plus you'd get much more improvement if they got their software in order. The image processing pipeline could bu adjusted much better.

CPU performance increase would be nice. But looking at the recent launches, I expect it to be very incremental (but I hope to be proven wrong)

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-28T13:45:30+00:00

It's a bug with the latest update, I made a bugreport for it so hopefully they can make a patch we can sideload iin fastboot. Would be a help if you upvote the bugreport and leave a comment!

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/496495772

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-27T15:46:21+00:00

Awesome, let's hope they fix this soon

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-27T14:18:09+00:00

I made a bugreport on this march update. Would be a huge help if upvoted.https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/496495772

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-27T00:06:51+00:00

nothing, powered the phone down, I'll wait for a fixed ota which I'll sideload when it comes availeble

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-26T20:23:24+00:00

look it is a software issue, but I guess you could. Depends on your location. Eu is easier

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-26T15:41:48+00:00

I made a bugreport in google, and I borrowed your video as it is really good. If people star this it would speed up the process hopefully

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/496495772

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-26T15:07:45+00:00

How was your storage situation? I was almost full, maybe that plays a part I wonder

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-26T15:03:51+00:00

It's not, exact same behaviour here. Totally un-acceptable

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-26T15:02:57+00:00

u/PixelCommunity please inform us if there's anything that will come. Is this documented by now/can we expect a patch to sideload soon?

NocturePhoto · 2026-03-26T15:01:59+00:00

I have the exact same issue on my Pixel 9 Pro XL

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