Users of the Pixel and applicable Nexus devices are reporting that the update has crippled the usability of their fingerprint sensors.
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Google class action building on Nexus 6P bootloop, battery issues
"Do no evil" except by attrition? Many consumers facing problems with their Huawei-made Nexus 6P are left feeling uncared for.
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Nexus 6P update to Android 7.1.2 was a little tricky for beta users
Even after installing the final version of Android 7.1.2, a beta update kept popping up, urging users to install it. That's a fiction that's been fixed.
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Android 7.1.2 images are out for all applicable Nexus and Pixel devices
After hints of the update moving to a limited device pool over the weekend, we disseminate the build names for some clues as to how the sausage gets made.
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Android 7.1.2 beta 2: Pixel C gets new launcher, Nexus 6P gets fingerprint gestures
The Pixel C finally gets a launcher of its namesake while the Nexus 6P finally gains something its lesser sibling could do since a while back.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ dimensions neatly compared to S7, iPhone 7, LG G6 and more
Need to visualize the compact dimensions of the upcoming Galaxy S8 and S8+ next to relatives, Apple, LG or Google rivals? Here you go.
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Android 7.1.2 Nougat beta underway today, final release expected in a couple of months
Nougat's next maintenance release is Android 7.1.2, already heading out to select Pixel and Nexus devices in public beta form.
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Nexus 6P bootloop problems follow 5X’s, piles on charge state shutdowns
As Nexus 5X devices are getting returned for refunds (or, as we learn, refurbished LG G4 or G5 phones) because of a bootlooping issue and at least one Pixel owner was obliged to give up his for money back, it seems that owners of the Nexus 6P could be on their way to cashing out of the Nexus experiment.
Some units of the Huawei-made device have been bootlooping as well and cannot pull past the phone’s startup sequence. More units have come under the falling brick since the bug first appeared with Android 7.0 Developer Preview 2. As it stands, though, the majority of units affect are on stable versions of Android 7.0 or 7.1.1 and most cannot land into recovery mode, none on Marshmallow.
The only explanation from Google is posted on a Reddit thread, dated three months ago:
Hey all,
We understand that a very small number of users are experiencing a bootloop issue on you device. We are continuing to investigate the situation, but can confirm that this is strictly a hardware related issue. For those of you that are currently experiencing this, please contact your place of purchase for warranty or repair options.
We’re sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate your continued patience.
Huawei has yet to make a statement on the matter.
Many users are convinced that the software, not the hardware, is at fault. Perhaps the package required to update 2015 Nexus devices on Marshmallow to Nougat may have caused this, but we are not at all clear if this is the case.
A thread has appeared in the AOSP Issue Tracker and we have a link to that in our Source section.
Owners of some Nexus 6P units are also experiencing random shutdowns due to some sort of battery calibration bug.
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Nexus 6P charge state bug persists on Android Nougat
It’s getting close to two months since we told you about some Nexus 6P (and in some cases, 5X) units shutting off for no particular reason with batteries charged well above empty.
The devices’ manufacturers have shunted off responsibility to Google and the company has yet to firmly address this random shutdown issue. And it shouldn’t take this long to address an issue that’s essentially be left to spread. Perhaps the Pixel’s taking up all of the support oxygen.
Users who have encountered this problem have had to either restart the phone or get the device to a charger before restarting it. And sure, while the phone gets back up to the battery level it was at before the cut-out, the rigmarole has left people in the cold rain without an Uber to take them home or on a mountainside, potentially lost in the wilderness. And that is not acceptable.
As a reminder, both of the 2015 Nexuses are well within their two-year software support periods. LG recently had to refund Nexus 5X customers after not being able to fulfill repairs.
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Android 7.1.1 Nougat launches
The images are ready and out there and so will be the over-the-air updates in a few weeks’ time.
Android 7.1.1 Nougat, the first iterative software update for the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL, has been released to the devices and is being distributed to eligible devices over what we believe to be the next several days via general OTA or Android Beta Program OTA, if applicable — in addition to the Pixels, those are the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, both Wi-Fi and LTE versions of the Nexus 9, the Pixel C and the General Mobile 4G on Android One.
The update brings the API level to 25 and standardizes bottom-paradigm navigation menus in apps, robust support for image keyboards, app shortcuts and more.
Images are available to be flashed from the Google developers file bay. Excluded at this point are Nexus 6P users on Verizon and the Nexus 6, but we suppose proper updates for those devices will come in time.
Verizon has also listed Android 7.1.1 availability on its site. A full list of fixes and improvements can be found here, but major changes have to do with voicemail, corrupted text and call medium preferences (Wi-Fi versus cellular).
Build names are different per device category:
- For most Nexus devices, it is NMF26F
- The Nexus Player’s build is called NMF26J
- The Pixel C’s build is NMF26H
- The Pixel phones’ builds are NMF26O
Android Maintenance Previews continue to be built and devices enrolled in the Android Beta Program will be updated when they are released.
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Android 7.1.1 update due on Vodafone Australia December 6
Vodafone Australia has notified its customers that the Huawei-made Nexus 6P will be getting the official Android 7.1.1 Nougat update starting December 6 — less than two weeks after the second Developer Preview version of the OS was released.
The firmware update for the Nexus 6P is estimated to size up at 650MB and is labelled NMF28F. 10,000 phones will get the first pulse of over-the-air deliveries within the first 72 hours — users can also manually check for the update. From then on through day 13, an additional 10 percent of the device population per day will be able to manually retrieve the update. All devices will be eligible to update by day 14.
The update post may indicate that Google may update other Nexus devices (as of yet to be disclosed) across the globe at around the same time. The Google Pixel devices launched with Android 7.1.
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Huawei confirms Pixel branding was a deal-breaker, turned down Google
Huawei wants to be a renowned brand and a faceless Pixel would not help it out. But don’t take it from us — take it from the company’s Executive Vice President of the Consumer Business Group. Colin Giles disclosed to WinFuture.de some details falling out of the company’s deal to manufacture the Nexus 6P that led to HTC making the Pixel phones.
It seems that while Google was very much satisfied with Huawei’s job on the 6P, it had its end-of-the-year mission change that essentially killed off the Nexus branding for 2016. By having a new imaging agenda with the Pixel, Google wanted Huawei to act more like an ODM than an OEM — less influence, fewer hoops, just a dumb factory executing blueprints.
Huawei, wanting to keep its developing pride, decided to decline the offer. It does keep an open mind to what Google can do to serve as an “OEM” of sorts to the US market. Whether the pair decide to couple again for a future device — if Google continues to drift its hardware mission for Android — or not, that’s for another discussion.
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“Bring back Night Mode” campaign successful, Nexus 6P, 5X expecting future release
The battle for a night viewing mode on the Nexus phones has been a hard fought one and Google’s actions in introducing it, then removing it, then pulling an obstruction act on its availability has only frustrated many developers who have wanted a first-party solution to the saving their eyes from straining blue light.
We heard a while back that the Android Engineering Team were pin-focused on getting a usable, efficient solution for making it work between the right hardware and tricks in software. It makes sense to have the right hardware parts produce visible results as software keeps working within its color gamut to product right-looking screenshots.
The kerfuffle has ended up at a point where the Pixel and the Pixel XL now have a Night Light mode while the 2015 Nexus devices are left without driver support for the proper hardware composition. And it has been this way even with the Android 7.1 Developer Preview.
As developers have taken to the AOSP Issue Tracker forums to complain to Google to extend some sort of night reading mode for the Nexus 5X and 6P, one project member has marked the feature down for a future release.
We’re not sure how far down the future we’re talking about, but the hope is back and so might be the feature. Whether it will be a permanent player is also yet to be seen.
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Google Pixel XL vs Nexus 6P: Smaller screen, bigger price…
The one year upgrade is always a tough recommendation, but Google is making a hard course correction with the Pixel. Leaving behind the developer focus, and walking away from the enthusiasts who celebrated the Nexus as a bang-for-buck solution, now Google is courting a more consumer focused demographic. Aiming at the premium market, this new first party phone has some big shoes to fill. No literally the 6P is a larger phone than the XL.
This brings quite a few changes to the design and the aesthetics of this new Google phone. The Pixel is Google’s second chance at a first impression, but does it represent enough of a change to not only convince Nexus owners to jump on a one year upgrade, but will they also be encouraged to part with significantly more cash for the privilege?
It’s time for a showdown! Google vs Google in the battle of a one year upgrade!
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Nexus 6P charge state bug frustrates many
It can happen at any moment. A car crash nearly side swipes you, but it goes on down the road. You pull your Nexus 6P out and snap a few pictures and get ready to share with whoever will see them… and then your phone dies. At 50 percent.Why is this happening? What is happening? How is it happening? The Android subreddit doesn’t exactly know, but there’s a thread on it that has people talking about it happening — anything from calls to randomly browsing through ...
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