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Android Oreo Developer Preview Image Released!

This preview of the Oreo build is updated with the March 2018 security patches. It is Android Oreo, version 8.1. If you want to use this, keep in mind that this is a development preview! It is not the final release. There are also a few things to note about using it.
It requires you to be bootloader unlocked (unlocking wipes your phone)
This update will wipe your phone even if you're already unlocked
You will not get any OTAs while on this build
VoLTE and WiFi Calling might not work
No CTS, so Android Pay/Pokemon Go may not work
May be some undocumented bugs
If you're fine with all of that, then the download link can be found on Razer's developer page about the update.
If you want to go back to the stock Nougat images, just follow the instructions here.

If anyone does this can they show us some videos

iStasis said:
If anyone does this can they show us some videos
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Look up a video of Oreo on a Pixel. It looks exactly the same.

No default white theme like normal Oreo same default theme as nougat.
Screen now has a colour option which can be set to show more vibrant colours.
Double tap to sleep (only on lockscreen)
Speakers seem louder than before.
And all the normal Oreo stuff
Also Pokémon go does work.

Roxas598 said:
No default white theme like normal Oreo same default theme as nougat.
Screen now has a colour option which can be set to show more vibrant colours.
Double tap to sleep (only on lockscreen)
Speakers seem louder than before.
And all the normal Oreo stuff
Also Pokémon go does work.
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Color options and more power for the speakers are both great news. Much excited.

I'm tinkering with GSIs and I've realised you can go into Download Mode by tapping the Power button several times as soon as the Razer logo pops up (before the orange 'tampered' message appears).
In case that helps someone ^

linuxct said:
I'm tinkering with GSIs and I've realised you can go into Download Mode by tapping the Power button several times as soon as the Razer logo pops up (before the orange 'tampered' message appears).
In case that helps someone ^
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I wonder if there's a way of doing that with maybe the volume buttons to go directly into recovery as well ?

Roxas598 said:
No default white theme like normal Oreo same default theme as nougat.
Screen now has a colour option which can be set to show more vibrant colours.
Double tap to sleep (only on lockscreen)
Speakers seem louder than before.
And all the normal Oreo stuff
Also Pokémon go does work.
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How would you rate the new colors, I've always felt the display was a tiny bit washed out

need help
im trying to update my phone, but when i run the flash_all command, its says waiting for device and stays there for ever, now it has more than 30 minutes with no sign of working

Horuhe93 said:
im trying to update my phone, but when i run the flash_all command, its says waiting for device and stays there for ever, now it has more than 30 minutes with no sign of working
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Install Android USB driver

hello5629 said:
Install Android USB driver
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ADB reboot bootloader then the flash all bat

i tested oreo and it looks very good,but until official release i reflashed the noughat stock img and now my sim wont recognise any help
please

parky169 said:
i tested oreo and it looks very good,but until official release i reflashed the noughat stock img and now my sim wont recognise any help
please
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It did the same thing to me when I flashed stock nougat to fix boot loop. Remove and reinstall the Sim card. That worked for me.

Anyone having Bluetooth mic issues on this preview?
Just got a new BT headset with a built in mic and it ain't working. Just thought I'd check in here before returning it.

I went back to Nougat but did anyone else notice the screen colours go between vibrant and normal all the time? noticed it on the lockscreen, Keyboard and quick toggles but it only seemed to happen with colourful stuff. Default Razer wallpaper, Coloured keyboard and theme applied etc

Yes @Roxas598 I did notice the colors change from vibrant to normal a lot. And I've been watching Netflix on it lately as well and have been watching the second season of a series of unfortunate events and the whole show has been looking darker than it should, making it hard to watch even with brightness all the way up.

AwesomeFabe said:
Yes @Roxas598 I did notice the colors change from vibrant to normal a lot. And I've been watching Netflix on it lately as well and have been watching the second season of a series of unfortunate events and the whole show has been looking darker than it should, making it hard to watch even with brightness all the way up.
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I already reported the issue but wanted to make sure it wasn't just me. Thanks!

My Fitbit is not being recognised at all, and my bluetooth mic on my new headphones doesn't work. So it looks like there are some issues with Bluetooth which I'll revert to stock to resolve. Not bad so far, but obviously being close to stock means it doesn't feel much different to 7.1, certainly not enough that you get that excited buzz we once got back when Android revisions were massively different.

Literally got everything working

joemossjr said:
Literally got everything working
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How did you do this? I'd like to know since I'd like to use Netflix and Google Pay.

Android 11 Dev Preview new stuff

I just flashed the new Android 11 beta on my Pixel 4 to just check out what's new and thought we could have a little discussion about some of the bigger changes and opinions. The changes I immediately am excited about are:
1) Finally added a pause/play gesture to project Soli!! (Works fantastic)
2) In the display settings, there is now a toggle to increase display touch sensitivity for screen protectors
3) Added a new qs icon for the built in screen recording
While testing the new Soli pause/play, I also immediately noticed how much more improved all of the hand gestures are. Not just the new pause, but also the skipping forward and backwards are so much more accurate and successful for me. It's an extremely welcome change and while Soli always worked decent for me, on the 11 beta I'm getting about 95%-99% success on all hand gestures compared to my about 80% on Android 10.
The screen sensitivity is another welcome addition for me personally. I have a glass screen protector and with the new option enabled, I can absolutely feel a difference in display response. I will admit that before updating, I hadn't had any screen responsiveness complaints but now that there's an option to improve it, I am very pleased with the results. If anything, it may be a tiny bit too responsive. While typing this post out, Gboard seems to occasionally hit a letter before I actually make contact with the screen. Other than that, it's fantastic. My back gestures seem to be the most beneficial from this.
The screen recording qs icon is a cool new addition, although I had native screen recording enabled on Android 10, there was no super quick way to start a recording session.
Lastly, I noticed a few new things in developer options but as I'm no Dev, I really don't know what they do. Oh, they did add a screen frame-rate overlay so you can see the current refresh rate of your screen.
I will be running this for a few days to see if and how battery life is affected and I'll post my findings here. Feel free to comment additional findings or opinions on the new Android 11 beta!

Here are some screenshots of my findings so far.

1dopewrx05 said:
I just flashed the new Android 11 beta on my Pixel 4 to just check out what's new and thought we could have a little discussion about some of the bigger changes and opinions. The changes I immediately am excited about are:
1) Finally added a pause/play gesture to project Soli!! (Works fantastic)
2) In the display settings, there is now a toggle to increase display touch sensitivity for screen protectors
3) Added a new qs icon for the built in screen recording
While testing the new Soli pause/play, I also immediately noticed how much more improved all of the hand gestures are. Not just the new pause, but also the skipping forward and backwards are so much more accurate and successful for me. It's an extremely welcome change and while Soli always worked decent for me, on the 11 beta I'm getting about 95%-99% success on all hand gestures compared to my about 80% on Android 10.
The screen sensitivity is another welcome addition for me personally. I have a glass screen protector and with the new option enabled, I can absolutely feel a difference in display response. I will admit that before updating, I hadn't had any screen responsiveness complaints but now that there's an option to improve it, I am very pleased with the results. If anything, it may be a tiny bit too responsive. While typing this post out, Gboard seems to occasionally hit a letter before I actually make contact with the screen. Other than that, it's fantastic. My back gestures seem to be the most beneficial from this.
The screen recording qs icon is a cool new addition, although I had native screen recording enabled on Android 10, there was no super quick way to start a recording session.
Lastly, I noticed a few new things in developer options but as I'm no Dev, I really don't know what they do. Oh, they did add a screen frame-rate overlay so you can see the current refresh rate of your screen.
I will be running this for a few days to see if and how battery life is affected and I'll post my findings here. Feel free to comment additional findings or opinions on the new Android 11 beta!
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Were you able to complete the face unlock enrollment?

dave5777 said:
Were you able to complete the face unlock enrollment?
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Yes it didn't give me a single issue. Are you not able to?

1dopewrx05 said:
Yes it didn't give me a single issue. Are you not able to?
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Nope, not able to

Ashray_Vk said:
Nope, not able to
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Strange, I haven't heard of this being an issue for anyone else yet. I even dirty flashed the 11 beta, didn't erase my userdata so I was expecting issues and it's been flawless. Try re-flashing the Android 11 factory image, that we almost certainly fix your issue.

1dopewrx05 said:
Strange, I haven't heard of this being an issue for anyone else yet. I even dirty flashed the 11 beta, didn't erase my userdata so I was expecting issues and it's been flawless. Try re-flashing the Android 11 factory image, that we almost certainly fix your issue.
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It's a fresh installation with all data wipe . Strange. Maybe I should try the OTA method.

Ashray_Vk said:
Nope, not able to
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I have the same problem. And there are more people with this.

Is there HDMI out support on Android 11?

1dopewrx05 said:
Yes it didn't give me a single issue. Are you not able to?
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No luck, I'll probably go back to rooted stock 10. I can't use the phone without root and Fingerface.

Once we get root for this then i will try it out

Does it break Google Pay?

dave5777 said:
Were you able to complete the face unlock enrollment?
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Face unlock working fine here too, only issue I had was I didn't extract the zip into its entirety of the platform tools folder. That took me 2 hours to figure out how to flash without error.

Luxferro said:
Does it break Google Pay?
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Yeah, Google pay does not work on it. I received a pop up about it earlier this morning.

For those having face unlock setup issues: Factory reset your phone either in recovery or the settings menu. This happens when you don't clear face unlock before flashing a factory image with the -w option.
(Also, finally hitting my 1000th post with this 10 years later... Can't believe it's been that long)

AwkwardUberHero said:
Yeah, Google pay does not work on it. I received a pop up about it earlier this morning.
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Hmm. Was afraid to read that. So if we are able to use Google pay we have to wait until Google ads the preview to safely net to pass i think... So i wait... G-Pay is evident to me.

Joolz03 said:
Is there HDMI out support on Android 11?
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Nope, unfortunately the Pixel line will most likely never have hardware HDMI out capability due to the Chromecast's existence. I have a Chromecast and still would love to have HDMI over usb-c, it's just not going to happen.

How's this running for everyone? Phone and messaging work no issues?

the.emilio said:
How's this running for everyone? Phone and messaging work no issues?
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Running good for me. Only thing I see is Google assistant won't use the new assistant keeps reverting to old.

Installed on my carrier locked TMO phone no issues. Working great so far.

Xperia 5 Android 11 Updates

Hello the long awaited update has finally arrived haven't downloaded it yet and installed it, so cant say what new yet.

nolihowell said:
Hello the long awaited update has finally arrived haven't downloaded it yet and installed it, so cant say what new yet.
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I don't received it yet in Italy. :-(

Federico Bonomo said:
I don't received it yet in Italy. :-(
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Only Southeast Asia and Russia is available for now.

I have just installed the new update. I will be uploading the update video on youtube so stay tune.

nolihowell said:
Only Southeast Asia and Russia is available for now.
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Can I download it with vpn like my old oneplus3?

Federico Bonomo said:
Can I download it with vpn like my old oneplus3?
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You can download it manually using xperifirm and flash it using flashtool.

You can do it all with flashtool 0.9.33.0, download and install because flashtool has xperifirm inside.

Hello everyone here are the rest of the settings screenshots.

I installed RU version and my
Fingerprint sensor sometimes doesn't work properly
... now...option to register finger disappeared from menu and from firmware test menu too...
... damn... do u have that trouble too?

Saiphable said:
I installed RU version and my
Fingerprint sensor sometimes doesn't work properly
... now...option to register finger disappeared from menu and from firmware test menu too...
... damn... do u have that trouble too?
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With the current build of android 11 it seems like the fingerprint is missing as an option under security setting.

I assume no photography pro app still? And does gestures work with 3rs party launchers?

GTRX3 said:
I assume no photography pro app still? And does gestures work with 3rs party launchers?
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I don't think that Sony respects last year's models enough to give them Photo Pro

I just got the update today and now my phone is extremely slow to unlock/light up the screen after i press the unlock button, does anyone experience this too ?

Today I had the update as well. At first glance, no big changes. The only thing I noticed is that the options and icons on the top bar have changed. And the powermenu. I keep investigating.

Ceslawii said:
I just got the update today and now my phone is extremely slow to unlock/light up the screen after i press the unlock button, does anyone experience this too ?
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I certainly don't face such an issue! The animations though, are a bit slower than they were on Android 10.

I am experiencing persistent bugs in Android 11 Update when you charge your phone completely turned off the power button have a delay response to power it on again and when you watch a movie on the sony album app the navigation buttons fades away then if you use the mx player as an alternative video app it closes from time to time it never happens in Android 10.

Ceslawii said:
I just got the update today and now my phone is extremely slow to unlock/light up the screen after i press the unlock button, does anyone experience this too ?
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I had this problem but I solved it by doing a repair from the Xperia companion.
nolihowell said:
I am experiencing persistent bugs in Android 11 Update when you charge your phone completely turned off the power button have a delay response to power it on again and when you watch a movie on the sony album app the navigation buttons fades away then if you use the mx player as an alternative video app it closes from time to time it never happens in Android 10.
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It happened to me on the official youtube app. The controls disappear and the screen is no longer responding.
I think they have more bugs than I expected. We will have to wait for more updates.

akitomartin said:
I had this problem but I solved it by doing a repair from the Xperia companion.
It happened to me on the official youtube app. The controls disappear and the screen is no longer responding.
I think they have more bugs than I expected. We will have to wait for more updates.
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I don't have bugs but, the Overall experience feels kind of slower. Not slow, but slower than it used to be. The boot up also is about 5-7 seconds slower. It feels like they put some weight on the phone.
Edit : I will wait for a next update, to see if it fixes the phone's speed. Even though I don't think it will. If not, I'll do a clean install, and if even after it things don't change, previous Android 10 will be my daily driver.

akitomartin said:
I had this problem but I solved it by doing a repair from the Xperia companion.
It happened to me on the official youtube app. The controls disappear and the screen is no longer responding.
I think they have more bugs than I expected. We will have to wait for more updates.
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Yes there's some versions of the YouTube app that closes on me too.

kwstas 13 said:
I don't have bugs but, the Overall experience feels kind of slower. Not slow, but slower than it used to be. The boot up also is about 5-7 seconds slower. It feels like they put some weight on the phone.
Edit : I will wait for a next update, to see if it fixes the phone's speed. Even though I don't think it will. If not, I'll do a clean install, and if even after it things don't change, previous Android 10 will be my daily driver.
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Weird that you're boot up is slow mine seems faster and the boot animation now works than in Android 10 doesnt work it seems like it freezes.

[Help] System freeze and frame shattering in oneplus 8

I am facing random freeze issue with many apps without any processor intensive task since update to OOS11
After freeze "system UI not responding" message pops up.
while playing CODM, the freeze comes with an abnormal sound as u can see in below links, totally unexpected with this high end hardware. My mom's redmi 8 can handle this game better than Oneplus 8.
http://bit.ly/2MZ3pBi
http://bit.ly/2LrALso
Sometime after fingerprint unlock, all goes blank and take ages to get the device working again.
Already submitted a bug to OP.
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/system-freeze-and-frame-shattering-in-oneplus-8.1377930/
Already tried without much help. Didn't have any such issue with OOS 10
- resetting the device
- turning ram boost on/off
- 60Hz mode / 90 Hz mode
- fanatic mode for game
Any suggestions?

I'm the same, there seems to be a problem.

Web_E said:
I am facing random freeze issue with many apps without any processor intensive task since update to OOS11
After freeze "system UI not responding" message pops up.
while playing CODM, the freeze comes with an abnormal sound as u can see in below links, totally unexpected with this high end hardware. My mom's redmi 8 can handle this game better than Oneplus 8.
http://bit.ly/2MZ3pBi
http://bit.ly/2LrALso
Sometime after fingerprint unlock, all goes blank and take ages to get the device working again.
Already submitted a bug to OP.
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/system-freeze-and-frame-shattering-in-oneplus-8.1377930/
Already tried without much help. Didn't have any such issue with OOS 10
- resetting the device
- turning ram boost on/off
- 60Hz mode / 90 Hz mode
- fanatic mode for game
Any suggestions?
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Batfink33 said:
I'm the same, there seems to be a problem.
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Are you guys on Open Betas or on Stable? Are you rooted? Did you tampered in any way your device? What are the regoins codes of your device? Are you on global ROM? Did you flashed, used fastboot/adb to do any modification on your phone ?

Raiz said:
Are you guys on Open Betas or on Stable? Are you rooted? Did you tampered in any way your device? What are the regoins codes of your device? Are you on global ROM? Did you flashed, used fastboot/adb to do any modification on your phone ?
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Totally stock unrooted with no mods. EU phone on latest update. Phone hangs, lags and scroll stops at times. I've also lost widevine L1 and is on L3. Lots of complaints about this on the OP community. This has to be the worst phone I've owned in a long rim.

Raiz said:
Are you guys on Open Betas or on Stable? Are you rooted? Did you tampered in any way your device? What are the regoins codes of your device? Are you on global ROM? Did you flashed, used fastboot/adb to do any modification on your phone ?
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Totally stock india rom updated to latest version..

Batfink33 said:
Totally stock unrooted with no mods. EU phone on latest update. Phone hangs, lags and scroll stops at times. I've also lost widevine L1 and is on L3. Lots of complaints about this on the OP community. This has to be the worst phone I've owned in a long rim.
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Web_E said:
Totally stock india rom updated to latest version..
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Alright guys I think I know what it is, I'm on global and didn't received the update, so I'm not on the latest version and it's perfectly working (even with some buggy games like hello neighbour). Both of you received the update lately so it make sense, this is my theory, and you'll have to wait for OP to release another update...
good luck guys...

The only time I have seen problems like this is when I used Chrome. After starting to use any other browser, and setting the new browser as default app for the web under settings/apps I have had no problems what so ever with stuttering or freezing. When Chrome was set as default browser freezes would happen in any other app without any visual sign that it was Chrome that caused the problem. All apps seem to use the default browser at times to get to the web and by this causing freezing if using Chrome.

Anybody else having issues with the new Android 11 update?

UI transitions, pulling down the notifications or pulling up the app drawer seems laggy/slow frame rate.
Battery drain: the battery used to last at the very least 48h. Now I'm recharging it every 24/28h
Factory reset didn't solve anything for me.

laggy here too. Good info, now I know Factory reset it's useless.
Other issue I have:
some app don't use anymore or not properly border / edge.
I think downgrade to Android 10.

Haven't got it yet, in the US.

Same lagging in Android 11 on Edge.
I also have Edge+, on Edge+ no change.

Went back to Android 10...

mnoguti said:
UI transitions, pulling down the notifications or pulling up the app drawer seems laggy/slow frame rate.
Battery drain: the battery used to last at the very least 48h. Now I'm recharging it every 24/28h
Factory reset didn't solve anything for me.
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lanyao1920 said:
Same lagging in Android 11 on Edge.
I also have Edge+, on Edge+ no change.
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I found a solution, I'll post it later. Battery is ok for me.

This works for me:
Go to Developer options and disable "Enable blurs". That option provides a blur on the screen, for example, behind the notification panel when we slide it.
You need to perform a reboot. After rebooting, all animations and transitions work fine. Let me know if it is useful.
Related with this: When "Enable blur" is enabled and you are broadcasting screen, you will notice a problem in vertical mode. Try swiping the notification bar... can you see how the resolution expands on the TV? I'm sure that's related to the lag.

Raph4 said:
laggy here too. Good info, now I know Factory reset it's useless.
Other issue I have:
some app don't use anymore or not properly border / edge.
I think downgrade to Android 10.
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Yes, I noticed that. I don't think it's an issue... it's a motorola decision.

cruban said:
Yes, I noticed that. I don't think it's an issue... it's a motorola decision.
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It can be a motorola decision have border screens and dont be used properly, some apps dont use the edges now and i see my backscreen wallpepare in the sides when im using spotify. Is horrible and it shouldnt be like that!

I have the same problems as you guys and also now i have to wait half of a second to start recording an audio on whatsapp or instagram, and before the update it was perfect.... Does someone know how to do a downgrade?

I updated my Moto Edge 5g 6days ago, and changed the Blur option as advised by Cruban and my phone is working fine.
The battery seems the same as it was before and i don't have any issues with the non edge apps and the wallpaper.

For me too at first!
After disable turn off "Enable blur" and restart the phone , everything's work fine

I have receive new update today
RPD31.Q4U-39-26-14
fixed
- Laggy performance on the home screen
- Edge Display (or lack thereof for most apps on Android 11).
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more info here :
English Community-Lenovo Community