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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.

Tap to show ambient display doesn't work after update

I'm facing a bug after update to OxygenOS 10.3.3.GM57AA on my One Plus 7
in deep sleep mode (long time after lock screen condition) the "tap to show" ambient display fiture doesn't work so I have to press the power button to turn the screen on.
I didn't even face that problem before update
any solution for that?
thank you

This problem has been going on since 12 beta, there is no solution yet.
When there is light, the tap works fine, as soon as it gets dark, it stops working.
Probably the sensor calibration will help, but the command *#808# does not work.

yes you are right. it seems like sensor bug
hope there will be an update for this bug

After the 10.3.3 update, in June 2020 ( India) when the phone sleeps, no amount of 'double tap to wake' wakes it up, Fingerprint scanner doesn't show and Ambient display doesn't work.
My phone model is OnePlus7 GM57AA.
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Someone suggested to uninstall OnePlus launcher sand reinstall the same. Didn't help
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meat_hooligan said:
This problem has been going on since 12 beta, there is no solution yet.
When there is light, the tap works fine, as soon as it gets dark, it stops working.
Probably the sensor calibration will help, but the command *#808# does not work.
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At ANY TIME OF THE DAY, regardless of Night or day it's not working after Sleep

Bugs on the Oxygen Os 10.3.3
1.Portrait mode blur doesnt works fine it blurs subject also in the pics
2.deep sleep of ambient display after some times...it means double tap doesn't work you have to wake your phone with power ker as usual

is there any information about official update to fix this problem / bug?
It is really annoying problem for me

yanuarcensoe said:
is there any information about official update to fix this problem / bug?
It is really annoying problem for me
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The problem is really annoying and has been present for some time and even in the latest beta firmware it has not been resolved, a temporary fix is possible, pending a definitive correction of the defect by oneplus, but root is required. You can find the fix here.

dianoandr said:
The problem is really annoying and has been present for some time and even in the latest beta firmware it has not been resolved, a temporary fix is possible, pending a definitive correction of the defect by oneplus, but root is required. You can find the fix here.
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I love the performance of this phone, so I use it for my daily driver. I'm not going to root this phone because there is an app that requires non-root device.
just waiting for an update or sell this phone. haha

yanuarcensoe said:
I love the performance of this phone, so I use it for my daily driver. I'm not going to root this phone because there is an app that requires non-root device.
just waiting for an update or sell this phone. haha
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Magisk - the root solution commonly used - has the ability to hide root from apps. You can use MagiskHide to hide root from your app after rooting the phone. Your app won't know that the device is rooted.

Android 11 Beta 2 Released

Just downloaded the Beta 2 OTA from google's site: https://developer.android.com/preview/download-ota#
Go get it!! Already downloaded and installed on my P4XL. Checking it out now.

Yup just downloaded and flashed and have root still??

Currently on it! Improvement in animation in some places, better landscape to portrait transition.
Missing clock option from themes
Music player now looks better, I think no more an experimental feature.
Final api released good for developers.
Recently screen tweaked a bit no share option anymore.
Yet to find other changes
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Restart button vanished from power menu! Great

Updating my Taimen now. About to be in a meeting so I need my Coral working, do will update later.
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Problems I have noticed are
The screen flickers a lot especially when using dark theme and a dark themed app.
I'm also missing new media controls.
Anyone got these problems?

does the navigation bar still remain on the home screen even on beta 2?

Flickering here too

Rotten Ross said:
Problems I have noticed are
The screen flickers a lot especially when using dark theme and a dark themed app.
I'm also missing new media controls.
Anyone got these problems?
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I have the flicker issue too, media controls are there though.
I've noticed there's no longer the option to force 90hz now either in developer settings which I presume would resolve the flicker issue.

CodeFox said:
I have the flicker issue too, media controls are there though.
I've noticed there's no longer the option to force 90hz now either in developer settings which I presume would resolve the flicker issue.
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Just done a quick test and turned brightness up above 70%ish the flickering stops or just isn't noticeable.

Flicking is so annoying.. is there any fix?
Maybe custom kernel? I can't watch on this stroboscope

Anyone got Magisk working on the new beta? The canary build that was reported working on beta 1 isn't booting for me. (I never tried beta 1 myself.)

Here is my experience...
1) The flickering screen is annoying
2) I had no problems rooting via Magisk
2a) After rooting my Messages app stopped receiving messages but I was able to send them without issue
2b) I could not update apps from the Google Play store. It would just say "Downloading" but nothing would happen
2c) The Google weather widget on the home screen would not show the weather nor would it take me to Google weather when I clicked it. It seemed disabled.
I have since re-flashed the latest Beta but didn't root. All of the above issues, aside from the screen flickering, have been resolved,

Lots of flickering

Terrible flickering...
The flickering exists also at Beta 1 but only at very low brightness (environment and system brightness). Now screen flickering regardless of environment and system brightness (except at extreme high system brightness...) as long as background is not totally black.

Flickering sucks! OMG! No media controls here but do have force 90hz option still

Hopefully the flickering issues can be fixed with a 2.5 patch or maybe play services/kernel update ??

tardis_42 said:
Anyone got Magisk working on the new beta? The canary build that was reported working on beta 1 isn't booting for me. (I never tried beta 1 myself.)
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I have tried a few ways no luck yet.
As for other people the flicking screen I have it in this beta . I had it before Beta too, It's the 60hz - 90hz refresh rate. Sucks to say but if you disable it fixes the problem.

I don't see the flickering on my device. Yes to using dark mode, force dark mode, enabling 90 Hzv display (no more force), and playing a couple games at well as watching videos, reading news...
It never shows. Or else I am not recognizing it - and I'm pretty sure I know what flickering means, so....
I do use figure mode to automatically pause most of my games and SoS I don't normally use at work during work hours, so maybe that is why?
Or else something else I might have done?
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I thought mine wasn't doing it to until just now. In dark room and looking at chrome settings while using dark mode. The grey background flickers like crazy... On a positive note at least it's safe to to back to Android 10 July without face unlock breaking

Anyone who is missing the new media controls, found any way to get them to work yet?

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.