installed Android 12 two weeks ago. got this alert today

[Tomster88]

I installed Android 12 the day it came out. I just got a system alert to upgrade to Android 12 lol and it's almost a 2 gig file. What is this?

 

[B. Diddy]

I've seen a few other threads about it. I suspect a glitch in the update server. Send feedback to Google about it.

 

[mxmarcus]

Same here

 

[Tomster88]

I've seen a few other threads about it. I suspect a glitch in the update server. Send feedback to Google about it.

Strange. I'm on a chat board with them now telling them about the problem.

 

[B. Diddy]

There's an article already about it, but they don't mention if it's a glitch yet: https://9to5google.com/2021/11/10/pixel-android-12-update/

 

[Tomster88]

Same here

Did your update just show up today?

 

[Tomster88]

There's an article already about it, but they don't mention if it's a glitch yet: https://9to5google.com/2021/11/10/pixel-android-12-update/

Ah thanks. They have a specialist looking at it on my chat right now. I'll let you know what they end up saying

 

[rpdc]

This is happening to me as well on my 4a5g.

 

[B. Diddy]

Ah thanks. They have a specialist looking at it on my chat right now. I'll let you know what they end up saying

Let them know the forums are starting to blow up with posts about this.

 

[Tomster88]

This is happening to me as well on my 4a5g.

The specialist is telling me to go ahead and reinstall it. They're still trying to find out why this happened

 

[B. Diddy]

Hmm, I wonder why they would say to reinstall it? Given the slight but finite risk of something happening during the update process, I'd probably lean towards leaving it alone until they figure out why this happened.:-\

 

[Tomster88]

Hmm, I wonder why they would say to reinstall it? Given the slight but finite risk of something happening during the update process, I'd probably lean towards leaving it alone until they figure out why this happened.:-\

She is saying it might include a different package that has some features that weren't in the previous build. She said it might include features that weren't in the earlier updates. I'm installing it now. But I did back up my phone before doing this.

 

[anon(40376)]

So, did it cause any problems? I have it available but so far, holding off...

 

[Tomster88]

So, did it cause any problems? I have it available but so far, holding off...

It's still optimizing. This took a long time when I originally installed Android 12. I'll let you know if I run into any problems. But I think it's going to take a while to finish optimizing all the apps.

 

[HelloNNNewman]

I got it this morning and let it install - thinking it was a security update (I was sleepy). Then I got the same notification as above yet AGAIN this afternoon. LOL

 

[Tomster88]

I got it this morning and let it install - thinking it was a security update (I was sleepy). Then I got the same notification as above yet AGAIN this afternoon. LOL

Dang that's crazy. My phone is still optimizing lol. I hope I don't get this notice yet again. This is so stupid to have to reinstall the whole OS all over again

 

[Tomster88]

I got it this morning and let it install - thinking it was a security update (I was sleepy). Then I got the same notification as above yet AGAIN this afternoon. LOL

So my phone has rebooted and I haven't noticed anything different. The only thing that's changed is the build number now it has an .A1 after the build. That's it

 

[B. Diddy]

Yep, the A1 signifies that it's the Verizon build.

 

[Tomster88]

Yep, the A1 signifies that it's the Verizon build.

That's so strange though, I don't have Verizon. I'm on Google Fi

 

[anon(40376)]

I installed it and it the new build shows Verizon build. However, don't see any changes and no funky Verizon apps have been installed.