September Update

[Davidoo]

There needs to be more outcry or regulation of this. Where else can a major company get by with not providing a vital service, such as security updates, and keep consumers in the dark as to if/when or ever it will be fixed? If they would simply say what the issue was, and provide an expected timeframe it would be nice. I know people will say "it's just an update" yet it is called a security update for a reason. I agree the risk is probably small, but if someone used a vulnerability to compromise my personal information, it would be a huge problem. If you bought any other product, such as a car, and you found out there was a problem with the brakes on the car you have, and they fixed all of them except the year car you have, and refused to let you know when yours would be fixed, no one would stand for that.

I've called Verizon on this before or entered something in their support forums, and all you get is "they are rolled out in waves" or "I show you have the latest update." Before the Pixel 6 and Pro, it was extremely rare to not get the update on the same day as everyone else on a Pixel device. At 10:00 Pacific, I hit the update button and it was there.

 

[Pixel69]

"There needs to be more outcry or regulation of this. Where else can a major company get by with not providing a vital service, such as security updates, and keep consumers in the dark as to if/when or ever it will be fixed? If they would simply say what the issue was, and provide an expected timeframe it would be nice. I know people will say "it's just an update" yet it is called a security update for a reason. I agree the risk is probably small, but if someone used a vulnerability to compromise my personal information, it would be a huge problem. If you bought any other product, such as a car, and you found out there was a problem with the brakes on the car you have, and they fixed all of them except the year car you have, and refused to let you know when yours would be fixed, no one would stand for that.

I've called Verizon on this before or entered something in their support forums, and all you get is "they are rolled out in waves" or "I show you have the latest update." Before the Pixel 6 and Pro, it was extremely rare to not get the update on the same day as everyone else on a Pixel device. At 10:00 Pacific, I hit the update button and it was there."

I gave up and side loaded

 

[drvier8]

There needs to be more outcry or regulation of this. Where else can a major company get by with not providing a vital service, such as security updates, and keep consumers in the dark as to if/when or ever it will be fixed? If they would simply say what the issue was, and provide an expected timeframe it would be nice. I know people will say "it's just an update" yet it is called a security update for a reason. I agree the risk is probably small, but if someone used a vulnerability to compromise my personal information, it would be a huge problem. If you bought any other product, such as a car, and you found out there was a problem with the brakes on the car you have, and they fixed all of them except the year car you have, and refused to let you know when yours would be fixed, no one would stand for that.

I've called Verizon on this before or entered something in their support forums, and all you get is "they are rolled out in waves" or "I show you have the latest update." Before the Pixel 6 and Pro, it was extremely rare to not get the update on the same day as everyone else on a Pixel device. At 10:00 Pacific, I hit the update button and it was there.

Finally getting the Verizon OTA now. But I agree. Prior Pixels had taken the carriers out of the update loop, but the P6 has let them back in. Very annoying as getting the updates directly from Google was one of my main reasons for getting a Pixel. My partner's Samsung is more reliable for updates.

 

[Davidoo]

Still no update for me. Checking the update button every half hour.

 

[mutant777]

Still no update for me. Checking the update button every half hour.

Same here

 

[Mikey D_PhD]

Finally caught the Verizon update for the 6. Took long enough.

https://www.droid-life.com/2022/09/...er-update-for-pixel-6a-new-files-for-pixel-6/

 

[Pixel69]

Looks like the VZW build# is TP1A.220905.004.A1 versus TP1A.220905.004 for Global. Since I ended up side loading the "global" version a couple of days ago, I just side loaded the VZW version. All appears well. Wonder what the difference is?

 

[firebirder]

Still no update from VZW here 8-(

 

[hub1]

Looks like the VZW build# is TP1A.220905.004.A1 versus TP1A.220905.004 for Global. Since I ended up side loading the "global" version a couple of days ago, I just side loaded the VZW version. All appears well. Wonder what the difference is?

I did the same and today I got the update OTA. It was a 7.6 MB file but it still took an hour to finish updating.

 

[Pixel69]

I did the same and today I got the update OTA. It was a 7.6 MB file but it still took an hour to finish updating.

Interesting - I didn't think I would get the OTA. That's why I sideloaded

 

[mutant777]

Interesting - I didn't think I would get the OTA. That's why I sideloaded

You single handedly kick-started the OTA for the rest of us.... Thank you..

 

[fwn]

Query:. I am on Verizon . Loaded the September update. Then I opted into the beta quarterly platform. Does anyone have any idea whether I should download and sideload the September update?

 

[fwn]

I should have been clear. I sideloaded the September update.

 

[Davidoo]

Still no update from VZW here 8-(

No September update for me either on Verizon P6Pro. I don't think I've ever seen a time when it was released and others with Verizon purchased devices got an update, but I didn't. Just odd.

 

[hannsoft]

Nothing here on 9/13 at 6am ET

 

[kmf1]

Nothing here yet. 6Pro Verizon.

 

[kenorian]

Got it on the 6 on VZW. The 10 or so day wait really didn't affect my life ;-)

 

[Scott337]

I received the September security update last night, Verizon P6. I read that there is a separate feature drop being released also, in addition to the security update. I wish Verizon would stop holding updates sometimes, but at the end of the day...as mentioned above it doesn't really affect my life when updates are a little late.

 

[Davidoo]

Still not available on my Verizon P6 Pro. This is the first time in all my Pixels going back to the OG 1 that I haven't been able to get the update by mashing the update button when it was known others on Verizon got the OTA.

 

[mutant777]

It's beginning to seem to me, that the more frequently I check for system update, the less likely it will appear.

I'm addicted to the "check for update" button. There has to be a support group out there....


P6P, Verizon, Northern CA.