General Pixel 6 Pro December update OTA available

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How to sideload Android 10 OTA on your Google Pixel smartphone

Android 10 is now available and if you want to skip the wait, here's how to sideload the update on your Google Pixel device without losing any data!

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did you follow this guide step by step?

Yes I sure did.

 

[Blitzz.666]

I just ran a geekbench (Yeah I know its not connected to user experience, but..) and I think you are more than right. My signle core went down from 900 to 300-400 and multi core score went down to 2100... Huge perfrormance degradation. Waiting on 3rd benchmark to make sure these two are not flukes...
Edit:
Added photos so it can be more clear. This is almost Pixel 5 level (single core score is actually worse). Not sure if it is some power/battery saving thing and you can enable the 2 X1 cores to boost performance with gaming mode..

I tested now, seems ok after a bit of use and reboots...

 

[bush911]

Wait! It seems Google is treating everyone like a guinea pig

 

[JodyBreeze901]

Hello guys.

Today I updated my pixel 6 right on my phone over the wifi, It took a very long time to install, but after all installations and reboots, I started getting this error: cannot load android system. your data may be corrupt. Factory reset doesn't help.

anyone have the same issue?

I'm definitely getting this issue. I just got my Pixel 6 Pro today barely had the device an hour and I got this same error.

 

[revioo]

I'm definitely getting this issue. I just got my Pixel 6 Pro today barely had the device an hour and I got this same error.

I tried all possible solutions, but still the same error. We should wait new update where this error will be fixed.

 

[mmidgley]

Here's my experience sideloading the December update on my Pixel 6 Pro [128Gb, unlocked, purchased from Google Store] since I'm dumb and can't wait a week for ota.

First I updated ADB and Android Studio.

adb version

before	after
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41 Version 31.0.1-7187441	Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.41 Version 31.0.3-7562133

For the sideload, I wasn't sure which image to choose, I guessed and got it wrong. Second guess was good. I don't know what the EMEA carriers option is, so I avoided it. After the failure I was careful NOT to reboot, but to continue on to the next sideload (Recovery did warn about the OS possibly not being able to boot after the failure). Successful sideload took less than 10 minutes.

adb reboot recovery

12.0.0 (SQ1D.211205.016.A1, Dec 2021) FAILED	12.0.0 (SQ1D.211205.017, Dec 2021, US carriers) WORKED
adb sideload raven-ota-sq1d.211205.016.a1-81234517.zip Total xfer: 1.81x	adb sideload raven-ota-sq1d.211205.017-5576891c.zip Total xfer: 2.00x
Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"... Supported API: 3 Finding update package... Verifying update package... Update package verification took 114.2 s (result 0). Installing update... Step 1/2 Error applying update: 9 (ErrorCode::kDownloadTransferError) E:Error in /sideload/package.zip (status 1) Install from ADB completed with status 1. Installation aborted.	Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"... Supported API: 3 Finding update package... Verifying update package... Update package verification took 115.0 s (result 0). Installing update... Step 1/2 Step 2/2 Install from ADB completed with status 0.

 

[Lughnasadh]

I just ran a geekbench (Yeah I know its not connected to user experience, but..) and I think you are more than right. My signle core went down from 900 to 300-400 and multi core score went down to 2100... Huge perfrormance degradation. Waiting on 3rd benchmark to make sure these two are not flukes...
Edit:
Added photos so it can be more clear. This is almost Pixel 5 level (single core score is actually worse). Not sure if it is some power/battery saving thing and you can enable the 2 X1 cores to boost performance with gaming mode..

Decided to run a Geekbench score when I saw this. This is on Kirisakura kernel. 1st one I've ran on this phone so nothing to compare it to. On December update.

 

[Blitzz.666]

Decided to run a Geekbench score when I saw this. This is on Kirisakura kernel. 1st one I've ran on this phone so nothing to compare it to. On December update.



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I don't have benchmarks from right after the update, but here you have from yesterday and now. Totally getting better each day.

 

[Dave Lister]

I don't know what the EMEA carriers option is, so I avoided it.

So you know for the future, EMEA is Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

 

[Android-Desire]

I have only ran this Geekbench once on this device, I can compare it to Oneplus 8t.

 

[Blitzz.666]

I have only ran this Geekbench once on this device, I can compare it to Oneplus 8t.View attachment 5483637View attachment 5483639

I see P6P like the Ram on iOS...as a number, it is pretty low, but if you look only at the experience with the phone, you won't tell a difference between P6P and an expensive flagship phone...

 

[Android-Desire]

I see P6P like the Ram on iOS...as a number, it is pretty low, but if you look only at the experience with the phone, you won't tell a difference between P6P and an expensive flagship phone...

Check the scores :

https://browser.geekbench.com/android-benchmarks

My benchmark scores are pretty high on single core, 1059 is the top score on the chart, multicore it is down at between Oneplus 9R(Snapdragon 870) and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5g(Snapdragon 865+)
Only thing disappointing is the multicore performace but i am sure it will be better over time.

 

[brockyneo]

Has google pulled the update because I had it come up here in the UK but wasn't home so I've waited till I'm home and now it's saying I have the latest update which is November lol?

 

[Mtha86]

Has google pulled the update because I had it come up here in the UK but wasn't home so I've waited till I'm home and now it's saying I have the latest update which is November lol?

Can't tell, but if you say so it seems they pulled the update. I read some people are having connectivity issues.. I installed it, everything works fine

 

[brockyneo]

Thanks I have the s21 ultra but looking and keeping the pixel as its just arrived and the misses like my s21 ultra more but I'm debating weather to send the pixel back and just get another s21 ultra lol

 

[Blitzz.666]

Thanks I have the s21 ultra but looking and keeping the pixel as its just arrived and the misses like my s21 ultra more but I'm debating weather to send the pixel back and just get another s21 ultra lol

I keep the p6p until Xiaomi 12 gets released, or maybe Galaxy S22 Note.

 

[klangwelt]

Hello guys.

Today I updated my pixel 6 right on my phone over the wifi, It took a very long time to install, but after all installations and reboots, I started getting this error: cannot load android system. your data may be corrupt. Factory reset doesn't help.

anyone have the same issue?

same here

i need to sideload the ota again to boot

 

[Dutt1217]

I'm still unsure which image to use. I'm in US and have P6 Pro unlocked that I use on Verizon.

 

[Dave Lister]

I'm still unsure which image to use. I'm in US and have P6 Pro unlocked that I use on Verizon.

Use the .017 version for US carriers.

 

[johninsf]

Question: Has Google stopped the OTA push due to the corrupt data error some are getting?

I am in San Francisco and have not received the OTA update. Also manual check a few times but no dice.