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Phones shipping with Android 13 will require a technology created by...Huawei?
Google is reportedly planning on making EROFS, a Huawei-developed file system, the default for read-only partitions in Android 13.
Grrr...I had put the May updates' links here previously.
June 2022 update is here:
www.xda-developers.com
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June 2022 update is here:
| 12.1.0 (SQ3A.220605.009.A1, Jun 2022, Verizon) | Flash | Link | 2b4b1d476a6e80fd9fe09ace45e8abbd654a4d4a6fc51d39f0fd76f5a2c6a024 |
| 12.1.0 (SQ3A.220605.009.B1, Jun 2022) | Flash | Link | 157e22840d4d4fde9f90d7de3d6ba6930922e9376096040d68501d155c997cb2 |
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
The June feature drop for Google Pixel devices is now available, and you can install it on your smartphone. It has a ton of new features.
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June 6, 2022 1:00pm Comment Adam Conway
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
Every three months, Google rolls out new features to Pixel phones outside of the usual Android OS updates for years, and the company refers to them as “Feature Drops.” They’re usually released alongside a security patch, and the most recent one brought improvements to live caption, night mode in Snapchat, and a whole lot more. Now the June Feature Drop is now available (alongside June security patches), and it packs a ton of cool stuff you can try out on any Pixel smartphone release between the Pixel 4 and the latest Pixel 6 series.
In case you’re wondering, the June feature drop is based on the QPR3 builds that Google has been testing over the last few months. It’s currently unknown if Google will continue to beta test quarterly platform releases in the future.
Pocket Operator
Made in collaboration with teenage engineering, Pocket Operator is a new app that will let you shoot videos and “turn them into fun music and video cut-ups.” You can layer sounds, add visual effects, create patterns and beats, and mix it all together to make your own unique tracks. It’s available on the Google Play Store now, and you can check it out down below. It works on the Pixel 5 and newer, and currently, it’s only available in English.
The app was not found in the store.
Go to store Google websearch
Vaccination Cards
Google has had the ability to add a vaccine card to your Google Pay for quite a while now, but now the company says you can add a shortcut to it to your home screen to quickly and easily get access to it at any time. It’s available in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
More “At a Glance” alerts
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The Pixel 6 series debuted a revamped “At a Glance” widget, which can display your calendar events, flight boarding pass, workout stats, and more on your home screen and lockscreen. Since its release, Google has added several new features to the widget to further expand its capabilities. Now the company is adding three new features to it.
Nest Doorbell video feed
Google added Nest Doorbell alerts back in January to the At a Glance widget, and they can tell you if “Someone’s at your door”. This can help you find out if a package has arrived, or if someone is just trying to get your attention out the front of your house. Now you can see an actual video feed from your doorbell too, right on your home screen.
Flashlight reminder
Ever left your flashlight turned on on your phone? It’s pretty embarrassing, but I’m pretty sure that we’ve all been there. Now you’ll be able to see if it’s on straight from your home screen, without needing to turn your phone around to catch it.
Coming soon: Air Quality alerts
If you live in the U.S., Australia, or India, soon you’ll get Air Quality alerts in your At a Glance widget for your current location.
Conversation Mode exits beta
Google previously added “Conversation Mode” to the Sound Amplifier app in the December feature drop, and it’s been in beta since then. It uses on-device machine learning to block out surrounding noise. Conversation Mode is exclusively available to Pixel phone owners, and now it’s exiting beta. It’s designed for people with hearing loss to filter out sounds around them. It amplifies their voice, and you uses the camera to focus on whatever their phone should be properly listening to.
More features
Real Tone Filters
Google introduced Real Tone with the Pixel 6 series last year to help users accurately capture various skin tones. The Real Tone functionality used an updated face detection algorithm capable of recognizing more diverse faces in a wider array of lighting conditions, resulting in a better representation of different skin tones.
At I/O this year, Google expanded on the functionality and announced that it would implement Harvard professor Dr. Ellis Monk’s scale in Search and Photos to achieve similar results across all its products. These filters are now rolling out to users of Google Photos.
Car Crash Detection comes to Canada
Google’s Car Crash Detection is rolling out in Canada now to Google Pixel 3 users and above, though excluding the Pixel 3a. It can, as the name suggests, detect if you’re in a car crash and act accordingly. It’s a safety feature that could potentially save lives.
More Chat translation languages
Chat translation in messages will now be available in Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Thai, and Turkish for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Download and install the June feature drop
The June feature drop is now available for all eligible Pixel smartphones, and you can download it by checking for an update in your device’s settings.
Pixel Update Bulletin—May 2022 | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
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Argh. I had my post with May's update by accident, and there are two factory images this month, one specifically for Verizon again.
My phone is from Google. My carrier is Verizon. Guess that I install the A1 version for the June update.
I wonder why last month there was one version for all carriers and this month there is a separate version for VZ.
I wonder why last month there was one version for all carriers and this month there is a separate version for VZ.
More than likely there were more changes to the Verizon radio.img (modem) than they had time to integrate into the universal factory image's radio.img. I'm sure it'll go back down to one image per month in the near future.
There is a difference between subversions for the modem firmware for Verizon compared to the global. But the modem itself looks like it's the same major version as the latest betas.
It's never been clear what the subversion even means. I'm guessing it's just a carrier modem config update and not a core modem config update. I always thought subversion bumps were just timestamp bumps.
It's also not clear how to effectively diff the modems without actually testing them and checking logs. If there's anything beneficial in the Verizon firmware, I wouldn't be able to identify it.
It's never been clear what the subversion even means. I'm guessing it's just a carrier modem config update and not a core modem config update. I always thought subversion bumps were just timestamp bumps.
It's also not clear how to effectively diff the modems without actually testing them and checking logs. If there's anything beneficial in the Verizon firmware, I wouldn't be able to identify it.
i saw those rumor posts, and I didn't get excited, I thought no way. Maybe some day.
I can't remember what I did last time, as I have phone from google but running on VZW. I have been having a ton of network issues lately, so I'm gonna try the VZW variant first this time and see. I hope it helps.
Let us know how that goes, i too am on factory unlocked on vzw network
I'll be updating today, probably wait for a bit to see if any issues arise with what version of magisk to run
Yup that's why I'm waiting a couple of days (i was caught by the initial unrootable December update so i hold off even though i use magisk canary)
I, too, don't have time to be a guinea pig for root, so I wait until multiple other reports come in of successfully updating, rooting, and all being well. 
Magisk 24310, updated by adb, rooted - all is fine
Thank you for your report!
Howdy @Hecke92! You can find it by clicking on the blue "General" quick filter at the top of the list of threads in this section:
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I have an unlocked phone from the Google store. My service is through Spectrum which uses Verizon's towers. I've always flashed the Universal/US firmware version except for once. The one time I flashed Verizon's it seemed like it made my signal a lot worse. I'm still confused about which one I should be flashing though.
I have NEVER flashed the VZW version on any phone and dont have any plans to do so now. Been with VZW for nearly 30 years....my .02I have an unlocked phone from the Google store. My service is through Spectrum which uses Verizon's towers. I've always flashed the Universal/US firmware version except for once. The one time I flashed Verizon's it seemed like it made my signal a lot worse. I'm still confused about which one I should be flashing though.
In the end, whatever works best for you is the correct one, so you're good no matter which. Neither one will "break" your phone, you can always switch to the other if you don't like one. In theory, the Verizon one is the one you would want, but only you can determine which one works best, just as you had previously.I have an unlocked phone from the Google store. My service is through Spectrum which uses Verizon's towers. I've always flashed the Universal/US firmware version except for once. The one time I flashed Verizon's it seemed like it made my signal a lot worse. I'm still confused about which one I should be flashing though.
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6Platform Tools is updated to v33.0.2 everyone! No updated changelog yet, and 33.0.1 worked for me (and others) for the June update. And thanks to @jcp2 for the discovery.
- You'll need this if you're going to unlock the bootloader on your Pixel 6 Pro: SDK Platform Tools (download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux). Note that you can find links to download the tools elsewhere, but I wouldn't trust them - you never know if they've been modified. Even if the person providing the link didn't do anything intentionally, the tools could be modified without them being aware. Why take a chance of putting your phone security further at risk?
- You can alternately use the tools from the SDK Manager, but most of us will want to stick to the basic tools-only without the complications of the full development manager.
- For Windows, get Google's drivers here Get the Google USB Driver (ADB will likely work while the phone is fully booted, but if you're like me, you'll need these drivers for after you "adb reboot-bootloader", to be able to use ADB and Fastboot.
5Grrr...I had put the May updates' links here previously.
June 2022 update is here:
12.1.0 (SQ3A.220605.009.A1, Jun 2022, Verizon) Flash Link 2b4b1d476a6e80fd9fe09ace45e8abbd654a4d4a6fc51d39f0fd76f5a2c6a024 12.1.0 (SQ3A.220605.009.B1, Jun 2022) Flash Link 157e22840d4d4fde9f90d7de3d6ba6930922e9376096040d68501d155c997cb2
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
The June feature drop for Google Pixel devices...
www.xda-developers.com
June 6, 2022 1:00pm Comment Adam Conway
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
Every three months, Google rolls out new features to Pixel phones outside of the usual Android OS updates for years, and the company refers to them as “Feature Drops.” They’re usually released alongside a security patch, and the most recent one brought improvements to live caption, night mode in Snapchat, and a whole lot more. Now the June Feature Drop is now available (alongside June security patches), and it packs a ton of cool stuff you can try out on any Pixel smartphone release between the Pixel 4 and the latest Pixel 6 series.
In case you’re wondering, the June feature drop is based on the QPR3 builds that Google has been testing over the last few months. It’s currently unknown if Google will continue to beta test quarterly platform releases in the future.
Pocket Operator
Made in collaboration with teenage engineering, Pocket Operator is a new app that will let you shoot videos and “turn them into fun music and video cut-ups.” You can layer sounds, add visual effects, create patterns and beats, and mix it all together to make your own unique tracks. It’s available on the Google Play Store now, and you can check it out down below. It works on the Pixel 5 and newer, and currently, it’s only available in English.
The app was not found in the store.
Go to store Google websearch
Vaccination Cards
Google has had the ability to add a vaccine card to your Google Pay for quite a while now, but now the company says you can add a shortcut to it to your home screen to quickly and easily get access to it at any time. It’s available in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
More “At a Glance” alerts
Video Player
00:00
00:33
The Pixel 6 series debuted a revamped “At a Glance” widget, which can display your calendar events, flight boarding pass, workout stats, and more on your home screen and lockscreen. Since its release, Google has added several new features to the widget to further expand its capabilities. Now the company is adding three new features to it.
Nest Doorbell video feed
Google added Nest Doorbell alerts back in January to the At a Glance widget, and they can tell you if “Someone’s at your door”. This can help you find out if a package has arrived, or if someone is just trying to get your attention out the front of your house. Now you can see an actual video feed from your doorbell too, right on your home screen.
Flashlight reminder
Ever left your flashlight turned on on your phone? It’s pretty embarrassing, but I’m pretty sure that we’ve all been there. Now you’ll be able to see if it’s on straight from your home screen, without needing to turn your phone around to catch it.
Coming soon: Air Quality alerts
If you live in the U.S., Australia, or India, soon you’ll get Air Quality alerts in your At a Glance widget for your current location.
Conversation Mode exits beta
Google previously added “Conversation Mode” to the Sound Amplifier app in the December feature drop, and it’s been in beta since then. It uses on-device machine learning to block out surrounding noise. Conversation Mode is exclusively available to Pixel phone owners, and now it’s exiting beta. It’s designed for people with hearing loss to filter out sounds around them. It amplifies their voice, and you uses the camera to focus on whatever their phone should be properly listening to.
More features
Real Tone Filters
Google introduced Real Tone with the Pixel 6 series last year to help users accurately capture various skin tones. The Real Tone functionality used an updated face detection algorithm capable of recognizing more diverse faces in a wider array of lighting conditions, resulting in a better representation of different skin tones.
At I/O this year, Google expanded on the functionality and announced that it would implement Harvard professor Dr. Ellis Monk’s scale in Search and Photos to achieve similar results across all its products. These filters are now rolling out to users of Google Photos.
Car Crash Detection comes to Canada
Google’s Car Crash Detection is rolling out in Canada now to Google Pixel 3 users and above, though excluding the Pixel 3a. It can, as the name suggests, detect if you’re in a car crash and act accordingly. It’s a safety feature that could potentially save lives.
More Chat translation languages
Chat translation in messages will now be available in Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Thai, and Turkish for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Download and install the June feature drop
The June feature drop is now available for all eligible Pixel smartphones, and you can download it by checking for an update in your device’s settings.
Pixel Update Bulletin—May 2022 | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
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Depends on your reason to disable verity and verification. Magisk no longer strips avb from fstab so custom kernels had a problems booting on Canary 24303+, including Beta 25, but that has been fixed and incorporated into the kernels/AK3 themselves now so you can use Beta 25 with custom kernels, even though Magisk continues to strip avb from fstab.
There may be other reasons you want to disable verity and verification, such as avoiding the corrupt message issue, although there are now ways to overcome that as well.
Also, it has been discovered that disabling verity alone, without disabling verification, avoids the problems of the current Magisk version as it relates to custom kernels (or modifying any of the avb partitions in fstab) without having to wipe.
I'm one of those who continue to disable verity and verification just because Magisk and Google are continuously changing things, but whether you do or not is up to you. It's not required. - You'll need this if you're going to unlock the bootloader on your Pixel 6 Pro: SDK Platform Tools (download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux). Note that you can find links to download the tools elsewhere, but I wouldn't trust them - you never know if they've been modified. Even if the person providing the link didn't do anything intentionally, the tools could be modified without them being aware. Why take a chance of putting your phone security further at risk?
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53See this post about Magisk Stable v25.1.
June 2022 update is here:
12.1.0 (SQ3A.220605.009.A1, Jun 2022, Verizon) Flash Link 2b4b1d476a6e80fd9fe09ace45e8abbd654a4d4a6fc51d39f0fd76f5a2c6a024 12.1.0 (SQ3A.220605.009.B1, Jun 2022) Flash Link 157e22840d4d4fde9f90d7de3d6ba6930922e9376096040d68501d155c997cb2
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
The June feature drop for Google Pixel devices...
www.xda-developers.com
June 6, 2022 1:00pm Comment Adam Conway
June Feature Drop for Google Pixels includes At a Glance improvements, Pocket Operator, and more
Every three months, Google rolls out new features to Pixel phones outside of the usual Android OS updates for years, and the company refers to them as “Feature Drops.” They’re usually released alongside a security patch, and the most recent one brought improvements to live caption, night mode in Snapchat, and a whole lot more. Now the June Feature Drop is now available (alongside June security patches), and it packs a ton of cool stuff you can try out on any Pixel smartphone release between the Pixel 4 and the latest Pixel 6 series.
In case you’re wondering, the June feature drop is based on the QPR3 builds that Google has been testing over the last few months. It’s currently unknown if Google will continue to beta test quarterly platform releases in the future.
Pocket Operator
Made in collaboration with teenage engineering, Pocket Operator is a new app that will let you shoot videos and “turn them into fun music and video cut-ups.” You can layer sounds, add visual effects, create patterns and beats, and mix it all together to make your own unique tracks. It’s available on the Google Play Store now, and you can check it out down below. It works on the Pixel 5 and newer, and currently, it’s only available in English.
The app was not found in the store.
Go to store Google websearch
Vaccination Cards
Google has had the ability to add a vaccine card to your Google Pay for quite a while now, but now the company says you can add a shortcut to it to your home screen to quickly and easily get access to it at any time. It’s available in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
More “At a Glance” alerts
Video Player
00:00
00:33
The Pixel 6 series debuted a revamped “At a Glance” widget, which can display your calendar events, flight boarding pass, workout stats, and more on your home screen and lockscreen. Since its release, Google has added several new features to the widget to further expand its capabilities. Now the company is adding three new features to it.
Nest Doorbell video feed
Google added Nest Doorbell alerts back in January to the At a Glance widget, and they can tell you if “Someone’s at your door”. This can help you find out if a package has arrived, or if someone is just trying to get your attention out the front of your house. Now you can see an actual video feed from your doorbell too, right on your home screen.
Flashlight reminder
Ever left your flashlight turned on on your phone? It’s pretty embarrassing, but I’m pretty sure that we’ve all been there. Now you’ll be able to see if it’s on straight from your home screen, without needing to turn your phone around to catch it.
Coming soon: Air Quality alerts
If you live in the U.S., Australia, or India, soon you’ll get Air Quality alerts in your At a Glance widget for your current location.
Conversation Mode exits beta
Google previously added “Conversation Mode” to the Sound Amplifier app in the December feature drop, and it’s been in beta since then. It uses on-device machine learning to block out surrounding noise. Conversation Mode is exclusively available to Pixel phone owners, and now it’s exiting beta. It’s designed for people with hearing loss to filter out sounds around them. It amplifies their voice, and you uses the camera to focus on whatever their phone should be properly listening to.
More features
Real Tone Filters
Google introduced Real Tone with the Pixel 6 series last year to help users accurately capture various skin tones. The Real Tone functionality used an updated face detection algorithm capable of recognizing more diverse faces in a wider array of lighting conditions, resulting in a better representation of different skin tones.
At I/O this year, Google expanded on the functionality and announced that it would implement Harvard professor Dr. Ellis Monk’s scale in Search and Photos to achieve similar results across all its products. These filters are now rolling out to users of Google Photos.
Car Crash Detection comes to Canada
Google’s Car Crash Detection is rolling out in Canada now to Google Pixel 3 users and above, though excluding the Pixel 3a. It can, as the name suggests, detect if you’re in a car crash and act accordingly. It’s a safety feature that could potentially save lives.
More Chat translation languages
Chat translation in messages will now be available in Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Thai, and Turkish for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Download and install the June feature drop
The June feature drop is now available for all eligible Pixel smartphones, and you can download it by checking for an update in your device’s settings.
Pixel Update Bulletin—May 2022 | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
Here there be dragons.
I am not responsible for anything at all. 
Likewise, when wanting to root you have to disable verity and verification, after which you'll need to wipe the phone, so best just to go ahead and disable these immediately after unlocking the bootloader. See the section below "A list of the other important guides".
Check warranty status - *may* reveal if a phone is refurbished, only if the phone was refurbished through Google - thanks to @Alekos for making me aware of the site.
Official Google Pixel Update and Software Repair(reported as of January 23, 2022 to still not be updated for the Pixel 6/Pro yet)
Google's Help Page for Find problem apps by rebooting to safe mode - this can be a lifesaver and keep you from having to do a restore to 100% complete stock or even from having to do a factory reset. This will deactivate all Magisk modules, and they'll remain deactivated even after you boot normally after briefly booting to safe mode. You can reenable the Magisk modules as you wish to try to narrow down the problem if it was caused by a Magisk module. This can even get things working again after a Magisk Module wasn't finished installing and potentially causing a bootloop.
Official Google Pixel Install fingerprint calibration software (also available at the bottom of the Update and Software Repair page above) - I believe this is only helpful if you've replaced the screen
Official Google Android Flash Tool (OEM Unlocking needs to be toggled on - you may not have to manually unlock the bootloader - the "site" will do that on its own)
ADB/Fastboot, Windows Drivers, and unlocking the bootloader (thanks @sidhaarthm for confirming unlocking the bootloader works as intended, be sure to thank him in his post)
Rooting-related
No longer applies -Things that make rooting more complicated on Android 12
A list of the other important guides - be sure to thank the respective OPs
For all relevant guide threads just click the yellow "How To Guide" quick filter above the list of threads in the Pixel 6 Pro section.
- Here's the Magisk section of XDA's forums, for rooting. Magisk on GitHub. The most recent Magisk Stable is what's recommended these days.
- @sean222's thread Restore WiFi and Cellular Data in Quick Settings (Root Required)
- @rickysidhu_'s thread HBM (High Brightness Mode)
- @gururoop's thread Probable method to upgrade every month, without wiping data and retaining root
- @rickysidhu_'s thread Limit Charge
- @Typhus_' thread [MOD][MAGISK][ANDROID 12] Addon Features for Pixel Devices - Pixel 6 Pro Thread
- @siavash79's thread [MOD][Xposed+Magisk][Pre-Release] AOSP Mods - System modifications for AOSP-based Android 12+ - a mod that compliments @Typhus_' mod above, and may eventually completely replace it.
- @TotallyAnxious' thread [MOD] Collection of "Anxious" Modules for Pixel 6/Pro Series
- Every single one of @foobar66's posts.
TWRP (not made for the Pixel 6 Pro yet - will update when it has)
Custom kernels for stock ROM(s)
Factory Images (requires an unlocked bootloader)
Full OTA Images (doesn't require an unlocked bootloader)
The usefulness of having Verity and Verification enabled (now that it's not needed for root) - post #2 below.
Regarding P6P 5G model numbers and capabilities - post #3 below.
List of all Pixel monthly security bulletins and Play System Updates - post #4 below.
How I root and update (which is identical whether rooting the first time or updating):
1515The unlock process works like this;
1) Take brand new fresh phone out of box. Do NOT put sim card in it, just power it on.
2) When it starts harassing you to join google, hit "skip" and "remind me tomorrow" as applicable until you reach home screen. YOU DO NOT need to plug in a google account.
3) Settings --> About --> Build number. Tap it until it says you're a developer.
4) Back --> Network --> Wifi and connect it.
5) Back --> System --> Developer --> OEM unlocking (check), USB debugging (check), plug in USB, authorize when requested.
6) # adb reboot-bootloader
7) # fastboot flashing unlock
Now that you've unlocked it, it has been wiped, so repeat 1-4, then disable all the google spyware, and go ahead and start using it while waiting for aosp and root.13Just to let everyone know, updating to .037 and re-rooting (without wiping anything) worked with no problems. My method is to just replace -w with --disable-verity --disable-verification in the flash-all.bat file and run the flash-all command. I then let it reboot, patch the boot image, return to bootloader and flash the patched boot image.
Canary 23014
EDIT: Thank you @ipdev for confirming my inquiry that this method would work back on Nov. 4
11SDK Platform Tools have been updated to v32.0.0 (January 2022). Update now before you forget and flashing the February update on the 7th gives you hassles.
Direct download for Windows: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
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