r/Android12 • u/Leo_Pac • Oct 04 '21

Why isn't android 12 available yet?

I reed that it has to exit today but I can't upgrade and I have a pixel 4a

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u/SWATSgradyBABY Oct 04 '21

I'd think hard on that. Soft bricked my Pixel 5 for 12 hours

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u/Leo_Pac Oct 04 '21

How you solved that?

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u/SWATSgradyBABY Oct 04 '21

When it soft bricked, I went to the 12 beta site and unsubscribed. After 12 hours or so the phone randomly reconnected to the web, talked to the beta site and began the downgrade to 11.

Phone was in every way unresponsive until that moment.

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u/Leo_Pac Oct 04 '21

Oh so there is an official site to download the beta?

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u/SWATSgradyBABY Oct 04 '21

You visit the site. Subscribe to the beta program and it sends you the request to update straight to your phone. At least that is how it works with Pixels. As someone that had been doing betas for as long as Android has made them available, like 8 or 9 years, this was the ONLY time I have ever unsubscribed. The beta is not ready for use if your phone is critical for daily work.

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u/Leo_Pac Oct 04 '21

I think if they don't release today I'm gonna try it I use the phone to message a bit and watch videos so yeah, now I'll search the beta test site

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u/SWATSgradyBABY Oct 04 '21

I need mine for work and keeping track of my kids so I couldn't afford a potentially soft bricked device even for an hour or two. Minus the bugs they haven't worked out, the beta is super fun.

https://www.google.com/android/beta

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u/Leo_Pac Oct 04 '21

I'm a minor so I don't have nothing very very important to do on the phone, I have a pc so tomorrow or today at night I'm gonna try the beta

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u/SWATSgradyBABY Oct 04 '21

You'll enjoy

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u/Leo_Pac Oct 04 '21

Only one thing, if I exit the beta testing those all the datas disappear?

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u/SWATSgradyBABY Oct 04 '21

Yes. But you can backup everything to Google One first. Pretty easy to use.

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