Google’s newest Play system replace has been inflicting main issues for Pixel telephone homeowners, with some taking to social media to complain about apps failing to launch correctly, recordsdata being inaccessible, and screenshots not saving correctly. The perfect answer thus far has been to manufacturing facility reset your machine, although it is a irritating answer and may lead customers to lose knowledge they will’t substitute in the event that they haven’t backed up their images and recordsdata shortly.

Google has now acknowledged the difficulty in a Group discussion board submit, saying the difficulty is most prevalent amongst Pixel telephones with “a number of person accounts and/or workprofiles”. The neighborhood supervisor added that the group is engaged on a repair for the system replace difficulty.

Within the meantime, you might attempt a brand new workaround if you wish to remedy your telephone’s points now and (importantly) don’t need to lose knowledge. You’ll simply want a Home windows, MacOS, or Linux pc, a USB-C cable to attach your telephone to it and be comfortable to run some developer instruments.

The Google Pixel storage difficulty workaround 

First, you’ll have to activate Developer Choices in your Pixel handset. Step certainly one of that is to search out your telephone’s Construct Quantity; use the search bar in your Settings to find it, then faucet it seven instances. As you faucet you’ll see a pop-up saying, “You at the moment are X steps away from being a developer”, with X dropping as you faucet extra. On the ultimate press you’ll be requested to enter your pin and you then’ll be in Developer Mode.

This has enabled Developer Choices in your Settings. Seek for Developer Choices and on this new menu, scroll down and toggle on USB debugging. Now it’s time to seize that pc and USB-C cable.

Join your telephone to your pc utilizing the cable, and ensure FIle Switch is enabled – verify your telephone and if it says “Charging this machine through USB” faucet this to see different choices and choose File Switch.

Subsequent, go to the official Android SDK platform instruments web page and obtain the folder that matches your pc’s working system (Home windows, Linux, or Mac). As soon as that’s carried out, go to the folder and unzip it. Now prepare for issues to get technical and open your pc’s Command Immediate (Home windows & Linux) or Terminal (Mac).

Let’s get coding 

Throughout the Command Immediate or Terminal, you’ll have to first change your listing to the extracted SDK platform instruments folder. To do that on the present line kind “cd” then an area, then drag and drop the extracted folder into the Command Immediate / Terminal window – this could enter the file location after your “cd”. Hit enter and also you’ll have modified the working listing. That’s the first step.

Now kind “adb gadgets” (or “./adb gadgets” on Mac) and hit enter. You must now see a listing of gadgets; in case your Pixel telephone has “Unauthorized” subsequent to it you’ll have to verify it and permit USB debugging. When you’ve tapped “Enable” retype “adb gadgets” (or “./adb gadgets”) and hit enter once more – if it’s listed as “machine” you’re prepared for the following step.

Lastly, enter these two instructions into Command Immediate / Terminal, hitting enter after each. The primary is “adb uninstall com.google.android.media.swcodec” and the second is “adb uninstall com.google.android.media.” Bear in mind on Mac so as to add “./” earlier than the instructions.

Ending touches 

That’s all of the coding (principally) carried out – it’s now time to disconnect your Pixel Telephone and reboot it. On Pixel 5a and earlier fashions, maintain down the facility button till it restarts. On Pixel 6 and later fashions maintain down the Energy and Quantity Up buttons on the similar time till it restarts.

Your telephone ought to now work correctly. If it doesn’t chances are you’ll have to contact the Pixel assist group. The one factor left to do is reset your telephone and pc settings. 

In Command Immediate / Terminal kind “adb kill-server” (or “./adb kill-server”) and hit enter, and shut the window. In your Telephone go to Developer Choices in your Settings and toggle them off on the high of this menu.

And in any case of that, you’re carried out.

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