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[Q] Help Youtube "Connection to server lost"

when i wanna play youtube always get "connection to server lost, touch to retry", i'm in sprint stock rom with mobile package data active, for internet is no problem, on wifi can play, when i tethering my phone as modem and i connect to my computer for play youtube is ok. it just cant play only in a phone.
somebody can help thanks.

Did you try clearing data and cache in apps? Or even uninstall and reinstall the app itself
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Usually I just exit the app, hold the home button and clear all recent apps and then it works again.
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Easy fast simple solution when this occurs and usually after an update. Just uninstall the app completely and then go back to google play store and redownload the app.
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I have been tried all the way ( clear, uninstall update etc) but still error... I tried to install other program 'tubemate' still cant connect /play the video, but when i download the video first and play later is no problem..
Maybe something wrong with my data package on my carrier??? Hmmm..
Thanks for all advise...
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rickylims said:
I have been tried all the way ( clear, uninstall update etc) but still error... I tried to install other program 'tubemate' still cant connect /play the video, but when i download the video first and play later is no problem..
Maybe something wrong with my data package on my carrier??? Hmmm..
Thanks for all advise...
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Im getting the same thing on my tablets now (nexus 7 and 10). Uninstalling updates solves the issue, but then again I want the new sweet app... Any solution for this?

mrotenlu said:
Im getting the same thing on my tablets now (nexus 7 and 10). Uninstalling updates solves the issue, but then again I want the new sweet app... Any solution for this?
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Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.
Have a great day!

edfunkycold said:
Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.
Have a great day!
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i did this also, but i get again the same error... what the $%#& is up with youtube !??

MuWu said:
i did this also, but i get again the same error... what the $%#& is up with youtube !??
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Same issue here. Reinstalling doesn't fix it.
Edit: But disabling Adblock Plus does fix it.

mrotenlu said:
Edit: But disabling Adblock Plus does fix it.
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Ty, I've been hunting for a solution for some time now, and I didn't think of something like that.... It is true, when I disabled AdBlock Plus, I didn't see the error again.
Guess I either need a replacement for Adblock Plus, or something in it's settings to change?? hmmmm.
Again though, thanks again!!!!
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wow thanks for this. It's been driving me insane. I removed Adblock Plus and it worked. So I installed AdAway and rebooted. Seems to still work fine also. So try that ad blocking app out. So far so good.

Solved ! ( apparently not related to AdBlockPlus)
To make a long story short, I don't have AdBlockPlus but i DO have DroidWall installed.
just forgot I had to allow "MediaServer" to access the internet (as well as YouTube of course) - problem solved.

This has been happening to me. I fixed it by going to manage apps. YouTube, Delete cache, delete data, uninstall updates and I clicked the turn off button. Ran cleanmaster app and removed junk files. Then I rebooted and turned youtube back on and now videos will play. I'm on the Galaxy S4 stock.
Hopefully this helps someone
By the way Facebook wouldn't play any videos it would say "can't play video" and now Facebook is playing the same videos that it couldn't before.

firelogic said:
To make a long story short, I don't have AdBlockPlus but i DO have DroidWall installed.
just forgot I had to allow "MediaServer" to access the internet (as well as YouTube of course) - problem solved.
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Thanks that did it for me as well. Have been searching on the internet but no real solution for people with a firewall or a privacy app (pdroid/xprivacy etc). But this made it work on my S4.
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Hi i have the same issue
first i dont have adblock or droidwall but still the problem persist, and only on my wifi connection, even on browser the m.youtube wont work, i tried everthing ,clear cache and data,restart,pull the battery,change rom,update the app,restart,google,seek help, i gave up, please help me it has something to do with proxy thing but, i dont have a proxy setting on my settings im using gingerbread 2.3.6, i also tried apps like proxydroid and all of its kind, still doesnt fix my problem, im so frustrated with this thing. I cant watch youtube videos anymore please help to fix this, i just saw this "All you need to do is ensure that Proxy settings is set as None and not Manual. That’s all, my best bet is that you will now be able to play the videos in the YouTube app." but i dont have setting like done, please help me, thanks in advance

reyhen25 said:
first i dont have adblock or droidwall but still the problem persist, and only on my wifi connection, even on browser the m.youtube wont work, i tried everthing ,clear cache and data,restart,pull the battery,change rom,update the app,restart,google,seek help, i gave up, please help me it has something to do with proxy thing but, i dont have a proxy setting on my settings im using gingerbread 2.3.6, i also tried apps like proxydroid and all of its kind, still doesnt fix my problem, im so frustrated with this thing. I cant watch youtube videos anymore please help to fix this, i just saw this "All you need to do is ensure that Proxy settings is set as None and not Manual. That’s all, my best bet is that you will now be able to play the videos in the YouTube app." but i dont have setting like done, please help me, thanks in advance
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How about upgrading from that dinosaur you're using? Gingerbread is like 4 years outdated.

No AdBlock, Firewall, root or custom ROM
I have stock device 4.3 android (not Samsung btw.). As i said, no adblock/firewall/custom rom etc.
When I updated YouTube app, I got that connection problem.
I've tryed reinstalling, changing DNS1 and 2, clearing data... Nothing helped...
Any suggestions?

Ragnar said:
Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.
Have a great day!
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That doesn't work.
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vlatko019 said:
I have stock device 4.3 android (not Samsung btw.). As i said, no adblock/firewall/custom rom etc.
When I updated YouTube app, I got that connection problem.
I've tryed reinstalling, changing DNS1 and 2, clearing data... Nothing helped...
Any suggestions?
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It's happening to me now too. But since mine's installed as a User App and not a System App, I can't just uninstall the updates, although I did try uninstalling it completely and reinstalling. No joy.
I've tried a dozen different things. You should know that lots of people post lots of "solutions", but for 95% of the users, none of them work.
I'm hurting especially bad, because it happens to me on both types of connections (4G & WiFi). I even tried a 3rd party YouTube app and that wouldn't work either.
All this since today's (or last night's?) v10.25.57 YouTube update!
I am running a Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy (SGH-M819N) Mega
KitKat 4.4.4 (Stock), Rooted
Thank You.

peej4ygee said:
Ty, I've been hunting for a solution for some time now, and I didn't think of something like that.... It is true, when I disabled AdBlock Plus, I didn't see the error again.
Guess I either need a replacement for Adblock Plus, or something in it's settings to change?? hmmmm.
Again though, thanks again!!!!
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Hi,
I tried disabling AdAway and reverting back to the original Hosts file, but no joy.
This time, it's affecting both my 4G & WiFi connections. When this happened before, I could at least watch it on 4G.
The weird thing is, that if I'm not signed in, I can watch videos. But once I sign in, EVEN WHEN USING A 3RD PARTY YOUTUBE APP, I have the problem!
Yes, eventually a YouTube update will come through that will fix it (could be 6 months or so), but I'm thinking that something "underneath" it all got updated/changed at the same time, because otherwise;
Why would it affect me only when I sign in?
And if it was limited to only the YouTube app being updated and there isn't anything else being changed at the same time in the background where you don't see it, then how could 3rd party YouTube apps be affected when you sign in to them with your Google (Gmail) account?
See what I mean? Something else, "under the hood" simply must be going on, amen?
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Apps not updating

My apps on the play store don't seems to be updating even after I manually press update, it takes more than an hour to start. I have a stable internet connection (wifi) and loads of space. Any advice?

Clean google playstore app cache and data. And try to download apps

Sometimes it's an error from the playstore, just clear data and wait for couple hours and try again

pranav_5 said:
My apps on the play store don't seems to be updating even after I manually press update, it takes more than an hour to start. I have a stable internet connection (wifi) and loads of space. Any advice?
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If you have installed TrueCaller, uninstall it to update the apps from PlayStore.

Thank you, uninstalling did the trick. But why does this happen?

Truecaller is the culprit in my case
pranav_5 said:
My apps on the play store don't seems to be updating even after I manually press update, it takes more than an hour to start. I have a stable internet connection (wifi) and loads of space. Any advice?
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It was truecaller culprit in my case just uninstall it and restart the phone your playstore should resume to normal function

So truecaller prevents apps from updating. That's not good

Hey guys,
After the latest update, I have been getting Google sync error, and then there's the play store error where I cannot download apps.
Sync and app downloads happen at their own time and have tried from clearing playstore services cache to resetting the phone to factory settings.
Hard reset works but the issue returns. Does anyone else have this issue? Please do comment

Hi Im having the same problem after update...tried everything but apps are not updating..

Popsicleboy said:
Hi Im having the same problem after update...tried everything but apps are not updating..
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Do you have any suspected app?! Like truecaller

1) Simply try restart.
2) Uninstall True caller and restart.
3) Network setting reset. Settings - Advanced settings - Backup & Reset
4) Factory Reset

Popsicleboy said:
Hi Im having the same problem after update...tried everything but apps are not updating..
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damn seems honor screwed it uo big time, approached their CS for rollback steps but the person has no clue. Local service center is rated 2star, you know what happens there....

Deleting true caller worked for me as well. This is strange though.

Deleted Tapzo started working fine will wait to be more sure
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pranav_5 said:
My apps on the play store don't seems to be updating even after I manually press update, it takes more than an hour to start. I have a stable internet connection (wifi) and loads of space. Any advice?
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I suspect Honor's rigorous battery saving mechanism has to do something with it, both True caller and Tapzo are quite invasive apps, they want to display more ads and need more access to info on phone. I hope they attend to this emailed their support.

Yeah I guess thats the reason, downloading apps after getting the update has become an issue though. I hope they fix it soon.

pranav_5 said:
My apps on the play store don't seems to be updating even after I manually press update, it takes more than an hour to start. I have a stable internet connection (wifi) and loads of space. Any advice?
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kindly check this out please, and leave your opinion.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8-pro/help/hi-cloud-honor-8-pro-items-backup-t3656627

Strange things are happening. Like some apps refuse to update until I uninstall them and reinstall again.
Don't know if this is an issue with Google or Huawei.
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K.khiladi said:
Strange things are happening. Like some apps refuse to update until I uninstall them and reinstall again.
Don't know if this is an issue with Google or Huawei.
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I think it's Huawei to blame, but what surprises me is that Huawei is clueless about this, and except for the standard troubleshoot they've got nothing.
Especially since smartphones are more capable than ever I feel like they could at least have some diagnostics to run and ID whats causing such simple issues.
May be if they really listen, they might release a patch soon. So far most of their cs are clueless and are technically incapable.

I guess Google is to be blamed because I encountered this error 497 on my previous device as well. By using VPN, this error goes away.
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Updates on Google Play hang at 100%

Over the last few weeks I've noticed that when I manually update my apps after it downloads it hangs at 100% from anywhere to 15 seconds to 60 seconds. I had been wondering why it's taking so long to update apps lately.
Anyone know what's going on and how to fix?

Have you tried closing/opening play store or clearing data/cache? I have not experienced that on stock Oreo or DP2.

richii0207 said:
Have you tried closing/opening play store or clearing data/cache? I have not experienced that on stock Oreo or DP2.
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I cleared cache but not data.

I just force closed Google Play and wiped data and cache. The first app updated without hanging up. All others hung up at 100%.

Are you on stock Oreo or DP2?

richii0207 said:
Are you on stock Oreo or DP2?
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Stock Oreo with all updates. No mods.

outbackpaul said:
I cleared cache but not data.
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Clear data bro. It won't delete your apps. Just clear cache and clear data. The only thing you'll have to do is redo your play store settings. And it will fix your issue
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I cleared cache but not data.
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v2.2v said:
Clear data bro. It won't delete your apps. Just clear cache and clear data. The only thing you'll have to do is redo your play store settings. And it will fix your issue
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Sorry just read your comment after the one quoted
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outbackpaul said:
Over the last few weeks I've noticed that when I manually update my apps after it downloads it hangs at 100% from anywhere to 15 seconds to 60 seconds. I had been wondering why it's taking so long to update apps lately.
Anyone know what's going on and how to fix?
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What launcher do you use? Deafult, Nova???
Similar issue reported time and again in multiple devices. The majority concluded it to be due to adding shortcut to home functionality which ideally should not be triggered for existing app update. I would suggest to check with different launchers or disable add shortcut to home and try if the issue still persist.
I dont have such issue faced either on Oreo or P beta. I use total launcher though not the default one.

srikanth.k39 said:
What launcher do you use? Deafult, Nova???
Similar issue reported time and again in multiple devices. The majority concluded it to be due to adding shortcut to home functionality which ideally should not be triggered for existing app update. I would suggest to check with different launchers or disable add shortcut to home and try if the issue still persist.
I dont have such issue faced either on Oreo or P beta. I use total launcher though not the default one.
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I use the stock launcher.

Did you happened to have installed microG?
I had that installed once (twice to be exact, just to verify) for modded youtube app... it messes up my play store as a whole... crash and hangs here and there... had to wipe the phone in order to restore it to usable state.
*also try using another wifi hotspot, or restart your router. My workplace network monitors and filters data, it corrupts my download every so often... but when I am home, they update just fine.

outbackpaul said:
I use the stock launcher.
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Disable add shortcut to home in pixel launcher and see if the issue still persist?

comscier said:
Did you happened to have installed microG?
I had that installed once (twice to be exact, just to verify) for modded youtube app... it messes up my play store as a whole... crash and hangs here and there... had to wipe the phone in order to restore it to usable state.
*also try using another wifi hotspot, or restart your router. My workplace network monitors and filters data, it corrupts my download every so often... but when I am home, they update just fine.
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He mentioned that he was on stock Oreo.
+1 on clearing data and seeing if that works.

srikanth.k39 said:
Disable add shortcut to home in pixel launcher and see if the issue still persist?
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This was already disabled.
richii0207 said:
He mentioned that he was on stock Oreo.
+1 on clearing data and seeing if that works.
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I cleared data on the Google Play Store app.
It seems that after a long period of time, the first app doesn't hang but then after the first one, it hangs up.
I just force closed the app and cleared data and cache. The first app I updated hung up at 100%.
This happened on wifi and on carrier data.
It happens on apps less that 5mb and large ones too.
I'm on stock 8.1 with the May update.
I always sideload updates and with Magisk and EX kernel.

outbackpaul said:
This was already disabled.
I cleared data on the Google Play Store app.
It seems that after a long period of time, the first app doesn't hang but then after the first one, it hangs up.
I just force closed the app and cleared data and cache. The first app I updated hung up at 100%.
This happened on wifi and on carrier data.
It happens on apps less that 5mb and large ones too.
I'm on stock 8.1 with the May update.
I always sideload updates and with Magisk and EX kernel.
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This is the first time you've mentioned you're rooted. Previously, you said you were stock with no mods.

mitchdickson said:
This is the first time you've mentioned you're rooted. Previously, you said you were stock with no mods.
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Thanks, that solved my problem!

richii0207 said:
He mentioned that he was on stock Oreo.
+1 on clearing data and seeing if that works.
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I had microG on stock as well... you don't need root to install MicroG.

What happens if I don't update apps?

What's happens if I don't update my apps for few months or a year?
I'm asking becuase of substratum theme messing up my apps if I update them.
WhatsApp didn't work properly after update. Have to factory reset phone to get it working again.

Some will be fine, some will force you to update before they will run

*Detection* said:
Some will be fine, some will force you to update before they will run
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do you know which app's will force me?

umbrokhan said:
do you know which app's will force me?
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lol no, you know how many millions of apps are out there?

umbrokhan said:
do you know which app's will force me?
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Just try it then. You'll know if an app doesn't work and it won't kill your phone. You may not be able to stop Google Play and services from updating unless you disable them and don't use them at all. I suspect that most of your apps will continue to work.

Tel864 said:
Just try it then. You'll know if an app doesn't work and it won't kill your phone. You may not be able to stop Google Play and services from updating unless you disable them and don't use them at all. I suspect that most of your apps will continue to work.
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Using swift black substratum
last time whatsapp stop working after an update, so have to factory reset the phone.

umbrokhan said:
Using swift black substratum
last time whatsapp stop working after an update, so have to factory reset the phone.
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Or you could have uninstalled WhatsApp and downloaded the previous working version from apkmirror instead...

Android P DP 4 review

How is this preview on Pixel XL?
What are the issues that still exists?

Google Play shows device uncertified and Google Pay is also broken. Seems solid otherwise...

jaytv said:
Google Play shows device uncertified and Google Pay is also broken. Seems solid otherwise...
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That's what I'm about to say but I'm rooted.
Is that the same without root, I was about to unroot and check ?

jaytv said:
Google Play shows device uncertified and Google Pay is also broken. Seems solid otherwise...
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Yes Google pay is broken in this preview but are we able to update and download apps from play store?

prot- said:
That's what I'm about to say but I'm rooted.
Is that the same without root, I was about to unroot and check ?
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Unrooted here. Locked bootloader as well. Have been able to update apps so far and Wells banking app and Netflix work, although they were installed under DP3.

jaytv said:
Unrooted here. Locked bootloader as well. Have been able to update apps so far and Wells banking app and Netflix work, although they were installed under DP3.
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How is battery performing for you?

dasabhishek187 said:
Yes Google pay is broken in this preview but are we able to update and download apps from play store?
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I'm not sure if I fixed it myself or if Google fixed it but my device is now certified.
Last night I hid magisk in magisk settings Be rebooted but no change.
This morning I cleared cache on Google Play services and Google Play store and now it's all working!
Android pay working

dasabhishek187 said:
How is battery performing for you?
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Getting about 6hours SOT. Also, after clearing both Play Store and Play Services cache/data, and rebooting, I now have a certified device and was able to re-add my debit card to Google Pay.

Playstore uncertified is fixed now! Google fixed it today!
Google Playstore uncertified issue with Beta3 is now fixed. Just clear data of Playservices and Playstore and reboot. You will then have Certified PlayStore!

Is anybody's fast Charging not working after this update? Worked before. Not rooted

prot- said:
I'm not sure if I fixed it myself or if Google fixed it but my device is now certified.
Last night I hid magisk in magisk settings Be rebooted but no change.
This morning I cleared cache on Google Play services and Google Play store and now it's all working!
Android pay working
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That's cool, so now overall what would you say about this build?

jaytv said:
Getting about 6hours SOT. Also, after clearing both Play Store and Play Services cache/data, and rebooting, I now have a certified device and was able to re-add my debit card to Google Pay.
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How much SOT were you getting before on 8.1?

Yousvel said:
Google Playstore uncertified issue with Beta3 is now fixed. Just clear data of Playservices and Playstore and reboot. You will then have Certified PlayStore!
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Thanks it worked.

dasabhishek187 said:
How much SOT were you getting before on 8.1?
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Seems about the same. I did a factory reset on DP3 that brought the battery life back. Maybe 20-30 mins more SOT?

jaytv said:
Seems about the same. I did a factory reset on DP3 that brought the battery life back. Maybe 20-30 mins more SOT?
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So you used to get 6 hours on Oreo too?
That's insane man, mine hardly touches 3.5-4

I'm loving it. Been using for 2 days now and no issues. Seems stable as

prot- said:
I'm loving it. Been using for 2 days now and no issues. Seems stable as
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Cool

Unrooted -
Google Pay works fine for me.
App suggestions now show in the app drawer. Also weather now shows on the lock screen (didn't show for me in previous beta - just had a blank space)
None of my apps crash and everything works fine.
Not the best battery life still (but that's more for my device being nearly 2 yrs old and being used heavily rather than any software issue).

How are you guys clearing cache for play store??mine says unidentified
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Im on the new preview. Rooted. Honestly no issues at all that ive noticed. Love it.