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Android OS is sucking up all my mobile data!

Got to work this morning to find out I had no mobile data left (attached image). I thought, how strange, yesterday I'd had about ~1GB usage out of my 4GB available, I of course immediately when and looked to see what had used it all and Android OS was at the top with 2.13GB (WTF?).
This also isn't the first time this has happened, I had the same last month. Can someone please explain what is going on because I know for damn sure I've not used all that, I only browsed a few web pages this morning.
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thenessus said:
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I want my settings etc backed-up though, is there not a setting to force it to WiFi only?
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pairedprototype said:
I want my settings etc backed-up though, is there not a setting to force it to WiFi only?
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My bet is your phone is not up to date and you are rooted or modded. It keeps trying to download the update. We have seen this quite a few times even with automatic system updates turned off.

Use Data Saver in settings, works a treat

TonikJDK said:
My bet is your phone is not up to date and you are rooted or modded. It keeps trying to download the update. We have seen this quite a few times even with automatic system updates turned off.
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I agree, even the item at the top of the list is the same as when my phone does this. I was able to use FlashFire to more easily update using the OTA this month.

Just switch to the unlimited data plan..problem solved

TonikJDK said:
My bet is your phone is not up to date and you are rooted or modded. It keeps trying to download the update. We have seen this quite a few times even with automatic system updates turned off.
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alluringreality said:
I agree, even the item at the top of the list is the same as when my phone does this. I was able to use FlashFire to more easily update using the OTA this month.
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You are indeed correct, I am due an update, however, I'm not rooted currently although, my bootloader is unlocked as I've been assisting with getting Magisk working on stock for Pixel devices.
And what kind of idiot developer/team thought downloading OS updates over mobile data without question was okay!? I've now got to go for 2 weeks without, I'm royally p*ssed about it. Guess I'd better flash the new update then while I have a (non-cellular) internet connection.
I remember when Google targeted power users with Nexus devices, I guess this is not entirely true for Pixel devices. Big boys like to do what they want, even if that means staying on a particular version of Android because we might be testing things... I'd rather not have OS updates forced down my throat, it's the same thing that bugs me with Windows 10.

lucky_strike33 said:
Just switch to the unlimited data plan..problem solved
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If you're willing to pay the extra, sure thing!

You can just install the factory image on your computer and then remove the w in flash all bat file by using a text editor so that way it won't delete everything. You won't need to use any data

lucky_strike33 said:
You can just install the factory image on your computer and then remove the w in flash all bat file by using a text editor so that way it won't delete everything. You won't need to use any data
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That's what I usually do! Just not had the time to do it recently.

this is caused by update downloading and failing over and over. I went into the dev options and turned off the auto update but it did not work. I had to update the phone manually and now its fine. I think after rooting the phone and going back to stock rom this happens.

IDK man, I was rooted and was pulling like 10gb+. Flashed stock via adb and I think it's still doing it. Project fi.

This is happening to me as well on project fi. A was rooted with beans rom and burning through 7 plus gb a month. Returned to stock completely except bootloader still unlocked. Can't install the new updates and burns through data trying over and over again. I'm not sure how to proceed other then switch to unlimited data plan on T-Mobile.

FrostyOrDie said:
This is happening to me as well on project fi. A was rooted with beans rom and burning through 7 plus gb a month. Returned to stock completely except bootloader still unlocked. Can't install the new updates and burns through data trying over and over again. I'm not sure how to proceed other then switch to unlimited data plan on T-Mobile.
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When you returned to stock did you get to the latest version?

TonikJDK said:
When you returned to stock did you get to the latest version?
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No. This all happened since returning to stock. Today I sideloaded the August update with adb and my phone says it's on the current version finally. It seems the support people at project fi are clueless for the most part. You have to do everything yourself but they will at least credit your account for the data used by Android os if you call them and tell them what's up. They want screen shots of the data usage. So save one before you go messing with stuff

Play Store FC trying to buy app

Okay I have two pixels. One with magisk and one running SuperSU with suhide, both pass safety net. Both on Oreo. I'm trying to buy a substratum theme in the Play Store everytime I enter my password to buy it if force closes on either phone. Anyone else have this issue I imagine it still detects the root, but I'm not sure I was hoping somebody new a workaround. Both pixels are on Android o.
Edit. I did try clearing cache and data. I am certified

mac796 said:
Okay I have two pixels. One with magisk and one running SuperSU with suhide, both pass safety net. Both on Oreo. I'm trying to buy a substratum theme in the Play Store everytime I enter my password to buy it if force closes on either phone. Anyone else have this issue I imagine it still detects the root, but I'm not sure I was hoping somebody new a workaround. Both pixels are on Android o.
Edit. I did try clearing cache and data. I am certified
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I have this same issue. However, I am stock unrooted. Somebody in the Pixel forum was having the same issue. His problem was solved by reflashing the full Oreo image. A factory reset did not fix it. I'm planning to reflash the Oreo image to both partitions tomorrow to see if it fixes the problem.

mlin said:
I have this same issue. However, I am stock unrooted. Somebody in the Pixel forum was having the same issue. His problem was solved by reflashing the full Oreo image. A factory reset did not fix it. I'm planning to reflash the Oreo image to both partitions tomorrow to see if it fixes the problem.
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It's very strange happens on both my pixels so must be a bug on googles side maybe.

mac796 said:
It's very strange happens on both my pixels so must be a bug on googles side maybe.
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I have the issue but my wife doesn't. She updated to Oreo via OTA, I updated via manually flashing. I was previously rooted with a custom ROM but had returned to stock Nougat long before updating to Oreo. How did you update?

mlin said:
I have the issue but my wife doesn't. She updated to Oreo via OTA, I updated via manually flashing. I was previously rooted with a custom ROM but had returned to stock Nougat long before updating to Oreo. How did you update?
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I flashed the factory image with fastboot. I'm on September that's a good idea maybe I'll Flash August and take the OTA see how that goes.

mac796 said:
I flashed the factory image with fastboot. I'm on September that's a good idea maybe I'll Flash August and take the OTA see how that goes.
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I flashed the factory image on release day and OTA'd to September security patch. No dice.

mlin said:
I flashed the factory image on release day and OTA'd to September security patch. No dice.
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So it's still not working for you? Maybe I'll just wait till next update then.

mac796 said:
So it's still not working for you? Maybe I'll just wait till next update then.
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Nope, still not working. I'll let you know if my efforts tomorrow are successful.

mlin said:
I flashed the factory image on release day and OTA'd to September security patch. No dice.
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So I flashed back to August and it let me put in my password and buy an app and then if FC right after that. But it did go through lol

mac796 said:
So I flashed back to August and it let me put in my password and buy an app and then if FC right after that. But it did go through lol
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Lol, weird. So just reflash before each app purchase and you should be good!

mlin said:
Lol, weird. So just reflash before each app purchase and you should be good!
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Geez I hope not. Google sure making things alot harder all around
Edit: ok it took the OTA to September and same thing. No go. I have Verizon, wonder if that has anything to do with it

mac796 said:
Geez I hope not. Google sure making things alot harder all around
Edit: ok it took the OTA to September and same thing. No go. I have Verizon, wonder if that has anything to do with it
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I have Verizon as well. I used fastboot to flash the factory image to both slots and now everything works. Not sure if there was an easier way to get it working but at least it works now. Took the OTA to September and everything is still working.

mlin said:
I have Verizon as well. I used fastboot to flash the factory image to both slots and now everything works. Not sure if there was an easier way to get it working but at least it works now. Took the OTA to September and everything is still working.
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Yes I did that to. I'm still having the problem kind of glad it didn't work, didn't really want to buy anything lol. I'm not sure what the deal is

mac796 said:
Yes I did that to. I'm still having the problem kind of glad it didn't work, didn't really want to buy anything lol. I'm not sure what the deal is
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Did you wipe data as well?

mlin said:
Did you wipe data as well?
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Yes I wiped everything except internal storage

mac796 said:
Yes I wiped everything except internal storage
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I did wipe internal storage, though hard to say if that difference made it work. I'd be curious to hear if you do get it working eventually or if you find a different solution. Best of luck, hope you get it resolved eventually though I get the appeal of being unable to buy apps lol.

Camera error stock android pie

After a few hours stock camera stopped work (after restarting or making a factory reset still the same), dont know if the update to pie has something to do.
anyone having same problem?

Here you see

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Brugos27 said:
After a few hours stock camera stopped work (after restarting or making a factory reset still the same), dont know if the update to pie has something to do.
anyone having same problem?
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I had the same problem, i resetted the phone via settings and this fixed it for me

Do not disturb is active
That happens when "Do not disturb" is active, deactivate it and go!

jerryortiz2100 said:
That happens when "Do not disturb" is active, deactivate it and go!
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This helped thank you

How did you update?
Did you get the update normally? I used a VPN to get it since it was not yet being offered directly. And now I have this bug as well. So I wanted to see if it's happening to everyone or just people who updated with a VPN.

ryanhossain9797 said:
Did you get the update normally? I used a VPN to get it since it was not yet being offered directly. And now I have this bug as well. So I wanted to see if it's happening to everyone or just people who updated with a VPN.
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It's not about how you updated, it's because of the used build which is the same like the first released beta build.

thorin0815 said:
It's not about how you updated, it's because of the used build which is the same like the first released beta build.
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That's kind of the point of my question. Did me using vpn somewhy cause me to get the beta build for some strange reason or a mistake on their end? or is this build being OTA'd normally to other people as a stable update in some regions?

bootloop

My pixel xl started bootlooping. I can get into fastboot but that's it. If I try to boot twrp, bootloop, if I flash stock, bootloop. I've tried Oreo, pie. This came out of nowhere. I tried a gsi, bootloop. I'm very confused. The memory works because its flashing. Something has to be triggering a reboot. Only thing I know of that forces restart is unencrypted internal storage

same here... any updates?

ferydaboss said:
same here... any updates?
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I just sat down to try again, I will keep you posted. this is a dev device for me so its kind of annoying it would randomly brick for no reason. luckily I always keep the bootloader unlocked

godkingofcanada said:
I just sat down to try again, I will keep you posted. this is a dev device for me so its kind of annoying it would randomly brick for no reason. luckily I always keep the bootloader unlocked
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This was my personal device, got out of warranty, no google store or any other youbreakwefixit stores near me, and it just bricked by itself. No root,no custom rom, nothing i can barely get into Recovery mode, and when i do, i install the latest OTA, and hope for the best Thanks

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This was my personal device, got out of warranty, no google store or any other youbreakwefixit stores near me, and it just bricked by itself. No root,no custom rom, nothing i can barely get into Recovery mode, and when i do, i install the latest OTA, and hope for the best Thanks
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I bought a one plus literally a week ago. Lucky on my end. Whatever google did it is bad. I opened up the kernel and disabled the securities. Unencrypted the data. Still nothing. I've manually flashed over every partition 1 by 1, switched to the other slot and tried there. This looks like its going to be a battle. I've got a feeling what we flash isn't copying over some things because it keeps the newest version, which is why we can flash but not overwrite the problem

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I bought a one plus literally a week ago. Lucky on my end. Whatever google did it is bad. I opened up the kernel and disabled the securities. Unencrypted the data. Still nothing. I've manually flashed over every partition 1 by 1, switched to the other slot and tried there. This looks like its going to be a battle. I've got a feeling what we flash isn't copying over some things because it keeps the newest version, which is why we can flash but not overwrite the problem
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So... there may be a solution in the near future? seeing that google themselves did this? because it is a coincidence, that i see literally 5 pots about the same problem under 4 days..

ferydaboss said:
So... there may be a solution in the near future? seeing that google themselves did this? because it is a coincidence, that i see literally 5 pots about the same problem under 4 days..
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Google's update hurt some pixel devices, but they expect us to RMA repair the device... I went the other direction and opened it up to tinker with instead

mi wifes pixel is having the exact same issue.
google says im out of warranty so some of the patches ****ed us up....

Play Store Issues on Pixel 3 XL

So I've never had any issues with the Play Store before. Just a few days ago it was working fine. Now, I get the attached screen when I try to look for updates. I've cleared cache and data for the store, play services, etc. I've removed and re-added my Google account. Rebooted the device. I've tried everything I can think of. Has anyone ever encountered this?

TheIgster said:
So I've never had any issues with the Play Store before. Just a few days ago it was working fine. Now, I get the attached screen when I try to look for updates. I've cleared cache and data for the store, play services, etc. I've removed and re-added my Google account. Rebooted the device. I've tried everything I can think of. Has anyone ever encountered this?
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+1 Can confirm that I have the same issue as well.

I haven't contacted Google yet because ultimately their advice is to format the device and that's a silly way to fix issues and takes so much time.

After a certain amount of time the updates listed under the Updates section will go away. My last one went away yesterday afternoon (Snapchat). If you don't have any updates to apps then you won't see anything there. There's nothing wrong with that. It's funny that you post about it because I just happen to take a screenshot of mine last night. It was empty like yours, but today I got one update, and now that one app shows.

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After a certain amount of time the updates listed under the Updates section will go away. My last one went away yesterday afternoon (Snapchat). If you don't have any updates to apps then you won't see anything there. There's nothing wrong with that. It's funny that you post about it because I just happen to take a screenshot of mine last night. It was empty like yours, but today I got one update, and now that one app shows.
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Sorry, that's not the issue. Look at your screen shot and look at mine. See all the white space where apps are supposed to be on mine and see how there is no white space on yours? I have had it like your screen as well. But not with all the white space. There is truly an issue here.

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Sorry, that's not the issue. Look at your screen shot and look at mine. See all the white space where apps are supposed to be on mine and see how there is no white space on yours? I have had it like your screen as well. But not with all the white space. There is truly an issue here.
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Gotcha. I read what you tried also, and you don't mention if you tried uninstalling updates for the Play Store. Did you try that?

bobbyphoenix said:
Gotcha. I read what you tried also, and you don't mention if you tried uninstalling updates for the Play Store. Did you try that?
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Yup.
I spent over an hour on chat with Google yesterday and we tried pretty much everything. They admit it is a bug. They want me to format the device. They are working on a fix currently and I am working with other "specialists" there before factory resetting my device. Good times.

TheIgster said:
Yup.
I spent over an hour on chat with Google yesterday and we tried pretty much everything. They admit it is a bug. They want me to format the device. They are working on a fix currently and I am working with other "specialists" there before factory resetting my device. Good times.
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How long do you think it would take to do a factory reset as suggested vs all the time you have spent with support? I assume you are bl locked and unrooted so you can't flash a factory image.

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Yup.
I spent over an hour on chat with Google yesterday and we tried pretty much everything. They admit it is a bug. They want me to format the device. They are working on a fix currently and I am working with other "specialists" there before factory resetting my device. Good times.
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How long do you think it would take to do a factory reset as suggested vs all the time you have spent with support? I assume you are bl locked and unrooted so you can't flash a factory image.
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They will likely keep replying to you (from different "specialists") asking you to do a ton of extra work that has no more reliability than the methods you could think of. Like bobby mentioned, flashing the factory image would be the best 1st step, but if not possible have you tried side loading the OTA through stock recovery?

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They will likely keep replying to you (from different "specialists") asking you to do a ton of extra work that has no more reliability than the methods you could think of. Like bobby mentioned, flashing the factory image would be the best 1st step, but if not possible have you tried side loading the OTA through stock recovery?
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I haven't unlocked the bl in years so correct me if I'm wrong. You can't do anything other than sideload an OTA if it's locked? So the options, if that is correct, are what you said, OTA sideload or if it's not a VZW model (and the sideload didn't work) unlock the bl, that'll cause a reset, flash the full Dec factory image, then bl lock again. (another factory reset). Bet that'll fix the problem. And the whole shebang will take under an hour.

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I haven't unlocked the bl in years so correct me if I'm wrong. You can't do anything other than sideload an OTA if it's locked? So the options, if that is correct, are what you said, OTA sideload or if it's not a VZW model (and the sideload didn't work) unlock the bl, that'll cause a reset, flash the full Dec factory image, then bl lock again. (another factory reset). Bet that'll fix the problem. And the whole shebang will take under an hour.
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Pretty much, Bobby. If Verizon/locked BL, sideload current OTA (no downgrade possible). If you have a Google variant, you can still sideload OTA or unlock the BL (causing a reset) and then flash the factory image. If you go that route, I probably wouldn't re-lock the BL since stuff like this is as much a reason to keep the BL unlocked as rooting and other tinkering.

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Pretty much, Bobby. If Verizon/locked BL, sideload current OTA (no downgrade possible). If you have a Google variant, you can still sideload OTA or unlock the BL (causing a reset) and then flash the factory image. If you go that route, I probably wouldn't re-lock the BL since stuff like this is as much a reason to keep the BL unlocked as rooting and other tinkering.
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Great, thanks. Only thing is if the OP is as security conscience as I am then relock. If not leave it as is. Being able to recover with a factory image is the only thing I miss. It's a big one too but I'm on VZW so I have no option. He could always leave the OEM switch enabled if ever it was needed again I guess.
I'm curious how this gets resolved as he's not the only one with this issue.

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How long do you think it would take to do a factory reset as suggested vs all the time you have spent with support? I assume you are bl locked and unrooted so you can't flash a factory image.
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Oh this will definitely take longer than factory resetting the device, but as an ex software developer, I have to see this through and make Google work. If they find and solve the issue, this will help others who have the issue or stop them from having the problem in the first place. It's a bug that needs to be fixed IMO and being on them about this is the way to go. Sure I could just go away and factory reset, but this way, they have to deal with it.
See the attached pic I took today. After installing an app, this appeared on the updates page. The white space is clearly a bug and it needs to be addressed. If they don't solve this by the new year and I can't get updates for apps I use a lot, then fine, I'll factory reset, but I think they should be aware of this issue and they should have to fix it.

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I haven't unlocked the bl in years so correct me if I'm wrong. You can't do anything other than sideload an OTA if it's locked? So the options, if that is correct, are what you said, OTA sideload or if it's not a VZW model (and the sideload didn't work) unlock the bl, that'll cause a reset, flash the full Dec factory image, then bl lock again. (another factory reset). Bet that'll fix the problem. And the whole shebang will take under an hour.
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It's not the factory reset, it's remembering all the passwords for the various apps I have, settings, placement of icons, widgets, etc. It is a pain in the a** to reset a device. Besides, I just got this thing set the way I wanted it setup in the last couple of weeks. I haven't even had it for a month.

TheIgster said:
It's not the factory reset, it's remembering all the passwords for the various apps I have, settings, placement of icons, widgets, etc. It is a pain in the a** to reset a device. Besides, I just got this thing set the way I wanted it setup in the last couple of weeks. I haven't even had it for a month.
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I can certainly appreciate making Google fix this as well as your setup you currently have. However, I seem to recall that when I did a factory reset all the apps and wallpaper and location of icons were imported from I guess Google cloud? Passwords were not though. Time to pull out that yellow notepad and go over those. lol BTW, are you bl unlocked and have you rooted or modified the system in any way? That was not clear from you OP.

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lol BTW, are you bl unlocked and have you rooted or modified the system in any way? That was not clear from you OP.
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My bootloader is locked and I've never rooted my pixel 3 XL, yet I'm experiencing the same issue that the op is facing.

MadCow809 said:
My bootloader is locked and I've never rooted my pixel 3 XL, yet I'm experiencing the same issue that the op is facing.
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And this happened just all of a sudden? You have any thoughts on why or if perhaps an app screwed things up? Stock launcher? Some setting perhaps? Very curious isn't it? And since it's not very widespread it would be nice to know in order to avoid it.

TheIgster said:
So I've never had any issues with the Play Store before. Just a few days ago it was working fine. Now, I get the attached screen when I try to look for updates. I've cleared cache and data for the store, play services, etc. I've removed and re-added my Google account. Rebooted the device. I've tried everything I can think of. Has anyone ever encountered this?
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Just to clarify, is it just a cosmetic issue with displaying extra white space on that screen, or is there some other functional problem?

samnada said:
Just to clarify, is it just a cosmetic issue with displaying extra white space on that screen, or is there some other functional problem?
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The white space was never there before and is not there on other devices that I have encountered. Do you have the white space on your device? Also, updates are not appearing to happen properly either. The only reason I saw that one update is because I just installed another app and it updated one app right after that. I normally have numerous updates, daily.
Google has already admitted to and are working on this as a bug.

TheIgster said:
The white space was never there before and is not there on other devices that I have encountered. Do you have the white space on your device? Also, updates are not appearing to happen properly either. The only reason I saw that one update is because I just installed another app and it updated one app right after that. I normally have numerous updates, daily.
Google has already admitted to and are working on this as a bug.
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But.. But. 3 people with this issue and they are calling it a bug? Are they blowing some smoke your way? Is there a tracker for this? CSR are notorious for playing the game until you give up. Be wary. I say factory reset and fix it yourself. You have spent way too much time on this I fear. But it's your call at this point. Keep us posted.