Mwk were you able to get any suggestions from the matrix chat?
GrapheneOS restarts after updates on Pixel 7
Nope, I reinstalled GOS again now and I will see how it goes. I hope this was only some bug not the hardware related issue. I searched here on forum similar topics and I saw someone else reporting similar issue 1m ago with 6A. This person was told to get some logs from the system, I tried to do that but the phone was unusable - I tried to open Settings/Spotify/Graphene OS app didn't really matter what and the phone was freezing without even being able to go into settings or open the app. Now the phone is fresh again and it seems to work, I wasn't downloading anything dodgy, so it couldnt be malware or anything like that. I will continue to play with it during the day and see how it will behave.
Update, the phone just restarted again on a fresh Graphene OS :(
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Did you disable automatic reboot after update as Spiral already suggested?
It is enabled by default, so check it. If you keep it on, it would behave like this no matter how many times you would reinstall the system.
Yes, this setting is off same as the other one. Phone now starts to freeze on top of that even after reinstall so it doesn’t have anything to do with these settings I guess.
Are you aware of any tools that will run through the phone up and down and check the hardware components whether they are all good as they should be? I am within the 14 day period so I can go to shop and they will swap it for a new one if the phone is faulty. I think that the latest update might be an issue as the phone was working absolutely fine prior to this upgrade that happened yesterday. But I need to understand where to search for the fault, if this is the software I will flash the version before and problem solved.
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In settings - security there is a second option related to restart: Auto reboot. You can check, if this settings is not by any chance set too strict.
Otherwise you can use adb log cat, and check if there is anything unusual. I wouldn't install any unknown app which would promise to check hardware issues, even though with an app like that, the random reboot could become just one of your many-to-come-problems:-)
If you are almost out of time and out of options, you can install stock Android and check if the problem persists. That could help to find out, where's the issue
Than we can analyze it further.
Hi! Is there any news on that issue? I am getting a Pixel 7 at the weekend and wanted to use GOS. Should I use version 2022111000 instead until the issue is solved?
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sugseg52 I have a couple Pixel 7s and haven't experienced this myself (or any other issues for that matter). I think that if it were a widespread issue the community would be hearing a lot more about it by now.
Mwk Given the newness of the phone, and the return window you are facing, if it were me I would re-flash stock Android straight away and confirm whether the reboots are occurring under that as well. If they are, return it. If they aren't, you can then decide how much you want to troubleshoot the issue.
@mythodical, thanks for getting back so quickly, and giving your perspective on that matter. I see your point, and due to the fact that your P7 do run without problems I will use the latest version too. Sounds more like a hardware issue to me then.
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sugseg52 Hi there, please let me know how will that go once you set it all up on your Pixel 7. I think that yes, this is my particular phone having some hardware as I am unable to set up the stock OS now at all. The stock OS set up is running smooth until like reaching 80% and during one of the many reboots it fails to come back during the installation. Phone is currently dead, the only thing that shows up on it is Google logo and it is in a reboot loop.
Funny enough, after I set up fresh Graphene in the morning I started playing with it to see what comes next. Phone was stable more less for 30 mins and crashed again. I then needed to go to work and left it in the desk thinking it’s off since the screen was dark. 8 hours later when I was back home, I realised the phone was freaking out all 8 hrs, switching between Google and Graphene displays and kept
restarting all the time. I was unable to flash the stock OS as mentioned above and I will end up replacing this device for a new one.
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yeah it was, I now set up GOS on a new device and it runs smooth no issues whatsoever, either the other phone was dodgy or I did something wrong.
one thing I would like to ask actually is when I was setting up graphene on this second pixel, I realized that earlier I didn't lock the OEM settings. could it be possibly that? could it be that I downloaded some corrupt files while this was unlocked and it crashed the phone? (I have no clue, last time I was playing with androids was Samsung galaxy s2)
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Mwk seems unlikely. I think you just drew the short straw on your purchase. Hope the new phone holds up this time around!