CalyxOS 5.0.1 - Android 14 is now available for the Pixels 5 and newer.

For Pixel 6a, testing was a week earlier, and Security express / beta were a day earlier than the above.

We’re also working on supporting the Pixel 8, and porting Android 14 to the Pixel 4 / 4a after that.

Changelog

• CalyxOS 5.0.1
• October 2023 Security update (2023-10-06)
• Android 14

Known issues

• Certain banking apps / website crash. Will be fixed in the next build
• Google has changed how Work profile “Pausing” works. It’s more like “Pause apps” now, where only notifications aren’t shown, apps keep running. Will be changed to previous behavior.
• F-Droid will ask for unknown sources to install/update certain apps. Will be fixed in the next build.
• Lockscreen shortcuts are missing
• Custom status bar icons are missing
• Custom font selection is missing
• There might be certain other minor issues, but for the most part it should be solid.

Steps

OTA updates for existing CalyxOS users

1. Make sure your phone is running the latest CalyxOS version 4.14.1
2. Backup your data - you can use SeedVault, the included Backup app.
3. Settings -> System -> System update settings -> Release channel -> (Beta or Security express)
4. Then, tap “Check for updates”

Fresh installs, factory images

1. Download the factory images from the links below.
2. Please follow the installation instructions at Install CalyxOS, but use the latest factory image you just downloaded instead of the one linked on that page.

Pixel 6a test build mixup

• We released an Android 14 test build for the Pixel 6a last week, CalyxOS 5.0.0
• We also released a final Android 13 upgrade just after that, CalyxOS 4.14.1
• Unfortunately, that final Android 13 upgrade was also accidendally rolled out to Android 14 users, which wouldn’t work given it’s a downgrade. Our apologies for this.

The fix

• If you’re running 4.14.1 already with your data intact, you can ignore this
• If you’re on 5.0.1 already, you can ignore this
• If you’re on 5.0.0 and haven’t rebooted yet, you can reboot and then:
• If you’re shown a screen with two options “Try again” or “Factory data reset”
• If you keep choosing “Try again” eventually it’ll boot back to 5.0.0, at which point it should download and install an update to 5.0.1

Note