Android 16.3.1 for Teracube 2e 2nd Batch Emerald (SN: 2021)

Teracube 2e
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#30

Thanks for reporting - seems like the 2nd-most-recent app is also getting killed. Devs are taking a look at this.

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#31

have two phones that google messenages will not update

#32

What phone (2020x, 2021x, or 2025x serial), and what version of Android?

You can check in Settings → About and find it towards the bottom.

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#33

It’s 2021 Teracube 2e has 16.2.0 build bp4a.251205.006 serial 20112T2E234801

#34

I also can’t update “Google messages” and “contacts”.
Version.
BP4A.251205.006
16.2.0+e20cded.emerald.user

Sn.
20111t2e002734

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#36

That did not work on our two phones, but uninstall or role back Google Play to org. version then both phones updated fine for us.

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Cannot install march updates of google messages and contacts
#37

New update available! :wink:

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#38

Thank you!
I did not reboot after clearing cache and data.
Now the updates worked.

#39

Yes installed it in both phones and both phones wouldn’t update Google apps again. So rolled back Google Play again and both phones update fine.

#41

Hi we have introduced a way to pin bg apps → Settings → Apps → App pinning. Please let us know about your feedback!

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#42

So just had to roll back Play store again to get to get google updates? Why this is the third time having to do this?

#43

Does pinning stop play store from updating?

#44

3rd time after installing the latest update

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#45

Are you on the latest/current firmware release as well?

#46

yes
16.2.1+9518b1a.emerald.user

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#47

We will release an OTA update to address this issue. Thanks for your patience!

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#48

Great, when do you think?

#49

Since updating to Android OS 16, my Teracube no longer has the ability to multitask. Copying and pasting text back and forth between a messaging app and Google Translate has become a ridiculously tedious task, since the messaging app fully reloads. It’s almost as if the phone has zero cached memory anymore. The square button is basically useless as you cannot scroll and switch between apps. I’ve been able to multitask just fine on every Android OS going back to the original G1 running Android 2. So now in 2026, I have a Teracube which performs worse than the Android phone I had in 2013. I see some acknowledgement of task-killing causing this behavior, but if the bottom line is that v16 simply doesn’t allow for ANY multitasking then what is the proposed solution to avoid my Teracube becoming a total brick. I’m not blaming Teracube. It’s absolutely Google’s fault for building more and more bloated OS’s and taking something simple like “do not disturb” mode and making it more complex than the IRS tax code. Not to mention all the “security” features like device Play Store Verification that break apps that used to do really useful things. But at the end of the day, what’s the point of releasing these new builds of Android OS that make the Teracube a worse and worse phone? Can we somehow go back to Android 12 or 13, a leaner OS that is actually compatible with this older hardware, but maybe with the worst security vulnerabilities patched?

#50

Hey there! Please pin your apps from new app pinner we introduced in last update. This should allow apps to retain in memory. Recent apps have become much heavier and its expected to see some bottleneck. We are working on a new firmware mitigate some of these perfomance issues.