Google is investigating an Android 14 bug that has been wreaking havoc on people with multiple user profiles. On October 27, a Google representative acknowledged the bug and said the team is “working hard to fix it.”
Thanks for staying with us. Our team is investigating this storage issue affecting some Pixel devices running Android 14 and we are working hard to fix it. We will update this thread with more details soon.
While the first reports came primarily from Pixel 6 owners who experienced the issue when the update began rolling out, Ars Technique reported this week that a Google issue tracker for the issue had surpassed 350 responses, spreading to owners of many different devices. Issues range from missing apps to constant crashes to completely locking up internal storage on one of your device’s user accounts.
So far, the issue tracker has more than 420 responses, with some users pasting log files or uploading images of the phone screen. Multiple users They said they can’t provide screenshots on the device because the phone reports that it has no available storage to save them. Several compared the experience to a ransomware infection.