{"id":12404,"date":"2022-08-16T14:38:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/16\/you-cant-revert-from-android-13-to-android-12-on-pixel-6-devices\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:38:19","slug":"you-cant-revert-from-android-13-to-android-12-on-pixel-6-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/16\/you-cant-revert-from-android-13-to-android-12-on-pixel-6-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"You can\u2019t revert from Android 13 to Android 12 on Pixel 6 devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306798\/android-13-roll-back-android-12-pixel-6-tensor-bootloader\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306798\/android-13-roll-back-android-12-pixel-6-tensor-bootloader<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"56.232848232848\">\n<p id=\"w24uBR\">Android 13 is now rolling out to Google\u2019s Pixel phones, but if you want to flash the update onto your Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, or Pixel 6A, with the company\u2019s custom Tensor chip, you won\u2019t be able to flash back to Android 12 because of a bootloader update, <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/android\/images\">according to a notice on Google\u2019s developer website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JpWu9A\">\u201cWarning: The Android 13 update for Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and the Pixel 6a contains a bootloader update that increments the anti-roll back version,\u201d the notice reads. \u201cAfter flashing an Android 13 build on these devices you will not be able to flash older Android 12 builds.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"Kn5K7B\">Additionally, if you\u2019ve been in the Android 13 beta test group and you\u2019d like to get out of the cycle of accelerated updates without erasing your device \u2014 usually a necessary step for exiting the queue \u2014 then this is the time to do it. Once your phone has updated to the most recent release version of Android, simply visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/android\/beta\">Google\u2019s beta site<\/a> and unenroll. On the other hand, if you stay in the beta group, then you\u2019ll get early access to test builds of future Feature Drops for Android 13.<\/p>\n<p id=\"69UXbZ\">Android 13 comes with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306058\/android-13-release-date-pixel-devices-features\">nice new features<\/a> like improved customization tools and a new permission option to reduce notifications. Right now, the release is just rolling out for Pixels, but it\u2019s expected to hit devices from other vendors like Samsung and OnePlus <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/android\/android-13\/\">later this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"HoriL5\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306798\/android-13-roll-back-android-12-pixel-6-tensor-bootloader\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/15\/23306798\/android-13-roll-back-android-12-pixel-6-tensor-bootloader<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Android 13 is now rolling out to Google\u2019s Pixel phones, but if you want to flash the update onto your Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, or Pixel 6A, with the company\u2019s custom Tensor chip, you won\u2019t be able to flash back to Android 12 because of a bootloader update, according to a notice on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-12404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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