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There are quite some discussion around Android 13 bumping the anti-rollback protection on Pixel 6, and people are shitting on Google for this. Not sure how much I'm allowed to disclose so I'll just say this: this decision is not made lightly; it's done because it's necessary.

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Shouldn't 2 OTAs be pushed any time this happens then? One with the initial update and another with the bootloader update containing rollback prevention? That way someone could never get bricked.

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Rollback is disabled before it updates the anti-rollback counter. It's encountered by people flashing their devices in a way that triggers an unusual situation, not from normal over-the-air updates.

1:53 AM · Aug 18, 2022Twitter Web App