How to Unroot or Downgrade Pixel 3 & 3 XL using Factory Images

[@AskIveSolar]

This was a life saver as I was trying to start fresh and it would have taken me a while to figure out the slot a / b stuff which I have experience with but man.....clutch!!! I do plan to toss a few bucks your way on PayPal today.

[@irfanop2793]

Good. After doing that you're device got perform normally I'm going to do that also

[@benbranca]

worked great on my pixel 3 xl thank you so so much

[@yeeflames3220]

you are amazing brother..save me from all useless video out there..truly thank you

[@Starrrycat]

my man. my bro. my dude. my homeski. I sideloaded the Pixel 6 pro December update thinking id have no isssues like some people have reported and no. My battery life went to complete poo. Thank you so much for this video.

[@ruben79nyc]

Thank you again for another great tutorial. Good to see you back!

[@MaowDroid]

Thanks for your comment rsilinnyc! How have you been so far? You had a Pixel 3 XL was it?

[@ruben79nyc]

@@MaowDroid You're welcome. I'm good, thank God but my Pixel 3 XL continued to act up. I used your tutorial to unroot for now. Going to see if the February update will act nice with root.

[@chakris27]

Thanks for the tutorials. Most detailed and easiest to follow.

[@ChrisRedfield646]

I need help. I wanted to switch to Android 12, the update blocked at 94% and now I have the phone in Fastboot Mode with the boot loader locked and unable to switch to recovery mode, and of course I can't find my device when I try adb command.

[@mairochacha]

Muchas gracias me funciono a la perfeccion. Ojalá hubiera algún KZbinr como tu español. Thankyou so much it works in My pixel 3 xl to downgrade from calyxos.

[@miraslaukavaliou5717]

New Vid POG!!!

[@MaowDroid]

Hehe poggers

[@aataurrehman]

Welcome Back! ❤️ Perfect tutorial as always !

[@MaowDroid]

Thank you!! 😊 It's great to be back haha

[@StupinikCN]

Thanks for your nice video! I brought my brick into life!

[@gboydroid8456]

cheers mate! great TUT!

[@choppa_1411]

hi friend you are the best. i downgrade my pixel 3xl and installed the root for your other video. Greetings from Russia

[@ajholt4909]

all my phone shose is the fastboot bootoadder and when I hit start it shows the google logo and then restarts into bootloader

[@ajholt4909]

k so I'm haveing an isue with my pixel 3a xl it won't flash a factory image I dont know whats wrong with it it flashes radio and bootloaders but the images wont flash I think it may be the speed it attempts the usb transfre rate is slower than the flash tools and cmd says its going but idunno for sure all I know is my phone wont boot after flashing

[@anmolchaudhary3939]

Showing after clicking on reboot Your device is corrput, can't be trusted and it may not work properly or else my phone gets stuck on google logo

[@thetechvlogger]

Thanks alot Buddy

[@QuangTran-om8lr]

My Pixel 3 error: Enter reason: no valid slot to boot. Help me!

[@cactus2823]

thanks a lot for this video, big great help

[@joecook4451]

is there cmds i can use to image/backup my phone "nandroid" without using a third party like twrp?

[@anya.k]

Help! When I go to the SDK platform tools page, it won't download. I definitely checked the agreement box and clicked download, but nothing pops up and it doesn't appear in downloads either. If you can help me I'll subscribe!

[@cullenblvd]

trying to figure out why userland fastboot not happening when i flash image zip. Anyone know about this? Everything else working perfectly

[@unonice]

@MaowDroid .. it's been a long time since I've rooted any devices .. wow this is different , because you're NOT using a custom recovery , like TWRP or something , and I see the new prompt commands .. 👌🏾👌🏾 interesting .. but I know if I focus and follow your instructions , I should be successful .. @MaowDroid your instructions and videos are fantastic, keep up the great work 👌🏾😁👍🏾

[@MaowDroid]

Hey there unonice! How's 2021 been so far? Yeah the landscape is changing, probably just moving too fast for some of our more traditional tools to keep up with all these changes! :) Thanks for your comments

[@aneelkumar7526]

please make a video on android S GSI. My device is pixel 2 I am unable to flash erfanGSI because My system partition is on low space. And I want to know how to resize my system partition.. 😭

[@saksamponnporl5817]

Hello I want to downgrade my phone to android q beta2. How can I do?

[@ChavezDIY]

Does wiping the phone and installing a factory image remove the carrier SIM-lock?

[@tiyumapabea]

hello..can i have the dumpfiles or qfil files?

[@chuxxy9161]

Hi. I just wondering if i restore to factory image. Is it my phone able to get widevine L1 back? I already stuck with SD quality for Netflix. So is it posibble to to that?

[@ToddBeiswenger]

Thank you!!

[@DeviceDynamo]

Bro why ur flash factoy image on both slot I'm recently downgrade my pixel 2 to android 10 just clicked by flashallbat file my procedure is wrong or right???? Bro it's my second question plz answer reply on both questions bro

[@peteratati3137]

Can't unlock pixel 3 XL.How can all of u help me?

[@DeviceDynamo]

My pixel 2 is now running on android 11 if I downgrade to older version like 9 or 8 any problems??? bro my english is bad plz understand and reply

[@gardenia1738]

Thanks. Nice video. Why android now has slot A and slot B and both should be flashed with the factory image?

[@paulbailey6251]

Hi, I have CalyxOS installed on a Pixel 3a and I want to revert to the stock Google image. I am using the Google online tool to install the stock image but when I try to unlock my OEM unlock, I am asked to enter my pin, which I do but then the OEM automatically re-locks - it won't stay unlocked. My pin is correct otherwise it would be rejected. Do you have a solution or at least an answer as to why OEM would keep locking itself? Thanks.

[@paulbailey6251]

Solved it now! I needed to do a factory reset first and afterwards I was able to unlock OEM as expected and reinstall a stock image.

[@maxwyz466]

How to back stock rom after custom rom?

[@MapleTalkative2]

Can you upload how to install rom called pixel experience? For pixel xl?

[@yeeetbro4546]

I've been spending days trying to install the pixeldust rom on my 3 xl and 4 xl to no avail. Perhaps if you need a video idea you could do how to flash an Android 11 ROM while on Android 11?👉👈😣 Since we dont have twrp.

[@melly259]

your video helped me out sooooo much! thankyou!!! like at first i was using another video but they never explained how to go through the process entirely and o i was stuck on random steps. I had lots of trouble with the files and opening them idk what you did but literally I didn't even have to put in any of the information into the command prompts, it automatically filled it in for me in the background as I was unloading the files. I was kinda worried cause like I said I literally wasn't doing anythingg it was just downgrading automatically, but i did have the command prompt open in the background to mayby that's why? Any way everything worked out and I was able to successfully downgrade back to andriod 11 on my Pixel 3a!

[@todisoasuxmarcellin4095]

Thank you so much

[@samyoung7047]

Thank you @Maowdroid💚💙

[@KreGgiants]

Hello! Any chance to unroot and relock device without losing data? I did not change my android version when I patched the boot.img via magisk. Thanks so much!

[@vldmr137]

many thank. I repaired my pixel 3.

[@Mexmex1975]

Hi, does delete your eSim?

[@cs512tr]

hi i like your video, i need to roll back from android 12 to 10, on my pixel 3 xl. will this process be applicable? sincerely!

[@cs512tr]

this worked a treat! only issue was with the platform tools having a bug in the latest release so i used 33.0.3 perfect!

[@almondf23]

Can you show to factory reset an already rooted device? Or can a user just go to the usual settings >system>factory reset?

[@hazellee932]

Is it possible to do this using MacOS & the terminal?

[@bagajohny1673]

Thank you for the great video. I have one question, if you downgrade to A10 then is it possible to restore the google backup when setting up the phone?

[@ajholt4909]

i fixed it had to sideload the ota update then it booted up perfectly

[@nofel_diablo6118]

Hey man really helpful vid ! I'm using a pixel 3 and it says device state : locked , also inside android i enabled usb debugging and oem unlock was greyed out , can I still carry on with this ? or will I face problems?

[@flstudio-bitcoin935]

thanks sir

[@chaaer5649]

how to unlock OEM ?

[@SaraWOanH]

After I flash the image zip my phone didn't reboot like yours, it didn't change the screen at all 😩 try to root/unroot this 3xl is killing me 😭😭 I did my pixel xl no problem a while back, but I just can't get this to work. Update: I couldn't get past the part where you got into recovery mode. If I tried to get into recovery mode my phone would turn off and say no command, with a dead robot. A little googling and I found out that once the dead robot pops up you hold down power, and press the volume up button once to get to the recovery mode where you can wipe data and reset. After that, the rest was a breeze!

[@CuongNguyen-gu9fl]

Hello, I'm going to buy the pixel 3XL so I have some questions. How long can your 3xl last with how many SOT hours? Can using a different kernel and/or ROM improves its performance, battery life and can that help prevent its software problems?

[@SaraWOanH]

@@CuongNguyen-gu9fl I literally just bought the thing and can't even get it properly rooted, I don't have very much good to say about it.

[@CuongNguyen-gu9fl]

@@SaraWOanH Well, does it overheat?

[@SaraWOanH]

@@CuongNguyen-gu9fl OK so update, I managed to get it rooted. It was the dumbest little thing I kept over looking, but I got rooted. That said I've been using the phone for almost 2 days now and I have no complaints, it doesn't overheat. My pixel xl used to over heat, but this 3xl has not as of yet. I'm quite enjoying it however I'm more used to the bottom button setup on a Samsung, which the pixel is slightly different and that's annoying me some. Ultimately, I think it's a decent phone, especially for the low price it is.

[@CuongNguyen-gu9fl]

@@SaraWOanH Thanks for your reply!

[@ArisMelachroinos]

Thank you for your great tutorials. May I ask some questions: 1) Does this work on the Pixel 2 XL? (Of course with the appropriate files) 2) Do you have to first flash in the slot that you are currently in? You first flashed it on slot b, and then on a. Is it because your screen mentioned "Boot slot b"? Should we first flash on the slot that "Boot slot" is or it doesn't matter? What would be your advice? 3) Does it matter if you have a security pin before you do all this? I think I have heard that something is wrong with that. 4) Prior to rooting my phone, if I want to save the "Now Playing" history, can I do that with backing up the app with "adb.exe backup -f ambient.ab com.google.intelligence.sense" and then after I root to restore it somehow? Do you have any idea if this is possible? Thank you very much.

[@MaowDroid]

Hi Aris, sorry for not responding sooner! To answer your questions: 1) Yep, it should work just the same! 2) No, technically there's no correct slot to be on, but because the update command sets the current slot to the slot specified in the flash and I wanted the device to end up on slot A (as it does from the factory), I chose to flash B then A. 3) No, I don't recall a problem with leaving your screen lock there - I had my pattern still enabled on the device. 4) Presumably you'd just restore the ADB backup you made through adb again! I've never tried it, but that sounds pretty neat - and it looks like it would do the job? Did you look it up somewhere?

[@ArisMelachroinos]

@@MaowDroid Thanks a lot for you reply!! As for 4, I did find this guide that explains how to make a .csv out of your Now Playing history. I hope it works if I restore it, maybe I can to it manually with a root browser too.

[@MaowDroid]

I mean if you use ADB restore it should work right? Haha I haven't used the ADB backup function in many years! But exporting to a CSV sounds even better!

[@painpain832]

link?

[@sasankajayasekara2051]

thank you....

[@rajeeell]

tysm. ly.

[@almondf23]

Does this apply to pixel 3a official android 11 to android 10?

[@MaowDroid]

Yep you can do the same for the 3a as well! Pretty much all Pixels are covered by this. :)

[@almondf23]

@@MaowDroid thanks I'm gonna try this out with my official android 11 I hope it doesn't get bricked

[@almondf23]

@@MaowDroid I'm on the first step and immediately I got FAILED (remote: 'Fastboot command (flash:) is not allowed when locked')

[@MaowDroid]

@@almondf23 ah this assumes you have an unlocked bootloader (also listed as a requirement). You will need to enable OEM unlock in the developer options, then reboot into the bootloader and type in "fastboot flashing unlock", accept on your phone and then reboot once. This will wipe your device, but you'll be wiping regardless when you downgrade.

[@almondf23]

@@MaowDroid it worked! you officially have the best tutorial. we (we have a small pixel group and exepct more subs soon) have tried numerous tutorials and this is the easiest to follow. probably just link the unlock bootloader video in the requirement so everything's smoooth sailing. keep it up!

[@johnnydiaz8739]

Will it work on a pixel 2 xl

[@MaowDroid]

Yep! Just download the factory images for the Pixel 2 XL and you'll be good to go!

[@bagofpups3257]

Welp now my phone wont turn on

[@johnnyboydianno]

Nice vid but how do you root a pixel 3a pls

[@MaowDroid]

Hello, you should check out my other video that runs through rooting a Pixel running Android 11! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYHZn6CdpNNrb7c

[@beatprocess]

Device locked

[@tylerwillems9358]

Can I safely say that every step up to Relocking the Bootloader is good for flashing any factory image? If I want to keep my bootloader unlocked, but I want to UPGRADE my factory image (say from the Feb build to the Mar build), would I follow the same process using the newer factory image? Thanks in advance.

[@tylerwillems9358]

I answered my own question. If anyone is wondering, yes, use these steps the create a clean install of any factory image for your phone. Upgrade, or downgrade.