The January update has its own set that you can find here.įor those of you running December’s update, how’s it been? I’ve seen some suggest the update has been nothing but great while others certainly haven’t enjoyed their time. US (TMobile, Sprint, Google Fi) & UK carriers: QD1A.190821.014. Note that it's typically easier and safer to sideload the full OTA image instead. You will find these files useful if you have flashed custom builds on your device, and wish to return your device to its factory state. Which factory image should I install Pixel 4 (XL): US (ATT & Verizon): 2. This page contains binary image files that allow you to restore your Nexus or Pixel device's original factory firmware. I assume the one for AT&T but I wasnt sure if that was built specifically for Pixel 4 phones that were purchased directly from AT&T. If you’d like to see all of the bugs they plan to fix once the new update hits later this month, you can see the December list with almost 100 fixes here. Im not sure which factory image to install. They probably should have done this weeks ago, but better late than never or something. As usual (at least, since June), you can also flash the factory images directly from your browser with a single link, which is pretty snazzy.

The newest builds you can currently find for either phone are from November. Today, they’ve gone ahead and removed all of the December files for both the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Holiday breaks are important, but man.Īnyways, even after letting us all know that Pixel 6 owners would have to wait until “late” January for their big December update, Google kept hosting the factory image and OTA files for the bug-filled build, leaving open the opportunity for anyone with 15 minutes of time to flash it. Factory Images If you want to return to the stock software on the Pixel 5a (code-name: barbet), you can extract and flash the latest factory image firmware from the link below.

Note the differences between Google Pixel sailfish and Google Pixel XL. Their plan is to fix its serious bugs and issue a big update later in January to those two phones, though their messaging around it probably could have been a bit more upfront or timely. Were using the full Android factory image for this method (not the OTA file). The December update for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro didn’t workout and we now know it has serious enough bugs that Google decided to put it on hold.

Pixel factory images