I bought a refurbished pixel 7 in europe. I assumed it was the european version (GVU6C).

I tested it and it appeared functional in all functions, so i released the escrow to the seller.

Now because I don’t trust the software hasn’t been tampered, I wanted to clean it with flash.android.com but… can’t because it can’t unlock the bootloader (even if i connect to internet and call the code ##2432546## to get the “checkin requested” from google play services)

It looks like i have the model GQML3 for Verizon which can’t be bootloader unlocked. FUCK! I especially bought this because it can unlock the bootloader…

Anyway… about restoring the original software…

Phone says “phone is with latest update installed” with android 14 and security update from 5 june 2024.

Can I flash the full image for android 15 with october security update or i risk a brick? Do I need to wait for the lazy fucks at verizon to “certify” the android 15 update? Those fuckers take ages to “certify” the updates…

  • Moonrise2473OPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I wasn’t able to unlock the bootloader and I didn’t trust the seller about his secret sauce program that can do it (but only if I sent it back) because I didn’t want to be without phone for 3 weeks (and what if he simply switched the phone with a T-Mobile one?)

    And on the moment that i inserted a non-verizon sim card, the phone automatically installed the normal software, and not the Verizon certified one that is months behind, still on Android 14