Do not factory reset your Pixel until at least 15 minutes after a system update

That's good to know, but the burning question is: why? Is this a critical but otherwise background part of the update? A clever time saving choice that didn't pan out well?

I had the same problem on a Pixel 4a, it worked perfectly, I performed a factory reset, immediately after it refused to boot due to "battery issue" (I don't remember the exact message). So I think Pixel 4a is also impacted by the "brick on factory reset" issue.

My Google pixel 4xl was working, doing some backup at 1:30am a few months ago.<p>At ~2am the massive ATT outtage occured that lasted several hours.<p>By 7am when I woke up the phone had zero sign of life, can&#x27;t get it to charge or indicate anything.<p>Weird, I know phones break. But it broke while being untouched, during a rare long term outage. Still makes me wonder.

my final straw with Android was pixel 4a stopping security updates in 2023. that phone was released in 2020. the iphone 12 released in the same year will receive security updates until 2027. from a hardware perspective my pixel 4a has a great screen, great battery, great camera, great 4g speeds, i have 0 desire for a new phone. too bad Google arbitrarily turned into an insecure piece of etrash after 3 years.

After an update you get a notification saying something like &quot;finishing update&quot;. It takes a while, maybe 5-10 minutes. I guess the issue is that, if you factory reset while this process is ongoing, something isn&#x27;t reset properly.