Down grade Pixel 4a 5G, SQ1A.211205.008 current version (android 12)

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I can recommend 1.6r it’s very stable for me. It’s over the air (OTA) and it normally just an update with all apps intact.

Tried the same and have now an unlocked bootloader > opened a new discussion on that:

Google Pixel 4a 5G: after OTA upgrade from e-1.5-r to e-1.6.r (Android 11) the bootloader gets unlocked

My steps: Downgraded Google Pixel 4a 5G from Android 12 to Android 11 stock firmware12 Installed /e/OS 1.5 r (Android 11) with Easy Installer Everything was working (bootloader locked) Start OTA Update installation of e-1.6-r-20221213242618-stable-bramble.zip / it was also offered https://ota.ecloud.global/builds/full/stable/bramble/e-1.7-r-20230110250404-stable-bramble.zip Reboot Boot loader is unlocked now Maybe somebody has experience on this and can answer these questions: Is that int…