Dear E.Os’sers ;?
I happen to have my hands on a Pixel 6A with Android 16.
The installation points out to downgrade to Android 15 which is not so easy I guess.
Is there an image in teh pipeline where I can flash the device with Android 16?
Thanks a lot.
Thorsten
Hello @16locke1 , Welcome to the /e/ users forum.
you will have to wait untill next July, August or September
Holy s….
Ok, then I guess I will downgrade.
Is there a good step by step guide I can follow?
Sorry if there is one and I missed it.
Thorsten
i am affraid downgrade is no more possible since may update version.
from Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers we can read :
Warning: The May 2025 update for Pixel 6 (6, 6 Pro, 6a) and Pixel 8 (8, 8 Pro, 8a) devices contains a bootloader update that increments the anti-roll back version for the bootloader. This prevents the device from rolling back to previous vulnerable versions of the bootloader. After flashing the May 2025 update on these devices you won’t be able to flash and boot older Android 15 builds.
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awaiting for/e/OS-a16, search for “bluejay” in Unofficial-builds
awaiting forLineageOS for microG 23.0 (android 16 based) : download.lineage.microg.org/bluejay
you can have a test with LineageOS 23.0 Info about bluejay | LineageOS Wiki