I just did the OTA update to /e/OS on my Pixel 6a. It has been working without any problems and this is also not the first update I did. But this one broke it. If I try to start the phone now, the screen tells me “Your device is loading a different operating system” Then it shows the google logo, then the little dead androidwith a red sign with an exclamation mark on the openedchest. I can still boot into fastboot mode. Is there any other option than doing a complete wipe and reinstalling? Also, does anyone know what caused this?
Thanks a million for any hint into a helpful direction!
You can try to change the OS slot to see whether there’s something bootable on the other slot, if the bootloader allows this.
(See https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/ab for context.)
If not done already, download the current Android SDK platform tools to the computer and unzip the ZIP file to a folder you can navigate to easily.
Open a command line/ terminal and navigate to the folder to which you unzipped the tools. If you are unfamiliar with the command line/ terminal, here’s a really good and short 1 page introduction to everything you need for now … https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/intro_to_command_line/
Enter the fastboot devices command to display an ID of the phone to make sure that fastboot works with the connected phone.
Change the slot with the command fastboot --set-active=other
If the command does not complain that this is not allowed and ran successfully, try to reboot with fastboot reboot.
Ok, the wildest thing happened. I had to leave the house for a couple of hours. I left the phone plugged into the charger with the broken android symbol visible. When I cam back two hours later, it had just booted up. Thank you very much for your quick reply, @AnotherElk , sadly I couldn’t try changing the boot slots, because I definitely will not fidget around with a running system. I will mark that thread as solved, even though I don’t know if it’s a solution for anyone else…