Strange installation and upgrade behaviour Pixel 7

[piero]

[HOWTO] Give complete /e/OS version info easily for support, answers, comparison etc

If you read just the start of this text because it gets cited in the forum: There are screenshots here, please have a look at them before assuming you know what this is about. Thank you! As they say, every hint has its history . Where were we? Ah, yes … You are running /e/OS on your device and want to give info about your version to get support, or a simple answer to a question, or anybody else to confirm whether they can observe the same behaviour you observe? Sure … Your device will …

If switching from Community to Official, only relocking the bootloader (optional step) imply a factory-reset / format /data partition…

@piero

to do it, you have several options :

they are the same as for regular update…
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(it is recommended to take a backup of your things in case)

download the latest /e/OS build for your device
it must be named like e-3.2-a15-20251023539369-community-instantnoodle.zip

if you found something named like IMG-e-3.2-a15-20251022539003-official-FP6.zip
use the right clic to copy the link, paste it in the adress bar of your browser, remove the 4 IMG- carracters and press enter to download e-3.2-a15-20251022539003-official-FP6.zip

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1. download the file on the phone, go to “→ settings → system updater” and use the feature called “locale update” (if you have it in the “3 dot menu” at top right of the screen).

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2. download the file on the phone, reboot the phone into the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from internal storage” (if your “recovery mode” have the feature).

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3. download the file on a SDcard, reboot the phone into the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from External SDcard” (if your “recovery mode” have the feature).

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4. Universal Method, download the file on a computer, boot the phone into the recovery mode and use “apply update” then “from ADB” :

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