Simply days after the Pixel 6A’s launch, Google’s rolling out an replace to repair a problem stopping customers from unlocking the bootloader and performing mods, in response to a report from Android Police. The change is bundled inside the Pixel 6A’s first replace, which Google simply began releasing final week.
Briefly, a bootloader is a bit of software program that hundreds the working system (OS) on a tool when it activates. Getting access to the bootloader on Android may give you full management over your OS in a course of often called rooting. It additionally permits you to set up modded variations of Android, referred to as ROMs. Whereas some phone-makers and carriers don’t allow you to unlock your machine’s bootloader, Google does issues in a different way. It allows you to dive proper in on Pixels that aren’t tied to a particular provider (that are, confusingly, also called “unlocked” gadgets).
Final week, Android Police discovered a number of studies from Pixel 6A customers who have been disenchanted to search out that they have been unable to entry the bootloader, and later confirmed the difficulty on their very own Pixel 6A assessment unit. A Google spokesperson informed Android Police {that a} repair is included within the newest Pixel 6A replace, though it doesn’t explicitly point out it in its patch notes.
Google says the replace will proceed to roll out over the course of the subsequent week “relying on provider networks.” So in case you’ve been wanting ahead to modding your model new Pixel 6A, you shouldn’t have to attend an excessive amount of longer.