i need confirmation about flashing google pixel 3 .img

[xerxess]

hi everyone

can somebody tell me or help me to give me information if i did flashing official .img (firmware) from google site (same series, same build number) will it make my google pixel brick?

thank you

 

[Xeust]

hi everyone

can somebody tell me or help me to give me information if i did flashing official .img (firmware) from google site (same series, same build number) will it make my google pixel brick?

thank you

Hi there. Do you mean flashing image with the same built you already installed? If you do, it will wipe your phone completely. So, no brick. Just a fully wiped phone.

 

[xerxess]

Hi there. Do you mean flashing image with the same built you already installed? If you do, it will wipe your phone completely. So, no brick. Just a fully wiped phone.

yes thats what i mean, flashing image with same built that i already installed. so it's safe.

is there any something i need to cautious before do that? as far as i remember , in google site there is 2 kind of image, full ota image and factory image. which image can be used for locked bootloader google pixel?



sorry my english not good

 

[Xeust]

yes thats what i mean, flashing image with same built that i already installed. so it's safe.

is there any something i need to cautious before do that? as far as i remember , in google site there is 2 kind of image, full ota image and factory image. which image can be used for locked bootloader google pixel?



sorry my english not good

I'm sorry but as far as I know, you need to unlock your bootloader before flashing those. If anything you need to be cautious of, is make sure you properly unlock your bootloader before flashing.

 

[wangdaning]

OTA can sideload in factory recovery. No need to unlock as far as I know. There is always a risk, anything is possible, but if you look up guides for either factory image or ota update you should be fine. If you want to wipe your userdata, you should use the factory image method.