I bought a used Pixel XL in canada for my dad. Unlocking bootloader, flashing twrp and root were super simple. But when I purchased another Canadian Pixel XL for my mum. I was a little puzzled. Bootloader is successfully unlocked. And successfully flashed twrp 3.2.3 and was able to navigate through it. But when the phone boots to system and then I try to boot into recovery. It tries to and the phone just restarts to system. Another strange thing is that I have slot a and b in twrp 3.2.3 whereas my dad's phone doesn't have the slots since it launched with nougat. Mum's pixel is currently on 8.0 out of the box.
It can boot into twrp via computer. But when I try rebooting into twrp via twrp it just restarts the phone to system
The phone also shows as aosp on msm8669 when connected to my pc. Googled it and says Verizon. But it was bought in Canada best buy...
I can definitely return the phone after relocking the bootloader but just wondering if there's a fix for this.
Edit. Updated to pie via ota and twrp boots with no issues
It can boot into twrp via computer. But when I try rebooting into twrp via twrp it just restarts the phone to system
The phone also shows as aosp on msm8669 when connected to my pc. Googled it and says Verizon. But it was bought in Canada best buy...
I can definitely return the phone after relocking the bootloader but just wondering if there's a fix for this.
Edit. Updated to pie via ota and twrp boots with no issues
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