I bought a refurbished pixel 7 in europe. I assumed it was the european version (GVU6C).
I tested it and it appeared functional in all functions, so i released the escrow to the seller.
Now because I don’t trust the software hasn’t been tampered, I wanted to clean it with flash.android.com but… can’t because it can’t unlock the bootloader (even if i connect to internet and call the code ##2432546## to get the “checkin requested” from google play services)
It looks like i have the model GQML3 for Verizon which can’t be bootloader unlocked. FUCK! I especially bought this because it can unlock the bootloader…
Anyway… about restoring the original software…
Phone says “phone is with latest update installed” with android 14 and security update from 5 june 2024.
Can I flash the full image for android 15 with october security update or i risk a brick? Do I need to wait for the lazy fucks at verizon to “certify” the android 15 update? Those fuckers take ages to “certify” the updates…
update: seller (which is a professional refurbisher) says that all his refurbished pixels are american/verizon and he used to flash the global bootloader via JTAG, but since the pixel 6/android 13 (pixel 6 with android < 12 can, then they patched it with some antirollover) it can’t be done anymore. He says that nobody cares about bootloader unlocking and I’m literally the only one out of thousands of customers to have noticed the issue. He says that there’s a way to jtag the global bootloader onto the verizon pixel 7 and allow bootloader unlocking but it will have a permanent “software tampered” warning on boot and it can’t be locked anymore. Don’t know how much true that is.