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Local goodwill has a Pixel 3a for cheap but it has Factory Reset Protection on when booted. (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by AZX3RIC@lemmy.world to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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I want to grab the phone to try out Ubuntu Touch but I don't want to contribute to e-waste if I can't get past the FRP.

Any advise?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If the FRP is on, you shouldn't be able to reset or flash it. Therefore, ewaste. Sorry for the overly terse initial message.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

FRP isn't triggered when the device is reset via the Android settings app (i.e. not factory reset mode of the Android bootloader). Yet, this implies that the device boots and the user can login successfully.

https://www.guidingtech.com/bypass-google-frp-on-android/

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Won't the android settings app prompt for the login details before reset? (At least in the normal case, the google keyboard bypass seems like it does, but who knows if that still works)

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

IIrc, it prompts for the lock-screen pattern or alike, but not for the credentials of the Google account.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Only if it's bootloader locked.

Otherwise you can flash Lineage

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

FRP on implies bootloader locked does it not?