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Google Pixel 6 factory reset might zap your phone


Factory resetting your Pixel 6? Hold off - it might turn into a brick!

During a factory reset, some phones are hitting a critical error, turning them into fancy paperweights. Some Pixel 6 owners have reported on Google support forums that their phones became bricked after a factory reset, as spotted by Tech-Issues Today. In the forum thread, Pixel 6 users reported that after they tried to reset their devices, the phones failed to boot up properly and instead showed an error message: "Cannot load Android system.

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