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Unroot the Pixel

How to Unroot the Google Pixel & Pixel XL

Need to unroot your Pixel or Pixel XL? Maybe you’ve taken rooting too far and now need a clean slate? Maybe you need to sell the phone? Either way, it’s pretty easy to get it all back to stock. Thanks to Google providing us with the firmware on their own site (since it is a Google built device), it comes down to just flashing that and relocking the bootloader using some commands in ADB. If you’re ready, here’s how to unroot the Pixel or Pixel XL. Before You Begin You should’ve rooted your device using our how to root the […]

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Root Pixel XL

How to Root the Google Pixel & Pixel XL (Video)

The Pixel and Pixel XL are not the easiest to root. Google has added a lot of security to the system files and, long story short, developers have had to cleverly come up with a systemless root method (which is way harder than it sounds). On top of this, Google removed the recovery partition which was used heavily in most rooting methods as well as being used for flashing custom ROMs etc. Chainfire, recognized master of all things root (might be his official title?), though has developed a version of SuperSU (the program used to control what apps get root permissions

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Pixel XL, Really Blue

Google Pixel XL, Really Blue, Unboxing (Video)

The Google Pixel XL in really blue (it is really blue, by the way) finally arrived today. I’m excited about this phone since it, and the Pixel, are the first phones that were actually designed and made by Google. HTC manufactured them, but Google told them what to build. Should be interesting to see what Google wants us to have in a phone. But, before we get to all of that (and we will in a review coming ASAP), we should probably do a Pixel XL unboxing, right? Let me know what you guys think of the Pixel XL, or the

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