Downgrade Pixel 7 from A14 to A13

nareach
Newbie

I am currently using Pixel 7 and faced some issue on A14 like some app not support and some forced close app so i would like to revert it back to Public A13, How can i do that?

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Scott5337
Specialist - Level 1

@nareach wrote:

I am currently using Pixel 7 and faced some issue on A14 like some app not support and some forced close app so i would like to revert it back to Public A13, How can i do that?


You can check with Google if you want, as mentioned by @vzw_customer_support but Google will tell you there is no way to "revert back" or "downgrade to" an earlier version of Android. You could use the Google flash tool to install Android 13 but that will wipe your device (aka factory reset) and then your phone will constantly prompt you to install Android 14. And if you don't have good data backups in place you could lose data.

If you have some apps that  don't work with Android 14 then why not wait it out and reach out to those app developers via the Contact option in the Play Store for each app and ask them why their app is not compatible with Android 14. There is no excuse for that (incompatible apps) these days, app developers had months to get their app compatible with Android 14 before it was released.

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Scott5337
Specialist - Level 1

There is no way to revert back to an older version of Android.

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vzw_customer_support
Customer Service Rep

Hello thank you for reaching out to us. We would recommend checking with Google to see if they have any instructions on how to revert to the old software version. 

~Ivone

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Scott5337
Specialist - Level 1

@nareach wrote:

I am currently using Pixel 7 and faced some issue on A14 like some app not support and some forced close app so i would like to revert it back to Public A13, How can i do that?


You can check with Google if you want, as mentioned by @vzw_customer_support but Google will tell you there is no way to "revert back" or "downgrade to" an earlier version of Android. You could use the Google flash tool to install Android 13 but that will wipe your device (aka factory reset) and then your phone will constantly prompt you to install Android 14. And if you don't have good data backups in place you could lose data.

If you have some apps that  don't work with Android 14 then why not wait it out and reach out to those app developers via the Contact option in the Play Store for each app and ask them why their app is not compatible with Android 14. There is no excuse for that (incompatible apps) these days, app developers had months to get their app compatible with Android 14 before it was released.

nareach
Newbie

Android  flash tool is required BL unlocked which is impossible for verizon device

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nareach
Newbie

Android  flash tool is required BL unlocked which is impossible for verizon device

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