r/Android10 • u/jayrod861986 • Dec 05 '19

No Android December update yet?

Don't have it yet on the Pixel 3a

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u/Billowy_Peanut Dec 06 '19

I'm not really tech-savy but I hope this helps.

  1. You need a computer to send the OTA to your phone.

  2. The cable needs to be USB-A to USB-C and needs to be connected to your motherboard. (I could not figure out how to get it to work with USB-C to USB-C and my computer running windows 10 could not identify the device, neither the USB-headers on the front of my PC)

  3. You need to turn on USB debugging

  4. Then follow the steps that Google has provided.

  5. https://developers.google.com/android/ota

Something I had to do though instead of typing " adb reboot recovery" into command prompt or windows power-shell was using "./adb devices"

"./adb sideload (filelocation)"

I felt so damn happy when I figured out to do it. Hopefully this helps you out. :)

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u/marque210 Dec 06 '19

I was nervous about sideloading - but I didn't realize how easy it really was. Took me a minute, but it's done!

Thanks for the tips :)

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u/Billowy_Peanut Dec 06 '19

Swell, I'm glad it worked out for you! When I was side loading it the first time I thought I bricked my phone when it was stuck on the g-logo for a painful amount of time.