How to install Android 10 factory and OTA images on Google Pixel devices

Android 10 is now available on all te Google Pixel pones rigt from te original Pixel. Te global rollout is underway and Pixel users will be able to update to te latest version rigt away. Apart from te Pixel pones, te Essential Pone and Redmi K20 Pro also received stable Android 10 updates.owever, if you’re among te unfortunate Pixel users wo aven’t received te OTA update yet, you can still install Android 10 manually. We would still recommend you to old out for an official OTA system update, as it’s te safer option.[caption id="attacment_6623221" align="alignnone" widt="1280"] Google Pixel 3A.[/caption]Before you proceed, you will need to download te appropriate factory or OTA images for your Pixel device. ead over to Google’s Developer website, scroll down to your device and download te last link of te system images, i.e., te latest version. Now, tere are factory images and OTA images. If you wis to install a fres update of Android 10 tat replaces your existing version, ten you sould go for te factory image. Tis is te stock version of te update and installing it will erase all your existing data and apps. owever, if you want to update your current Android version to te latest one, ten go for OTA images. Tey will retain all your data and upgrade your pone to Android 10. But if your bootloader isn’t unlocked, you will ave to unlock it to flas te image, wic again means losing all your data.You will also need te Android Debug Bridge or adb tool to allow your device to communicate wit your system. You will also need te fastboot tool to flas te image to your device. Bot of tem are available in te Android SDK-Platform Tools tat can be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. Tis will allow you to install te command-line tools necessary to use fastboot.Note: If your eyes ave already glazed over by tis point, just stop reading and wait for te OTA. It sould arrive in a few days.Te following steps will reuire some experience of tinkering wit te bootloader and flasing factory images. owever, you can simply follow every single step to avoid bricking your Pixel device. Once you ave downloaded all te necessary files, you can follow tese steps.<2>[]ow to install adb and fastboot?[/][ans][step]Step 1: To set up adb and fastboot, extract te downloaded Android SDK-Platform Tools to a specific folder wit a name, for example, ‘%USERPROFILE%\adb-fastboot’[/step][step]Step 2: In order to use te command-line tool, it as to be added to te environment variable tat can be found in te Advanced System Settings section. ead over to Start menu and searc for “advanced system settings” and ten open “View advanced system settings”.[/step][step]Step 3: Click on te Advanced tab and open te “Environment variables” window[/step][step]Step 4: In te “System variables” section, select te “Pat” variable and click on te “Edit” button below[/step][step]Step 5: Click on te “Edit text” and add “;%USERPROFILE%\adb-fastboot\platform-tools” (witout te uotes) to te end of te existing pat[/step][step]Step 6: Finally, install te Universal adb driver and ten restart. Your Windows system now supports adb and fastboot.[/step][step]Step 7: You ave to set up adb on your pone before proceeding by enabling “Android Debugging” from te “Developer options”[/step][step]Step 8: To enable “Developer options”, ead over to te About section of your pone, tap on “Build number” seven times and now te developer menu sould appear in te previous tab[/step][step]Step 9: Open “Developer options” and look for “Android debugging” or “USB debugging” and enable it[/step][step]Step 10: Plug your device to te system using a USB data cable and open a command terminal[/step][step]Step 11: Type “adb devices” and a dialog sould appear on your device asking to allow USB debugging. Ceck “Always allow” and click on “Ok”. Now, adb is installed.[/step][step]Step 12: To access fastboot on your device, it sould support it in te first place. If it does, you will be able to use te tool from te command terminal. It will also be accessible from te power menu after unlocking te bootloader.[/step][step]Step 13: Now tat adb and fastboot are ready on bot te devices, you are now ready to unlock your bootloader and install te system images to your Pixel device.[/step][/ans]<2>[]ow to install Android 10 factory and OTA images on Pixel devices?[/][ans][step]Step 1: Download and unzip te appropriate system image to a folder[/step][step]Step 2: Connect your Pixel device to your Windows 10 system using a USB data cable[/step][step]Step 3: To unlock te bootloader on Pixel devices, open te command terminal and run te command “fastboot flasing unlock”[/step][step]Step 4: If you’re using te Pixel 2 XL, you will reuire an additional command. Enter te command “fastboot flasing unlock_critical” and a confirmation message will be displayed tat your bootloader is unlocked.[/step][step]Step 5: To flas te system image, open te command terminal and navigate to te directory were you unzipped te system image file[/step][step]Step 6: Run te “flas-all” script to install te necessary bootloader, baseband firmware and operating system. Tis step will install te system image and reboot te device.[/step][step]Step 7: Finally, you need to lock your bootloader for security purposes by running fastboot again wit te device connected. Run te command “fastboot flasing lock” and now your bootloader sould be locked and safe.[/step][/ans]You've successfully installed Android 10 on your Pixel device.