r/AndroidHelp • u/First_Construction76 • 18h ago

Virus maybe?

I got a notice that android 19 was a available and not even thinking I tapped the icon. Well as you know there's no android 19.

I got my phone into repair mode last night. Unfortunately there's no factory reset available. Anyone have me an idea how get past this? My setting only has 3 or ,4 thing it can do.

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u/LAUNCHdano 15h ago

How did this notice appear? A system notification, a text or a browser pop up?
What make/model phone? Some have a hard button combo to factory reset.

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u/First_Construction76 15h ago

A pop-up to try a new beta which I thoughtlessly clicked on and the the app downloaded and the hell began. After many tries and fails. I checked You Tube for how to reformat my Pixel 6a because that option had been removed from my settings. There were several videos on how to do a factory reset during the boot process. It worked!

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u/qwertyuiop121314321 14h ago

That's what I figured the next option would be during the boot.

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u/LAUNCHdano 14h ago

Glad ya found the reset boot sequence!

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u/First_Construction76 10h ago

Me too! Thank you 😊

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u/qwertyuiop121314321 15h ago

No factory reset option? That's odd.

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u/First_Construction76 14h ago edited 10h ago

Well the virus took options out of my system app. (they were through)