Some Google Pixel 2 XL Units Shipped Without an Operating System (androidpolice.com) 34
Corbin Davenport, writing for AndroidPolice: Some Pixel 2 XL units are being shipped without Android properly installed. Obviously, the phone can't boot without the OS. It may be possible to flash a factory image, since fastboot is supposed to allow signed images to be flashed with the bootloader still locked, but the affected phones could have other problems that prevent this from working. The company confirmed the veracity of the story, but did not share more details. It said, however, that the issue had been resolved.
Ob (Score:2, Flamebait)
You could argue that they all do.
Re: Ob (Score:2)
Mine didn't (Score:3)
That's the great hope of FOSS (Score:3, Interesting)
Wouldn't it be nice if that were normal as an option?
When will get the IBM PC of mobile computing? WHEN!?
The world's technology will only improve when it's considered normal for a user to program his "device" as he sees fit.
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When they are large enough to feature the typical big red switch of the IBM PC area.
"The company confirmed..." (Score:1)
Which company, exactly?
Who made this phone, Tesla? (Score:1)
Read and you will see why.
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-shipped-cars-without-seats-and-digital-displays-1820113207
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Could be worse. Could be Boeing [youtube.com].
This video cams out shortly after Boeing went to a 'moving assembly line'. Lots of laughs (and some groans) on the shop floor.
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Didn't Microsoft cancel Windows 10 mobile?
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Even if it's cancelled it still works, which would make a Windows 10 mobile-powered Pixel 2 XL better than one without any OS.
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Still no operating system.
This might be a cool feature... (Score:3)
I wouldn't mind an OS-less phone, provided that it is easy to install one's ROM of choice. It would be nice to have LineageOS supported from the start, for example.
Par for the course for LG (Score:1)
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Sadly, I am inclined to agree with you. My wife has had two LG phones (G2 and G4, I believe) and neither was very good. Both had to be retired well before what I consider normal for a smart phone (2-3 years of use, ideally).
I got the Pixel 2 XL, and while I think I am going to stick with it I have decided that we won't be getting any more LG (branded or manufactured) phones going forward. There is so much that is great about the Pixel 2 XL, but the screen is lower quality than my 3 year old Nexus 6 (made by
FreeDOS (Score:3)
Guys, you're overreacting here.
They didn't ship without an OS, you just accidentally chose the "FreeDOS" option because you were just going to throw LineageOS on there anyway and didn't want to pay for a whole useless Android license.
Just look for the little:
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