Install Factory Android Image on Pixel 1

Note: Some of these notes were saved in a draft and going off of memory. May not be entirely complete.

Basic Steps

Basic steps to flash the factory Android image back onto a Google Pixel 1

  • Boot into the boot menu.
  • Select recovery
  • Select Apply update from ADB
  • Sideload the OTA image downloaded below
  • Reboot and resetup

Downloading OTA image

You can download the full OTA image from
https://developers.google.com/android/ota