I am stuck.
I cannot unlock the bootloader. So I can't even start over?
The windows 10 laptop it's connected to has stopped recognizing the phone in device manager - even though it makes a noise and reshuffles the device list when I plug/unplug the usb cable. I have rebooted both devices. This is the same machine used for install yesterday - with updated pixel 8 device driver.
This phone hasn't even had a sim in it yet.