Reflashing Graphene OS after a deliberate erase.

grapheneA5

Hey there good people! I erased google pixel 6a w/ Graphene OS, but now am prompted for a password and, the old password I had been using (the screen lock password) is not allowing access to the phone. Please help. I intend to freshly flash the device with Graphene OS but... I seem to be "locked out" as described. thank you all community members for your time.

malatoi

Hello grapheneA5,

how did you "erase" your Pixel 6a?

treequell

grapheneA5 You can factory reset to a fresh GrapheneOS install from the recovery menu.

After doing so it'll return you to a fresh GrapheneOS install, where you can set up your phone again from scratch.

I have provided instructions to do the factory reset in a previous thread: #95382

Please follow those instructions. If you have issues, let us know, and we'll be happy to help.

grapheneA5

malatoi I used the option within the OS to erase the phone and its contents. Since then, when I power on the pixel 6a, i am prompted for a password which I guessed would be the original screen lock password but, it's not giving access. Should I re-flash via graphene OS website with USB tethering as I originally did when setting the device up?

grapheneA5

treequell This worked. Thank you very much for your help.

grapheneA5

NB: reason for erasure at the time was that I noticed some strange activity. Without going into the specifics, it was a "scare". Now successfully in a situation with fresh Graphene OS install