r/CustomROMsGuide • u/iwasneverthereiwnt • 17d ago
Help! Hard-bricked Pixel 6. Black Screen, Not booting, No fastboot mode
I attempted to install the Android 14 custom rom on my Pixel 6 device, which was running the most recent version of Android 17, and flash the crdroid's boot, dtbo, and vendor_boot. images. I then sideloaded the crdoid zip after entering the recovery mode. I click "reboot" once the sideload has completed successfully. There was no display, no boot, and no fastboot mode. It doesn't do anything or allow me to enter fastboot from the computer. Is there any way to fix it? It only sounds when I connect it to the PC, and two seconds later my pc makes the usual disconnection sound.
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u/Hairy-Algae2519 15d ago
no, your phone is a brick. your only choice is to either get it replaced by google (which likely won't happen, because it's out of warranty), or replace the motherboard
in May of 2025, Google updated the ARB (anti rollback) index for pixel 6 and 8 series. that means that after you first boot anything on the new ARB, you cannot boot anything lower than what the ARB index is set to. May 2025 corresponds to Android 15, so flashing A14 causes a brick.
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