Now you can recover to stock if you need to

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Rooting and ROMing is sadly declining in popularity these days, but Pixel devices remain a popular option for those that still honor the practice, given their unlockable bootloaders. For folks with that inclination that picked up the brand new Pixel 5a, Google has just published the full suite of [OTA](https://developers.google.com/android/ota) and [factory images](https://developers.google.com/android/images) that can both make recovering from an accident a little easier and potentially offer a means for some future fun.

[Read More](https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/08/27/factory-and-ota-images-for-pixel-5a-now-available/)

[Factory and OTA images for Pixel 5a now available](https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/08/27/factory-and-ota-images-for-pixel-5a-now-available/) was written by the awesome team at [Android Police](http://www.androidpolice.com).