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Pixel 10’s May update blocks Android downgrades

Pixel 10’s May update blocks Android downgrades

[ad_1] Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s May 2026 update for the Pixel 10 series blocks downgrades to older Android versions by updating the bootloader. Users say devices can become unrecoverable if they enter certain recovery modes without access to Google’s internal tools. The issue has been raised for years, but Google has …

Proposed Class Action Suit Claims Faulty Roku, TCL Software Updates ‘Bricked’ TVs

Proposed Class Action Suit Claims Faulty Roku, TCL Software Updates ‘Bricked’ TVs

[ad_1] A recently proposed class action lawsuit (PDF) claims Roku and TCL released software updates that made televisions glitchy or stop working entirely.  The suit alleges the companies have released software updates that are “repetitively defective, materially impairing the functionality of Roku products.” In other words, the companies brick their own televisions by “failing to …