clarify reasoning behind updating before install

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Daniel Micay 2019-10-09 11:11:45 -04:00
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specific variant.</p> specific variant.</p>
<p>It's best practice to update the stock OS on the device to make sure it's running <p>It's best practice to update the stock OS on the device to make sure it's running
the latest firmware before proceeding with these instructions. This avoids running the latest firmware before proceeding with these instructions. This avoids running
into bugs in older firmware versions. It's known that the early Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL into bugs, missing features or other differences in older firmware versions. Early
bootloader versions have weird quirks with unlocking. There aren't known issues on Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL bootloader versions use a non-standard unlocking system not
other devices, but this is still a good idea. You can either do this via over-the-air covered by these installation instructions. You can either update the device via
updates or sideload a full update from their over-the-air updates or sideload a full update, which for Pixel phones can be obtained
<a href="https://developers.google.com/android/ota">full update package page</a>.</p> from the <a href="https://developers.google.com/android/ota">full update package
page</a>.</p>
<h3 id="obtaining-fastboot"> <h3 id="obtaining-fastboot">
<a href="#obtaining-fastboot">Obtaining fastboot</a> <a href="#obtaining-fastboot">Obtaining fastboot</a>