Whoa. I've seen some weird stuff on the Pixel 3 regarding how bootloader unlock is handled, and I thought I knew a lot about the Pixel 3 but I've never seen thi

Whoa. I've seen some weird stuff on the Pixel 3 regarding how bootloader unlock is handled, and I thought I knew a lot about the Pixel 3 but I've never seen this. Can you not finish OOBE? What is the actual effect of it being "locked" like this. Or does OOBE want you to login to the previous Google account? (There is a bypass for that, and Pixel 3's can become bootloader-unlockable if they are updated and connected to the net. It sounds weird, but true). But I'm not sure this icon represents either of those cases. I'm quite curious. Actually, I think it is FRP. I can't remember exactly which bypass method I did but... This might help https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rpMv76zOcSg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rpMv76zOcSg The method I used felt very akin to using the Win98 Login Help system to bypass login. But also, Google's becoming quite inept at running Android. I've had it completely screw up notification handling where it says one thing, but does another - literally yesterday I missed several new WhatsApp convos because the system decided every new convo was going to be "silent" and hidden. I had major lockscreen bugs that took 5 months from "fixed" in Issue Tracker to being shipped. They've removed all ways (for me?) To direct contact Device Support (I'm 99% sure they advertised this when I signed up for Google One). And frankly they're useless and deceitful to communicate with, and often immediately want you to factory reset, which is awful because they've put zero pressure on the Android ecosystem to properly sync account creds, so it takes a solid two hours to fully reset a Pixel. Oh right, and the multiple times that I had shipping confirmation of a return, and they even accidentally told me they'd initially received the device, but either had internet theft or just lost it and then put a $700 charge on my card for weeks until they finally fixed it. I'm still upset about that. Luckily, certain "dating apps" that I use have all basically become web-based now, so I might actually have a transition path away from Android...