TL;DR
- Google has pulled Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3 due to the risk of it bootlooping phones with desktop settings enabled.
- Users who already installed the update have been looking for solutions to escape the loop without a factory reset.
- A method involving plugging and unplugging USB peripherals has proved fruitful, but can be very slow to get results.
Trying out beta software means accepting some level of risk, but how much do you really expect to break when running an Android beta? Maybe Google Wallet stops working? Fingerprint sensor shuts down? A few app crashes, sure, but most of the time Google still manages to give us a largely functional piece of software. That may be true, but this week was apparently the exception that proves the rule, as Google was forced to pump the brakes on Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3 following reports of some seriously phone-breaking glitches.
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