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Android 8.1 Oreo is now available as a Developer Preview. Google launched it just a few days ago, with not very new specifications. Only, the Android 8.1 Developer Preview Oreo introduced new features for developers and some improvements in the system. Although new features are being discovered in this latest version of Android, it seems that those that have the most prominence are those that fail in the device. As we have read in the Android Community, Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview incorporates installation failures and problems in device formatting
A user who was testing the Android 8.1 Oreo preview forgot his PIN. There was no way to unlock the device, not even with the reset options that Google provides. More practical solution? Reset the device to factory settings. The only problem is that if you do, your device can get completely locked. The user discovered that, upon restarting after the lock, it prompted him again for an unlock code. Even before moving on to the initial device setup. He contacted Google's technical service and the firm recommended resetting to factory settings. But the message kept popping up.
Bug or new feature?
We still do not know if it is a bug in Android 8.1 Oreo. It may be a feature to increase the security of the device. But we must bear in mind that if we do not remember the PIN, we will not be able to use it, or format it. Not even sell it. The user who reported this problem contacted Google support again to find a quick solution. The big G has told you that you can replace the device, as long as you have the appropriate return authorizations.
We must emphasize that there is already a similar feature in previous versions. If we configure our device with the Google account and select a privacy option in the settings, upon restart it will ask us for the last Google account. We hope that this supposed new feature can be disabled. If not, the only thing we will have is a broken terminal.
