What actually is happening is whenever a Pixel user on Android 13 changes their device’s system language to Turkish, the OS tends to freeze and crash within seconds. This issue is affected both the Pixel 7 and 6 series and has only started after the latest OS release. As of now the only way via which users are able to mitigate this issue is by heading over to Settings > System > Language and then switching to any other language before their device crashes.
In other words, they only have a few seconds in hand to get this job done. Is there a more feasible method of dealing with this issue? Well, there exist a couple of handy workarounds that might come in handy. So without further ado, let’s check them out.
Fix Pixel Android 13 crashing with Turkish Language
The culprit behind this issue is the buggy SIM Toolkit app. So to rectify it, you will have to uninstall the current version and then reinstall its fresh one which will re-populate the fresh data. However, since it is a system app, you will have to take the help of ADB Commands to get this job done.
STEP 1: Download Android SDK
First off, download the Android SDK Platform Tools. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform-tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide.
STEP 2: Enable USB Debugging
Next up, you will have to enable USB Debugging on your device so that it is recognizable by the PC in ADB mode. So head over to Settings > About Phone > Tap on Build Number 7 times > Go back to Settings > System > Advanced > Developer Options > Enable USB Debugging.
STEP 3: Verify ADB Shell Connection
STEP 4: Uninstall SIM Tool Kit via ADB Command
Now execute the below command in the CMD window and the app will be removed from your device. [In the below command, com.android.sdk is the app’s package ID which you could find using three different methods]. [Before moving to the next step, verify if you are able to set your language to Turkish without crashing or not].
STEP 5: Reinstall SIM Tool Kit
That’s it. This should help you fix the issue of Pixel running on Android 13 crashing when set to the Turkish language. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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