baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle Pixel reportedly sees 3x growth in North America in just one month – is it too good to be true?9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down19
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minus-squareTakumidesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoCare to provide some context? I’ve never heard of Google permanently disabling pixel phones.
minus-squaresgibson5150@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThanks for asking instead of down voting me! This is what bit me. Hadn’t used the handset for a while. Ran updates and did a factory reset. The only fix is mainboard replacement, which our pal Google won’t do for out of warranty devices despite it being their fuck up. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2024/07/05/google-pixel-6-bug-brick-android-14-update--factory-reset/ Another, apparently unrelated issue: https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/android-15-feature-is-reportedly-bricking-pixel-6-phones-what-you-need-to-know
Care to provide some context? I’ve never heard of Google permanently disabling pixel phones.
Thanks for asking instead of down voting me!
This is what bit me. Hadn’t used the handset for a while. Ran updates and did a factory reset. The only fix is mainboard replacement, which our pal Google won’t do for out of warranty devices despite it being their fuck up.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2024/07/05/google-pixel-6-bug-brick-android-14-update--factory-reset/
Another, apparently unrelated issue:
https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/android-15-feature-is-reportedly-bricking-pixel-6-phones-what-you-need-to-know