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Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update (arstechnica.com)
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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Well that's just great.

Here's the website to see if your PIxel6a is an "impacted device". Mine isn't, not sure why... zero transparency on this.

https://support.google.com/pixelphone?p=pixel6a_battery_help

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Because yours doesn't have one of the batteries from the batch that catches fire.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the link. I put my phone's info in and it told me I'm eligible. But the color of the phone was completely wrong.

I'm done with Pixels. The first one was amazing. But the quality has been going gradually downhill for both the main series and the A series phones.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

pixel 5 was there last great one, thats when they decided to enshitify with AI, devoting the whole line to only AI. decided not to use snapdragon, instead trying to save money on thier in house brand.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is there a way to do it without a google account?

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

o shit, I was signed in.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well bummer. I only use it for app development, so I keep it powered down most of the time, so it should be OK, right...?

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

I don't think they've made the failure conditions public. That may not mitigate the risk.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

RC car enthusiasts use "lipo guard" bags to control any runaway fires during charging and transport, one the size of a pixel is under $15.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

Rip I guess I'm gonna have to look for one or something, signed in to the site with my college email and then it asked how I wanted the money so im guessing that means my pixel is affected

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

I personally use harbor freight steel ammo cans for almost all of my lithium batteries at this point, except for my active phone (which is not a pixel 6a)

[–] PagPag@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago

Absolutely, it only requires you to allow a Google representative to check your pulse via fingering your asshole. It is worth noting that results and feedback of this authentication method vary based on age and sexual orientation*.

[–] beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why the fuck do I need to verify whether I'm an adult

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Because children can die in a fire, I guess.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

It's probably a GDPR or similar requirement.