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Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update (arstechnica.com)
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[–] zephiriz@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just a reminder if you have a 6a you can get ~100$ or battery replacement. Its a bit of a hassle but not to hard to fill our claim. I for my 100$ ordered a 7 and installed Graphene OS.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In Australia, one option is a cash refund for more than what I paid for the phone when new.

[–] YouthHearted@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tip, I thought it was $100 USD but just checked and I'm eligible for $452 USD for a 6a that was free when I purchased a 7pro... Insane

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, was it $452? They didn't email a confirmation and I forgot to screenshot it.

Can someone screenshot it? That would be great.

[–] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I submitted for $100 dollars, but haven't gotten any instructions on what to do. I read you're supposed to register for some payment system, but the Google instructions don't tell me how and what to do after.

[–] zephiriz@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

After checking you qualify it should have a link telling you to create an account ( payoneer, I'm in the US not sure about others). Filling out the forum for payoneer was a pain need bank info. I had to use chrome as Firefox would not load their forums properly. Also takes about a day for payoneer to confirm my account then if you filled our googles stuff payoneer just kinda knew and dropped the money in my account.