Put my IMEI into the link and it says I'm not eligible. Does this mean I'm in the clear? Should I still do something about my battery? I'd really rather not get another phone right now...
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I put my IMEI in and it said I was eligible. But then it gets stuck in an infinite loop of support links with no option out (at least when I selected to get a replacement battery). Edit: I got free of the loop, but the nearest place to take my phone into to get the battery replaced is 100 miles away!
I think I'm just going to get a new phone and move on. Not a Pixel though. Fuck this noise. My wife had a Pixel 5a and the motherboard fried itself after a couple of years. Google sent her a Pixel 6a replacement about 2 months later (long after we'd found her a non-Pixel replacement). So I upgraded to that replacement for in a 4a. But now this battery/fire bullshit? I'm done with their shitty products and their shitty support!
Uh, big oof, that's my phone model.
You might want to check if they've recalled it, I believe I saw an article today that said Google was recalling the pixel 6a because of this.
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My battery sucks after this update. Once I get down to 30% it free falls.
And no licensed repair places near me have batteries in stock
I switched my 6a to GrapheneOS a few weeks ago and the battery lasts like twice as long, its unreal.
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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.
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Dude. I just bought a used 6A last week.
I think, but 100% on this, that not all 6a's were affected.
Patch it to the latest update. If you get a notification about your battery then it's probably fucked.
All 6s users hey a warning you might be affected. They give you a link you have to follow to check. Load the page, you're in your IMEI and it will confirm if you're affected
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
Because yours doesn't have one of the batteries from the batch that catches fire.
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I replaced my battery in my pixel 6 late last year and I noticed my battery life took a shit recently. I thought I got a bad battery or something and was considering replacing it again
I think when your battery takes a shit, you should probably replace it.
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I was thinking about going with a pixel for my next device so that I could use graphene because I've used pixels in the past and they were fine but with all these battery issues I'm having serious second thoughts.
They are doing free battery replacements. So at least they're doing the right thing.
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Oh shit I didn't hear about the 6a also being fucked.
I lost my 4a to their shenanigans, couldn't get it repaired and have now a Xcover 6 pro which I bought refurbished. Best modern phone: swappable battery, headphone jack, long software support, micro sd
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