solrize@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAnother Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing updatearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down11cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up1523arrow-down1external-linkAnother Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing updatearstechnica.comsolrize@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square142linkfedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·3 months agoWell 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
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoBecause yours doesn’t have one of the batteries from the batch that catches fire.
minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoThanks 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.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agopixel 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.
minus-squarebeegnyoshi@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWhy the fuck do I need to verify whether I’m an adult
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoBecause children can die in a fire, I guess.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s probably a GDPR or similar requirement.
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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.
… yet
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.
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.
Why the fuck do I need to verify whether I’m an adult
Because children can die in a fire, I guess.
It’s probably a GDPR or similar requirement.
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