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[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Can confirm my pixel 6a battery went to dogshit this week. Almost feels like it's more the update than anything with the battery.... but I guess I'll be learning to switch battery and finally going back to lineageos

[–] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah they sent a communication to pixel 6a owners saying that they will force an update that will reduce battery usage. In case you did not know, Google is providing a 100$ check, or 150$ discount on their store for 6a owners.

[–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Whoa that happened to the 6a as well? That whole thing with the 4a was a disaster.

[–] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Experiencing it right now... Still no battery update for my phone, but I am currently away on vacation and am dreading the moment it will become a fancy brick

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The 5a was worst, I had to replace it after a small drop, and I wasnt going to replace a screen that's almost as much the phone

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Yup, got my 100$ yesterday -it is anti-lawsuit stuff but will cover the cost of fixing a new battery

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My 6a is over 3 years old and still strong. I had no Samsung battery that lasted under a year and a half.

GrapheneOS though.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Their obsession with the tensor AI chip is very strange

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've had my Pixel 5 since around the time the 6 came out. The battery life isn't great, but I can get by just fine. Maybe Samsung phone batteries are better, but before this I had a Samsung Galaxy. The battery on that was no better. I know this is anecdotal, but I don't plan to switch when my 5 croaks.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

I had the 5a I I only found out it was super defective after the screen died from a small drop, apparently it's one of its common defects, aside from the motherboard failure. I replaced with a non iOS, Google or Samsung phone