solrize@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAnother Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing updatearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down11
arrow-up1418arrow-down1external-linkAnother Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing updatearstechnica.comsolrize@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squarerc__buggy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month 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-up11·1 month agoBecause yours doesn’t have one of the batteries from the batch that catches fire.
minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-squarebeegnyoshi@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhy the fuck do I need to verify whether I’m an adult
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBecause children can die in a fire, I guess.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.
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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