No joke, I lost mine in the woods, and it was inside of a faraday bag. I went to my cell phone company, got a new phone and a new sim that same day. I also went to Google and did an erase of the Pixel.
The next day, I went back to the woods and found my Pixel, still inside the faraday bag. The erase order hadn't gotten to the phone. It still hasn't. That's right: to this day, I've kept the phone in that bag, waiting and praying for some way to reverse the wipe command I gave to Google. One day, Google will enable me to reverse that wipe order, I have faith.
this is the funniest thing I've read today. You could get a EMI blocking blanket from amazon, wrap it around your head and open your phone to copy the data. Or drive further into the woods where there is no signal to copy the data.
Then simply let it erase itself and reinitialize it from backup.
I used to be a big fan, but they lost me when they stopped letting me access my data. On Google ROMs apps can store data that the user can't access. It is fucked up. This is my device and my data. So I switched to LineageOS as they respect my autonomy.
I wanted to consider GrapheneOS, but I’m not sending my perfectly capable, lithium-battery-less, doesn’t-need-firmeware-update IEMs to convert to earbuds Google happens to sell branded and bundled to replace the port they dropped (just one model after teasing competing brands with their 5a).
Doesn't seem to be an issue for loyalty to iPhones. Ergo, I'd say that likely isn't what the problem is.
However, if you could get iOS on hardware from different manufacturers, loyalty to Apple for hardware would inevitably be lessened. If that was the case, I would consider an iOS device in some capacity.
I have a Pixel 4xl with the common battery ribbon connector problem.
Google replaced the battery once within the first year, and then again a year later. Then, a year later the problem came back. I went to the same store, and was told Google would not fix the battery again.. that after 2 times it's a motherboard problem and that isn't under extended warranty like the battery.
So I went on Amazon, bought a new battery for $18 including tools, and installed it as a first timer in 20 minutes. Works great.
Not every consumer is able to do that. So Google just burns them.
I should add, not being as flippant and careless as ubreakifix and google, I actually looked at how I could mitigate the problem from happening again.
The tiny plastic clip that attaches to the motherboard is brittle and breaks when the ribbon pulls on it as the phone flexs and moves around.
So I used some of the sticky tape provided to hold the battery down, to hold down the connector. So now when the ribbon pulls on the head of the connector, it has to overcome the tape before it can flex the connector and crack it. 9 months later no failure yet so it's too early to know, but I'd bet good money that adding a viscous gluey tape over a connector that was breaking due to flexing around would help keep it together longer. Why couldn't Google do that the first two times they wasted money installing a new battery?
I stopped buying Google Pixel when my Pixel XL randomly stopped working... something to do with the flash chip. Google said basically "Oh, well, buy a new one".
Forget about challenging Apple...the Pixel line barely competes with Samsung. There is no way this is a win for Google, and its long past time they gave it up.
Quality and software issues (from Google!) plague these phones. Even now, there is a trending story of an update that is causing phones to get hot...and this is from Google who controls the software, hardware, deployment...
And then there is the pure junk like the Pixel Watch and the upcoming tablet...inferior products that should never have been brought to market. Were even 100k Pixel Watches sold?
I was loyal until my Pixel 3 swelled to the point I was concerned it would catch fire
After that, back to Samsung...no problems since
Even if the Pixel phones were great products...they don't sell in volume. Time for Google to accept that Samsung runs the Android market.
I thought the best use of a Google phone line was as a baseline reference device. The Nexus 5 is a great example. It had good specs (size/weight, screen, speed) and importantly price without any bloat.
That saying about premature scaling "You're not Google." seems to apply to design execution as well "Google, you're not Apple."
[+] [-] scotuswroteus|2 years ago|reply
The next day, I went back to the woods and found my Pixel, still inside the faraday bag. The erase order hadn't gotten to the phone. It still hasn't. That's right: to this day, I've kept the phone in that bag, waiting and praying for some way to reverse the wipe command I gave to Google. One day, Google will enable me to reverse that wipe order, I have faith.
[+] [-] fswd|2 years ago|reply
Then simply let it erase itself and reinitialize it from backup.
[+] [-] illwrks|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] kevincox|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] listenallyall|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] toastal|2 years ago|reply
I wanted to consider GrapheneOS, but I’m not sending my perfectly capable, lithium-battery-less, doesn’t-need-firmeware-update IEMs to convert to earbuds Google happens to sell branded and bundled to replace the port they dropped (just one model after teasing competing brands with their 5a).
[+] [-] hammyhavoc|2 years ago|reply
However, if you could get iOS on hardware from different manufacturers, loyalty to Apple for hardware would inevitably be lessened. If that was the case, I would consider an iOS device in some capacity.
[+] [-] dur-randir|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] nicenewtemp84|2 years ago|reply
So I went on Amazon, bought a new battery for $18 including tools, and installed it as a first timer in 20 minutes. Works great.
Not every consumer is able to do that. So Google just burns them.
[+] [-] nicenewtemp84|2 years ago|reply
The tiny plastic clip that attaches to the motherboard is brittle and breaks when the ribbon pulls on it as the phone flexs and moves around.
So I used some of the sticky tape provided to hold the battery down, to hold down the connector. So now when the ribbon pulls on the head of the connector, it has to overcome the tape before it can flex the connector and crack it. 9 months later no failure yet so it's too early to know, but I'd bet good money that adding a viscous gluey tape over a connector that was breaking due to flexing around would help keep it together longer. Why couldn't Google do that the first two times they wasted money installing a new battery?
[+] [-] Accujack|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] 0zemp2c|2 years ago|reply
Forget about challenging Apple...the Pixel line barely competes with Samsung. There is no way this is a win for Google, and its long past time they gave it up.
Quality and software issues (from Google!) plague these phones. Even now, there is a trending story of an update that is causing phones to get hot...and this is from Google who controls the software, hardware, deployment...
And then there is the pure junk like the Pixel Watch and the upcoming tablet...inferior products that should never have been brought to market. Were even 100k Pixel Watches sold?
I was loyal until my Pixel 3 swelled to the point I was concerned it would catch fire
After that, back to Samsung...no problems since
Even if the Pixel phones were great products...they don't sell in volume. Time for Google to accept that Samsung runs the Android market.
[+] [-] karmakaze|2 years ago|reply
That saying about premature scaling "You're not Google." seems to apply to design execution as well "Google, you're not Apple."
[+] [-] impulser_|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Sateeshm|2 years ago|reply