#pixel6a — Public Fediverse posts

When you want to participate in sustainable gadget ownership but phone companies fail you.
#Pixel6a batterygate
#Pixel7 battery cycles - 800
#SamsungGalaxyS21Fe green line
How are you supposed to keep using such phones? 🤔

After upgrading my #Pixel6a from #LineageOS 23 to LineageOS 23.2, I am unable to obtain #root using the usual method via #Magisk. It results in trying to boot to fall back to fastboot mode.

I am thinking of downgrading to LineageOS 23, but that will involve losing the data partition and thus having to reconfigure the whole device.

Any ideas are welcome about how to overcome this issue. 🙏

After upgrading my #Pixel6a from #LineageOS 23 to LineageOS 23.2, I am unable to obtain #root using the usual method via #Magisk. It results in trying to boot to fall back to fastboot mode.

I am thinking of downgrading to LineageOS 23, but that will involve losing the data partition and thus having to reconfigure the whole device.

Any ideas are welcome about how to overcome this issue. 🙏

After upgrading my #Pixel6a from #LineageOS 23 to LineageOS 23.2, I am unable to obtain #root using the usual method via #Magisk. It results in trying to boot to fall back to fastboot mode.

I am thinking of downgrading to LineageOS 23, but that will involve losing the data partition and thus having to reconfigure the whole device.

Any ideas are welcome about how to overcome this issue. 🙏

After upgrading my #Pixel6a from #LineageOS 23 to LineageOS 23.2, I am unable to obtain #root using the usual method via #Magisk. It results in trying to boot to fall back to fastboot mode.

I am thinking of downgrading to LineageOS 23, but that will involve losing the data partition and thus having to reconfigure the whole device.

Any ideas are welcome about how to overcome this issue. 🙏

After upgrading my #Pixel6a from #LineageOS 23 to LineageOS 23.2, I am unable to obtain #root using the usual method via #Magisk. It results in trying to boot to fall back to fastboot mode.

I am thinking of downgrading to LineageOS 23, but that will involve losing the data partition and thus having to reconfigure the whole device.

Any ideas are welcome about how to overcome this issue. 🙏

Subi Alleyway

#Pixel6a #Snapseed #Photography #Streetscape #Night

Shout-out @iFixit for their wonderful #pixel6a battery replacement kit and instructions.

My wife's phone was one of those that google throttled down because of problematic batteries.

I bought the kit from #ifixit, and, following their step by step instructions, I was able to open the phone, remove the battery, stick in the new battery, and put everything together (the shaped glue tape is fantastic). It took 2-3 hours, not easy, I have to say.

And it works, which I doubted until the end (because of low trust in my abilities, not quality of stuff)

My phone instead is a Fairphone 4... Battery replacement is... 1 minute. I can probably do it with 1 hand, blindfolded 😁

@right2repair #righttorepair

Anyone interested in #Pixel6a with #GrapheneOS pre-installed? I'm selling mine for 2500 CZK (€100) + shipping.

If you'd like to try GrapheneOS on something cheaper before committing to it with a more expensive phone, this is a great option. It's what I did and happily used the phone for almost a year. It has a surprisingly good camera for the price.

https://nechces.cz/~sesivany/019ccbe7-50dd-4285-a66c-75d1a5e5836f

@[email protected]
ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hands. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

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ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hands. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

upd. Не актуально, телефон не восстановить

upd en. Not relevant, phone cannot be restored

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ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hands. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

upd. Не актуально, телефон не восстановить

upd en. Not relevant, phone cannot be restored

@[email protected]
ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hand. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

@[email protected]
ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hand. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hand. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

ru
Пускаю клич по всему феди
На руках есть pixel 6a. Прошлый владелец вероятно не зарядил телефон при ота обновлении и он брикнулся. Есть cow партиции, они не пустые, б слот анбутабл, а слот на котором сейчас не загружается конечно же из-за коррупт системы. Ни рескью ни рекавери не работает конечно, загрузчик залочен.

Может у кого есть опыт по анбрику? Пиксель анлок тул был как вариант но он схлопнулся...


en
Sending a shout-out to the Fedi. I have a Pixel 6a on hand. The previous owner likely didn't charge the phone during an OTA update, so it bricked. There are COW partitions present and not empty, slot B is unbootable, and the current slot A won't load, obviously due to system corruption. Neither Rescue nor Recovery works, of course, and the bootloader is locked. Does anyone have unbricking experience with this? Pixel Unlock Tool was an option, but it’s dead now...

#Pixel6a #AndroidDev #MobileRepair

Heute habe ich eine Email von Amazon wegen meines Pixel 6a Telefons bekommen. Hintergrund sind Probleme mit dem Akku. 🔋🔥

Auf folgender Google-Seite findet man eine Menge Infos dazu:
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/16340779?hl=de

Dort findet man auch einen Link zu einer weiteren Seite, wo man anhand der IMEI testen kann, ob das eigene Pixel 6a betroffen ist. Leider muss man sich mit einem Google-Konto anmelden.

Glücklicherweise scheint mein Gerät nicht betroffen zu sein. 😌

#google #pixel6a #akku #rueckruf

Geflasht ⚡✨

Mein Pixel 6a läuft jetzt reibungslos mit GrapheneOS 🖤
​
Der Web-Installer hat das Aufsetzen eigentlich einfach gemacht. Das zurückgesetzte Pixel 6a kurz per USB an eine VirtualBox VDI mit Windows 11 weitergereicht – und zack, fertig 🫶

GrapheneOS hat klare Vorteile bei Datenschutz und Sicherheit 🛡️, bietet ​ mehrere Ebenen der Härtung, Sandboxen für Apps und ein Fokus auf die Minimierung der Angriffsfläche 🏹

#GrapheneOS
#Pixel6a
#Datenschutz
#Sicherheit
#OpenSource
#Android

@nocci Find gerade tatsächlich einiges über den #pixel6a-Hashtag zu dem Prob 👍sind welche in Brand geraten 🙊

Nach dem Update meines #Pixel6a mit #grapheneos ploppte plötzlich nach dem Reboot folgendes auf (siehe Screenshit). 🙊🙉 Hat das auch wer von euch auch das Prob?

Gxxgle bietet mir jetzt an: 100 € Cash, 150 € Gutschein für den Gxxgleshop oder kostenloser Akkutausch. Musste dafür natürlich nen Gxxgleaccount erstellen 🫣

Werde mein Glück wohl mit dem Akkutausch versuchen 🤔

Aktuell regelt #Android jetzt die Akkukapazität per Software runter um eine Überhitzung zu verhinden.

Aussie Pixel 6a owners: The big G is coughing up the money.

They've just given us a third option, which is a free repair. I stuck with Option 2. I've already had my battery fixed by a third party repairer and this payment more than covers it. Happy days.

#Pixel6a #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #Payoneer #PixelPhone

Aussie Pixel 6a owners: The big G is coughing up the money.

They've just given us a third option, which is a free repair. I stuck with Option 2. I've already had my battery fixed by a third party repairer and this payment more than covers it. Happy days.

#Pixel6a #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #Payoneer #PixelPhone

Aussie Pixel 6a owners: The big G is coughing up the money.

They've just given us a third option, which is a free repair. I stuck with Option 2. I've already had my battery fixed by a third party repairer and this payment more than covers it. Happy days.

#Pixel6a #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #Payoneer #PixelPhone

Aussie Pixel 6a owners: The big G is coughing up the money.

They've just given us a third option, which is a free repair. I stuck with Option 2. I've already had my battery fixed by a third party repairer and this payment more than covers it. Happy days.

#Pixel6a #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #Payoneer #PixelPhone

Aussie Pixel 6a owners: The big G is coughing up the money.

They've just given us a third option, which is a free repair. I stuck with Option 2. I've already had my battery fixed by a third party repairer and this payment more than covers it. Happy days.

#Pixel6a #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #Payoneer #PixelPhone

Hoy, en cosas que me han pasado este verano: móvil nuevo.

Resulta que fui uno de esos "afortunados" a los que le tocó uno de esos móviles que pueden explotar cuando les cargas: un Pixel 6a defectuoso. Yo ya sospechaba que le pasaba algo desde que lo compré, a través de la tienda de Google (este detalle es importante), porque se calentaba demasiado al usar el GPS o al hacer videollamadas, por ejemplo.

Google me envió un correo en el que me decía básicamente que reconocían el fallo, y me daban la siguiente "solución" en tres sencillos pasos:

1 - Lanzarían una actualización del firmware para evitar que la batería se recalentase y que pudiera explotar durante la carga. A cambio la batería reduciría notablemente su velocidad de carga y, sobre todo (lo peor) su capacidad total.

2 - Me recomendaban cambiar de batería y, me decían, además que "algunos clientes pueden optar por un cambio de batería gratuito, según la ubicación y la disponibilidad", lo cual tampoco me daba mucha garantía, pero estaba bien saberlo.

3 - Me ofrecían la posibilidad de cambiar mi móvil por otro Pixel con un descuento adicional de 150$ (convertidos a euros) o... Recibir un pago de 452$ sin tener que comprarle un móvil nuevo a Google. Difícil decisión, ¿verdad? 😜

#Google #Pixel6a #Battery

AstroDuet

Two Dwarf3 telescopes watch the sky turn above them. A satellite flies past.

#Astroscape #Astrophotography #video #Dwarf3 #Pixel6a #Astrodon #Astronomy

taking my phone to the shop, turns out I'm one of my lucky owners of a #Pixel6a that may or may not explode because overheat or failure

https://www.lifewire.com/pixel-6a-battery-overheating-warning-11780242

Of course I ain't buying another phone because mine is almost brand new (from 2022) - I rather catch fire that having an unplanned purchase like that.

Tapety z #pixel6a uważam, że były jedne z najładniejszych stockowych od Google. #teampixel

Weiteres #Pixel6a in Brand 🔥 geraten – trotz Pflichtupdate | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Weiteres-Pixel-6a-in-Brand-geraten-trotz-Pflichtupdate-10503087.html #Google :google: #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a

I upgraded my phone, from a #pixel6a to a #pixel9a. I'm surprised still how difficult the OS and apps make these transitions:
- Forgotten notification sounds and alarms
- App notification preferences
- Applications that don't persist their settings and data - ugh!
- Wifi, Google Wallet cards, etc

Kudos to app devs who take care of this. Like the 2FA #Aegis app and the rShopping List app - seamless.

Dieses Schmartphone ist echt … hot!

Weiteres #Pixel6a in Brand geraten – trotz Pflichtupdate.

#GWB - Pixel 6a: Googles Smartphone geht in Flammen auf – Akku explodiert trotz bereits erfolgtem Downgrade - https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2025/07/pixel-6a-googles-smartphone-geht-in-flammen-auf-akku-explodiert-trotz-bereits-erfolgtem-downgrade/ #pixel6a #Google #akku

Google Pixel 6a: Brandgefahr trotz Update – Nutzer meldet erneut Feuer- und Überhitzungsproblem
https://www.schmidtisblog.de/google-pixel-6a-brandgefahr-trotz-update-nutzer-meldet-erneut-feuer-und-ueberhitzungsproblem-1781109/

#Google #Pixel6a

⚠️🔥Das mit den brennenden #Pixel6a-Smartphones scheint trotz Update kein Ende zu nehmen: https://winfuture.de/news,152547.html

Für Geräte mit #GrapheneOS gibt es übrigens noch kein Update, das den "Workaround" von Google übernimmt, obgleich ein entsprechendes Update noch kommen soll. Keine Ahnung wie die Lage bei #CalyxOS, #LineageOS und Co ist.

Originalquelle: https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1ma6hpa/im_the_3rd_one_posting_this_for_this_month_pixel/

#Google #GooglePixel #Pixel

Trotz verpflichtendem Software-Update: Bereits das fünfte #Pixel6a hat Feuer gefangen. Ein Nutzer wurde nachts durch Rauch und Flammen geweckt - seine Bettlaken brannten bereits. #Google https://winfuture.de/news,152547.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Brandgefahr beim Pixel 6a: Googles Akku-Drosselung und was Nutzer jetzt tun müssen!
https://www.schmidtisblog.de/brandgefahr-beim-pixel-6a-googles-akku-drosselung-und-was-nutzer-jetzt-tun-muessen-1781025/

#Google #Pixel6a

Holy shit are Google actually doing the right thing for once?
Or is because they found out I'm Australian and they where in breach of 2 consumer laws, I feel like it's probably the second one 😂 #Pixel6a #Google #Pixel #GooglePixel #TeamPixel #Pixel6

1/2

I'm so done with Google support, they're literally the most useless support I've ever used and are constantly either lying or ignoring what you say.
Here have my entire email chain so everyone can see for themselves.
#Pixel6a #GooglePixel #Google #Pixel

I swear.... I'm this close to loosing my shit... @google wtf is wrong with your support staff? are they on drugs or something?
#Pixel6a #Google #GooglePixel #Pixel
1/2

Interesting something is going on behind the scenes with Google and Pixel 6a possibly based on the info I've seen so far
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel6aUsers/s/PIDxikjqnn
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel6aUsers/s/s0Z3xQLjYV
#Pixel6a #Google #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #accc #consumeraffairs #australia

I've already lost count of how many days and messages I've sent back and forth but the last one I threatened them with legal action and suddenly their tone changed. They kept telling me that once you chose a resolution option they couldn't change it.
#Pixel6a #Google #GooglePixel

It's nearly 4am again, So I'm just going to drop the current version of the post here for anyone to read. I'll update it with more tomorrow along with more screenshots etc. #Pixel6a #Google #Pixel #Android #battery
https://blog.deanosim.net/the-whole-google-pixel-6a-battery-disaster

So it's phone migration day (pixel 6a -> 8a)

And once again I experience how bad the android phone migration process is.

Why can't it just copy everything over ? I really shouldn't have to reconfigure my various email accounts / banking / social media apps etc etc.

#android #pixel6a #pixel8a

So it's phone migration day (pixel 6a -> 8a)

And once again I experience how bad the android phone migration process is.

Why can't it just copy everything over ? I really shouldn't have to reconfigure my various email accounts / banking / social media apps etc etc.

#android #pixel6a #pixel8a

So it's phone migration day (pixel 6a -> 8a)

And once again I experience how bad the android phone migration process is.

Why can't it just copy everything over ? I really shouldn't have to reconfigure my various email accounts / banking / social media apps etc etc.

#android #pixel6a #pixel8a

Hello Fediverse. I just received a notification from Google stating that my #pixel6a will receive a mandatory update for a battery related issue. I'm afraid this will cripple the device like happened to many people with #pixel4a. What's the best option to avoid that?