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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (4 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 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.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (11 children)

Sorry, no way I am going back to Samsung. I had the A71 and it was a TERRIBLE smart phone. I switched to the Pixel 6 and it was night and day.

I just need to get off my ass and install Graphene.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Funny enough, I had the complete opposite experience. I didn’t necessarily use Samsung then either, but I would get the phone that was normally rated the best or highly reviewed. I think i came from an LG to the first pixel phone. Pixel was the first phone to ever give me issues. Felt it vibrate one day in my pocket and I looked at it a few min later and it was in permanent boot loop. Tried a lot of things, but my one regret was forgetting to turn on developer options with the usb so essentially the phone was bricked. I couldn't access it or do anything, everytbing was lost and support was no help and told me they couldn't replace it. Last time I used them. I also wasn't a fan of how hard they tried copying an iPhone at the time. Since them I've mostly used a Samsung either the Note and now the higher end galaxies and love them. Only thing I dislike is their own line of apps for everything that I disable immediately.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago

The Pixel line is comparable to the Samsung S line, you got a budget phone before

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

it's well worth it and quite easy with the WebUSB installer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I just upgraded to the 9 and assume it's scraping every bit of data it can from me. I will do it this weekend.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I find that I wear out the charging port before the battery. I don't even plug it in that much either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

try a magnetic charger. it may look a bit off leaving the usb-c part plugged into the phone, but there's way less wear or lint

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Magnetic USB cables are usually dogshit though. They are not defined in the USB spec, so it's the wild west out there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Or wireless, I've used both for years

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

But they don't have GrapheneOS 😟

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

But... Samsung also needs twice as many charges because for whatever reason, their batteries simply don't last as long. Timewise, you get the same lifetime, from both. What good does a larger charging count bring, if you need to charge it twice as much? Misleading spec.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I had a Fold 3, and while I loved the form factor, the battery was shit.

The screen got broken, and I decided to upgrade to a Fold 6 so far I'm very impressed. I took it off the charger in my car at 100% on Wednesday night around 10pm, and put it back on the charger at 11:30pm Friday with 15% left.

48 hours with moderate usage (including some gaming and YouTube) is pretty good.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Although, replacing the battery on the Fairphone is so much easier that 1000 cycles is acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Before anyone rushes to replace their phones my Pixel 5 is nearly 5 years old, still on original battery (would be on at least 1200 cycles) and is presently sitting at 92% and claiming 1 day 11hrs remaining. Off the charger since 9:45 this morning and used for streaming music to my car while I was driving earlier. It still easily holds over 24 hours charge in my usage, so if I forget to charge it at night it's usually around 40% in the morning and I can plug it in sometime in the morning to top up. Perfectly useable after almost 5 years, and this is pretty normal for Pixels in my experience.

Love the new EU measurement standards but per other people's comments above they do not seem to mandate strict third-party testing, but rather rely on manufacturers submitting their results and adhering to the set test standards. This has not worked out well in the past, it should be mandatory third-party.

Cannot wait to see the return of user-replaceable batteries (thank you again, EU).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Your pixel 5 didn't just mysteriously die? There was a wave of them dying. Mine was part of the crossfire.

I loved the pixel 5 too, for like 3 years then mysteriously croaked.

Currently on the pixel 6 which is pretty good.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm at 943 cycles on my Pixel 6 Pro and it's still going strong. I slow charge it every night and try to avoid fully draining the battery to slow down the deterioration, which seems to have worked pretty well. Thankfully a battery replacement is only $50 so it won't cost much when I do have to replace it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah I've got a P7 Pro and the battery is still fine. Adaptive charging enabled to help batter life.

Handed my P6 down to my daughter and it's still fine for her too

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Where can you see charge cycles?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Settings -> About phone -> Battery information

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm on pixel 6a. There is no battery info there

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't see that menu option. I do see Settings -> Battery but it does not count cycles.

Pixel 4a Android 14

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Doesn't show charge cycles for me, sadly. Samsung A52

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Hmm, might be a Pixel / GrapheneOS thing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I had the same phone, and the only reason I replaced it was because the USB C port was finicky. It must have been damaged at some point and when plugged in, the cable had to be just right. Wireless charging works great, but I wanted the stability of being able to plug in and know it would discharge over night when I didn't have a wireless charger. Otherwise, I had no issues with the battery, and I got the phone when it was pretty new to the market. I swapped it out just a few months back, and it's going to be my test phone for grapheneOS and may end up being a communal remote.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

(Not saying this was your case, but generally good to check) - a finicky/wobbly USB type c connector has been a symptom of a dirty charging port several times in the past. Awful lint/dirt would get packed down into it, preventing the charger from fully inserting.

I ended up carefully and gently picking it out, though there are some delicate small contacts in there!

Anyway, good luck trying GrapheneOS! It's been my daily driver for months and past the learning experience it's great!

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