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Be glad it's just the battery. My Pixel 1 was dead after the Feb update.
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Javid posted:Aaaand staying the gently caress away from that update, then. Thanks for the warning. this is a really bad idea tho
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Hmm I haven't noticed the issue with my pixel 1 (not-XL), and I just got the update last week. I wonder if it's display-related? Battery life is murky enough that it's hard to say for sure one way or another, but it's night time now and I'm at 70% after using it a good bit.
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My Pixel XL is at 40% right now, been off charge for 26 hours, 3 hours of screen usage, and it has the update.couldcareless posted:I swear my Pixel 2XL battery went to poo poo right after the April update. Then it suddenly was fine right as I was looking up solutions... I've had things happen, usually an app running rampant, that'd drain my battery and a reboot would sort it out. Been a thing with like my last 3 phones too.
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Brightman posted:I've had things happen, usually an app running rampant, that'd drain my battery and a reboot would sort it out. Been a thing with like my last 3 phones too. Yup, one of the first things I checked. I don't install apps often and I don't really have any to begin with, so I kinda ruled that out.
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My Nexus 5x is probably dying... if I put my sim in an iPhone SE should I have any issues in Europe? Not that I go often (like once a year), but having data and calling available is a huge deal for me while there.
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i think you can only access T-Mobile in the US with a non-supported device
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Ugh that sucks. Guess I'll stick with android. Thanks.
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I'm on Fi with a Nexus 6P (since January 2017), and I kind of get the sense that I am on borrowed time, based on other folks' stories of batteries dying and replacements unavailable/expensive. Mine seems to be fine, if buggy and slow, but I am considering jumping on the Moto x4 deal Google has right now. Anyone made the switch in that direction? Is it worth it for $250? I kind of want to downgrade (especially in price), so I'm not keen on the Pixel, but also want something relatively reliable for the next few years, if that is even possible.
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oompah posted:I'm on Fi with a Nexus 6P (since January 2017), and I kind of get the sense that I am on borrowed time, based on other folks' stories of batteries dying and replacements unavailable/expensive. Mine seems to be fine, if buggy and slow, but I am considering jumping on the Moto x4 deal Google has right now. When the deal popped up, I sold my recently RMI'd 6P on Swappa for $200 and bought the x4. So far, my major gripe is with camera quality, it's noticeably worse in almost every condition. In other ways -- speed, responsiveness, moto gestures, reliability, BATTERY LIFE -- it's so much better than the 6P. Holy poo poo the battery is long-lasting. Considering I ended up paying $50 after the sale of the 6P, overall I'm happy.
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oompah posted:I'm on Fi with a Nexus 6P (since January 2017), and I kind of get the sense that I am on borrowed time, based on other folks' stories of batteries dying and replacements unavailable/expensive. Mine seems to be fine, if buggy and slow, but I am considering jumping on the Moto x4 deal Google has right now. If you end up having issues with your 6P, you may still be able to get a free Pixel upgrade. There were known issues with the 6P and Google *was* just swapping them out if you called or chatted in about it. Not sure if they still are but it's worth a shot.
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Brightman posted:My Pixel XL is at 40% right now, been off charge for 26 hours, 3 hours of screen usage, and it has the update. Rebooting never helped my x4 much, but I did a factory reset a couple nights ago and that seems to have reclaimed some of the battery life even after reinstalling most of my apps. Runs noticeably faster and smoother, as well. Turning off 'Mobile Data Always Active' in developer options also helped a lot, because apparently that's turned on by default now.
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oompah posted:I'm on Fi with a Nexus 6P (since January 2017), and I kind of get the sense that I am on borrowed time, based on other folks' stories of batteries dying and replacements unavailable/expensive. Mine seems to be fine, if buggy and slow, but I am considering jumping on the Moto x4 deal Google has right now. I'm still using a 6p that started having the known issue with its battery. I swapped it out with a TQTHL battery I'd gotten on ebay. I've been using it since January and it's still going strong although I plan on upgrading early next year because Google is going to stop all but security support in October.
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Apr 29, 2018 20:10
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Sprint and Tmobile are merging. I wonder what this means for Fi.
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they don't have regulatory approval yet
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Lutha Mahtin posted:they don't have regulatory approval yet I'm sure Ajit Pai will do a thorough job evaluating the deal on the basis of harm to consumers. And the rear end-kissing Sprint's holding company's CEO has been doing with Donald Trump will have no effect whatsoever.
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It's a bit beyond the scope of this thread, but I think that even though this administration is probably more merger friendly overall, you never know if Trump will try to throw a wrench in the works. He's doing it to the AT&T merger because he hates CNN, and he's doing the metals tariffs because he's paranoid about scheming Chinamen. One tack I could see him easily taking here would be a rah rah "America First" thing where he says both Sprint and T-Mo are obviously foreign companies trying to reduce competition for hardworking Americans. On the other hand he could approve it because he thinks it will screw over CNN somehow. Basically my point is to remember that Trump is a moron and almost nothing is ever a sure thing with him.
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Is there a magic word for Fi support that get's you to somebody who has the authority to do anything? My wife's Pixel has the standard microphone issue (for which there is a class action lawsuit). My wife started up a Fi support ticket and they've escalated it to "supervisors," "specialist teams," and the "concern team." She has been getting an email every day saying they are "working on the issue," despite them already having all the information (and not having the actual phone).; This has been going on for 40 days. We've both tried chatting with support several times to no avail. It's a high bar to clear, but this may be the single worst customer service experience I've ever dealt with.
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Apr 30, 2018 17:52
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Get on support chat/phone/whatever and don't budge until they actually do something. I've had my best results with them just going in, laying out the problem and what needs to happen, and not taking anything less for an answer. Alternately, there's a dude on reddit that has some sort of undisclosed in with Fi that can sometimes help: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/comments/72dcgh/reddit_request_20_a_better_way_to_escalate_issues/
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I heard the Fi engineers lurk Reddit as well, might want to try a stab in the dark. It probably can't hurt.
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I recently updated my Fi 6p to a Pixel 2 XL when they had the sale (I got $100 for the 6p, which was decent enough, probably could have done better but Google was zero hassle) and it's the bee's knees. And the camera is stupid good. Going on 3 years now with Fi and love it. My greatest fear is Google decides to kill it one day. I use the second sim option in my iPad when travelling and the combo is just the best. If you travel overseas a lot Fi is the poo poo in my experience.
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Anyone else's Gboard keyboard being really fucky lately? Mine isn't learning new words, has hosed up the word suggestions, and won't add spaces like it used to if i swipe out a word then type "a". Reallllllllllllllly loving annoying.
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Johnny Truant posted:Anyone else's Gboard keyboard being really fucky lately? Mine isn't learning new words, has hosed up the word suggestions, and won't add spaces like it used to if i swipe out a word then type "a". Absolutely. It's been totally dreadful lately. The suggestions and auto corrects, in particular, are complete bollocks.
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Hurray, my Android One/Project Fi moto x4 finally got 8.1 yesterday. Better late than never I guess.
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Mr Executive posted:Is there a magic word for Fi support that get's you to somebody who has the authority to do anything? Weird, I had the microphone issue and they said "yes it's broken we will send you a new one" before I could finish typing. This was a few months after the Pixel originally was released.
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FogHelmut posted:Weird, I had the microphone issue and they said "yes it's broken we will send you a new one" before I could finish typing. This was a few months after the Pixel originally was released. My situation is a little more complicated. The Pixel was bought from Google 11/16. The charging port failed 3/17 and google replaced it with a refurb. The microphone started acting up 2/18. So the phone is outside of the original 1 year warranty, and (now) more than a year past when she received the refurb. The problem is that Google knew about the faulty microphones when they shipped the bad phone to my wife. I don't exactly know the details of how the warranties/refurb replacements/recalls/etc... all play with each other. Technically maybe Google isn't legally responsible for this, but it's pretty shady.
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Mr Executive posted:My situation is a little more complicated. The Pixel was bought from Google 11/16. The charging port failed 3/17 and google replaced it with a refurb. The microphone started acting up 2/18. So the phone is outside of the original 1 year warranty, and (now) more than a year past when she received the refurb. The problem is that Google knew about the faulty microphones when they shipped the bad phone to my wife. I don't exactly know the details of how the warranties/refurb replacements/recalls/etc... all play with each other. Technically maybe Google isn't legally responsible for this, but it's pretty shady. I'm having Pixel 2 issues with the speaker and, according to Pixel support, the RMAs are are all handled by the shipping team at Google. They usually just ship out whatever I guess because I asked for a NEW phone, not a refurb that has its own issues. But they said it's up to the shipping team...which just decided to give me a refurbished phone again while claiming really hard that refurbs are as good as new devices. But then my card got constantly declined, the RMA link they keep sending isn't working, and Google blamed my bank for the declines when I physically went to the bank to see what was up and they said it's on Google as they've never declined anything. So I don't know what's up, really.
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Ixian posted:Going on 3 years now with Fi and love it. My greatest fear is Google decides to kill it one day. I use the second sim option in my iPad when travelling and the combo is just the best. If you travel overseas a lot Fi is the poo poo in my experience.  It's been great in Europe for me. Having data wherever (except Italy...??) has been great.
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Ixian posted:Going on 3 years now with Fi and love it. My greatest fear is Google decides to kill it one day. I use the second sim option in my iPad when travelling and the combo is just the best. If you travel overseas a lot Fi is the poo poo in my experience. I haven't had a good experience with Fi interntionally, service has been nonexistent or very spotty. Otherwise yeah I'd agree, I love it too and for what I spend monthly it's still worth it.
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Cloks posted:I think the 8.1 update nuked my Pixel Xl's battery performance. I'm not trying to be dismissive but the update seemed to reset my screen brightness to max - any chance it's just that? It's probably not that simple but I figured I'd say something. My voicemail app also started using tons of battery, dunno what the deal is there but I removed it.
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frosteh posted:Hurray, my Android One/Project Fi moto x4 finally got 8.1 yesterday. Better late than never I guess. Are you lucky enough to have not gotten hit with whatever BS is killing USB data connectivity? Mine got tagged with that... While I was out of town and Google Maps was my in dash GPS system. Didn't find the nearly worthless workaround of "Disable your lock screen" until I got back home.
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Is there a way to format my phone when the screen doesn't work? I dropped my phone and the screen just straight up refuses to turn on, though the phone still works with my voice commands. I'm sending it in for a replacement, but I have no way to format the phone that I can tell. Is there a way I can do it from my computer? Or can I use a voice command to connect my phone to my Chromecast so I can see what I'm doing? Edit: Nevermind! I'm an idiot and forgot that I can just remotely erase it through Google. Soysaucebeast fucked around with this message at 07:22 on May 8, 2018 |
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Been a project fi user since they launched in 2015 with the 6p and its finally dying. Battery only holds less than third of its original capacity. As I'm sure you know Google's awesome selection of phones right now on the google store is the pixel 2 and the pixel 2 xl. Picked up the 2 xl. Hopefully I will continue to dodge the problems I see frequently in this thread. Oh and for my well preserved 6p absent of any screen damage I am getting like 60 bucks. I am getting that free google home mini and $100 credit though. Blackchamber fucked around with this message at 05:41 on May 9, 2018 |
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Any other people with a 4x get powerfucked by 8.1? I can charge the phone, but absolutely zero data transfer. My car and PC can't even see the phone.
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a mysterious cloak posted:Any other people with a 4x get powerfucked by 8.1? I can charge the phone, but absolutely zero data transfer. My car and PC can't even see the phone. This guy did and poses a workaround: pointlessone posted:Are you lucky enough to have not gotten hit with whatever BS is killing USB data connectivity? Mine got tagged with that... While I was out of town and Google Maps was my in dash GPS system. Didn't find the nearly worthless workaround of "Disable your lock screen" until I got back home.
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Awesome, that will wipe all my stored fingerprints and makes my phone accessible to anyone.
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May 9, 2018 17:49
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android 8.1 is a pushy guy who insists on bareback
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Just upgrade to P. Problem solved.
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a mysterious cloak posted:Awesome, that will wipe all my stored fingerprints and makes my phone accessible to anyone. YAY FOR SECURITY PATCHES!
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