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Google Pixel 4a update to "improve stability" of the battery cuts life in half (liliputing.com)
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[-] Asetru@feddit.org 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Man, I bet this is just some people complaining about a weird feeling of the device being a little worse...

phones with the Lishen battery have the following changes applied:

  • Max charge voltage drops from 4.44V before the update to 3.95V after.
  • Batter capacity drops from 3,080 mAh to 1,539 mAh.

...

They just literally cut the capacity in half? What the fuck?

Google does provide a few other options for affected users :

  • Have the battery replaced for free at a walk-in center in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Singapore, or India or take advantage of a mail-in repair program (US-only).
  • Request a $100 Google Store credit that you can put toward the purchase of another Pixel phone or other hardware.
  • Request a $50 cash payment.

So... They made their device useless and instead of fixing it, they just tell them to buy something else? How is that even legal?

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So… They made their device useless and instead of fixing it

Have the battery replaced for free

how is this not fixing it?

Users with a phone sporting the Amperex battery probably won’t see any difference after installing the update. But phones with the Lishen battery have the following changes applied:

Looks to be a manufacturing fault with the Lishen batteries

[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

Were phones with Lishen batteries only sold in those countries? If not then I guess I'll just fly to Germany for a free battery replacement.

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago

Depends, let me know if your battery life is suddenly cut in half ;)

[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't have a pixel but if I did the only viable option is the cash payout. Apparently Google Store isn't available in my country either :)

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