400 cycles? So, a year? One year.
Had mine since late '22. I'm at 1k cycles, so yeah. about a year. Maybe a little less, because I dont charge my phone overnight, and I only charge it to 80%.
My math was assuming that most users do charge every night, and again during the day 2-3 times a month. 365 + (12x3) = 401. So it seems like we have both ends of standard usage. They've basically just said that this battery will only last one year of standard usage before they intentionally hobble it.
If that's for safety reasons, they need to stop putting unsafe hardware into their handsets.
How do you know how many cycles it has? Is there a way to see that, or are you just counting days?
I have a Pixel 6, don't charge it overnight. Batteries fine, yet.
System Settings > About Phone > Device Details Category > Battery Information
I'm using Calyx but I assume that its also the same on Graphene, lineage, AOSP, /e/ so on and so fourth.
edit: I dont know why I got downvoted, I'm sorry you dont have this menu also ???
Battery information doesn't exist for me :(
Pixel 6
Ok. I'm still on Android (15) and I don't t find this Information anywhere.
I did not downvote you. People sometimes downvote when they think your comment is factually wrong. Don't take it personally.
subpar? this is just capitalism ensuring we “need” a new phone.
My next phone will be a Fairphone 6, even though they're not officially sold here in Brazil.
And when that one breaks... Maybe no phone at all.
When that one breaks there's a good chance you can replace just the broken part.
how does one source such a phone to brazil?
Ask a friend to buy it in europe and send it to you
Except that they're admitting fault and offering free battery replacement... The update of course sucks ass but it's a safety measure.
yep - I was still happy with my 4a until they killed its battery. I bought a used 8 Pro. That was about 3 months ago, and it still feels too big.
It's not that bad and got 83 euros back and payed 300 euros 2. 5 years ago.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/16340779
for those of you affected in the us, you can get a free battery repair, $100 cash or $150 in store credit (lmao)
My pixel 6a screen stopped working (the glass isn't even broken), but I was able to use talkback to get my IMEI and $100. What a win.
Releasing a Pixel without QA issues. Level: IMPOSSIBLE
sent from Pixel 9
I'd be emailing and calling and bitching then. Super shitty
Ah the classic "I read the headline but not the article post"
Tldr because you're lazy: oh a certain brand of battery, 400 recharge cycles because after that risk of fire increases so they nerf it. Only on the 4a and 6a series.
I own a Pixel 6a, and I'm not happy about the whole situation for several reasons:
This is also not the first time Google burned me with a bad quality battery. This just strengthens my resolve that my next phone won't be a Pixel. Which is a shame, because I like these phones otherwise.
The Fairphone is looking quite interesting.
If this happens to me I'll just install grapheneOS
So why not do the no cost battery replacement that Google is offering everyone with a 6a?
Fairphones do look nice. Those are like what the nothing phones wanted to be but just didn't.
Google is not offering me a no-cost battery replacement.
I'm not eligible for any replacement or refund according to their own support page
Edit: Here's proof.
On the one page they are talking about "impacted devices", but on the other page they say I'm not "eligible" for a refund of repair.
So they do not confirm whether my phone is unaffected or not. They only say I won't get a refund.
I'm highly skeptical when a massive corporation uses inconsistent language like this. Especially when they don't clearly define what they mean with the terms "impacted" and "eligible".
Are there situations where impacted devices may not be eligible?
I got the nerf on the 4A because the battery replacement "option" requirement me to personally being my phone to a repair shop 250km away.
And calling it a nerf is flat out wrong, it's borderline remote bricking. That patch not only slashed battery life in half, but the charge indicator was completely unreliable. I've seen it go from 80 to 30 in an hour (on standby, btw.), then from 30 to 25 in 2 hours.
I've installed CalyxOS, which comes without the nerf.
The pixel 4a only had a guaranteed update life up to 2023. And again if you read the article it's to prevent your phone from exploding. I know it's annoying, my wife has an iPhone and Apple seems to do this shit on every model older than 2 years old. But if the 4a is 2 years past its promised "service time" then why not just get a 9a that has a 7 year "service time"? I know it's easier to complain and bitch about it but when the pixels first started coming out their guaranteed updates were NOT long to begin with.
Welcome to the Android community on Lemmy. Here you can participate in amazing discussions and events relating to all things Android.
The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:
1. All posts must be relevant to Android devices/operating system.
2. Posts cannot be illegal or NSFW material.
3. No spam, self promotion, or upvote farming. Sources engaging in these behavior will be added to the Blacklist.
4. Non-whitelisted bots will be banned.
5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.
6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.
7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.
8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.
Community Resources: