My Pixel 6 Pro commited suicide this week - eviltoast

Woke up on Monday and my Pixel 6 Pro wasnt quite fitting in the case while i was checking news while having coffee on the morning. Pushed it in and it didnt seem to fit right. Took the case off to find it had turned itself into a spicy pillow and was splitting along the side. Was 1 month inside warranty, messaged support who told me it was wear and tear initially. I made it quite clear i wasnt accepting that and there wasnt even any way that internal adhesive failing would be wear and tear, never mind battery expansion. They agreed to replace it with a refurb as a goodwill gesture, how very nice of them. I upgraded the same day to a S23 Ultra and have sold the refurb to a reseller.

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    1 year ago

    Not much of a story. The Pixel 6 uses a different method of reading fingerprints that involves shining a bright light at your finger to read it. All of my other phones didn’t use light like that.

    So when I tried to unlock it one night with my finger off center, it surprised me with a full brightness white flash.