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I wonder if there is something subpar about whoever Google is getting the batteries from for the A series phones.

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 66 points 4 days ago (1 children)

400 cycles? So, a year? One year.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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%.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] YashaB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

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 ???

screenshot of pixel battery cycle page

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I have the menu in GrapheneOS's settings on a Pixel 7 Pro.

My cycle count is 590, but I'd like to know if that number includes the previous owner's usage on the stock OS from before I installed GrapheneOS right after I bought it second-hand. Got a clue?

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

From my experience its a per-battery value. When I had a battery replaced on a family members device it went from 400 something down to 5. So I believe its including previous owner.

[–] YashaB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Battery information doesn't exist for me :(

Pixel 6

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (4 children)

subpar? this is just capitalism ensuring we “need” a new phone.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (7 children)

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.

Honestly at this rate my next phone will be a feature phone. There is a lot I love about my Poco X7 Pro, but also a lot that I do not. And a lot of things seem to be getting worse.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When that one breaks there's a good chance you can replace just the broken part.

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[–] Aasikki@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Except that they're admitting fault and offering free battery replacement... The update of course sucks ass but it's a safety measure.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@piefed.ca 4 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] Alchalide@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not that bad and got 83 euros back and payed 300 euros 2. 5 years ago.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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)

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Releasing a Pixel without QA issues. Level: IMPOSSIBLE

sent from Pixel 9 🫩

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