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

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[–] 70 points 1 year ago (8 children)

400 cycles? So, a year? One year.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (7 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%.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 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

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (14 children)

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

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (8 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.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Releasing a Pixel without QA issues. Level: IMPOSSIBLE

    sent from Pixel 9 🫩

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