After borking my Pixel 4a battery, Google borks me, too

a year ago by Blaze (he/him) to c/android

The devil is in the details.
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eighty 30 points a year ago

I have to keep relearning the old lesson—as I am once again with this Pixel 4a fiasco—that cheap gear is not always the best value in the long run.

Not the conclusion I would've gone with but Google fans at this point aren't particularly pro-consumer

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LiveLM 23 points a year ago

I know right? I was expecting "I will not buy Google again", not "I will buy the more expensive model next time"...

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cazssiew 2 points a year ago

With all the stuff about the ruthless efficiencies of multinational corporations, I took it more to mean 'ill cough up the dough for a fairphone next time'. But maybe I'm projecting my own reaction to getting fucked by the 4a (all things considered, I'm actually kind of ok with the degraded battery life in the end, spent the 50 bucks on a couple external batteries and I rarely even need to use them).

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limerod 2 points a year ago

Sounds like a justification to buy expensive Smartphone.

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icmpecho 5 points a year ago
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possiblylinux127 8 points a year ago

Graphene OS chooses to not support other devices

Calyx OS probably is a better option since it works with devices like the Moto G52.

Or you could do what I do and use plain old Lineage OS.

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