A friend of mine bought several google pixels and, the firts time they slipped from her pocket, their screen completely broke, even if they had a cover and a screen protector, and this happened with three models. So, how’s your experience and how I can prevent my pixels from breaking? Thanks for the eventual responses, and I’m sorry if this post is written with bad english, I just hope that the question is clear.
One of the reason I got a pixel is that you can get OEM repair parts (including adhesive!) staright from ifixit, no IMEI needed (such technology is simply out of reach for the like of apple):
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Google_Phone
You can get all the genuine part even for pixel 3, which is 5 years old and no longer supported (newer pixel phone is supported for at least 5 years, older phone are not supported because qualcomm no longer supports the SOC IIRC). You can get third party part from ifixit even for original pixel, and that is pretty incredible.
Disclaimer: This obviously is NOT a endorsement of pixel’s repairability. display and battery are very much glued on the phone and way harder to open compare to the like of fairphone. You should watch some repair videos first before deciding if you want to repair this thing by yourself. I am just glad parts are readily avaliable, gives individual and especially repair shops a easier time of repair.
Oh wow, I didn’t know that, thanks for the advice!
I have a ~4 year old Pixel 3a, it’s got a case but no screen protector. I drop it all the time, but it’s pretty much totally fine still, at least physically. Definitely running a bit sluggish these days, but otherwise perfect. Maybe I’m just lucky? Or maybe they’ve gotten worse since?
What os are your running on your pixel?
The stock one? 😭 Don’t roast me pleassseee, I know…
If your interested in a more private OS for your phone - I did some searching and unfortunately GrapheneOS won’t support the 3a anymore, and the DivestOS is broken for the 3a.
If your feeling up to it, I would recommend either CalyxOS or LineageOS:
Thanks! I was planning on trying LineageOS once the stock OS got too outdated to keep using, but only because it was the one I knew about. Any pros or cons between Calyx and Lineage?
I would personally Install Calyx - you can relock the bootloader, the install is meant to be easy and the community is supposedly very friendly - you should be able to troubleshoot without issue.
(I haven’t personally used it so YMMV)
I love pixel phones. I don’t use cases because I get the previous gen, like I just got the 6a, which after trade in was only $200.
Each one has lasted about a year and a half before I end up breaking the screen or the camera or something. Not sure what to compare this to, but since I don’t use a case, I don’t expect much else.
I understand, everyone has his standards.
Several pixels and they all broke? Are they a roofer or something? Maybe they’d get on with a Nokia 3310. :)
I have a pixel 6a. I am a prolific clumsy fucker, and have dropped my phone countless times. I have screen protector and a cheapo case, and it’s still doing well after 9 months.
I would question the quality of the design of the case or the context in which they’re breaking.
Ahah now they have a rugged iphone 6. Thank you for sharing your experience.
My original pixel needs a new battery but that’s it. My pixel 5 has cracked glass on the camera but that was totally my fault.
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Nope. My 4a is nearly three years old and the only damage is some slight warping.
Of course, I always use a quality screen protector and the heaviest OtterBox case I can find, so my phone is well protected.
Oh yeah that’s great to hear
Ive had mutltiple pixels starting with I think the 4a? I’ve personally only broken 1 screen but it was actually super simple to replace though expensive as shit imo. My daughter is 7 and I generally give her my old phone to use as hers until she manages to break it and she has shattered the screen on them all except her latest Pixel 5 that I actually bought her for christmas. Generally the way she breaks them is by actively trying. She has been nonverbal until the last year or so and struggled a lot with that. She actually threw one of them across the back yard a few times before it managed to finally shatter the screen. She didn’t have her “own” phone for like a year+ after that.
