If you have a Pixel 6, updating to Android 15 might be a risky move right now
  • The Android 15 update for Pixel devices is causing unexpected bricking of Pixel 6 devices.
  • Users report their Pixel 6 becoming completely unresponsive, with troubleshooting methods yielding no results.
  • The issue might be related to the Private Space on Android 15, but further investigation is needed.
  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
    28·
    2 months ago

    I thought this sounded familiar and sure enough, second paragraph:

    The Pixel 6 series has a history of running into issues after Android updates. Last year, the Android 14 update locked some users out of their storage, and earlier this year, factory resets left many Pixel 6 devices unresponsive.

    Disappointing, you’d think this wouldn’t happen with Google controlling both hardware and software

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      you’d think this wouldn’t happen with Google controlling both hardware and software

      i only expect more problems with more google control instead of less.

    • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Disappointing, you’d think this wouldn’t happen with Google controlling both hardware and software

      Perhaps, the testing folks thought the same thing as you, and skipped testing a thing or four. 🤣/s

      Anyway, the 1st gen pixel users suffered the most. The latest gen pixel 8 series (and perhaps pixel 9) are not critically hit and have less heating problems. It sucks being early adopter for beta hardware and software. Google should compensate the affected users with upgrade to pixel 7/8 or even 9 series if possible.

  • MaXimus421@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    I’m curious, what’s the recourse here when this happens? Does Google make it right somehow when their own software bricks their own devices?

    Or is just “Oops, our bad. Just buy a new one, best of luck!!”?

    Does reflashing a ROM fix it? (aside from some data loss, of course)

    • Markaos@lemmy.oneEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      Don’t know about the rest, but…

      Does reflashing a ROM fix it?

      The phones appear to be simply dead with no response to anything. No way to connect ADB, no way to connect fastboot, nothing.

      Also the bootloader allows flashing over the cable only when it’s unlocked (at least on Pixels; I couldn’t find anything relevant in the Android documentation). The vast majority of Pixels should have their bootloaders locked, and it is only possible to unlock it through the system settings, so it’s pretty safe to say that most Pixels cannot be recovered if Android fails to boot because you cannot unlock the bootloader if you can’t get into settings.

  • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Upgraded to Android 15 with no issues on my 6a, but stuff like this is concerning.

  • AlbbiEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I wonder if the is just happening on the 6 or the 6xl is also affected. Either way I’ll not be exploring the private spaces for a while.

  • WR5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’m running Android 14 on a Pixel 5, no updates available for it but seems to be running fine.