#well uh- my Pixel 4 just died

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wooden violet
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I have a pixel 4 that I had bought used less than a month ago, and it appeared to have some issues where it would restart randomly when the battery drops and I use something like the flashlight or speakers on it. Earlier today, the phone went into a bootloop and became noticeably hot, I cooled it down by pouring water on the back and dried it instantly after, the bootloop didn't stop, so I plugged it in and pressed the power button repeatedly which stopped the bootloop. An hour after the phone had turned on face unlock sensors stopped working, and I attempted a couple of solutions (e.g. opening in safe mode, removing face data) and nothing worked, it only worked to unlock my face initially once which seemed a bit random. Anyhow, a bit after I decided to charge it and see what happens, right as it reached 100%, I unplug the phone and it dies. I assume it is bricked since I have attempted many many solutions online as well, it doesn't receive calls, doesn't open up using the (volume down + power button) combination, nothing seems to work.

cyan pond
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Poor Moe

wooden violet
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I'm literally at an all time low rn I spent all I had on this phone lol

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if someone could get papa's attention to this I think he'd know what I can do

fossil fern
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@wooden violet If your up for it later we can hop in VC and I can try and help you

wooden violet
fossil fern
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Is 12PM CST good for you

wooden violet
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yeah this sounds great, just ping me by that time I'll be there

fossil fern
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Alrighty

wooden violet
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so uh, more bad news, I took it to someone and he said it might've been short circuited since the phone has been opened previously (and yes I did get water on it since I didn't know the phone was opened before) so it might have water damage

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@fossil fern I'll take it to another one tomorrow who's like into working on pixels and shit, if there's no hope I'll just sell it for replacement parts and execute plan B i guess

wooden violet
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Alright I'll let u know what comes next

kind ore
kind ore
wooden violet
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I can't open it in fastboot mode even

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but yah I made a multitude of dumb mistakes here let's not talk about it

spring flint
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honestly feeling bad rn

cyan pond
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Yeah it sounds real bad

wooden violet
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YES at least someone now knows how shitty I feel, I legit worked real hard and was underpaid to get this phone, and it just dies in two weeks like yikes man

cyan pond
wooden violet
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well yes, but it's also a samsung galaxy j1 mini prime

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so it's more of a pain in the ass than a phone

spring flint
wooden violet
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yeah fr

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I'll be going on my final trip to a technician 2.5 hours away today, if there's no hope, I'll see if I can get a 4a 5G or 4a, I'll aim for the 4a 5G only for the better processor since I'll be downgrading big time from my 4

cyan pond
wooden violet
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thanks pepeLove2

wooden violet
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update: the issue is an internal storage related thing and replacing it would be a bit costy, also there's high probability that face unlock will just not work at all and it's not fixable somehow, he needs to fix the storage first to see if the face unlock sensors are working or not

cyan pond
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Are you going to repair it?

wooden violet
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I'm thinkin

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if I can't find a way to sell it as parts or get another one and pay the difference then I'll have to repair it and hope for the best

wooden violet
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in an hour or so, I'll call the technician up giving him the go to start replacing the storage unit and fix my phone, if all goes well I should have it back in less than a week offline

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I don't expect to have face unlock work after this, and I don't expect the phone to be great or anything, I just want something to daily drive for the next year cry so let's hope that ends up being the case duck_pray

wooden violet
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phone's still at the repair shop catpray

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it's been almost 3 weeks since I gave it to the guy, hopefully I'll hear from him soon tho

cyan pond
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:(

wooden violet
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nearly final update: I called him up today, since he's so damn late it's crazy, the phone lives on!! He told me it turned on but it's stuck on the Google logo so he'll need some time to get it up and running. This guy's really slow it's getting on my nerve but the best I can do is wait patiently ig.

cyan pond
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Wow really nice that he got it to (almost) work!

wooden violet
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yeah I'm glad the phone still has life in it tbh

wooden violet
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update: this story don't seem to wanna come to an end, so it turns out the phone gets stuck on the google logo because (and I quote) "there's a cut in the speaker module that short circuits the whole thing when we try to turn it on, so now that needs replacement" SO it appears they either fucked it up or the guy worded this incorrectly because the speaker was working beyond fine when I gave him the phone so like ?!?!??!? But anyway the phone actually turned on when he unplugged the speaker so ig we're getting there in a way

cyan pond
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Wow wtf

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Weird that it does turn on even though there is a short

wooden violet
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it only started when they unplugged the speakers

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that's how they knew it was the source of trouble

cyan pond
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oh okay, makes sense

kind ore
wooden violet
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well the waiting continues

wooden violet
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Update: it turns out the speaker module's connection has been damaged before by "someone" and they fixed it by soldering it back!?! so that didn't last long and that's why it shorted my circuit board, anyway time passes and I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO FIND A REPLACEMENT PART BECAUSE THE DUDE wasn't finding any, but right as I do the mf I'm in contact with catches covid and now is at home, Idek what to say anymore

cyan pond
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Bruh

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Did he fix it or no?

plain hound
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Life fucking with us moment…

wooden violet
plain hound
wooden violet
plain hound
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hmm

wooden violet
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eventually will happen yknow 💀

plain hound
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dman man

cyan pond
wooden violet
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can't really because it was a pain finding him in the first place, nobody here knows how to work with pixel phones

cyan pond
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Oh

wooden violet
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yea sadly I don't live in 'murica

cyan pond
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It will happen eventually…

wooden violet
# wooden violet Update: it turns out the speaker module's connection has been damaged before by ...

This is gonna be a long and complicated update lol, so it turns out the damaged connection was a secondary one that didn't matter, and the phone could've been turned on easy peasy, now yesterday I went to get a replacement part nonetheless and went to the guy not knowing this was the case, apparently after wasting a whole fucking day, the phone is back in business! I'm using it to type this message right now! But the story doesn't end.. the phone's audio ic is apparently what's damaged? The guy doesn't know and he can't figure it out, now the phone has no ability to play audio at ALL, not even through Bluetooth headphones, also no mic is functional, doesn't even playback videos because they have audio, can anyone gimme a hand w this shit? Any idea on what might be the issue here?

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Side note I didn't pay the technician because he obviously didn't fix my phone, so idrk wtf to do at this point

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Also the phone's vibrations don't work at all as well

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Half the phone's experience is gone bruh, I can't even put my sim in it I wouldn't be able to take phone calls

cyan pond
wooden violet
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These are near impossible to find

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That one is the only one I could find at the time

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Another alleged one is telling me that the ic for audio on the motherboard is fried and there's no restoring without a new motherboard which would cost as much as the phone itseof

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Itself

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I just feel stuck

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And face unlock doesn't work as predicted

cyan pond
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At this point

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Why don’t you consider getting an iPhone?

wooden violet
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if I were to get the equivalent iPhone I'd have to pay 3times the price I paid for the pixel and it'd also be used

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also I don't plant money on trees, I'm actually running super low on it and idk what to do at this point, mostly why I feel stuck

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I've poured so much money into this experience it gets kinda sad

gleaming crow
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It’s about time you get a 14 pro max

plain hound
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no

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technically no

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if he really wants another smartphone...you better get a simialr andriod for affordable price moe...I don't think switching to a new fucking device is worthit cause it is waste of money mainly when you are tight with budget

gleaming crow
plain hound
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no

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when there is a tight budget

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it useless to spend too much money on new upgrades

gleaming crow
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Get a base model s23

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Or a pixel 5

wooden violet
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I barely got to buy a pixel 4 so

plain hound
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mhm

wooden violet
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Imma just stick to that phone

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I'm still thinking of what to exactly do

gleaming crow
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Get a referbised pixel 4

cyan pond
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Or just another pixel 4

wooden violet
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let's lay some ground rules here so I won't keep re-explaining my situation.
one, I barely have any money to get a NEW or even USED phone, even the pixel 4 I have I cannot afford again, even if I sold it as replacement parts. I spent 99% of the money I had to get the phone in the first place and on other technical upgrades I needed
two, I live in a country where there's no way of shipping things here from Google/Apple or any company except for maybe samsung and a couple others without paying 100+$ in shipping only excluding taxes, which I will not be doing, there are no certified Google technicians here because Google doesn't sell it's products here, only software services, the way I got my phone was second hand from someone who had imported it.

wooden violet
gleaming crow
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Get a pixel 3

wooden violet
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I already have the 4? I think I'm better off somehow fixing this one

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The 3XL wasn't that great, and I'd kill for 90Hz

gleaming crow
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Keep the 4 then? 😒

wooden violet
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that's what I'm doing? bruh I thought people on here would be a tiny bit creative

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maybe someone would recommend something actually useful lol, I'm just being trolled here

gleaming crow
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I had iPhone for 2+ month I’m experienced