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Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by r12343a_19 »

radiorental wrote: post #10
r12343a_19 wrote: post #6

The Pixel 6 is an overhyped disappointment. I replaced my old super-cheap Android One phone with a Pixel 6 and it's full of hardware / software bugs: GPS has problems, I see graphics artefacts (GPU problems?) and Google doesn't care. I'm not surprised at all it has such a problem. I should have bought an iPhone SE.

I've been a happy pixel user for years after getting burned with some cheap Android phones, most notably One Plus. The Pixel 6 is an unmitigated clusterfuck. GPS/Maps locking up is the worst. Either wont load or will lock up during a trip and you will miss a turn. Try rebooting a phone while you're alone on a motorway, then having to type in your route again - super dangerous. I've had the camera (video) lock up mid…

Oh, so there isn't a problem with my dirty fingers or something. The fingerprint reader indeed works like half the time.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by JadoJodo »

oefrha wrote: post #8

Remember when Microsoft Teams on Android, a userland application, would block emergency calls? [1] Guess the asinine emergency call system still isn't properly fixed after that incident. [1] https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/11496917?hl=en (Pretty sure there was a big thread here, but somehow can't find it now.)

> Pretty sure there was a big thread here, but somehow can't find it now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29492884

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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r12343a_19 wrote: post #6

The Pixel 6 is an overhyped disappointment. I replaced my old super-cheap Android One phone with a Pixel 6 and it's full of hardware / software bugs: GPS has problems, I see graphics artefacts (GPU problems?) and Google doesn't care. I'm not surprised at all it has such a problem. I should have bought an iPhone SE.

Get the SE. Aside from battery life, it's great in every way. Picked up the 2020 version used for $150. This is after 11 years on Android.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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r12343a_19 wrote: post #6

The Pixel 6 is an overhyped disappointment. I replaced my old super-cheap Android One phone with a Pixel 6 and it's full of hardware / software bugs: GPS has problems, I see graphics artefacts (GPU problems?) and Google doesn't care. I'm not surprised at all it has such a problem. I should have bought an iPhone SE.

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Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by alyandon »

whatever1 wrote: post #5

Interesting, this is why I switched from android to apple ~ 5 years ago. I was expecting a very important phone call for the outcome of the surgery of a person very close to me. The smartphone, the Samsung galaxy S7 edge, finally rang, and I was trying to answer the the call, but no, android was doing something more important in the background, the whole UI was frozen and the phone call banner was not responding to t…

I have similar issues sometimes with the dialer app on my Pixel 2. I can't have a phone that doesn't prioritize being a phone over everything else that might be competing for cpu resources so my next phone is definitely going to be an iPhone.
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