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Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by LegitShady »

jasec57322 wrote: post #127

I'm currently using a 6 year old phone. Now that I don't take many photos and use it lightly - it actually performs far better than the previous 3 new phones I had - 2 of which were flagships. The S22 I sent back had worse battery-life than my current phone - it was doing heavy background-work, despite having all the battery-optimal settings enabled. To the point: New phones are way too big, too power-hungry, the new…

I prefer phones that are still getting security updates.

You talked up your phone a lot but omitted what model it is, for some reason.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by realusername »

mnd999 wrote: post #95
corndoge wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All phones have these problems. Every phone has glaring problems you have to live with or work around.

Maybe in the Android world they do (but I kinda doubt it), but certainly not in the Apple ecosystem.

I had my fair share of iOS bugs as well, the worst ones are clearly the broken account syncs

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by geodel »

dessant wrote: post #40

The repeated negligence around the handling of Android bugs related to emergency calls should result in criminal prosecution. It's unlikely that actual people weren't hurt because of these bugs. They have known about these issues for years, and they continue to give them the importance of an unresponsive button in Gmail settings. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29492884 https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comme…

Yesterday I was reading it is because Google pay such a low salary. If they increase it to like 3x-4x of current, all bugs will disappear on their own.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by LegitShady »

mplewis wrote: post #157
LegitShady wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because I want to use a browser with Adblock and iOS won't let me, so it's ruled out from the start. Why would I settle for an expensive device that makes browsing the internet painful? Why would I limit myself to only the software apple will approve? It isn't even in the running and as long as their software policies remain as is, won't be in the running.

iOS supports adblockers since iOS 9 was released in 2015.

it does not support real adblockers like ublock origin, it supports 'blocking lists' which are garbage.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by whimsicalism »

wiseowise wrote: post #164
whimsicalism wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they say that about the software, not the hardware.

Literally every issue listed seems like a software issue to me.

Excited for the "friction" firmware update!

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by IAmLiterallyAB »

This is the first phone running a Google chipset, and Google CPU. And a Google modem I believe. Their previous phones were Qualcomm based. I imagine a lot of the issues people are seeing are related to that, a mix of hardware flaws and driver bugs.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by yunohn »

layer8 wrote: post #155
LegitShady wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because I want to use a browser with Adblock and iOS won't let me, so it's ruled out from the start. Why would I settle for an expensive device that makes browsing the internet painful? Why would I limit myself to only the software apple will approve? It isn't even in the running and as long as their software policies remain as is, won't be in the running.

There are adblocker extensions (aka “content blockers”) on iOS that work very well. This has been the case since iOS 9 IIRC, so seven years ago.

What? iOS only supports content blockers as safari extensions since iOS 15, which is the latest iOS…

Please do source your claim that this has been possible for 7yrs, as that’s not my experience.

(https://developer.apple.com/safari/extensions/)

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by soulofmischief »

dekerta wrote: post #53
dessant wrote: post #40

The repeated negligence around the handling of Android bugs related to emergency calls should result in criminal prosecution. It's unlikely that actual people weren't hurt because of these bugs. They have known about these issues for years, and they continue to give them the importance of an unresponsive button in Gmail settings. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29492884 https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comme…

I got a Pixel6 in July. Aside from the camera, it is by far the worst phone I've ever owned. I probably experience at least 4 or 5 major crashes every day where the phone becomes unresponsive for a few seconds. Up until now, I've been able to live with the bugs as a moderate inconvenience, but now that I know I could potentially die because of Google's complete lack of QA, I'm going to ditch the phone right away. I'l…

Welcome to the club. The 3a was the best phone I ever owned. Then it broke (my fault) and after going through 3 bunk replacements in a row, I realized that Google literally does zero QA and stopped trying.

Re: Google Pixel 6 still freezes when calling Emergency Services

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Post by dagmx »

jl6 wrote: post #179
NelsonMinar wrote: post #3

This problem is apparently years old and happens in many countries. Given the liability associated I'm surprised Google hasn't fixed it. https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/wpirx8/had_an_... https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/ti8o8f/diallin... https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/rfld6m/pixel_p...

It has all the characteristics of a bug that you can just feel in your bones will never get fixed: * Intermittent. * Affects only some users. * Possible link to a hardware problem * Vendor track record of only putting serious effort into development of new products, not maintenance of existing products. That’s some weighty inertia to overcome, but maybe the prospect of legal liability will manage it.

I don’t know enough about the emergency service requirements but it sounds like the issue is in the data Google are trying to query before connecting the call.

They likely have a blocking function somewhere that they should be running concurrently or falling back to a cache after a timeout.

Given how widespread this is in the comments on Reddit , I’m sure they must have enough user logs to pinpoint it.

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