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Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by orblivion »

Gabrys1 wrote: post #10
blibble wrote: post #2

Android is just awful in terms of reliability I find it hard to believe anyone working for Google on Android actually uses an Android phone as their personal device I suffered all of: phone reboots 50% of the time using the camera, assistant won't answer sometimes, phone calls lock up the phone, alarm clock randomly doesn't work, it just goes on and on I had the original Android phone with Android 1.0 and had bought…

Don't run Google's Android. I've been on Lineage OS for years now and it's awesomely stable.

Don't these alt Androids try to be up to date? Or are they purposely slow with merging upstream to avoid these problems, unless it's a security fix?

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by shadowgovt »

fooblaster wrote: post #11
blibble wrote: post #2

Android is just awful in terms of reliability I find it hard to believe anyone working for Google on Android actually uses an Android phone as their personal device I suffered all of: phone reboots 50% of the time using the camera, assistant won't answer sometimes, phone calls lock up the phone, alarm clock randomly doesn't work, it just goes on and on I had the original Android phone with Android 1.0 and had bought…

I have used a pixel 4a and pixel 6a for many years now and haven't had any of these issues. It sounds like potentially had defective hardware, and instead of getting it repaired you just lived with it.

This can definitely be the case. I had a phone that for a year would drop out frequently doing cellular data. I assumed my provider was throttling me. Upgraded my phone and the problem went away; likeliest culprit was the cell circuit in the phone was slightly damaged and running full data comms was causing it to reboot.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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jeffbee wrote: post #20
refulgentis wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About 3/4 use Android, but very few have the courage to run recent builds. It's been a frustration point up the ladder, because they feel the ~same as you: why are they the only ones filing bugs? But it's not that. It's decayed internal culture. There's other stuff around the margins they could change*, but, the rot is deep and unlikely to be fixed. Too focused on...non-business objectives...to be effective. Too cruc…

They used to just give everyone a Nexus every year.

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Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

malfist wrote: post #7
jacek wrote: post #3

That's not the first story like this. It seems like more and more often the QA is done by users who have not signed up for it. Why can't a multibillion company do a proper QA?

Even an unlimited QA budget won't catch everything. Though it is unflattering to have two major issues like this occur so close together.

While true, why would it miss something so glaring?

Minor rant but if trillion dollar companies can't get it right then what hope does anybody else have?

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by saghm »

malfist wrote: post #7
jacek wrote: post #3

That's not the first story like this. It seems like more and more often the QA is done by users who have not signed up for it. Why can't a multibillion company do a proper QA?

Even an unlimited QA budget won't catch everything. Though it is unflattering to have two major issues like this occur so close together.

Sure, but this is the past half dozen models of the phone made by the same company who makes the OS. You'd think these would be the easiest possible test cases for them to do up front.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by newprint »

Pixel owner here. Lately my phone been very slow or acting out. That explains it. Last year or few years ago, Google released update that broke Bluetooth on Pixels. Google's team released the update, broke things, went out for extended Christmas break and fixed things a few months later. I'm not fan of the Apple phones and the fact that they cost a fortune, but I don't recall them putting out hardware breaking updates.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by kreddor »

blibble wrote: post #2

Android is just awful in terms of reliability I find it hard to believe anyone working for Google on Android actually uses an Android phone as their personal device I suffered all of: phone reboots 50% of the time using the camera, assistant won't answer sometimes, phone calls lock up the phone, alarm clock randomly doesn't work, it just goes on and on I had the original Android phone with Android 1.0 and had bought…

I've been using Android since 2010 and don't remember having any stability issues for the last 6-8 years at least. Maybe it's a Pixel-thing? I've mostly owned Sony and Moto devices. They're often 1-2 versions behind on Android which could explain why they're more stable maybe.

(I like to customize my phones a lot (minimalist launcher, Termux software, Firefox with extensions) which I would hate to give up for iOS).

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by charcircuit »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #24
malfist wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even an unlimited QA budget won't catch everything. Though it is unflattering to have two major issues like this occur so close together.

While true, why would it miss something so glaring? Minor rant but if trillion dollar companies can't get it right then what hope does anybody else have?

Because most test devices are likely constantly factory reset and aren't given the chance to live with multiple user profiles on them for a long period of time where cruft can build up and people can notice that using using external storage is broken.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by cantours »

jacek wrote: post #3

That's not the first story like this. It seems like more and more often the QA is done by users who have not signed up for it. Why can't a multibillion company do a proper QA?

You can only acquire billions of dollars if you cut corners and cheat as much as possible.
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