Are these not the old images? : https://developers.google.com/android/images#bramble
Right page, wrong anchor. They removed all but the latest firmware for the "sunfish", i.e. the non-5g Pixel 4a.
Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update
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#22Are these not the old images? : https://developers.google.com/android/images#bramble
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#23Best phone I've ever used. Still going great after 4 years. Don't know how long it will last. There doesn't seem to be anything available with similar form factor.
What makes the form factor better than others in the series? I'm curious since I've only owned a Pixel 3a and a Pixel 6a
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#24Am I the only one that had the immediate thought of "this seems intentional" when they read that they're offering the credit for a newer pixel?
Most believe that they're trying to prevent safety issues with overheating batteries. This update prevents the battery from being charged too much or too little.
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#25Am I the only one that had the immediate thought of "this seems intentional" when they read that they're offering the credit for a newer pixel?
Most believe that they're trying to prevent safety issues with overheating batteries. This update prevents the battery from being charged too much or too little.
Draining the battery from 100% to 0% in under an hour (as other commenters have mentioned) is the opposite of this, as that will necessarily dump a lot of heat.
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#26You can revert this if you unlock your bootloader: https://xdaforums.com/t/undo-the-january-2025-update-without... (EDIT: Just to be clear, and which is also mentioned in that post: unlocking the bootloader will reset the device. If your device is already unlocked though, you will be able to keep the data.) Of course, I would just advise to switch to LineageOS directly, since Google has stopped providing security upd…
How is the photo quality? I love the pictures from the old 12MP sensor + Googles software, but I understand this is not in Lineage?
Re: Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update
#27Best phone I've ever used. Still going great after 4 years. Don't know how long it will last. There doesn't seem to be anything available with similar form factor.
What makes the form factor better than others in the series? I'm curious since I've only owned a Pixel 3a and a Pixel 6a
No current phone from any manufacturer that's reasonably desirable is as small as the 4a, and few of any size have a headphone jack.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
What makes the form factor better than others in the series? I'm curious since I've only owned a Pixel 3a and a Pixel 6a
No current phone from any manufacturer that's reasonably desirable is as small as the 4a, and few of any size have a headphone jack.
Pixel 8a is fairly similar in size. Headphone jacks in phones are (sadly) gone forever i'm afraid.
Re: Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update
#29You can revert this if you unlock your bootloader: https://xdaforums.com/t/undo-the-january-2025-update-without... (EDIT: Just to be clear, and which is also mentioned in that post: unlocking the bootloader will reset the device. If your device is already unlocked though, you will be able to keep the data.) Of course, I would just advise to switch to LineageOS directly, since Google has stopped providing security upd…
How is the photo quality? I love the pictures from the old 12MP sensor + Googles software, but I understand this is not in Lineage?
The Pixel camera app is available from the Play Store, and there are third-party ports of Gcam to other devices that offer extra configuration options. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
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#30I received the email from Google notifying me of this "battery performance update" for my Pixel 4A which actually drains the battery faster , so it left me scratching my head wondering what a "performance update" is for Google. After the update, my battery was depleted at an alarming rate. I applied for the $100 voucher but I've never heard back from Google. So I decided to bite the bullet and moved to iPhone instead…
I'm a weirdo who carries two pixel 4as. I'm also waiting for a response regarding the $100 voucher on one of my phones... My other one I took in for the free battery replacement, and that's doing OK.
But yeah, I was planning to go for a Pixel 9 or 9a (when that's been out for a while), but this forcing of the hand by google is absolute BS, and the alternatives are unsatisfactory.