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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 bdcravens »

jacquesm wrote: post #52
bitwize wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hear a small company called Apple is making a viable alternative.

Apple is by no means perfect when it comes to updating devices. https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+ota+update+breaks+phon... There isn't a single manufacturer that consistently gets this right, only different shades of gray.

This is very true. Maybe it's just perception, but from the outside, it feels like Google plays the most fast and loose of the mainstream options. Samsung and Apple seem more trustworthy.

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

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Post by ffsm8 »

jjulius wrote: post #61
lacoolj wrote: post #51

Title is super misleading. I have 3 different pixels, all different versions (4, 5a, 7a) and none of them are "unusable" after the update. I'm sure others are having issues, but this isn't something that's bricking everyone's phones.

FWIW, I'm a Pixel user (who drags his ass installing these updates, so I haven't updated yet) and I naturally assumed reading the headline that this didn't actually impact all Pixel phones. Reason being that we would've obviously heard a loud uproar if every Pixel phone was suddenly bricked.

Pixel 8 pro and pixel 6 owner here. no issues so far, both devices are up-to-date

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

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Post by microflash »

You can turn off Automatic system updates with "Settings > System > Developer options > Automatic system updates > toggle it off".

Also, note that this is not OS update which is causing havoc (as per the article). Google Play system updates are different[1].

[1]: https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/1146...

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

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Post by nerpderp82 »

Volundr wrote: post #70
nerpderp82 wrote: post #45

E_WONTFIX How many tons of ewaste was just created? Even the core products are hurting. The Boeingification of everything is serious risk for all the civilization.

> E_WONTFIX Where are you getting this? The article says they are looking into it.

WONTFIX is the most popular bug resolution status at Google.

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

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Post by ravetcofx »

bitwize wrote: post #46
therealfiona wrote: post #41

Loved my Nexus 5x until the high power CPU cores started failing causing instabilities. Loved my pixel 2 until the battery stopped holding a charge. Liked my 4a (it is literally a faster 2 that you can't squeeze to bring up google assistant (the squeeze was my fave feature)) until the April 2023 update that ruined the battery life. They never fixed it. Pixel 7 was suffering the same issues at the time. I made the dec…

I hear a small company called Apple is making a viable alternative.

Samsung is quite reliable. I really like Dex and their overall multi-tasking capabilities

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

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

iopq wrote: post #74
cantours wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

This isn't true, there are a ton of companies that make lots of money while not being pieces of shit AMD is pretty good at having open source drivers, supporting Linux and Wayland, working with Framework to make an upgradable GPU in laptops.

> This isn't true

Are you misinterpreting the previous comment?

They didn't say you HAVE to cut corners to make billions, only that you CAN.

EDIT: Oops, I missed the "only" in the other comment"

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

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Post by leto_ii »

jacquesm wrote: post #71
lacoolj wrote: post #51

Title is super misleading. I have 3 different pixels, all different versions (4, 5a, 7a) and none of them are "unusable" after the update. I'm sure others are having issues, but this isn't something that's bricking everyone's phones.

With three phones and a one-in-eight chance of being unaffected (assuming 50% for each phone) that still leaves a very large number of phones out there that are potentially affected. 100's of millions of devices. The article is pretty clear that it doesn't seem to affect every phone, but that there are numerous complaints. I'm always imagining 'Some' in front of headlines like these unless it says 'All'.

> With three phones and a one-in-eight chance of being affected (assuming 50% for each phone)

1/8 would be the chance to have all 3 affected. The chance of having at least one affected would be 1-1/8.

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

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Post by bwanab »

jacquesm wrote: post #71
lacoolj wrote: post #51

Title is super misleading. I have 3 different pixels, all different versions (4, 5a, 7a) and none of them are "unusable" after the update. I'm sure others are having issues, but this isn't something that's bricking everyone's phones.

With three phones and a one-in-eight chance of being unaffected (assuming 50% for each phone) that still leaves a very large number of phones out there that are potentially affected. 100's of millions of devices. The article is pretty clear that it doesn't seem to affect every phone, but that there are numerous complaints. I'm always imagining 'Some' in front of headlines like these unless it says 'All'.

That's probably a good policy, but it isn't good English. Any formulation of X has Y characteristic where X is a group implies all members of the group unless the "some" is explicit.

It's a total clickbait headline, but you already knew that hence your policy.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

iopq wrote: post #74
cantours wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

This isn't true, there are a ton of companies that make lots of money while not being pieces of shit AMD is pretty good at having open source drivers, supporting Linux and Wayland, working with Framework to make an upgradable GPU in laptops.

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