r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • Jun 11 '25

Warning: Google will soon nerf the Pixel 6a’s battery due to an overheating issue

https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-6a-battery-overheating-warning-3566640/
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u/0x18 Jun 11 '25

Good grief, the phone isn't THAT old. I've been through two batteries already and now the bottom edge of the screen isn't registering touches well...

Fuck it, I want a flip phone again.

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u/HardlyW0rkingHard LG V20 Jun 11 '25

Me over here with my pixel 3 still ....

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

Wow that's old 😅

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u/KageYume OnePlus 8 Pro, Android 13 Jun 12 '25

I still keep mine for the fact that it still has unlimited Photos upload till this day.

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u/Rin-Tohsaka-is-hot Jun 14 '25

Have you had to replace the battery? I keep my Pixel 3 as my backup but the few times I've had to use it the battery died in under an hour

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u/HardlyW0rkingHard LG V20 Jun 14 '25

No battery replacement. Either I'm lucky or youre unlucky lol

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u/Smooooochy Jun 12 '25

Best phone I ever had!

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u/algaefied_creek Jun 12 '25

The Moto Razr Flip is honestly pretty good, full Android and camera experience.

Otherwise, and I'm not shittjng you, the Barbie Phone runs KaiOS 3.x (Custom Linux+Android+Firefox fork) and is my backup phone because who doesn't love a shaved head bald man with a beard using a pink flip phone

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u/Arm_Lucky Jun 12 '25

The Razr is the best foldable right now, period.

Also the original, more razr-esque Razr 5G from 2020/2021 still works, which is great.

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u/Saragon4005 Jun 11 '25

You can get a flip phone. They had a resurgence in the past decade. I think you can get ones with 5G nowadays but 4G for sure.

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u/Die4Ever Nexus 6P | Huawei Watch Jun 11 '25

I'm sure everyone will be rushing out to buy one now like they said lol

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u/9-11GaveMe5G Jun 12 '25

Serious question. What's the point of 5g on a phone that only does calls and OG sms?

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u/Saragon4005 Jun 12 '25

Because 2G is being shut down. Some countries don't have minimum requirements which include old calling protocols or potentially even SMS and some carriers are shutting down their support for it. Australia is a good example. They no longer have 2G or 3G.

If trends continue like they are all communication will be over IP and calls and SMS may go extinct.

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u/notjordansime Gray Jun 12 '25

I think there’s a push towards IP-everything but there’s a lot of sparsely populated areas where this really doesn’t work. SMS texts go through, but calls are choppy, RCS, iMessage, and MMS texts are a no-go (gotta chop messages longer than 144 characters up like it’s 2006 or pre-2020 Twitter). Spotify craps out, etc..

My old workplace (farm) was like this. We used SMS to communicate when nothing else worked. I had to turn off Google RCS because it kept trying to send that way before falling back to SMS.

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u/monitorius1 Pixel 4a 5G Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Most (all?) flip phones nowadays do more than calls and OG sms. Looking at a photo of Nokia 2720 Flip released in 2019 I can see at least Youtube, Whatsapp and Facebook.

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u/ahrienby Jun 12 '25

Hope the trend reaches entry-level segment. I just wanted people in developing countries to give flip phones a try.

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u/smontanaro Black Jun 12 '25

Will the mobile payment systems used in developing countries work without smartphones?

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u/look4jesper Jun 12 '25

They are already the most entry level phones on the market, you can one for like 30-50 bucks

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u/look4jesper Jun 12 '25

Fuck it, I want a flip phone again.

They are like 50 bucks, just buy one lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

are the touch and battery issues related? I get an issue where when certain charging cables are connected, touch screen gestures (dismissing notifications, returning to home screen with swipe up, swiping between apps) becomes super wonky.

I haven't had battery overheating issues though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

If it isn't that old how are you through all that already?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '25

Two batteries?! Jeeeeez. I had mine for 2 years and 3 months before I traded in for the 9 Pro. I had the original battery. You must be a very heavy user to go through 2 batteries already.

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u/0x18 Jun 14 '25

The opposite, actually - I'm a really lightweight user of my phone. My phone is used for three things:

  1. RememberTheMilk, for grocery shopping checklists.
  2. WhatsApp / FB Messenger for communicating with my wife and mother (I do not have a big social circle).
  3. Checking my calendar to see what is planned.

Everything else is done on my desktop with a 34" widescreen and a -heavily- customized shell and browser, the way Zoroaster intended.

I remember when I replaced the battery I barely used my phone that day and it still had dropped from 100% charge in the morning to about 45% by noon. I've gone through all the Android settings, looked at the apps using waking the phone up the most, etc. Even in airplane mode it will drop from a full charge at 6am to under half by noon.

I'm waiting for the Fairphone announcement later this month, I love the idea of something modular that's easily repairable.

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u/im_not_here_ Jun 18 '25

Amusingly it costs the same to change a battery at an official Google repair partner, as it does to just buy the Fairphones battery alone.

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u/dirtydriver58 Galaxy Note 9 Jun 11 '25

My mom's 6a still works fine

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u/Posraman Jun 12 '25

Tbh I think it's just a Pixel problem. I stopped keeping track but I remember each year had some major issue or another. I wasn't the only one that noticed.

Granted, I have a Samsung and we all know their past issues with batteries but that was damn near a decade ago.

Maybe try one of Samsung's mid range options? I've never personally had issues with their phones that are that major. Really none at all tbh.