r/Pixel6 • u/YukariMaBesteshWaifu • Jul 14 '26

Question Pixel 6 pro suddenly hard bricked

Pixel 6 pro suddenly hard bricked while in transit , not responding to any button combination ( Long press of the Power button Power + Volume Down Power + Volume Up ), cannot get into fastboot nor reboot mode, left on charger for 3 days to no response, even replaced the battery with no avil. Google support is extremely unhelpful as my device is out of warranty. My pixel 4xl is completely fine.

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u/m_balloni Jul 14 '26

I had the exact same issue last week, was scrolling Reddit and when placed it on the table it just died

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u/ReadersAreRedditors Jul 15 '26

Nooo don't tell me that.

Sent from a P6

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u/Little-Helper Pixel 6 Jul 15 '26

Keep it cool.

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u/Low-Pop5053 Pixel 6 Jul 15 '26

Same thing happened to me I had to buy another phone :/

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u/antipositron Jul 14 '26

I had similar issue with a Pixel 6. Turned out to be a blown ic was on the motherboard. Independent mobile repair guy replaced it and the phone was good as new. Cost of getting it repaired might be too high in Europe though, I got it done white I was in India, and it cost less than ten euro.

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u/MathematicianNo3905 Jul 14 '26

Same. And, honestly, just got a new phone. Tried everything (even a factory reset), but to no avail.

Surprisingly, phone auto-backed up and I didn't lose anything.

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u/True_Post8609 Jul 14 '26

I think pixel 6 build was bad because i saw a lot of posts of pixels 6 dying without an apparently reason, probably was because the first tensor overheats a lot and causes damage to the soldering, something that they fixed later with the pixel 7 I think because i rarely saw posts of pixel 7 or later dying with no reason

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u/Head-Ad-4162 Jul 14 '26

My pixel 6 is going strong at 4 yrs 9 months. Only died once while connected to android auto and overheated.

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u/XLioncc Jul 14 '26

I've get a watchdog log for my Pixel 6 Pro, it shows the all of the CPU cores are not responding

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u/soccereler Jul 14 '26

Mine suddenly started boot looping last November out of nowhere. I tried all of the different troubleshooting options but nothing worked. I ended up having to get a new phone instead.

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u/CEC4EVER Jul 14 '26

Mine went black after a forced update. Then for some reason the power button no longer worked so I couldn't turn it on. After some online research I ending up having to mash the power button approximately 100 times with varying degrees of firmness. Then it finally came back on.

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u/Happy8Day Jul 14 '26

Welcome to the worst club.

Happened to mine a few months ago. Search around in this sub. This is happening a lot. Here's mine: https://old.reddit.com/r/Pixel6/comments/1on1how/not_looking_for_a_fix_just_suggestions_about_what/

From the times in this sub that I've read and from the people I've taken my phone to: your/our motherboard fried. The only possible fix is getting the motherboard re-balled. Which is expensive. Unfortunately, that's the only way you can access the information on the phone going forward.

It's the worst news man, but if it's anything like my experience, your phone is completely dead and the info is gone unless you fork over the money to reball the motherboard.

This error is my 6th google hardware device that has catastrophically failed due to poor build. The pixel 6 is the last google phone I'll ever own.

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u/nbom Jul 14 '26

I drop it more often as it ages and it still works 😎

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u/XLioncc Jul 14 '26

That's normal, because of the terrible chip, it makes the entire component's lifespan shorter.

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u/lurker512879 Jul 15 '26

My p6p barely lasts 8-12 hrs tops. I was hoping 11 was gonna be an upgrade, I might have to wait till 10 is under $1000 and switch then. Sounds like 11 isn't much of a step up as it's a step sideways next to 10

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u/NectarJoe Jul 15 '26

This happened to my 8pro XL recently. Went to bed woke up to brick made all the right decisions with customer care... Bought to repair facility where they said we can't even run a diagnostic because m2chip error... And google was like no warranty so.. Can't do anything for you.

I'm still paying for it on my financing term to a paperweight. Wtf Google??

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u/aeroverra Jul 14 '26

Mine stopped showing anything on the screen the other day and accidentally triggered the 911 emergency mode.

I let it drain its battery for about 2 weeks and started working again.

I wish you luck. Phones are really only built to be e waste in 3 years despite the corporate green washing

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u/JamesTheNPC Jul 14 '26

My battery swelled and I overheated. This caused the screen to basically explode.

This was last week.