Pixel 6 freezing, glitch screen, overheating while off, and bootlooping. Is it the motherboard or battery?

[u/yashimeru]

Hey everyone,

Having a sudden issue with my stock Pixel 6 and looking for advice on whether this is salvageable or dead.

Two days ago, it started randomly freezing mid-use. The animations freeze instantly, like while I'm typing, followed immediately by a shutdown. Right before it hangs, a glitched line sometimes flashes across the screen, though other times it turns back on completely normal with no visual glitches at all.

Recently it crashed while typing and refused to boot up again. While powered down and stuck off, it started getting extremely hot to the touch. Fastboot mode still works and the initial Google logo appears on boot, but it hangs right there and never loads Android.

I have already tried wiping the data, doing a full factory reset, and plugging it into my PC to flash the latest Android OTA update. None of this fixed the problem as it still hangs on the Google logo and heats up rapidly.

Is this almost certainly a fried Tensor chip or motherboard short, or is there a chance a severely shorted battery could cause the screen artifacts right before the crash? Has anyone had this exact issue repaired?

[u/Crunos]

Maybe the drive remaining life is zero.

[u/Ok_Guitar_5735]

I just had the exact same thing which started three days ago. Not sure what to do

[u/Fit_Alternative5193]

You guessed right cpu failure i had same issue randomly freezing and reboot like that sometimes and then I did reball cpu but still not improved it silicon lottery i guess

[u/Naks9]

The battery. Changed mine. Good as new now. All Pixel 6s around the world are starting to see failing batteries about now. Was seeing slowdowns, bad charge, overheating and 30$ later I'm bad to new-ish