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Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess (arstechnica.com)
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The article discusses the issues with Google's Pixel 4a battery update. The update has caused drastically reduced battery life for many users, with some experiencing only two hours of charge. Google has offered three options for affected users: a battery replacement, $50, or $100 in Google Store credit. However, the update has been criticized for its lack of transparency and the inconvenience it has caused. Additionally, the update was built on a personal machine, not the proper build system, and has led to confusion and frustration among users.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This really is just an ad for a third party OS, isn't it?

And flashing a new OS to a phone isn't even that difficult to do.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 15 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

After 16 years of iPhones I switched to a Pixel 9 two days ago so I could run GrapheneOS. It took me ten minutes to install. Shit’s remakably easy to do. Assuming your phone isn't carrier locked, of course.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Do you still need a computer to do it?

I managed to flash an IPhone to an older version of the OS back in the day, it took a few hours, most of which was finding the image and working out what to do.

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

No, there's a web installer than is run entirely on device.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 19 hours ago

That sounds like the level of difficulty I can be bothered to deal with.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Can't run graphene on a pixel 4a.

[–] AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Are you sure about that? There are builds for it on their site: https://grapheneos.org/releases#sunfish

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Sorry I think I'm a generation ahead? Whenever Google stops updates graphene discontinues support.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Not quite. Graphene provides 'legacy extended support' which means they'll patch any vulnerabilities they become aware of for the OS, but because they don't have baseband source they won't be able to address any vulnerabilities in the baseband unless Google releases an update.

The most recent release of grapheneos for 4a is less than a week old.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You just saved me some trouble, lol

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I might be won't actually, double check.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 points 13 hours ago

I didn't say it could, just that it's easy to do (assuming your hardware is supported of course).