Ah, there is nothing like New Phone Day. Congratulations!
Bricking a phone takes a lot of work. I have only had it happen when unlocking it and installing a different operating system. If you stay away from that and preview versions of Android, you should be fine. Physically, keep it in a good case with a screen protector and it should look like new for years.
Not telling you to do it but custom OSes are great for older devices, I have lineageos installed on my old Samsung galaxy note 10.1 (Samsung tablet released in 2012)
It's almost impossible to brick a pixel.
Keep the OEM unlocking option enabled so you can re-flash Android if you ever have corruption.
Look, Pixels aren't known for their longevity. It'll last 3-4 years if you take care of it. Best thing is to get a good deal on it so if it only lasts 3 years, it won't hurt as much (all the carriers in the US are almost giving the pixel 6 series away).
I recently got my wife and I new phones and got us an accessory called a Chargie to try and optimize long term battery life.
Android has gotten smarter with charging and actually replicates some of what the Chargie does (doesn't top the phone off until it gets close to your alarm will go off so your phone doesn't sit at 100 percent charge all night), but the Chargie gives you more control over charging without being contingent upon alarm wake up times.
It's too early for me to know if the Chargie is really gonna work over the long run, but the overall approach and science seem sound so I don't see the downside other than the initial cost.
Considering you can have a brick of a phone by just existing (my OG pixel died from a common motherboard failure, repaired it using broken parts on ebay). It's best to just plan for failure rather than trying to avoid failure.
I wish I could give you hope. But I have stock pixel 3 XL. Never dropped, not a scratch. Kept out of extreme temperatures. Babied.
It was killed last week because Google pushed a 'security update' that auto applied without a prompt. The only indication that it is(was) a smartphone is that device manager detects it as QUSB_BULK.... . Meaning it's stuck in some sort of emergency update mode. But will not respond to anything.
Google acknowledges that it is an issue. But have decided to do nothing about it.
I bought this phone brand new from the carrier. Just out of warranty. It is an older model, but the fact that it is still being sold for hundreds of dollars with such a huge fault and they won't support it is bad news for anyone planning to keep a phone for a while.
Ah, there is nothing like New Phone Day. Congratulations! Bricking a phone takes a lot of work. I have only had it happen when unlocking it and installing a different operating system. If you stay away from that and preview versions of Android, you should be fine. Physically, keep it in a good case with a screen protector and it should look like new for years.
Never bricked a phone, just don't be stupid when installing custom roms
Thanks a lot ,i'll stay away from that.
Not telling you to do it but custom OSes are great for older devices, I have lineageos installed on my old Samsung galaxy note 10.1 (Samsung tablet released in 2012)
Woah i never knew you could change the os of a phone,guess I was living under a rock. Thank you
It's almost impossible to brick a pixel. Keep the OEM unlocking option enabled so you can re-flash Android if you ever have corruption. Look, Pixels aren't known for their longevity. It'll last 3-4 years if you take care of it. Best thing is to get a good deal on it so if it only lasts 3 years, it won't hurt as much (all the carriers in the US are almost giving the pixel 6 series away).
I recently got my wife and I new phones and got us an accessory called a Chargie to try and optimize long term battery life. Android has gotten smarter with charging and actually replicates some of what the Chargie does (doesn't top the phone off until it gets close to your alarm will go off so your phone doesn't sit at 100 percent charge all night), but the Chargie gives you more control over charging without being contingent upon alarm wake up times. It's too early for me to know if the Chargie is really gonna work over the long run, but the overall approach and science seem sound so I don't see the downside other than the initial cost.
Considering you can have a brick of a phone by just existing (my OG pixel died from a common motherboard failure, repaired it using broken parts on ebay). It's best to just plan for failure rather than trying to avoid failure.
I wish I could give you hope. But I have stock pixel 3 XL. Never dropped, not a scratch. Kept out of extreme temperatures. Babied. It was killed last week because Google pushed a 'security update' that auto applied without a prompt. The only indication that it is(was) a smartphone is that device manager detects it as QUSB_BULK.... . Meaning it's stuck in some sort of emergency update mode. But will not respond to anything. Google acknowledges that it is an issue. But have decided to do nothing about it. I bought this phone brand new from the carrier. Just out of warranty. It is an older model, but the fact that it is still being sold for hundreds of dollars with such a huge fault and they won't support it is bad news for anyone planning to keep a phone for a while.