<story><title>Google Pixel 3 (XL) bricking out of nothing</title><url>https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/192008282</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>usui</author><text>Especially with the Pixel lineup, there is a historical quality control issue with Google&amp;#x27;s  phones that I&amp;#x27;m worried hasn&amp;#x27;t been solved yet. I owned:&lt;p&gt;- Pixel 3: Past few months, volume buttons and power buttons gradually stopped working. USB port works for charging, but when connected to a computer, port connects and disconnects in an infinite loop. Bluetooth connection with car always skips&amp;#x2F;stutters during Maps usage even though iPhones and other Android devices work fine.&lt;p&gt;- Pixel: Camera stopped working&lt;p&gt;- Nexus 5X: Infinite boot loop issue, contacted Google and replaced it using warranty&lt;p&gt;- Nexus 4: No hardware issues&lt;p&gt;- Nexus One: No hardware issues&lt;p&gt;The Nexus phones were less problematic. I suspect it&amp;#x27;s because they were co-designed&amp;#x2F;manufactured by LG.&lt;p&gt;As time goes on, I use my phone less, not more, and I haven&amp;#x27;t dropped Pixel phones, unlike the Nexus ones.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m wary of purchasing the Pixel 3a, 4, or 5 since I don&amp;#x27;t want to be burned a 3rd time by specifically Google-designed phones. I think it would be best to avoid Android OS updates as much as possible as well.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m looking for the next smartphone to be modular. Heavily considering a Linux phone easier to DIY repair.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Pixel 3 (XL) bricking out of nothing</title><url>https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/192008282</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>c0d3z3r0</author><text>Phones are stuck in EDL mode with no way to recover, due to Google not releasing the signed firehorse files.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;issuetracker.google.com&amp;#x2F;issues&amp;#x2F;192008282&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;issuetracker.google.com&amp;#x2F;issues&amp;#x2F;192008282&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.de&amp;#x2F;search?q=pixel+3+brick&amp;amp;tbm=nws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.de&amp;#x2F;search?q=pixel+3+brick&amp;amp;tbm=nws&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am not affected (yet). If anyone from Germany is interested in figuring out what the issue is and can risk losing their data, feel free to ping me on libera IRC. I have the ability to desolder and dump the UFS memory to start some investigation.</text></comment>