Android 15 was rolled out by Google to eligible Pixel smartphones final week, however it looks like the replace has affected an older mannequin — the Pixel 6. Some house owners have reported that the most recent software program replace has ‘bricked’ their smartphone, rendering it unusable. Whereas some customers declare that the problem occurred after they enabled a brand new function launched on Android 15, different customers state that their handset stopped working whereas they had been utilizing it. The Pixel 6 was beforehand affected by a multi-user bug that additionally induced some items to get bricked.
Pixel 6 House owners Report Android 15 Replace Bricked Their Handsets
Latest posts by customers on Reddit (through Android Police) counsel that some Pixel 6 items have been affected by the Android 15 replace, inflicting them to cease functioning. Consumer u/GegoByte claims that they enabled the Personal House function after updating their handset to Android 15, however the smartphone stopped working after unlocking and opening an app saved within the new safe space.
The consumer additionally says that Google’s technical directions to reboot the cellphone weren’t engaged on their Pixel 6 unit. One other consumer responded to u/GegoByte’s put up, stating that their cellphone stopped working whereas they had been searching Reddit, and {that a} technician was unable to restore the handset.
Equally, Reddit consumer u/Homer_95 states that their Pixel 6 Professional stopped working whereas utilizing the handset with the battery degree round 45 %. The consumer additionally claims that they had been unable to activate the handset utilizing Google’s troubleshooting instruments, and edited their put up to state that was associated to the Personal House function. One other consumer responded to the put up, revealing that they confronted the identical subject with their Pixel 6 Professional.
Nonetheless, it is at present unclear whether or not the Personal House function is affecting Pixel 6 house owners, as some house owners who by no means used the function after updating to Android 15 are additionally complaining that their smartphones stopped working. Consumer u/WesternConfection435 says that their Pixel 6 was bricked after the display screen displayed two “blue static bars” on the prime of their display screen. In addition they declare that they had been unable to make use of the smartphone because the show wouldn’t activate after the incident.
This is not the primary replace associated subject to have an effect on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Professional house owners — the Android 14 replace that rolled out to Pixel telephones final 12 months left a number of fashions unusable as a consequence of a storage bug. Google finally rolled out a software program replace to affected fashions, which additionally included some Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Professional, Pixel 7a, Pixel Pill, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Professional items.
