A Pixel 4a Situation
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/15701861
There's a battery management update that's going to get pushed out to the Google Pixel 4a phones; some phones will be fine, but it's going to chew up the batteries of some other phones. I got an email about it, and put in one of my phone's many identifiers to their website.
And then I got told: welp, that's you: would you like $50 straight up, $100 off something in the Google store, or a free battery replacement?
Given that one of my ADHD management tactics is the automatic cloud backup for my photos (and I take quite a few photos), and the 4a is the last phone that has both the headphone jack and the space-saver photos don't count against your storage limit -- I decided in favor of battery replacement.
I got the email yesterday; last night I put in an appointment ticket (choosing battery issues as my reason, and mentioning the email from Google) and popped over there and explained. Where the techs told me that they have 4a batteries in stock. Unfortunately, they didn't have time before closing to take care of my phone. And it was good to know that the reason for the sudden deluge of 4a battery change requests was a proactive email from the Googs. (And I imagine it's only going to get more crowded.)
I allowed as how I was operating on (approximately) Toowoomba, Australia time, and promised that I'd come back the next day. (Today.)
I set my new bed shaker alarm, but of course woke up an hour before it went off. When I arrived there was only one tech there, but he was shortly joined by one of the senior techs from last night (who explained the battery situation) -- they'd had a training on the 4a issue, but it wasn't presented with anything like a) there's an update being pushed to the phone, and b) Googs will be emailing people about it.
As I was attempting to pry the (inferior) case off the thing, and it resisted me, I swore. "Mother of dragons!" This launched a discussion between the two techs and me (the only people in the store) about our favorites, minced oaths in the workplace, and the senior tech's son, who is the main reason that the senior tech used minced oaths at home. "But he says things like 'I'm not going to be a dickhead today'," the proud papa said.
It was going to be anywhere from one to four hours, so I went home. It was done in about an hour, but it took me another hour to get out the door (ADHD in action). After I picked up the phone, I dropped by ---
--- the fabric store. Because one of my Holy Clothing gowns is definitely Holey Clothing at the moment, and it's a three-sided hole (no flap) and is definitely going to need donor fabric to fill it in. ( Read more... )
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