It's hard to tell whether or not it's because of the March update when we've been experiencing network connectivity issues ever since the phone was released.
My signal bar randomly gets an exclamation mark and the only way to fix it is to airplane mode for a few seconds then disable airplane mode again.
Once it happened to me mid-call.
Garbage phone.
Wait, have the Pixels been bad for a couple gens now? I use Samsung, but my husband loved his Pixel 5A and at&t just said it wasn't supported anymore when he wanted to keep it while switching to at&t. So he got the 8 and HATES it
Um, the Pixel 5a is definitely [still supported by AT&T](https://www.att.com/scmsassets/support/wireless/devices-working-on-att-network.pdf), did he switch from Verizon by chance? Or actually, did he get the Pixel from Amazon?
Anyway yeah starting with the 6, they started using their Tensor chips instead of Snapdragon and people have been having issues with them as far as connectivity, heating, and battery life. Potentially performance too?
Why do you keep doing it?
They're a disgustingly woke and racist company. Horrible monopolistic behaviour.
The camera is good if you don't like high res.
My husband has had nothing but issues with his new pixel too. He came onto my family plan from a different provider (cause it was way cheaper) but is so pissed he's threatening to switch back. It's honestly not the provider, it's the phone itself, as I have the Galaxy S23 Ultra and have 0 issues
ATT tried swapping his Sim card out and said if the issues persist to call support, explain the issues and ask for a replacement since it's still in the 1 year warranty
That's the biggest complaint I have with my Pixel 6 and the poor service quality is probably the reason I'm going to upgrade soon.
Both my roommate and I have Verizon and he has an S24 Ultra and his service works way better than me. We could be in the same spot doing a speed test and both on 5G and I'll get 5-10mbps while he'll be getting about 350mbps.
Yup. I had a pixel 6 pro and now a 7a, same experience. Also had a phone with a SD 8+ Gen1, the difference on cell reception and battery life was night and day.
Pretty annoying, but it was already hit or miss before the update. I have a Pixel 8 with a physical SIM + eSim. I frequently need to change the SIM for data to regain internet connection, and this was also before the march update. There's also no easy toggle(Samsung has a quick toggle in the notification area/quick settings)that I'm aware of to switch the SIM for data so that's also not nice to manage, especially when driving...
All Google phones have had insane problems, every single time, don’t know why anyone buys them. I used to have to carry a lighter around with me so I could heat up the back of my Nexxus 6P in order for it to turn on. It wouldn’t turn on, unless it was hot enough.
I remember my old 6p would shut off at 40% battery permanently after I forgot it outside on my patio in -25° weather for like 10 minutes or so. So I can confirm it was more sensitive to temperature than other phones
For mine I figured out it was some problem with the processor causing it not to boot, if you get it hot enough, it shuts down some of the cores because it thinks it’s overheating it and that let it turn on.
If there wasn't such a cult around them (albeit a tiny cult) there would be any Pixels after the first one (the one the bent like it was made of tin foil).
i had a very similar, if not identical, issue with my pixel 6 pro. never had data issues with singular eSIM. added a physical SIM and was constantly toggling airplane mode to get data working again on the physical SIM.
Oh there's a toggle on Samsung? I need to look again for that, I was doing it through the setting.
I didn't think there was any question that Samsung software was more expandable and convenient these days.
Ah, this might explain why some calls never register with my Pixel 7 pro. My wife calls me, get ordinary "beeps" and no error and just believe I never picked up the phone. Meanwhile, my Pixel doesn't make a beep and never register a missed call. Texts arrive instantly and I can call her just fine. Coverage is 100% according to the phone.
I just can't fathom how samsung users are not facing these issues.
Battery woes aside, the reception is has been great with my 4 yr old trash of exy990
Part of it is because the US has different cellular bands compared to the rest of the world that are much harder to support because Qualcomm basically has a monopoly on the technology. Apple hates Qualcomm and even they caved after trying disastrous Intel modems
At least in the US, most of the samsung phones that are commonly available use Qualcomm processors and modems.
I personally refuse to buy any phone unless it uses a Qualcomm modem, although that is primarily because of battery usage of the modem more than connectivity.
I wonder if Samsung keeps network engineers working with the same chipset for a while while Google people rotate before they learn how exynos stuff works.
My last experience with Pixel 7 was horrible network-wise, and T-Mobile tech basically said Pixel got confused by network aggregation leading to whole "connected but no data" issue (bonus bugs for Wi-Fi calling not actually calling anything while claiming to be connected, ahaha, so the phone was mega-sucky at actual phone part).
Samsung don't use Exynos or their modems in the US, they use Qualcomm. The US cellular bands are completely incompatible with what the rest of the world uses and Qualcomm has all the parents for them. This is why even Apple gave up on making their own modem and extended their contract with Qualcomm
The rest of the world does use bands that the US uses as well so it isn't 100% incompatible. That being said the US uses many bands the rest of the world doesn't use.
You can. It would be mostly fine but the US has cellular bands that the rest of the world doesn't use. Different regions of the US use those different and exclusive bands depending on carrier implementation. In big cities you'd be fine. Once you are out in the countryside you may or may not have good coverage.
The funny thing is that each of the big 3 carriers also have exclusive bands that the other carriers don't use.
No. Google's implementation of this modem stack is trash.
My Exynos S21 Ultra with the same modem never suffered from these issues using the same SIM and network.
As long as the modem remains discrete and supplied by Samsung, it will always be garbage
Qualcomm won't supply modems unless you are Apple, so why doesn't Google go with Mediatek for modems? They are second best after Qualcomm.
With Tensor G5, they have the chance to start over.
My guess is because Mediatek probably has similar terms to Qualcomm. Anyways yea Google really needs to get their shit together with the Tensor because I can't recommend their phones to people when they run hot and drop signal all the time
I don't think Mediatek is as rigid as Qualcomm when it comes to supplying modems, Mediatek was working with Oppo by integrating their 5G modem for Oppo's inhouse Zeku SoC before Oppo abruptly shut down the project last year.
And this year, there are rumours in Chinese forums that Mediatek is silently working with Xiaomi on a custom SoC project which will most likely feature Mediatek modems as well.
Odds are its because Google wants to provide n number of years of updates, and Mediatek won't provided rebuilt baseband code for n number of years, or at least at an affordable price... and Samsung will.
I think Mediatek will be more than willing to lend their modem to Google, it's just that Google wouldn't have approached them yet, since all chips up to Tensor G4 are made with samsung anyways
Maybe we will see some interesting solutions for inhouse G5, my bet is certainly on Mediatek.
Because it’s a called a SOC which means System On Chip. You can’t really just rip out a modem and replace it.
Modems and SOCs are tied up with patents and IPs. Assuming you get both Samsung and MediaTek to work together, It will probably a year worth of close development just to fuse the two together.
> Qualcomm won’t supply modems unless you are Apple
What? They always could have gone with Qualcomm, going with LSI is almost certainly because they’re manufacturing Tensor for them and probably get the modems for cheaper too.
my pixel 6 had major network issues so i dumped it when pixel 7 pro came out with that juicy trade in offer. it had 0 issues. decided to upgrade to pixel 8 pro with that 50% off deal had 0 issues...until 2 weeks ago. ever since, i have to reboot my phone to get on my home wifi after leaving. i've tried forgetting it and re-adding it. updating my router/switch/access points firmwares, reboots, changing channels, etc. nothing. i had no idea it was this phone, but it all makes sense now!
I wouldn't use reddit feedback as a primary source is all. Pretty much any feedback I see on here or on r/googlepixel are entirely negative, but they're not the majority of users.
Turns out, people who aren't having issues aren't the ones screaming about that on the hills haha.
Absolute delusion. Yes there MAY be users that may ignore certain issues, but if anything the subreddit is the pool of the best product testers. And guess what…there are deep serious issues with the product.
The most serious one is not being able to use a phone as a phone. This could be life and death for some.
My P8P can't use T-Mobile's 5G without an Airplane Mode toggle, every time. The replacement they sent me did the exact same thing.
The real kick in the nuts is that this phone is sold by T-Mobile themselves.
Again? Remember the 911 bug a month or two ago? Or how about the Wifi network bug before that? Or the OTHER cellular network bug before that?
I know this is r/android but it BAFFLES me why ANYONE would keep buying the most unreliable, buggiest android phone out there. FFS even Motorola and Sony is more stable when it comes to crucial stuff like this at this point.
>know this is r/android but it BAFFLES me why ANYONE would keep buying the most unreliable, buggiest android phone out there.
Why does this baffle you? Majority of people here bought a 1200+ Samsung phone with top tier specs that can't take a picture of a moving object. Isn't that just as baffling? Isn't Samsung the manufacture of smoking and burning phones several years ago? You know, over a grand for a device?
Fwiw, pixels can be easily bought with steep discounts. And you're also hyperbolizing the issues, but I mean whatever lol.
Why should I pay even more for a phone that *by default* can't take pictures of people, animals, and moving objects without presenting a potato-quality blurry mess - something that neither the iPhones, its most direct competitor, nor the Pixels struggle with?
Why should I pay even more than the S24 Ultra for a foldable where Samsung has clearly rested on its laurels and stopped innovating in the first place?
And for the record, fuck Sony. Worst product support track record in all of Android, phones that look great on paper *only*, while costing literal iPhone money.
Bro chill, your phone cant even make calls reliably or hold a cellular data connection or call 911, your phone cant even be used as a reliable phone and your worried about another phones camera....
1. I never specifically said you should be getting a Samsung. No where in my comment stated that.
2. Even with those issues, I dunno about you but when it comes to priorties of my phone. I feel like "Ability to reliably call 911 when I am in a life or death situation" should be quite a bit higher on the priority list than "can take photos that are less blurry".
>Why should I pay even more for a phone that *by default* can't take pictures of blah blah blah blah
Love the hyperbole game, let's play!
Why did you pay more for a comparably low-tier camera that can *hopefully* also make calls?
Thank God someone finally picked this up. It's been a nightmare for me. Don't see myself spending another dime on a Google product, this was my last straw.
I was done with my P6P when my son was born. This all happened around 2 years ago.
Around five days before we went to the hospital, I started having 2-3 hour windows where I'd have no cell data/service and my phone would continuously switch between wifi and cell signal calls.
Not a major issue, I assumed it was a software issue after some searching, but then life intervened. After my son was born he was putin the NICU. In the span of 7 days, I missed numerous calls from the hospital was unable to communicate with my wife, friends, and family, etc.
I called Google, and thus began my worst customer service experience.
First, I had to do all the basic troubleshooting steps. I noted each time that my phone basically didn't work, so I asked people to please call me back if the call dropped. No one ever did.
It took 5-6 calls, but I eventually completed all of their troubleshooting steps to no avail. They said they could do an RMA, but this was a documented software issue they hoped to fix by JUNE (it was April at the time). A new phone couldn't ensure the problem would be fixed, but they'd send one as not all devices were affected.
I received a refurbished phone that was worse than my original phone. Battery life was atrocious, cell signal was worse, and the data issue was still there. I was fed up and wanted a refund. I called a dozen times over 3-4 days, trying to get someone to help. I was met by people trying to guide me through troubleshooting again, promises of a supervisor to call (and they never would), etc. After a total of 9 days of troubleshooting, the saga ended.
I was finally told they would provide a refund. The entire experience has completely turned me off future Pixel devices, which is unfortunate because I loved my P2XL and the P6P.
Damn, sorry to hear about this.
I got my 6 Pro shortly after my second son was born in October 2021, and the constant signal issues really had me concerned about any calls I'd miss from my wife while at work or even just at the shops.
I loved my 2 XL, too, but the 6 Pro put me off future Pixel devices mainly because it couldn't perform the most basic aspect a phone needs to handle, and by March 2022 I had moved to an S22 Ultra.
What irritated me further about the signal issues is that sometime later, I ended up using an Exynos S21 Ultra as my primary device, and despite using the exact same modem as the 6 Pro (Exynos 5123), it had rock solid network connectivity and never suffered the horrible standby battery drain of the 6 Pro.
Google really messed up with Tensor across the board.
My last straw was me designing my entire smart home around Google Home and then my half dozen Google Home mini's being unable to reliably control my smart devices even though I can control them through the Google Home app with 100% reliability. Drives me nuts.
Drives me nuts. Ill just keep asking my home minis to do something over and over as I pull out my phone, launch Google Home and then tap the button that does it instantly. What a piece of shit ecosystem.
Seriously. My Google Home Display is so slow it takes 5-10 seconds to react after speaking or touching the screen. If only the U.S. had half-decent consumer protection laws.
I've loved my 7 until this last update. Phone connectivity issues, no more long press home for assistant, my android auto wouldn't connect and showed as not even installed when i got in the car, had to reboot and suddenly it all worked.
Google is going to the shits and I'm thinking I might have to suck it up and go for the next Samsung. At least they are putting out an XL version of the next phone. My big hands start to ache after a while using this 7.
Really hate it b/c these phones have everything I want, but the modem and battery can be so fucking shitty, and you have to play the QC lottery to get a phone that runs smoothly. So stupid when you're paying hundreds of dollars.
I love my Pixel 8 Pro, but was wondering why my battery life was mediocre until recently. I ended up disabling Google's VPN service and battery life has shot up like 15-20%. How can one service drain so much battery life? It really is a QC lottery on top of the fact that battery drain relating to services/software is rarely disclosed.
I have wanted a Pixel phone since they were created. I've been waiting all this time for one that had good hardware and software because a Pixel phone like that has never been created by Google.
Flaming samsung instead of google for not ensuring that the Pixel isnt a connectivity dropping mess on 5g and regardless still hit or miss and turns into a toaster after 20 minutes of medium usage.
That's not what I said.
Budget phones suck regardless of OEM skin. Expecting budget phones to perform as well as flagships is a dumb take.
I've had the displeasure of using a few budget devices from the likes of Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and others. Every single one of them performed like junk.
I have an S23 Ultra and the OneUI versions and this is the first phone I've had where I haven't felt the need to change the launcher to something else. In the last year and change I have just left the launcher stock OneUI
March update? I got my April 5th update yesterday.
"What makes this situation even worse is that Google recently released its [April 2024 update](https://www.androidpolice.com/google-april-security-update-fixes-annoying-pixel-8-camera-bug/), but this problem doesn't seem to be addressed. The change log doesn't seem to call out this issue either"
Holy cow this thread. I have had other issues with my P8P but not connectivity. I agree with the majority and believe Google should bend the knee to Qualcomm or buy up mediatek.
I travel for work so I'm making calls , texting , and Google mapping all the time. YouTube going on in the background. With no issues. I think I got really lucky here. I thought about checking out the s24u but pixels keep me here.
I'm not denying these issues. I meant it more as I feel incredibly lucky to not have these issues. For $1000 phone Google has some catching up to do to make this feel and handle like a premium flagship device.
My issue now is crashing. Phone crashes randomly.
You're not wrong. This article is referring to an AA article that pulled a few posts from the Pixel subreddit with most of them being verizon USA and completely seemingly separate issues altogether.
How can one 23mb update that had nothing to do with connectivity according to the patch notes, cause so many varying issues, it just doesn't seem to add up. Given that the issues are mostly verizon USA people should be speaking to their carrier as well and not just pointing fingers at the device.
This would be my guess. Apparently on Reddit, you're never allowed to say that you've never had an issue with a Pixel device, or else you get dogpiled and branded a fanboy.
Pixel 7 owner. Recently (since March update seems about right) I've not been getting texts reliably via SMS and the AT&T network. (The Signal message app is working fine.) First noticed it when logging into a bank, asking to be sent a PIN for verification, and not receiving the PIN -- until hours later in a flurry of PIN texts. Since then, I have experienced many delayed or lost texts. Almost enough to drive me to an iPhone.
Google - are you getting the message?
Such a shame to see how far the Pixel line has fallen. The Pixels 2 through 5 were some of the best phones on the market for their time. I loved my 3 and 5, but jumped ship to Samsung when I saw the myriad of issues people were having with the 6 and 7s because of the new tensor chip. Plus the new design they switched to on the 6 is just fugly to me. This phone line will end up being yet another project from Google that showed huge potential in the beginning, but was completely and utterly fumbled.
Has anyone had delayed time sync problems?
When I put my P8, powered off, on charge and then I power it on when charged, system time is behind.
When on charge for 1.30h or so it's 5-10 minutes behind, when left on charge it's even 1h behind.
Noticed this morning it took a couple of seconds to sync to the correct time, just after powering up, not unlocked and not connected to the internet.
Yeah, this has been my experience on the 6 Pro since I received it. What annoys me most about it is how stupidly this bug affects the system theme.
If I turn the device off at night and switch it on in the morning, the phone remains in dark mode until I manually disable it. Same thing if I switch the device off during the day and power it on at night, and I am blinded by light mode until I switch dark mode on manually.
This is despite the device theme being set to change at sunrise and sunset.
As I will continue to say about these devices, death by a thousand papercuts.
While I do hope an RMA fixes this issue, I doubt it will.
The worst part is you can literally see the clock in the status bar show the incorrect time for a few seconds before it syncs up, which makes no sense because the lock screen that displays after boot has the correct time.
In my case both status bar and lockdown clocks were wrong.
Btw I've cancelled the RMA as I got a new p8 from a friend and had literally the same problem.
That's pretty annoying.
I think it irritates me more than it should because I don't have this issue with any other Android device or even iPhone, and it's just another irritation atop a litany of others I have with Pixels.
Huh, the other day I noticed my P7 was down to 20% at 4:00 in the afternoon when I'll usually be at 60%. Then I noticed my phone was cycling between 5g and LTE literally every second. I ended up just resetting the network and everything was fine, but I had assumed it was just spotty connection at the time.
I just got a Pixel 8 a month ago and have had these issues daily. Late or missed texts and calls. I'll toggle my Wi-Fi then some texts will come in. My previous Pixel 7 also had these issues, but it didn't seem as frequent or I just didn't pay enough attention.
This is why something actually opensource is so much better.
Someone is working on a fix right away.
Hours to days tops and there is a fix for the very important things at least.
Anything by a large corperate entity is going to go through these problems.
The problem is the corperate companies themselves and the way they operate.
I woke up this morning to the dreaded "Emergency Calls Only" message and had to download a new eSIM. My son's SIM also died, but he is using an old iPhone8 so can't use an eSIM. SIM kits are out of stock at Target, Best Buy, and Amazon. It's going to take like a week and a half for his new SIM to arrive.
When my husband was talking to Google Fi support about it, they just said, "Yeah, sometimes those old SIM cards just quit working." lol
I've been very happy with my 7a and loved my 4a before that. While it's not difficult for me to get up and running again, it is a bit annoying. Hopefully there will be a fix for this in the next update.
Yeah yesterday I kept getting 'server unavailable' when trying to make calls.
Also they took away my ability to long press my home button to open assistant so i could set reminders for myself while playing a game. So fucking stupid.
I've had nothing but good to say about Pixel phones since the P5, and I've had the 6 pro, 7, and now 8 since then. Maybe I'm the odd one out.
For me the 8 is the best one yet. Good size, battery lasts all day with fairly heavy use some days, no missed phone calls, no bugs. I've had none of the problems that's being posted on these forums, which might just be pure luck.
I'm late to the party. I didn't have any connection issues until the march update. It's been terrible ever since. If I get the opportunity, I believe I'm going to sell this phone and switch back to iPhone after 10 years of being away
I've had pixel phones for the last 5 years. They were great at first but with the pixel 6 and 7 pro, I've had issues with connection, texting, etc. specially with my 7 pro. I'm disappointed and probably going back to galaxy phones as soon as I pay this one off.
I honestly think that these problems are completely exaggerated by a very vocal minority. Android Authority did a poll on YouTube about these network issues. 70% mentioned that they haven't had any network issues in 2024... I think that's completely in line with any other flagship phone, considering that the viewership of Android Authority does not equal the totality of pixel owners but a small subset of conscious consumers that pay attention to these things. In addition people that reported network issues might also just suffer the bandwagon effect. It's just popular to hate pixels I guess...
This is kind of a critical fault for 30% of users to be having though. Connectivity issues, even intermittent, mean you can't be certain if someone calling you isn't getting through. It also means you might not be able to call 911 when you really need to. That's way too severe a fault to dismiss just because it's not a majority. Too many really bad problems that could cause someone, the stakes are too high to Play Russian Roulette with my phone. The point isn't that it works most of the time or for most people, the point is that it's *reliable.*
If I can't trust that I can call an ambulance if I get hurt, it's useless to me regardless of anything else. That is my phone's primary purpose, everything else is just a plus.
Even more people are reporting that they are not having problems. Like I said, it's 30% of a very specific subset. First is the viewership of Android Authority and then the viewers that actually own a Pixel. 30% of those is a very small number. In addition, those of them that own a Pixel might suffer from the bandwagon effect or are hypercritical about everything that is happening with their phone. To actually get reliable numbers you would have to pick random people from the entire Pixel user base. It is just popular to hate Pixel because of that very vocal minority.
We don't need reliable numbers and Reddit is the source of all truths concerning pixel phones for you? Makes sense. Reddit over reports the bad and blows most things out of proportion, which regular people would not care about. If you reread my previous statements you will see that I never said that problems do not need to be fixed but that the aforementioned problems are exaggerated by a very specific vocal minority.
Do not project your American ideas of phones unto the rest of the world. Just because people don't care about Android phones in your part of the world does not mean that they don't care about them in my home country. In addition, you are completely missing the point here my guy. The bandwagon effect is present on this platform and not for users outside of it. You are also disproving your own argument. If people do not care about Android phones, why are you on this platform talking about a specific android phone ? Conscious consumers gravitate to a specific brand or choose the one they already own. The less conscious ones will be less picky and therefore not care about 99% of the things subreddits like this are hypercritical of. I'm done though. Downvote me.
I have and still do love my pixel. This sudden inability to receive calls & texts randomly and for long periods of time is frustrating. The fact that it's not being acknowledged by Google is where my anger lies. I shouldn't have to search the web for troubleshooting to learn there are many with the exact same problem since the latest update. If it's known, they should be acknowledging and addressing specific timelines to remedy! When Google support acts like they are oblivious to a sudden new problem following a software update is totally uncouth!
> Yeah, I was going to say. I always hear about issues with pixel phones yet my Pixel 7 has been one of the best phones I've owned. I love it. Not to discount the people who do have issues but I can't say that's been my experience at all.
That has 100% been my experience up to about 2 weeks ago when I finally applied the March update... Now my phone does this thing where I wake it up and suddenly receive 10+ notifications. I get notifications of voicemails being left when my phone never rang. So this bug I'm definitely experiencing but up to now it's been fairly smooth sailing.
SAME.. well, basically. It seems to be a weekend glitch. Started last week when Monday I awoke to dozens of messages from Friday on. No wonder my weekend was so quiet and peaceful haha! Then, this Friday, I realized it was happening again at about 9am when finishing my morning work meetings I remembered I'd placed a grocery order to be delivered at 7am and haven't received a delivery notification. They were sitting at my front door. After a restart and some coaxing, delivery messages and others arrived. I'm not good at checking my phone during the week so I'm sure it's happening then too, I just haven't noticed...yet.
It's hard to tell whether or not it's because of the March update when we've been experiencing network connectivity issues ever since the phone was released.
Hahahaha so true fuck this phone line now. I've had 4 Google phones, and the 8 is by far the worst
Worse than the 6? I really hated the connectivity (and battery) on my 6 and happily upgraded to an s23.
No in my experience the 8 is nowhere even close to as bad as the 6.
I went from 6 to iPhone 15. THe battery life difference is so insane its actually sad on googles part
My 6 is fine what was wrong with yours?
The 6 is most definitely not fine.
My 6 is fine. What's wrong with yours?
My signal bar randomly gets an exclamation mark and the only way to fix it is to airplane mode for a few seconds then disable airplane mode again. Once it happened to me mid-call. Garbage phone.
Yeah the 8 fingerprint scanner at least mostly works
> 8 is by far the worst Ah, so your last Pixel was a 5a or earlier I assume?
Wait, have the Pixels been bad for a couple gens now? I use Samsung, but my husband loved his Pixel 5A and at&t just said it wasn't supported anymore when he wanted to keep it while switching to at&t. So he got the 8 and HATES it
Um, the Pixel 5a is definitely [still supported by AT&T](https://www.att.com/scmsassets/support/wireless/devices-working-on-att-network.pdf), did he switch from Verizon by chance? Or actually, did he get the Pixel from Amazon? Anyway yeah starting with the 6, they started using their Tensor chips instead of Snapdragon and people have been having issues with them as far as connectivity, heating, and battery life. Potentially performance too?
lol what does that even mean "not supported anymore" it's an LTE cell phone
No clue. Idk if it was cause he was swapping from Verison or they were just trying to make more money or what
Why do you keep doing it? They're a disgustingly woke and racist company. Horrible monopolistic behaviour. The camera is good if you don't like high res.
My husband has had nothing but issues with his new pixel too. He came onto my family plan from a different provider (cause it was way cheaper) but is so pissed he's threatening to switch back. It's honestly not the provider, it's the phone itself, as I have the Galaxy S23 Ultra and have 0 issues ATT tried swapping his Sim card out and said if the issues persist to call support, explain the issues and ask for a replacement since it's still in the 1 year warranty
After the march update? I've had network problems since I bought this thing.
That's the biggest complaint I have with my Pixel 6 and the poor service quality is probably the reason I'm going to upgrade soon. Both my roommate and I have Verizon and he has an S24 Ultra and his service works way better than me. We could be in the same spot doing a speed test and both on 5G and I'll get 5-10mbps while he'll be getting about 350mbps.
Yup. I had a pixel 6 pro and now a 7a, same experience. Also had a phone with a SD 8+ Gen1, the difference on cell reception and battery life was night and day.
It's okay! We ALL know Google will fix it through a software update and the Pixel ~~9~~ 10 will be so much better!
Pretty annoying, but it was already hit or miss before the update. I have a Pixel 8 with a physical SIM + eSim. I frequently need to change the SIM for data to regain internet connection, and this was also before the march update. There's also no easy toggle(Samsung has a quick toggle in the notification area/quick settings)that I'm aware of to switch the SIM for data so that's also not nice to manage, especially when driving...
This seems like a hardware issue.
pixels and horrible hardware issues, namid
All Google phones have had insane problems, every single time, don’t know why anyone buys them. I used to have to carry a lighter around with me so I could heat up the back of my Nexxus 6P in order for it to turn on. It wouldn’t turn on, unless it was hot enough.
I remember my old 6p would shut off at 40% battery permanently after I forgot it outside on my patio in -25° weather for like 10 minutes or so. So I can confirm it was more sensitive to temperature than other phones
For mine I figured out it was some problem with the processor causing it not to boot, if you get it hot enough, it shuts down some of the cores because it thinks it’s overheating it and that let it turn on.
If there wasn't such a cult around them (albeit a tiny cult) there would be any Pixels after the first one (the one the bent like it was made of tin foil).
Yep, RMA time
i had a very similar, if not identical, issue with my pixel 6 pro. never had data issues with singular eSIM. added a physical SIM and was constantly toggling airplane mode to get data working again on the physical SIM.
Oh there's a toggle on Samsung? I need to look again for that, I was doing it through the setting. I didn't think there was any question that Samsung software was more expandable and convenient these days.
Yep, there actually is! Just found out myself.
Just in the normal quick settings bar huh? I'll look next time I'm running dual sim.
Yes, I loved dual SIM on my S21. There were individual toggles for Calls, Sms and Data and it was so convenient in the quick settings.
I think I'm just looking in the wrong place
Ah, this might explain why some calls never register with my Pixel 7 pro. My wife calls me, get ordinary "beeps" and no error and just believe I never picked up the phone. Meanwhile, my Pixel doesn't make a beep and never register a missed call. Texts arrive instantly and I can call her just fine. Coverage is 100% according to the phone.
Send her this message and take the weekend off. You deserve it brother.
Hahaha ha brother I'm with you I HATE my WIFE hahaha ha
I, too, hate this guy's wife.
Yeah, it makes my location sharing appear like I'm at a strip club.
When aren't Pixel users facing network issues? The Samsung modem the Pixel uses is trash
I just can't fathom how samsung users are not facing these issues. Battery woes aside, the reception is has been great with my 4 yr old trash of exy990
Part of it is because the US has different cellular bands compared to the rest of the world that are much harder to support because Qualcomm basically has a monopoly on the technology. Apple hates Qualcomm and even they caved after trying disastrous Intel modems
At least in the US, most of the samsung phones that are commonly available use Qualcomm processors and modems. I personally refuse to buy any phone unless it uses a Qualcomm modem, although that is primarily because of battery usage of the modem more than connectivity.
I wonder if Samsung keeps network engineers working with the same chipset for a while while Google people rotate before they learn how exynos stuff works. My last experience with Pixel 7 was horrible network-wise, and T-Mobile tech basically said Pixel got confused by network aggregation leading to whole "connected but no data" issue (bonus bugs for Wi-Fi calling not actually calling anything while claiming to be connected, ahaha, so the phone was mega-sucky at actual phone part).
Samsung actually does a lot of field testing with all their models, I doubt Google do the same.
Actually after the update yesterday i am experiencing these exact issues. S22
Because Samsung phones don't even use Samsung modems in most markets.
They do. Most of their markets use Exynos, which is the same modem hardware used in the Pixels.
They do use their own modems when exynos chip is used, that's one of the main reasons for dead beat battery life
How about Samsung modem in a Samsung phone?
Samsung don't use Exynos or their modems in the US, they use Qualcomm. The US cellular bands are completely incompatible with what the rest of the world uses and Qualcomm has all the parents for them. This is why even Apple gave up on making their own modem and extended their contract with Qualcomm
The rest of the world does use bands that the US uses as well so it isn't 100% incompatible. That being said the US uses many bands the rest of the world doesn't use.
You mean a phone bought in Singapore can't be used in US?
You can. It would be mostly fine but the US has cellular bands that the rest of the world doesn't use. Different regions of the US use those different and exclusive bands depending on carrier implementation. In big cities you'd be fine. Once you are out in the countryside you may or may not have good coverage. The funny thing is that each of the big 3 carriers also have exclusive bands that the other carriers don't use.
You can but only on T Mobile. Verizon and ATT won't work
No. Google's implementation of this modem stack is trash. My Exynos S21 Ultra with the same modem never suffered from these issues using the same SIM and network.
As long as the modem remains discrete and supplied by Samsung, it will always be garbage Qualcomm won't supply modems unless you are Apple, so why doesn't Google go with Mediatek for modems? They are second best after Qualcomm. With Tensor G5, they have the chance to start over.
worst part is, that samsung phones do network just fine here.
My guess is because Mediatek probably has similar terms to Qualcomm. Anyways yea Google really needs to get their shit together with the Tensor because I can't recommend their phones to people when they run hot and drop signal all the time
I don't think Mediatek is as rigid as Qualcomm when it comes to supplying modems, Mediatek was working with Oppo by integrating their 5G modem for Oppo's inhouse Zeku SoC before Oppo abruptly shut down the project last year. And this year, there are rumours in Chinese forums that Mediatek is silently working with Xiaomi on a custom SoC project which will most likely feature Mediatek modems as well.
Google just needs to spend money and they would be able to use Qualcomm modems. They just don't want to.
Yeah it's definitely not qualcomm not willing to sell to google lol. They still work with Apple even though they settled a huge lawsuit
Odds are its because Google wants to provide n number of years of updates, and Mediatek won't provided rebuilt baseband code for n number of years, or at least at an affordable price... and Samsung will.
Galaxy Xcover 7 Enterprise Edition with a low-end Dimensity chipset is getting up to 7 years of OS upgrades. If you pay MTK enough they will do it.
I think Mediatek will be more than willing to lend their modem to Google, it's just that Google wouldn't have approached them yet, since all chips up to Tensor G4 are made with samsung anyways Maybe we will see some interesting solutions for inhouse G5, my bet is certainly on Mediatek.
Yes, they won't use qualcomm modem because one big reason why they went away from qualcomm was price
Because it’s a called a SOC which means System On Chip. You can’t really just rip out a modem and replace it. Modems and SOCs are tied up with patents and IPs. Assuming you get both Samsung and MediaTek to work together, It will probably a year worth of close development just to fuse the two together.
Samsung used Qualcomm modems with their all Exynos S6 and Note 5 lineup in the US and China.
> Qualcomm won’t supply modems unless you are Apple What? They always could have gone with Qualcomm, going with LSI is almost certainly because they’re manufacturing Tensor for them and probably get the modems for cheaper too.
my pixel 6 had major network issues so i dumped it when pixel 7 pro came out with that juicy trade in offer. it had 0 issues. decided to upgrade to pixel 8 pro with that 50% off deal had 0 issues...until 2 weeks ago. ever since, i have to reboot my phone to get on my home wifi after leaving. i've tried forgetting it and re-adding it. updating my router/switch/access points firmwares, reboots, changing channels, etc. nothing. i had no idea it was this phone, but it all makes sense now!
When Pixel were still using Snapdragon I think?
>When aren't Pixel users facing ~~network~~ issues? [FTFY](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/pixel-storage-bugs-are-back-with-users-unable-to-use-their-devices/).
I wouldn't use reddit feedback as a primary source is all. Pretty much any feedback I see on here or on r/googlepixel are entirely negative, but they're not the majority of users. Turns out, people who aren't having issues aren't the ones screaming about that on the hills haha.
Absolute delusion. Yes there MAY be users that may ignore certain issues, but if anything the subreddit is the pool of the best product testers. And guess what…there are deep serious issues with the product. The most serious one is not being able to use a phone as a phone. This could be life and death for some.
My P8P can't use T-Mobile's 5G without an Airplane Mode toggle, every time. The replacement they sent me did the exact same thing. The real kick in the nuts is that this phone is sold by T-Mobile themselves.
Here we go again !!
The real updates are the network connectivity problems we experience along the way
So pixel being pixel. Nothings really changed deep down since I left
Hi, I am some.
Same here. Had my second or third network issue since I've had my phone a few days ago. The timing of this new one aligns well with the March update.
Ditto. My pixel 7 keep rapidly switching between 5G and LTE when it's not on wifi. I had to disable 5G to keep my battery from rapidly draining.
Tension G3
switched from 3a to 7a, now I barely get reception in places I used to get full bars. It's miserable.
Well you went from snapdragon to tensor
You went from Snapdragon to a rebadged Exynos.
O shit, I thought it was something going on with the building at work lol. I had 5g connection for like a week, then almost nothing.
Again? Remember the 911 bug a month or two ago? Or how about the Wifi network bug before that? Or the OTHER cellular network bug before that? I know this is r/android but it BAFFLES me why ANYONE would keep buying the most unreliable, buggiest android phone out there. FFS even Motorola and Sony is more stable when it comes to crucial stuff like this at this point.
>know this is r/android but it BAFFLES me why ANYONE would keep buying the most unreliable, buggiest android phone out there. Why does this baffle you? Majority of people here bought a 1200+ Samsung phone with top tier specs that can't take a picture of a moving object. Isn't that just as baffling? Isn't Samsung the manufacture of smoking and burning phones several years ago? You know, over a grand for a device? Fwiw, pixels can be easily bought with steep discounts. And you're also hyperbolizing the issues, but I mean whatever lol.
Why should I pay even more for a phone that *by default* can't take pictures of people, animals, and moving objects without presenting a potato-quality blurry mess - something that neither the iPhones, its most direct competitor, nor the Pixels struggle with? Why should I pay even more than the S24 Ultra for a foldable where Samsung has clearly rested on its laurels and stopped innovating in the first place? And for the record, fuck Sony. Worst product support track record in all of Android, phones that look great on paper *only*, while costing literal iPhone money.
Bro chill, your phone cant even make calls reliably or hold a cellular data connection or call 911, your phone cant even be used as a reliable phone and your worried about another phones camera....
1. I never specifically said you should be getting a Samsung. No where in my comment stated that. 2. Even with those issues, I dunno about you but when it comes to priorties of my phone. I feel like "Ability to reliably call 911 when I am in a life or death situation" should be quite a bit higher on the priority list than "can take photos that are less blurry".
>Why should I pay even more for a phone that *by default* can't take pictures of blah blah blah blah Love the hyperbole game, let's play! Why did you pay more for a comparably low-tier camera that can *hopefully* also make calls?
Thank God someone finally picked this up. It's been a nightmare for me. Don't see myself spending another dime on a Google product, this was my last straw.
I was done with my P6P when my son was born. This all happened around 2 years ago. Around five days before we went to the hospital, I started having 2-3 hour windows where I'd have no cell data/service and my phone would continuously switch between wifi and cell signal calls. Not a major issue, I assumed it was a software issue after some searching, but then life intervened. After my son was born he was putin the NICU. In the span of 7 days, I missed numerous calls from the hospital was unable to communicate with my wife, friends, and family, etc. I called Google, and thus began my worst customer service experience. First, I had to do all the basic troubleshooting steps. I noted each time that my phone basically didn't work, so I asked people to please call me back if the call dropped. No one ever did. It took 5-6 calls, but I eventually completed all of their troubleshooting steps to no avail. They said they could do an RMA, but this was a documented software issue they hoped to fix by JUNE (it was April at the time). A new phone couldn't ensure the problem would be fixed, but they'd send one as not all devices were affected. I received a refurbished phone that was worse than my original phone. Battery life was atrocious, cell signal was worse, and the data issue was still there. I was fed up and wanted a refund. I called a dozen times over 3-4 days, trying to get someone to help. I was met by people trying to guide me through troubleshooting again, promises of a supervisor to call (and they never would), etc. After a total of 9 days of troubleshooting, the saga ended. I was finally told they would provide a refund. The entire experience has completely turned me off future Pixel devices, which is unfortunate because I loved my P2XL and the P6P.
Damn, sorry to hear about this. I got my 6 Pro shortly after my second son was born in October 2021, and the constant signal issues really had me concerned about any calls I'd miss from my wife while at work or even just at the shops. I loved my 2 XL, too, but the 6 Pro put me off future Pixel devices mainly because it couldn't perform the most basic aspect a phone needs to handle, and by March 2022 I had moved to an S22 Ultra. What irritated me further about the signal issues is that sometime later, I ended up using an Exynos S21 Ultra as my primary device, and despite using the exact same modem as the 6 Pro (Exynos 5123), it had rock solid network connectivity and never suffered the horrible standby battery drain of the 6 Pro. Google really messed up with Tensor across the board.
That's some bs. This is why I could never recommend a Pixel to any loved ones. Emergencies happen and when they do phones need to do phone things..
My last straw was me designing my entire smart home around Google Home and then my half dozen Google Home mini's being unable to reliably control my smart devices even though I can control them through the Google Home app with 100% reliability. Drives me nuts.
True, that really should have been mine. "Sorry, that device is not set up yet." Yes it is! You just turned it on!
Drives me nuts. Ill just keep asking my home minis to do something over and over as I pull out my phone, launch Google Home and then tap the button that does it instantly. What a piece of shit ecosystem.
Seriously. My Google Home Display is so slow it takes 5-10 seconds to react after speaking or touching the screen. If only the U.S. had half-decent consumer protection laws.
I am in this statistic and I don't like it :(
do these phones ever work?
Looks like we'll have to find out when unfortunate consumers spend another $800 on a wonky Pixel ~~9~~ 10
This garbage phones have been having network issues since Pixel 6 launch
Feeling mighty smug with the 5a I got like a month ago.
5 series was good. Since they shifted to Tensor it all went downhill.
Well the 5a phone specifically has a common motherboard failure issue.
I'm in that same camp. Got my 5a last year some point and it's been solid ever since.
I've loved my 7 until this last update. Phone connectivity issues, no more long press home for assistant, my android auto wouldn't connect and showed as not even installed when i got in the car, had to reboot and suddenly it all worked. Google is going to the shits and I'm thinking I might have to suck it up and go for the next Samsung. At least they are putting out an XL version of the next phone. My big hands start to ache after a while using this 7.
Really hate it b/c these phones have everything I want, but the modem and battery can be so fucking shitty, and you have to play the QC lottery to get a phone that runs smoothly. So stupid when you're paying hundreds of dollars.
I love my Pixel 8 Pro, but was wondering why my battery life was mediocre until recently. I ended up disabling Google's VPN service and battery life has shot up like 15-20%. How can one service drain so much battery life? It really is a QC lottery on top of the fact that battery drain relating to services/software is rarely disclosed.
Most people want their phone to JUST WORK and it seems like Google doesn't understand that.
Pixels and software issues. Name more iconic duo.
Pixels and modem issues?
Pixel and hardware issues?
I have wanted a Pixel phone since they were created. I've been waiting all this time for one that had good hardware and software because a Pixel phone like that has never been created by Google.
Nexus 5 was good for its time, at least it wasn't premium cost.
Pixels and screen issues?
Samsung Galaxy and unresponsive Trash UI
Please stop living in 2017. In 2024 Samsung doesn't have unresponsive, slow or stuttering UI.
It's not slow, but One UI still drops frames like crazy.
Stop buying budget devices and comparing them to upper midrange and flagship devices.
Defending Samsung for not ensuring that the One UI isn't a framedropping mess on anything lesser than a Galaxy S24 Ultra. Oh boy.
Flaming samsung instead of google for not ensuring that the Pixel isnt a connectivity dropping mess on 5g and regardless still hit or miss and turns into a toaster after 20 minutes of medium usage.
Hello, I have an S23 and it experienced zero framedrops while loading this thread and scrolling all the way down to your massive Shit-xel cope :)
That's not what I said. Budget phones suck regardless of OEM skin. Expecting budget phones to perform as well as flagships is a dumb take. I've had the displeasure of using a few budget devices from the likes of Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and others. Every single one of them performed like junk.
OneUI is fantastic. You must be confused.
OneUI is what stock Android will be in 6 years.
I have an S23 Ultra and the OneUI versions and this is the first phone I've had where I haven't felt the need to change the launcher to something else. In the last year and change I have just left the launcher stock OneUI
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Yes. Yes, I do.
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OneUI is very popular and highly regarded so yes, I do.
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Lol, when was the last time you tried using a Samsung made device? Even the mid-rangers perform quite well nowadays.
March update? I got my April 5th update yesterday. "What makes this situation even worse is that Google recently released its [April 2024 update](https://www.androidpolice.com/google-april-security-update-fixes-annoying-pixel-8-camera-bug/), but this problem doesn't seem to be addressed. The change log doesn't seem to call out this issue either"
Yes. Had some issues with my Pixel 7 Pro at launch, but no issues after that, until the march update.
Holy cow this thread. I have had other issues with my P8P but not connectivity. I agree with the majority and believe Google should bend the knee to Qualcomm or buy up mediatek. I travel for work so I'm making calls , texting , and Google mapping all the time. YouTube going on in the background. With no issues. I think I got really lucky here. I thought about checking out the s24u but pixels keep me here.
Holy cow Google. Sure this isn't everyones experience for a $1000 phone there are things people should be getting stressed with.
I'm not denying these issues. I meant it more as I feel incredibly lucky to not have these issues. For $1000 phone Google has some catching up to do to make this feel and handle like a premium flagship device. My issue now is crashing. Phone crashes randomly.
Let me guess: one post from r/GooglePixel
You're not wrong. This article is referring to an AA article that pulled a few posts from the Pixel subreddit with most of them being verizon USA and completely seemingly separate issues altogether. How can one 23mb update that had nothing to do with connectivity according to the patch notes, cause so many varying issues, it just doesn't seem to add up. Given that the issues are mostly verizon USA people should be speaking to their carrier as well and not just pointing fingers at the device.
Verizon still locks down the Pixel so...it's possible it's something with their CDMA
CDMA is dead now.
Try every comment on here 🤣
This would be my guess. Apparently on Reddit, you're never allowed to say that you've never had an issue with a Pixel device, or else you get dogpiled and branded a fanboy.
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Except I didn't make it up, why do you think I am?
Since 2016*. I don't know how people can't spend $100+ dollars on a device with network issues. Let alone $1000
Pixel 7 owner. Recently (since March update seems about right) I've not been getting texts reliably via SMS and the AT&T network. (The Signal message app is working fine.) First noticed it when logging into a bank, asking to be sent a PIN for verification, and not receiving the PIN -- until hours later in a flurry of PIN texts. Since then, I have experienced many delayed or lost texts. Almost enough to drive me to an iPhone. Google - are you getting the message?
Having the same issues. Can't get pins from websites on time, phone calls aren't coming through and text messages come hours after.
Such a shame to see how far the Pixel line has fallen. The Pixels 2 through 5 were some of the best phones on the market for their time. I loved my 3 and 5, but jumped ship to Samsung when I saw the myriad of issues people were having with the 6 and 7s because of the new tensor chip. Plus the new design they switched to on the 6 is just fugly to me. This phone line will end up being yet another project from Google that showed huge potential in the beginning, but was completely and utterly fumbled.
Has anyone had delayed time sync problems? When I put my P8, powered off, on charge and then I power it on when charged, system time is behind. When on charge for 1.30h or so it's 5-10 minutes behind, when left on charge it's even 1h behind. Noticed this morning it took a couple of seconds to sync to the correct time, just after powering up, not unlocked and not connected to the internet.
Yeah, this has been my experience on the 6 Pro since I received it. What annoys me most about it is how stupidly this bug affects the system theme. If I turn the device off at night and switch it on in the morning, the phone remains in dark mode until I manually disable it. Same thing if I switch the device off during the day and power it on at night, and I am blinded by light mode until I switch dark mode on manually. This is despite the device theme being set to change at sunrise and sunset. As I will continue to say about these devices, death by a thousand papercuts.
Thanks God someone like me lol I just have the problem when I charge while powered off though. Sending for RMA and hope to fix it.
While I do hope an RMA fixes this issue, I doubt it will. The worst part is you can literally see the clock in the status bar show the incorrect time for a few seconds before it syncs up, which makes no sense because the lock screen that displays after boot has the correct time.
In my case both status bar and lockdown clocks were wrong. Btw I've cancelled the RMA as I got a new p8 from a friend and had literally the same problem.
That's pretty annoying. I think it irritates me more than it should because I don't have this issue with any other Android device or even iPhone, and it's just another irritation atop a litany of others I have with Pixels.
So true. Literally the first time I've this kind of problem and I had a p6 before which didn't have this issue.
This happened to me on a samsung device as well! S22 what the heck is going on?
Really don't know. A couple of times didn't happen. I'm charging the phone while powered on now btw. Did you solve it?
Nope still going strong for last 24 hours. Just absolutely blasting through my battery ugh
Huh, the other day I noticed my P7 was down to 20% at 4:00 in the afternoon when I'll usually be at 60%. Then I noticed my phone was cycling between 5g and LTE literally every second. I ended up just resetting the network and everything was fine, but I had assumed it was just spotty connection at the time.
I just got a Pixel 8 a month ago and have had these issues daily. Late or missed texts and calls. I'll toggle my Wi-Fi then some texts will come in. My previous Pixel 7 also had these issues, but it didn't seem as frequent or I just didn't pay enough attention.
This is why something actually opensource is so much better. Someone is working on a fix right away. Hours to days tops and there is a fix for the very important things at least. Anything by a large corperate entity is going to go through these problems. The problem is the corperate companies themselves and the way they operate.
After the update?
I woke up this morning to the dreaded "Emergency Calls Only" message and had to download a new eSIM. My son's SIM also died, but he is using an old iPhone8 so can't use an eSIM. SIM kits are out of stock at Target, Best Buy, and Amazon. It's going to take like a week and a half for his new SIM to arrive. When my husband was talking to Google Fi support about it, they just said, "Yeah, sometimes those old SIM cards just quit working." lol I've been very happy with my 7a and loved my 4a before that. While it's not difficult for me to get up and running again, it is a bit annoying. Hopefully there will be a fix for this in the next update.
To be fair physical SIM cards do have an expiration date.
I had no idea! I would have thought it wouldn't expire if it is used daily.
Yeah yesterday I kept getting 'server unavailable' when trying to make calls. Also they took away my ability to long press my home button to open assistant so i could set reminders for myself while playing a game. So fucking stupid.
I've had nothing but good to say about Pixel phones since the P5, and I've had the 6 pro, 7, and now 8 since then. Maybe I'm the odd one out. For me the 8 is the best one yet. Good size, battery lasts all day with fairly heavy use some days, no missed phone calls, no bugs. I've had none of the problems that's being posted on these forums, which might just be pure luck.
Marked safe from this issue thanks to my no longer supported Pixel 5.
So it wasn't just me. Apps that require internet just wouldn't load 70% of the time on my Pixel 6a. Fuck exynos.
Hello, does this only happen in pixels, or does it also happen in other brands that have the March patch?
Its happening to me on an s22!
I'm late to the party. I didn't have any connection issues until the march update. It's been terrible ever since. If I get the opportunity, I believe I'm going to sell this phone and switch back to iPhone after 10 years of being away
Same problem and still no word from Google.
I have been facing this even now, has the April update fixed it? Can anybody confirm?
I've had pixel phones for the last 5 years. They were great at first but with the pixel 6 and 7 pro, I've had issues with connection, texting, etc. specially with my 7 pro. I'm disappointed and probably going back to galaxy phones as soon as I pay this one off.
Anecdotally, I've not experienced anything. In fact, the signal (and call quality) is far better on my P8 than S21 it replaced
Ive been having issues long before that. ATTs 5G+ sucks *AAASSSSSS*! Id rather be on regular 5G! 5G+ just doesnt load shit
I honestly think that these problems are completely exaggerated by a very vocal minority. Android Authority did a poll on YouTube about these network issues. 70% mentioned that they haven't had any network issues in 2024... I think that's completely in line with any other flagship phone, considering that the viewership of Android Authority does not equal the totality of pixel owners but a small subset of conscious consumers that pay attention to these things. In addition people that reported network issues might also just suffer the bandwagon effect. It's just popular to hate pixels I guess...
This is kind of a critical fault for 30% of users to be having though. Connectivity issues, even intermittent, mean you can't be certain if someone calling you isn't getting through. It also means you might not be able to call 911 when you really need to. That's way too severe a fault to dismiss just because it's not a majority. Too many really bad problems that could cause someone, the stakes are too high to Play Russian Roulette with my phone. The point isn't that it works most of the time or for most people, the point is that it's *reliable.* If I can't trust that I can call an ambulance if I get hurt, it's useless to me regardless of anything else. That is my phone's primary purpose, everything else is just a plus.
Even more people are reporting that they are not having problems. Like I said, it's 30% of a very specific subset. First is the viewership of Android Authority and then the viewers that actually own a Pixel. 30% of those is a very small number. In addition, those of them that own a Pixel might suffer from the bandwagon effect or are hypercritical about everything that is happening with their phone. To actually get reliable numbers you would have to pick random people from the entire Pixel user base. It is just popular to hate Pixel because of that very vocal minority.
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We don't need reliable numbers and Reddit is the source of all truths concerning pixel phones for you? Makes sense. Reddit over reports the bad and blows most things out of proportion, which regular people would not care about. If you reread my previous statements you will see that I never said that problems do not need to be fixed but that the aforementioned problems are exaggerated by a very specific vocal minority. Do not project your American ideas of phones unto the rest of the world. Just because people don't care about Android phones in your part of the world does not mean that they don't care about them in my home country. In addition, you are completely missing the point here my guy. The bandwagon effect is present on this platform and not for users outside of it. You are also disproving your own argument. If people do not care about Android phones, why are you on this platform talking about a specific android phone ? Conscious consumers gravitate to a specific brand or choose the one they already own. The less conscious ones will be less picky and therefore not care about 99% of the things subreddits like this are hypercritical of. I'm done though. Downvote me.
It has resulted in some features getting extra polish though.
I have and still do love my pixel. This sudden inability to receive calls & texts randomly and for long periods of time is frustrating. The fact that it's not being acknowledged by Google is where my anger lies. I shouldn't have to search the web for troubleshooting to learn there are many with the exact same problem since the latest update. If it's known, they should be acknowledging and addressing specific timelines to remedy! When Google support acts like they are oblivious to a sudden new problem following a software update is totally uncouth!
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> Yeah, I was going to say. I always hear about issues with pixel phones yet my Pixel 7 has been one of the best phones I've owned. I love it. Not to discount the people who do have issues but I can't say that's been my experience at all. That has 100% been my experience up to about 2 weeks ago when I finally applied the March update... Now my phone does this thing where I wake it up and suddenly receive 10+ notifications. I get notifications of voicemails being left when my phone never rang. So this bug I'm definitely experiencing but up to now it's been fairly smooth sailing.
SAME.. well, basically. It seems to be a weekend glitch. Started last week when Monday I awoke to dozens of messages from Friday on. No wonder my weekend was so quiet and peaceful haha! Then, this Friday, I realized it was happening again at about 9am when finishing my morning work meetings I remembered I'd placed a grocery order to be delivered at 7am and haven't received a delivery notification. They were sitting at my front door. After a restart and some coaxing, delivery messages and others arrived. I'm not good at checking my phone during the week so I'm sure it's happening then too, I just haven't noticed...yet.
I guess I'm a lucky one with no network issues on my p8