UPDATE: For the reason that authentic publishing date of this text, a second Pixel 9 Professional XL has exhibited the identical challenge.
I’ve been utilizing Pixel telephones for practically half a decade now, beginning with the Pixel 3a. Through the years I’ve grown to enormously recognize Google’s personal imaginative and prescient for Android {hardware}, because of options just like the clear OS and spectacular cameras. On the similar time although, I’ve to confess that the Pixel line isn’t excellent, particularly relating to {hardware} defects.
That’s to not say that I’ve skilled stuff like faulty OLED panels, extreme overheating, and such. Aside from wi-fi sign points on the Pixel 6, my journey with Google’s Android {hardware} line has been largely easy crusing. That’s, till now.
Simply a few days after receiving my Pixel 9 Professional XL, I observed a problem with the telephone’s display screen. There have been a couple of cases when the display screen would flash a white horizontal line (close to the place the facility button was) for a split-second after I turned off the telephone’s show. Whereas I initially considered it as a one-time software program hiccup, it repeated itself half a dozen instances all through the day, and a reboot has seemingly failed to deal with the problem.
…it repeated itself half a dozen instances all through the day, and a reboot has seemingly failed to deal with the problem.
I used to be then prompted to do a fast search throughout completely different web boards and websites if every other Pixel 9 Professional house owners have bumped into related points, and whereas people with older units just like the Pixel 8 and seven sequence telephones have complained of everlasting traces on their show, no different Pixel 9 customers have skilled the problem that I used to be having. I additionally observed that it normally occurred when my telephone was on low brightness settings, though this solely opens up extra questions. An try to duplicate and movie the problem in motion proved futile because it occurred slightly randomly.
I’m not saying that that is going to be a widespread challenge, as to take action would trigger pointless panic with inadequate information apart from anecdotal proof.
Based mostly on easy statement – and to unashamedly reference “Occam’s Razor” – the probably case is that I merely have a foul unit. I’m not saying that that is going to be a widespread challenge, as to take action would trigger pointless panic with inadequate information apart from anecdotal proof. It’s additionally unlikely that this will probably be as widespread because the Pixel 7’s digital camera glass cracking or buttons falling off, and once more is a straightforward case of a lemon in my possession.
As an replace to this text, I’ve since exchanged my authentic Pixel 9 Professional XL retail unit for a more moderen one from my service. Whereas the white line flashing didn’t initially happen throughout my utilization of the substitute unit, it sadly occurred after quite a lot of days, exhibiting the identical circumstances. Since then, I’ve additionally come throughout posts from Reddit customers complaining of the identical factor taking place to them.
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