UPDATE: For the reason that unique publishing date of this text, a second Pixel 9 Professional XL has exhibited the identical difficulty.
I’ve been utilizing Pixel telephones for practically half a decade now, beginning with the Pixel 3a. Through the years I’ve grown to vastly admire 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 in terms of {hardware} defects.
That’s to not say that I’ve skilled stuff like faulty OLED panels, extreme overheating, and such. Except for wi-fi sign points on the Pixel 6, my journey with Google’s Android {hardware} line has been principally easy crusing. That’s, till now.
Simply a few days after receiving my Pixel 9 Professional XL, I observed a difficulty with the cellphone’s display. There have been just a few cases when the display would flash a white horizontal line (close to the place the ability button was) for a split-second after I turned off the cellphone’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 totally different web boards and websites if every other Pixel 9 Professional house owners have bumped into comparable points, and whereas people with older gadgets just like the Pixel 8 and seven sequence telephones have complained of everlasting strains on their show, no different Pixel 9 customers have skilled the problem that I used to be having. I additionally observed that it often occurred when my cellphone 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 reasonably randomly.
I’m not saying that that is going to be a widespread difficulty, as to take action would trigger pointless panic with inadequate information apart from anecdotal proof.
Based mostly on easy commentary – and to unashamedly reference “Occam’s Razor” – the most definitely case is that I merely have a nasty unit. I’m not saying that that is going to be a widespread difficulty, as to take action would trigger pointless panic with inadequate information apart from anecdotal proof. It’s additionally unlikely that this might be as widespread because the Pixel 7’s digital camera glass cracking or buttons falling off, and once more is an easy case of a lemon in my possession.
As an replace to this text, I’ve since exchanged my unique 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 a lot of days, exhibiting the identical circumstances. Since then, I’ve additionally come throughout posts from Reddit customers complaining of the identical factor occurring to them.
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