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My Pixel 5a with #GrapheneOS froze on me yesterday, and powered down. Was at ~65% battery. I was doing a lot of back-n-forth between apps. It did it earlier that day too when I was doing a similar workflow (back-n-forth between Nostr apps, browsers, etc.)
The device will not turn on, even when trying to hard restart.
Any suggestions to get it to turn back on? It seems like the RAM may be full.
Was not dropped, never really abused it (leaving it on for days at a time at the most).
Pixel 5a. Yes old, but I first flashed GOS in late 2023 as brand new device, so only been operating for ~16 months.
Any help is appreciated 💜
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Does it power on while plugged in?
It does not
It might be bricked?
Could you try charging it with a low power charger? I have a pixel tablet that cannot for the life of it charge on anything more powerful than that.
Mind sharing some links? I've looked through many so far but no luck either 🫂
Funny enough I usualy only charge it with a low power small old iPhone brick, in fear that me dumping higher amps into the battery would cause deterioration overtime.
So yes I am
Could be?
I've done a good job backing many things up that I need there so if it actually is, it is what it is
Thank you very much; will try with a more high amp charger
Great thank you.
I did see sometimes it's just the screen. Other times its the motherboard, etc.
I'll take a glance
Are you able to interact with the device at all? I had issues with a pixel 5 and took it to a repair shop for a second opinion. Found out there was a hardware issue 'black screen of death' that they recently addressed with the pixel 8
No interactions with the device. Thinking about taking it to like a ifixit place to see if they can diagnose anything.
If your device is not powering on with no Google logo or OS warning screen at all it isn't related to GrapheneOS. You'd at least get a boot loop. Please check your battery and charger, and if it doesn't work then it sounds like you have a hardware failure.
I think it may be a hardware failure. I've had it plugged into the original pixel charger it came with for two days now and still nothing.
No normal boot loading screen, even with a hard restart, etc.
Just to try, I even took a head gun and warmed the whole device up quite a bit just to see if it would help some solder contacts or other connection points, as a last ditch effort. Still nothing.
We'll see what it does in a few days time, but I've already assumed this 5a is toast after only ~16 months of use.
The 5a is old, it's unsupported and missing almost all our major new features anyway. The Pixel 9a is on the way and likely will discount the previous generations too. 8a is the cheapest device that has every security feature and is supported for a long time too. The 6a is the cheapest currently supported device and is the second-soonest to be unsupported (July 2027).
Sorry to hear of your potential phone loss. Curious to know what you and others may do in these situations to avoid any potential data compromise before recycling.
Backup's backup's backup's
Yes fully understand, been meaning to get a new one, Thanks. I saw the 8a. I'm thinking the 7 since I can get it cheaper
Just found the setting and toggled "enable by default". I'll monitor for those corruption bugs and toggle off per app as necessary. Thanks!
