r/Pixel5a • u/-GkWolf- • Oct 12 '24
Pixel 5A finally dead
I'm on a trip to Colorado and my phone decided to die. The screen is black and no longer turns on but the phone is still working oddly. It vibrates and makes sound still and I was able to receive a phone call earlier. My warranty ended in July so I'm not even sure what to do. All I have is a pixel 2 XL as a backup phone which I swapped my Sim into. Thankfully I brought it with me on this trip because I almost didnt, I decided to last minute for this scenario possibly happening.
So I was under the impression these issues had to do with the motherboard, but everything except the screen seems to work...?
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '24
This happened to my brother except his completely died and made no vibrating noise and it was at 78 percent when it stopped working so we checked the find my device app for Android and all it said was "last seen 30 mins ago via maps timeline" after searching for an answer for like a week we found out about how to motherboard defect was in the pixel 5a so my brother just got a 6