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Just looking to see if anyone has charging issues with their Pixel. My wife received hers Monday and it won't charge unless she reboots it. Then will begin to charge. Everything I've read points to it being a defective device, but it's a common problem it seems.

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I've had mine since last Friday and no issues at all. Both with the stock charger and my Anker USB hub with the Google provided USB-A to USB-C cable.

I'd definitely go get it swapped for a new unit
 
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It's on and off it seems. I guess we'll be stopping by Verizon this weekend. Maybe I'll convince my wife that I need a Pixel XL....

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It's on and off it seems. I guess we'll be stopping by Verizon this weekend. Maybe I'll convince my wife that I need a Pixel XL....

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What??? No way. The 6P is so much better.
 
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The Pixel is such a nice phone. I know you're not a fan of HTC, but it's great (minus the charging issue). I'm not at the point of abandoning the 6P yet, but this battery life is driving me crazy.

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Well, we took it to Verizon and swapped it out with a completely new device and charger and still the same issue. Called Google support and explained the issue, they then passed me over to Verizon who is sending me an aftermarket charger that is suppose to work with it. Ridiculous that I have to resort to an alternate charger to get a full functioning package but at least they're doing something about it. Like I said, I've read a lot of people having this same issue and it seems to be a charger design flaw or something. We'll see if this other charger fixes the issue, I've read people having success with aftermarket chargers.
 

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That's weird. Have you tried a different power outlet?

I used the OEM one just once since I bought my Pixel and it worked fine. This Anker USB charging hub I have works great for it too.
 
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Yeah, we tried on about every outlet we had, and she also tried at work. What's weird is once we get it to start charging, it'll charge fine. When I wiggle the connection it'll work here and there. I can't tell if it's a software issue or a hardware issue, a reboot gets it to charge every time.

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Hmm that's weird. Maybe I should try the provided charger and see if I run into this issue.
 
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Yeah, we switched chargers for now, the charger for my 6P works perfectly fine with the Pixel, and vice versa.

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Yeah, we switched chargers for now, the charger for my 6P works perfectly fine with the Pixel, and vice versa.

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Three letters:. H T C

. Glad you found a work around.

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I was waiting for you to chime in lol.

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I was waiting for you to chime in lol.

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I saw one at vzw. Looks like a nice device but I've been burned before.

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It is a nice device, I'd have no problem picking one up if I had a couple year old device, but it's not enough over the 6P to get me to upgrade.

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