Android 15 Update Reportedly Bricking Some Users’ Pixel 6 Units

Android 15 was rolled out by Google to eligible Pixel smartphones final week, but it surely looks like the replace has affected an older mannequin — the Pixel 6. Some homeowners have reported that the most recent software program replace has ‘bricked’ their smartphone, rendering it unusable. While some customers declare that the difficulty occurred after they enabled a brand new function launched on Android 15, different customers state that their handset stopped working whereas they have been utilizing it. The Pixel 6 was beforehand affected by a multi-user bug that additionally precipitated some items to get bricked.

Pixel 6 Owners Report Android 15 Update Bricked Their Handsets

Recent posts by customers on Reddit (via Android Police) recommend that some Pixel 6 items have been affected by the Android 15 replace, inflicting them to cease functioning. User u/GegoByte claims that they enabled the Private Space function after updating their handset to Android 15, however the smartphone stopped working after unlocking and opening an app saved within the new safe space.

The consumer additionally says that Google’s technical directions to reboot the cellphone weren’t engaged on their Pixel 6 unit. Another consumer responded to u/GegoByte’s publish, stating that their cellphone stopped working whereas they have been shopping Reddit, and {that a} technician was unable to restore the handset. 

Similarly, Reddit consumer u/Homer_95 states that their Pixel 6 Pro stopped working whereas utilizing the handset with the battery stage round 45 p.c. The consumer additionally claims that they have been unable to activate the handset utilizing Google’s troubleshooting instruments, and edited their publish to state that was associated to the Private Space function. Another consumer responded to the publish, revealing that they confronted the identical subject with their Pixel 6 Pro.

However, it is at the moment unclear whether or not the Private Space function is affecting Pixel 6 homeowners, as some homeowners who by no means used the function after updating to Android 15 are additionally complaining that their smartphones stopped working. User u/WesternConfection435 says that their Pixel 6 was bricked after the display displayed two “blue static bars” on the high of their display. They additionally declare that they have been unable to make use of the smartphone because the show wouldn’t activate after the incident.

This is not the primary replace associated subject to have an effect on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro homeowners — the Android 14 replace that rolled out to Pixel telephones final 12 months left a number of fashions unusable resulting from a storage bug. Google finally rolled out a software program replace to affected fashions, which additionally included some Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Pro items.