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so... they of course accept mail ins for battery repair... but if your phone is impacted they don't... in the US they do, because they send you a "defective battery" box for it...<br> | so... they of course accept mail ins for battery repair... but if your phone is impacted they don't... in the US they do, because they send you a "defective battery" box for it...<br> | ||
any way I look at this, nah, there's no way this isn't for safety reasons, if that last part isn't proof of this, I don't know what is.<br> | any way I look at this, nah, there's no way this isn't for safety reasons, if that last part isn't proof of this, I don't know what is.<br> | ||
oh I was gonna hit "save changes" but then... something clicked... phones that had their batteries replaced at a local non authorized repair center or by yourself won't be eligible for future paid repairs because... because at that point they have no way of knowing the battery inside your phone isn't an explosive one that will cause trouble shipping in a regular box, wouldn't that explaination make total sense?, that's it, i'm turning crazy. | oh I was gonna hit "save changes" but then... something clicked... phones that had their batteries replaced at a local non authorized repair center or by yourself won't be eligible for future paid repairs because... because at that point they have no way of knowing the battery inside your phone isn't an explosive one that will cause trouble shipping in a regular box, wouldn't that explaination make total sense?, that's it, i'm turning crazy.<br> | ||
-Same day anon update-<br> | |||
I wanted to grab a screenshot of that error that previously prompted me to contact google support when entering the imei number of my previous (impacted) 4a on the repair wizard thingy, and... I don't get an error any more, the wizard now just works, says my warranty is expired and lists me the usual repair options... including a battery replacement for 81€<br> | |||
this does two things:<br> | |||
1. turn at least half of what I wrote earlier from a "gotcha, it's definitely a security thing" into a bunch of nonsense (sorry for wasting your time I guess, maybe I should have just deleted it)<br> | |||
2. make the situation even weirder, why do americans need the defective battery box to ship the phone to google, while europeans don't? and why isn't a free battery replacement an option for us, when they are clearly capable of offering the service? because it's too expensive (81€)? but... the google store coupon is 100€... so we're now back again from "safety" to "planned obsolescence to push you into getting a new phone", neat.<br> | |||
well, at least one thing is clear: the situation is really messed up in both cases. | |||