Charging problems on Pixel 6a since updating to 2025112101 QPR1

Novalissoide

So much more easy now this got its own thread.

nandohyphen1

Novalissoide It's hard to say. I've tried other 2-3ft cables and they all work. Its fine, but its weird that nothing longer works anymore - and inconvenient. I'm still used to using a 6ft cable, and I've yanked my 3ft out of the wall so many times now, since I forget I'm not using the 6ft cable. :)

Novalissoide

nandohyphen1 just did roundup my c-c cables in my home, and only got 3ft or shorter so i can't reproduce 😒

nandohyphen1

@Novalissoide , I do want to thank you big time for taking the time to help. 👍🏻😀 Really appreciate it!!

Novalissoide

nandohyphen1 thanks, your welcome.

Carlos-Anso

Ive got good quality 2 meter leads one with a C the other A on the other end. Both work fine with my 6a

nandohyphen1

Carlos-Anso brookie229 yeah, its super strange that mine still won't charge with anything longer than 3ft. Maybe a future update will fix it? Fingers crossed.

brookie229

My 6a charges just fine on ALL my cables, including two 6 footers that I use the most.

Oh, my bad, however. I'm actually on 2100 not 2101!

nandohyphen1

I had my phone charging and I went to set it down because I was done using it, but I accidentally dropped it on the table (not far, maybe like 5-6 inches). It was plugged into the 6ft cable (still giving me issues) and it stopped charging after falling. I plugged it back in and it started charging again. As a test, I gently dropped it again and it stopped charging. I reproduced this with the 3 foot cable also. I really can't figure this one out!

de0u

nandohyphen1 As suggested two days ago (https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/28267-grapheneos-version-2025112100-released/193), I suspect a repair shop is likely to have an opinion. Has a repair shop been consulted?

nandohyphen1

de0u I suspect a repair shop is likely to have an opinion. Has a repair shop been consulted?

No, I have not yet as I live in a small town with no phone repair shops and I don't go to the city very often. I'll try and go to a repair shop next time I'm in the city if I have a chance. :)

de0u

nandohyphen1 I'll try and go to a repair shop next time I'm in the city if I have a chance.

Until then I suspect it makes sense to treat this as likely an issue with the USB-C hardware. It is very plausible that physical shock can influence the quality of the physical connection, and fairly unlikely that physical shock would influence the behavior of the charger, or the USB-C controller, or the relevant device driver.

And the particular hardware issue I would suspect -- especially since some cleaning of the port resulted in a partial improvement to charging -- is debris/grime in the port.