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Nexus 6P Settlement Sends Another Round of Cash

Kellen June 25, 2021 29

A year ago, Google and Huawei closed out a lawsuit over their co-created Nexus 6P phone by sending out settlement payments over a couple of serious issues (bootlooping and battery drain) that plagued the phone. We received a payment, as did a number of our...

Nexus 6P Lawsuit Payments are Rolling Out, Check Those Inboxes

Kellen February 21, 2020

For the second time this week, owners of older Google phones are getting payouts for settlements that stemmed from poorly built phones that caused pain in the lives of owners on multiple occasions. This time, well, it's the Nexus 6P lawsuit that is being paid...

Time to Get That Nexus 6P Class Action Money, so Check Your Spam Folder

Kellen June 8, 2019

Back in April, we shared info from a class action lawsuit that had been brought against Google and Huawei over issues (bootlooping and battery drain) that plagued the Nexus 6P, the flagship phone the two released in partnership back in 2015. At the time,...

Google, Huawei Agree to Pay Nexus 6P Owners Up to $400 for Faulty Devices (Updated)

Tim April 11, 2019

UPDATE 6/8/2019: You can now file claims. Google and Huawei have preliminarily agreed to settle a class action lawsuit from Nexus 6P owners who claim their devices experienced a bootloop issue, causing sporadic shutdowns of the device. Should this settlement...

RIP, Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X

Kellen January 7, 2019

It looks like the end has finally come - the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X did not receive the January 2019 Android security patch. That's not super surprising, since they were no longer guaranteed to pick-up updates past November 2018, but they did manage to (...

January 2019 Android Security Update Goes Live for Pixel Devices

Kellen January 7, 2019

Google just released the January 2019 Android security patch for Pixel devices. It appears that we already have both factory image and OTA files ready to be downloaded for those willing to do some manual labor, or as always, you can sit back and wait for the...

December 2018 Android Security Update Goes Live for Pixel, Nexus Devices (Updated)

Tim December 3, 2018

Google just released the December 2018 Android security patch for Pixel and Nexus devices. It appears that we already have both factory image and OTA files ready to be downloaded for those willing to do some manual labor, or as always, you can sit back and...

November 2018 Android Security Update Goes Live for Pixel, Nexus Devices (Updated)

Kellen November 5, 2018

Google just released the November 2018 Android security patch for Pixel and Nexus devices, and that means the first update for the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL has arrived. It looks like we already have both factory image and OTA files ready to be downloaded for...