Sometimes I get to use my 3.5mm output either with headphones or my stereo and it works fine. Then later in the day it will not output through the jack, only the speakerphone. I have to reboot the phone (soft or hard) to get it working again. I haven't seen a pattern leading up to this.
bump, is anybody else experiencing this?
sounds like a linux bug
email google support
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I have experienceed this on two occasions as well. I hope it is something that can be easily remedied.
I told HTC about this issue while returning my Nexus One for a faulty power button. I'll report back if they leave me any information on it's return.
I am having this issue as well
i have had the issue, rebooting did not help but it started to work again after a week or 2... lol i don t remember
Update: so I had the phone warrantied for a faulty power button a couple of months ago and when I got the phone back (didn't do an exchange) I had a new IMEI number and the headphone jack worked perfectly, until last week. The headphone jack (3.5mm) stopped working. I have done hard resets and the jack still won't work so I am getting an exchange, arriving today.
New phone works good. Tried the old phone one more time after a hard reset and still nothing.
peliROJO said:
Sometimes I get to use my 3.5mm output either with headphones or my stereo and it works fine. Then later in the day it will not output through the jack, only the speakerphone. I have to reboot the phone (soft or hard) to get it working again. I haven't seen a pattern leading up to this.
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I had this yesterday - thought I was going crzy.
Couldn't see how to fix this - so I reflashed the rom from my Nandroid backup - and its all working just fine now
Graham
My gf's N1 is doing the exact same thing. She said it started maybe two weeks ago. She has had the phone since July. Has anyone found a resolution for this? She restarts the phone but that obviously can become a nuisance after while.
Do you not read? It's a short thread. "had the phone warrantied" Your girlfriend must be impressed with your resourcefulness.
I had the same problem... except mine was in reverse. My phone thought it was always in headset mode (like a headset was plugged in).
It wouldn't output any sound unless I turned the speaker on. I could remedy the problem by playing a song and playing with the headphone jack, barely making contact with the ports internals until it played through the normal speaker.
This would work until I rebooted, which then it would think the headset is plugged in again. So basically the jack was flaky.
I had some dust under my bottom left screen too, but they did a warranty exchange and the new one is working perfectly.
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Has anyone found that their headphone adapter has stopped working for some reason?
Was working fine, and now seems that the phone no longer recognizes the adapter. Power passes through just fine - however, can't get audio out.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions? I don't have a spare adapter to test.
Thanks,
Chip
I'm afraid that is the test. Either use your headset on a different phone, or a different headset on your phone.
You should be able to test a headset at your local phone retailler (just tell them you want to check it works before you buy it)
I'm having the same problem, just not at your stage yet.
I have audio but it's obvious there are some connections that aren't quite lining up since I get mono out of both speakers now instead of stereo and moving the connector at all gives me the typical "short out" garble you hear when you've disrupted a short in an audio cable.
The only time anything is plugged into my phone is when it's laying flat on a desk (I even make sure the wire comes out straight with NO pressure on it at all). I've never forced the cable, had it in my pocket where it could have put pressure on the connection, or anything else that might have caused the problem...
I think it's just wear. I can still charge the phone just fine, it's just audio that is screwed up now. I'm just waiting for the day when I don't hear anything...
...and I'll probably never buy HTC again... since this happened with my Star Trek too.
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I'm afraid that is the test. Either use your headset on a different phone, or a different headset on your phone.
You should be able to test a headset at your local phone retailler (just tell them you want to check it works before you buy it)
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So I went to the AT&T store - a headset worked fine.
I went out and bought a new headphone adapter - same thing, doesn't get recognized by the Phone, so still SOL.
Question - any idea of this could be software related? I had installed skype (uninstalled to see if this was the cause) and wondering if that did something to the headset settings.
Any value in reimaging with a new ROM to see if this fixes it before calling AT&T warranty?
Thanks,
chip
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So I went to the AT&T store - a headset worked fine.
I went out and bought a new headphone adapter - same thing, doesn't get recognized by the Phone, so still SOL.
Question - any idea of this could be software related? I had installed skype (uninstalled to see if this was the cause) and wondering if that did something to the headset settings.
Any value in reimaging with a new ROM to see if this fixes it before calling AT&T warranty?
Thanks,
chip
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If you have flashed cooked ROMs then you will have to flash back to stock for warranty reutrn anyway, so this could likely be your issue.
If you're on the stock ROM, then I would suspect hardware.
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If you have flashed cooked ROMs then you will have to flash back to stock for warranty reutrn anyway, so this could likely be your issue.
If you're on the stock ROM, then I would suspect hardware.
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Thanks Bruce - about to call AT&T warranty to get relief (within 1 year).
Hi, I've had this problem with several devices, and now it's happened again. When I got my phone, I bought the Sennheiser MM 50 Nokia edition headphones, and at first they were working great. Now, after about a months use, the right earbud has stopped working. This is the first time it has happened on my Galaxy S, but I've had the same problem with several other devices (HTC Magic, iPod, etc) and LOADS of headphones. Now I'm starting to wonder if it's something I do, or if this is a general problem that's caused by normal wear and tear.
I've tested with other headphones, and that works, so it's not the phone. I also did a test where I disconnected the microphone part, to see if it was the plug that was broken, but the problem still persists. I also tried to twist the cable all the way down, but sound didn't differ at all.
Anyone with any info on this, and best of all, a fix?
EDIT: To specify: the right earbud still plays, but the volume is significantly decreased. From personal experience, it will stop completely in a matter of days.
Yep, this has happened to me a few times with my Sennheisers. The cable/wire is usually thin hence why they provide the pouch. There might be a crook in the cable. Sometimes this can be fixed by cutting that part out and soldering the wires back together. Usually not worth it if you don't have any soldering equipment.
I can't figure this out. The sound will randomly stop working on my Gtab.
No matter what I do, besides rebooting I cannot get it to come back on. When I try to go into sound options and touch the media slider or the alarm slider the activity force closes.
I have Vegan 5.1 installed with the 5.11 supplement over it.
I've tried wiping and installing fresh multiple times and it keeps happening. Only a reboot fixes it.
If someone can help me I'd really appreciate it.
It won't help you but I have the same problem
I discovered this while disconnecting BT headset and the audio was
never rerouted back to speakers.
Add me to the list, but playing with the 3 slider revived it, hapened after I pluged the earphones and removed them
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Hey guys I too have this problem and cannot fix it
I've noticed the same problem. Running Vegan 5.11 also.
So is this a problem only vegan users are seeing? Anybody with TNT or any of the other ROMs seeing this at all?
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So is this a problem only vegan users are seeing? Anybody with TNT or any of the other ROMs seeing this at all?
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Yeah, it happens with me also, the only thing that seems to work is to plug in a headset into the audio jack and remove it while the audio is playing.
I can't believe more people are not having this problem. I mean the headphones removal thing doesn't even work for me. I pretty much always have to reboot. It makes this great tablet such a pain in the butt to use.
Same for me here...
Same for me here... Using TnT Lite 4.2.0
Audio works perfectly in my bluetooth stereo headset. Turning off bluetooth, I have no audio from speakers, and only from right when using headphones via the audio jack...
Don't know what to do.
UPDATE:
In my case it appears that some headphones plug pushed the last tab too far, leaving it making contact with something that disables speakers. I tested this by playing with a plug, moving it to the sides until sound comes back for a second. I tried to pull out the tab from inside the jack but I couldn't. Any one has disassembled the GTab and checked if the tabs are accessible from outside the jack housing?
ANOTHER UPDATE:
OMG I think I made the jack become loose, maybe I pushed too hard...
Time to get it disassembled to check from inside :-S
Playing "I got a feeling" in the external speakers !
I got it fixed... I had to open it, adjust the headphones jack's tabs and resolder.
What I learned:
1. Will never plug anything in that jack ! It's too fragile. It doesn't have reinforcing tabs, only the six surface contacts soldered... I'm really disappointed about this. So, only Bluetooth headphones for me.
2. The audio jack housing is very fragile as well, I cracked mine.
3. I had to reinforce both audio and power jacks with melted glue and a plastic tab between them.
3. I will use the power jack very gentle from now on. It's the same install like the audio jack, too fragile. If the tablet falls with the power cable connected, it will broke for sure.
4. I'm going to replace this tablet for another with android but with better construction, I suppose motorola or samsung.
Well, happy anyway that the speakers are working again.
Plug in headphones, wait.... pull out headphones. Yay!!! sound again. I just started carrying a pigtail with me in my Gtab case. Just the plug from old crap headphones I cut off.
Something I've noticed that helps a lot is to not press the volume button in increments. Just hold it and not let go until you've reached the appropriate level.
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Plug in headphones, wait.... pull out headphones. Yay!!! sound again. I just started carrying a pigtail with me in my Gtab case. Just the plug from old crap headphones I cut off.
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This, as I mentioned does NOT at all work for me. Ever. It's never once worked to do that.
At this point I'm really considering ponying up another 200 or so and get something that I don't have to reboot 5 times a day.
hey guys,
i got a serious problem with the internal speaker of my mytouch 4g slide, it suddenly stopped working. i can't remember whether i installed a special software or updated the rom because it happened some time ago.
at the first time i was pretty shure the internal speaker is just broken and replaced the flexcable with the speaker with a new one from china and tested it before i replaced it - it definetly works. after booting all worked fine except for the internal speaker while phoning
did you ever have this problem befor with another device or do you know a way to test the internal speaker to exclude a software problem?
ty in advice
my old phone had lots of lint in the head phone jack, and once i plugged in the headphones it would always keep the headphones output for audio.
i would have to use a pin and scrap the contact points.
i have same problem someone help!
any further suggestions? my contacts seem to be ok..
muhahahahaha this made my day!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...W5kcm9pZC53aXJlZGhlYWRwaG9uZXJvdXRpbmdmaXgiXQ..
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cool, i looked around and only found one app to fix it and it never worked.
my gf has old phone and has to do the pin trick sometimes ill try this on hers.
I have run into the dreaded headphone jack problem. The phone won't play audio through the speakers and doesn't use the microphone because it thinks that headphones are connected. I've tried resetting it to factory settings and it didn't fix anything which is why I think it's not a software problem.
After some Googling I found that I'm not the only one to have this problem and that Google is replacing the units with this hardware fault. Unfortunately I didn't buy the phone via play store so I can't return it directly to google.
I'd like to try and fix it myself. If anyone knows where I could buy a headphone jack for the 5" pixel I'd be very grateful. Before I buy the replacement part I was thinking of removing the headphone jack and trying to start the phone like without it. My reasoning is that the phone would then default to playing the sound through speakers and I would be sure that it's a headphone jack problem. Would that work at all or the phone won't even start?
I need your advice and opinions, thanks
Please keep us updated as I'm facing the same issue:/
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Please keep us updated as I'm facing the same issue:/
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I ordered a replacement headphone jack and as soon as it arrives, within the next 2 weeks I hope, I'll replace it and see if that gets it fixed.
A couple of more details:
-problems started about 3 days after updating to Oreo
-at the beginning the volume would first turn itself gradually down to zero and I had to fight it with the volume up (I would always lose eventually xD)
-there was usually a loud pop heard through the headphones after that 'battle' and then the audio and mic would completely cut off
-restarting the phone would enable the audio and mic again but the problems returned as soon as I plugged in the headphones again (tried with several different headphones)
-factory reset didn't fix it and after a couple of days of problems I'm now stuck with no audio at all and no mic input
-my phone can't recognize the headphones anymore
I have the exact struggle, restart will work for a while and then problem return, when I contacted google they offered a replacement but since I'm not in Canada at the moment, they will not be able to process my replacement request, but google representative told me that I can try and replace the mic with the charging port(as it all comes together) and it should fix the issue, but I also think that it might be the headphones jack, also this happened after I tried Android O beta.
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I ordered a replacement headphone jack and as soon as it arrives, within the next 2 weeks I hope, I'll replace it and see if that gets it fixed.
A couple of more details:
-problems started about 3 days after updating to Oreo
-at the beginning the volume would first turn itself gradually down to zero and I had to fight it with the volume up (I would always lose eventually xD)
-there was usually a loud pop heard through the headphones after that 'battle' and then the audio and mic would completely cut off
-restarting the phone would enable the audio and mic again but the problems returned as soon as I plugged in the headphones again (tried with several different headphones)
-factory reset didn't fix it and after a couple of days of problems I'm now stuck with no audio at all and no mic input
-my phone can't recognize the headphones anymore
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please update the progress, i'm having the same problem. I hope it get fixed after you replace the headphone jack
malstroms said:
please update the progress, i'm having the same problem. I hope it get fixed after you replace the headphone jack
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I'm still waiting on the part to arrive. I'm expecting it within the next two weeks. I'll try to document the replacement with photos and/or video so others can do it if it turns out successful
Okay guys, here's the update with some good news and some bad news.
The replacement headphone jack arrived yesterday and the good news is that I replaced it and it seems to have fixed the problem! Yay!
But the bad news is that in the process I damaged the LCD screen so now I'm waiting on a replacement LCD. I guess I should've expected that because the screen and LCD itself are extremely sensitive and the damage is not even visible, but it's simply not working anymore.
So how do I know it actually works? Well since the phone used to be paired to my PC via bluetooth, whenever I turn on my PC a notification sounds on my phone if I want to pair or not.
Minor bad news - I tried to record the whole process as a tutorial for anyone who'll try to fix this themselves but my camera's battery died halfway and I lost everything I recorded.
Here are the 2 teardown videos I used for guidance: First and Second. I highly recommend you watch them entirely before attempting anything.
I got the headphone jack on eBay from here. It is totally overpriced but it's the only place I was able to find it.
I'm getting my replacement LCD and adhesive for it from Replace Base
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Okay guys, here's the update with some good news and some bad news.
The replacement headphone jack arrived yesterday and the good news is that I replaced it and it seems to have fixed the problem! Yay!
But the bad news is that in the process I damaged the LCD screen so now I'm waiting on a replacement LCD. I guess I should've expected that because the screen and LCD itself are extremely sensitive and the damage is not even visible, but it's simply not working anymore.
So how do I know it actually works? Well since the phone used to be paired to my PC via bluetooth, whenever I turn on my PC a notification sounds on my phone if I want to pair or not.
Minor bad news - I tried to record the whole process as a tutorial for anyone who'll try to fix this themselves but my camera's battery died halfway and I lost everything I recorded.
Here are the 2 teardown videos I used for guidance: First and Second. I highly recommend you watch them entirely before attempting anything.
I got the headphone jack on eBay from here. It is totally overpriced but it's the only place I was able to find it.
I'm getting my replacement LCD and adhesive for it from Replace Base
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Thanks for the updated! Are you sure problem is fixed by changing the headphone jack ? It's not temporary fixed like before ? BTW the link for eBay headphone jack is already sold out
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Thanks for the updated! Are you sure problem is fixed by changing the headphone jack ? It's not temporary fixed like before ? BTW the link for eBay headphone jack is already sold out
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Well I'll know for sure as soon as I replace the LCD. I'm hoping it will arrive during the next week and then I'll update this thread again
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I have the exact struggle, restart will work for a while and then problem return, when I contacted google they offered a replacement but since I'm not in Canada at the moment, they will not be able to process my replacement request, but google representative told me that I can try and replace the mic with the charging port(as it all comes together) and it should fix the issue, but I also think that it might be the headphones jack, also this happened after I tried Android O beta.
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I definitely recommend others try to get Google to replace it. I got mine from Swappa second hand and they still respected the warranty. Much easier and cheaper than replacing it yourself.
wow its nice to hear that it work, but some say that its the charging port board that has a problem(the location of the microphone). should i buy headphone jack replacement or charging port board?
yesterday i put i my pixel into freezer for 2 hour(i tried this because it help my previous phone which is nexus 5x come back to life for a while haha) and rebooted to safe mode and tried to record and microphone work, rebooted to normal and until now it still work, but im hoping that your replace method would be a permanent fix and i will do that too.
please update this thread again as soon as you replace your lcd
thank you
Another update. I got the replacement screen today but the problem hasn't been fixed. Well, partly it has been. The speaker now finally works when nothing is plugged in but the phone can't recognize any headphones. So, like Mattish13, if you can get it replaced by Google do so. Fixing things on my own is my hobby and was logical since I couldn't get mine replaced by Google, but this fix is not worth your time or money, trust me. I'm guessing the next thing to get replaced would be the daughterboard, maybe that would fix the problem finally, but in my opinion it's not worth it.
Ironic how so many problems with the headphone jack appeared for so many people and at the same time Google decided to ditch the jack for Pixel 2 :laugh:
Edit: just to be clear, since I already invested in a new screen and new jack, I will drop in another 25$ for the new daughterboard. If that doesn't fix it, nothing can
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wow its nice to hear that it work, but some say that its the charging port board that has a problem(the location of the microphone). should i buy headphone jack replacement or charging port board?
yesterday i put i my pixel into freezer for 2 hour(i tried this because it help my previous phone which is nexus 5x come back to life for a while haha) and rebooted to safe mode and tried to record and microphone work, rebooted to normal and until now it still work, but im hoping that your replace method would be a permanent fix and i will do that too.
please update this thread again as soon as you replace your lcd
thank you
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As strange as it sounds the freezer trick works! I think the issue appears when the phone heats or it's heat related
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Another update. I got the replacement screen today but the problem hasn't been fixed. Well, partly it has been. The speaker now finally works when nothing is plugged in but the phone can't recognize any headphones. So, like Mattish13, if you can get it replaced by Google do so. Fixing things on my own is my hobby and was logical since I couldn't get mine replaced by Google, but this fix is not worth your time or money, trust me. I'm guessing the next thing to get replaced would be the daughterboard, maybe that would fix the problem finally, but in my opinion it's not worth it.
Ironic how so many problems with the headphone jack appeared for so many people and at the same time Google decided to ditch the jack for Pixel 2 :laugh:
Edit: just to be clear, since I already invested in a new screen and new jack, I will drop in another 25$ for the new daughterboard. If that doesn't fix it, nothing can
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Any updates ?
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Any updates ?
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Yes, sorry for forgetting to post earlier. I changed the daughterboard and it appeared to be working perfectly. But about 30 minutes later the microphone again wasn't working and there was no audio. I was back at the beginning.
Then I did a factory reset and again it worked. But every time, after about 30 minutes it stops working. At this point I have no idea what the exact problem is.
I've definitely fixed it partly somehow because before I couldn't get the microphone and speaker to work at all. Now I can, but it fails after some time eventually. The headphones jack works normally until the failure happens.
I've tried the freezer trick after that and had no noticeable improvement. My theory now is that the problem probably was on the daughterboard but the replacement one I got (which is actually a refurbished part) might have had the same problem but not as serious as my original part.
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Yes, sorry for forgetting to post earlier. I changed the daughterboard and it appeared to be working perfectly. But about 30 minutes later the microphone again wasn't working and there was no audio. I was back at the beginning.
Then I did a factory reset and again it worked. But every time, after about 30 minutes it stops working. At this point I have no idea what the exact problem is.
I've definitely fixed it partly somehow because before I couldn't get the microphone and speaker to work at all. Now I can, but it fails after some time eventually. The headphones jack works normally until the failure happens.
I've tried the freezer trick after that and had no noticeable improvement. My theory now is that the problem probably was on the daughterboard but the replacement one I got (which is actually a refurbished part) might have had the same problem but not as serious as my original part.
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Thanks for the update, interesting... Maybe the daughterboard is faulty as well, but didn't Google response was that there is a crack line in the audio codec, as far as I know the audio codec is on the motherboard, I guess this problem won't be fixed after all, it is really annoying!! I wanted to get another pixel maybe XL this time, I found some offers with used ones, but now I am really afraid to buy one and this problem appears with the second phone.
Yes, found that response but unfortunately changing the motherboard is not possible because I couldn't find any place that sells them and I guess it's the same as getting a new phone in the end ?
I ended up getting a pixel XL but Google said this problem appears on devices manufacturered before March 2017,so I made sure when I was buying that I got a device manufactured after that and I did. So far so good ?
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Yes, sorry for forgetting to post earlier. I changed the daughterboard and it appeared to be working perfectly. But about 30 minutes later the microphone again wasn't working and there was no audio. I was back at the beginning.
Then I did a factory reset and again it worked. But every time, after about 30 minutes it stops working. At this point I have no idea what the exact problem is.
I've definitely fixed it partly somehow because before I couldn't get the microphone and speaker to work at all. Now I can, but it fails after some time eventually. The headphones jack works normally until the failure happens.
I've tried the freezer trick after that and had no noticeable improvement. My theory now is that the problem probably was on the daughterboard but the replacement one I got (which is actually a refurbished part) might have had the same problem but not as serious as my original part.
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I had this problem and Google said pixel has warranty till 2019 and sent me a new one... However they sent me the wrong color and I have no choice in the manner
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I had this problem and Google said pixel has warranty till 2019 and sent me a new one... However they sent me the wrong color and I have no choice in the manner
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Do you mean your phone had warranty till 2019 or all pixel devices, because when I contacted Google the guy on the phone told me my phone has warranty till Jan 2018, which sucks in my case as I'm at the moment outside of Canada and won't be returning till summer 2018
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Do you mean your phone had warranty till 2019 or all pixel devices, because when I contacted Google the guy on the phone told me my phone has warranty till Jan 2018, which sucks in my case as I'm at the moment outside of Canada and won't be returning till summer 2018
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I believe all pixel devices because I bought mine just after they came out in Australia... Phone screen broke and when I replaced it I had these problems... Told Google it was a hassle contacting my australian provider and would cost alot and they said it had warranty until '19 and that they would replace it here in the states free of charge... It may have been only till '18 but my first pixel was faulty as well and I had it exchanged out there n straya so maybe that's why it is until 2019