Google Pixel 3a bricked randomly

[MrRamone]

My google pixel 3a has ramdomly bricked.

Fine this morning, charged it and went out. Went to take it out my pocket to check the time and it was totally dead. Tried to charge it and nothing.

From a quick google it seems many people are getting bricked pixel 3s in the past few weeks. Techradar have a small article about it which was posted 4 days a go and gsmarena has had many comments on the same thing.

Anyone had similar or know a fix? For so many going wrong at the same time sounds like a software update issue.

 

[MrRamone]

From reading on reddit etc, others too are just black screen dead.

Holding power / volume, or just power does nothing. Tried charging for several hours and nothing either.

It had a good amount of charge when died.

 

[MrRamone]

Contact Google

Did, only to find out I am 2 months outside of warranty

I asked them about all the reports recently of 3s randomly dying, however, they side stepped that one a few times.

Instead Google quoted £284 + VAT for the repairs, which is a joke.