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My Pixel 3 is completely dead. No light, no vibration, no reaction to any button presses. If I put it on a wireless charger, the charger recognizes it, but then stops charging immediately. If I plug it into a USB-C power meter, it recognizes it’s connected but doesn’t charge. If I connect it to a computer, it doesn’t list it as a newly connected USB device. I noticed the battery was bulging, so I replaced that with the ifixit replacement. It still is dead. So I’m wondering what might account for these failures? A bad replacement battery? A bad charging port? A bad motherboard? A cabling issue?
All the above, plus possible residue on PCBs from the bulged battery.
On my dead Pixel 3, connecting a USB cable to my Windows PC shows an unknown device:QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxxMany people are reporting this problem.See: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/fix-p...However, there’s no solution at this time.
