Google's September Pixel update is a lock screen nightmare for some owners

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PhoneArena
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• 1mo ago

Pixel 10 Pro XL owners are among a small group of users who got locked out of their phones after installing Google's September 2026 update. Some can't finish drawing their pattern, while a Pixel 8a owner saw their PIN rejected after one digit, which is a rough look for what we consider some of the best Google Pixel phones around. The September Pixel update is rejecting patterns and PINs The first report came from a Pixel 10 Pro XL owner on Reddit, who explained that the pattern resets after...

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

The foeever Beta & Buggy saga continues. It's like bugs are a feature for Pixel phones. Googles lack of QC for Pixels continues to rear its ugly head.

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Vancetastic
Vancetastic
Arena Master
• 1mo ago

No way.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Not seeing the issue on my phone, the Pixel I actually own and can speak fom legitimate experience instead of asinine gaslighting and cheerleading. And I've been using devices all the way from the Nexus S to the Huawei Nexus 6P, bad motherboard and all, to the Palm Pre, a few iPhones (🤮), multiple Android devices including LG and Motorola, and several other misc devices. I speak from an experience point of view vs a narrow minded point of view.

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morehousemula
morehousemula
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

In most of these devices it's best to be signed in to your own account with Google.

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alanrock
alanrock
Arena Master
• 1mo ago

How to navigate seven years of Pixels software updates!

An article idea for PhoneArena, if you’re up for the challenge.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

As expected, the usual suspect is making gaslighting and asinine comments filled with deflection, dismissing issues that actual Pixel users have to deal with due to Googles poor QC. Not only have I owned multiple Pixel devices in the past, I've owned devices from more OEM's than the usual suspect ever has, along with more OS's (HarmonyOS, iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, MeeGo, Symbian, BlackBerryOS, BB10, WebOS), and no devices that I've used running these OS's seem to have as many bugs and issues as Pixel phones running Googles implementation of Android.

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BobmC8
BobmC8
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo agoedited

Google probably fired all the testers and developers and is using AI for both.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Fake 🤓🤡s making aggressively combative comments just because they got offended by comments made in an OPEN FORUM about their crippled OEM, no way.

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lallolu
lallolu
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• 1mo agoedited

Always intriguing to see the random issues people see after updates, whereas my phone usually work fine. I assume it is because I factory reset within 6 months, usually when I see some slow downs or some apps are misbehaving and data reset didn't fix the misbehaviour.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago
↵lallolu said:

Always intriguing to see the random issues people see after updates, whereas my phone usually work fine. I assume it is because I factory reset within 6 months, usually when I see some slow downs or some apps are misbehaving and data reset didn't fix the misbehaviour.

And some individuals 🤡🤓 aren't even users. Just vocal minorities that have no real clout.

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