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Beware of used Pixels with a replaced screen (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I very recently bought a used Pixel 6 with a replacement screen, not thinking too much of it. I even made sure that the screen looked good during pickup.

One thing I missed though, was that apparently my Pixel doesn't have a fingerprint sensor anymore. I did some research, apparently it's quite easy to break the fingerprint sensor (or some places simply just don't include a sensor in the repair?) when replacing the screen.

Today I also noticed (through Show refresh rate in developer options) that my screen will only do 60 Hz as well.

Also I have stupidly high battery drain, I'm not 100% if that's related though.

Long story short, learn from my mistakes and either don't buy a used phone with a replacement screen or carefully test all functionalities associated with the screen, mainly high refresh rate and the fingerprint sensor.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For anything I don't control, like door locks at work, I'm with you.

For a device controlled by me, the tradeoff for convenience is so much better.

If it's properly implemented, extracting biometric features is hard, so stolen fingerprints are less of a concern.

It allows me to use a long password, which in android also serves as an encryption key for the filesystem, while allowing me to unlock my phone without entering that password every time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The fear of forced bio entry is front of mind for me, but I do acknowledge that if someone is restraining me and breaking into my device, I have much bigger problems.