"Put not your trust in princes, in sons of men, in whom there is no salvation." - Psalms 126:3

:-)

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At the moment, the only charger that's working with my Pixel 2 XL is an iPad Air charger with a third-party USB-A to USB-C cable. The stock Google charger does nothing. I even ordered a second one, which also won't work.

Oh well, at least they'll both work with the new phone…

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Nope.

So…

Last night phone refused to charge. Tried multiple chargers/cables. Nada.

Still refused to charge this morning. Said "f*** this" and ordered new phone to arrive Wed/Thurs.

Came to work, still no go. Plugged phone into USB-C connector to the dock for my laptop, because why the hell not. Started charging. Unplugged, plugged into charger. Still charging.

Still glad I ordered new phone since there's obviously a problem and I can't be without one for any length of time, but WTF?

Delta really should have given you your own personalized seat by now. I think you've put the chairman's kid through Harvard at this point.

I've seen some big oranges, but we probably don't export them to Japan.

Just set all your passwords to MyPassword1, problem solved. ;-)

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So…I don't want to jinx anything, but I went to Staples this morning and got a USB-A to USB-C cable and used it to charge my phone from an iPad charger, and now it doesn't seem to be draining like crazy anymore. Pray that it stays this way.

Over here you can get special windscreen washer fluid that is designed not to freeze. Always wondered why they bothered selling it in southern California, but hey, whatever. :-)

Probably 3-5 days or so.