I have a theory: if computer chips are just silicon with lightning trapped inside it, tricking it to think; then batteries are just miniature spicy steam engines that make the lightning. When they pop you can see the fire and steam pouring out and they no longer work.
Batteries = steam technology
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๐ซก Someone had to do it. You took one for the team. Fortunately the pillow didnโt release an angry fire tornado. Thank you for your service.
Bite the pillow
I did poke it and it spark a bit but it's pretty anticlimactic, also what I noticed nowadays phone batteries only spark or smoke when poke, but back in olden days it actually burst into flames if you even fart near it
How do you resist the urge to poke them with a needle?
whenever I see these I have an overwhelming desire to pop them
Comfy-ness keeps stacking.
Play baseball with them.
Like those stupid poppers people throw at the ground on 4th of July, but instead now your neighbor Jim is on fire when one pops
Gives me the greatest image of people throwing puffy / flaming battery packs back and forth
Do I sense a pillow fight coming on?
From what I could figure out, it seems like the glue they are/were using to keep the screen in place isn't that good. Whether it's weakening from the heat or the watch or general movement or what, it's not if it comes apart but when. Now those were the older generations, but it doesn't seem like too much has changed design wise in that time..
I never had a problem with the battery but that could be because they never lasted long enough or you got unlucky, I honestly couldn't say. I think your biggest thing for replacing the battery is just going to be about getting that screen to actually stick in place once you're done.
Unfortunately I'm out of warranty so I may look at getting a new battery and replacing it myself as it'll be significantly cheaper. Do you think it's a hardware issue that'll cause other batteries to pillow out too? Should I just cut my loses before I burn a hole in my wrist?
Thank you!
OP is over on the Google Pixel comm and might not see it
OP will see this thread now.
2026, the year the smartwatches start hatching
Consider it a win. Now you are freely able to summon your giant robot like Johnny Sokko ๐.
Good info. OP is over on the Google Pixel comm and might not see it tho. I'm just a crossposter.
I've had 4 pixel watches now. The first 3 were the first gen and every one of them did this. They replaced the first 2 under warranty before the 3rd one ran out of the warranty. The 4th one is the current Gen watch. I really didn't want to buy another one given how the first Gen went, but they are the only ones with the hourly activity reminders that actually make sense (imo) out of everyone (other than apple, but I have an android so I'm not paying for a watch I basically can't use).
If your watch is still in (or even close) to the warranty, they were pretty good about replacing it.
Pixel snap.
It was just letting you know it's time to swap the battery. Handy!
The first flip watch is here.
Where else would it be.
Also i have 2 similar samsung phones that did this at normal room temp, not plugged in.
I recently found my now-recalled Anker battery pack in a box... in my sweltering attic. I'm lucky it didn't burst into flames and burn my house down. It isn't visibly swollen, but it claims to have a 100% charge which I don't think is possible (it's been up there for at least 4 years).
For further context, in the summer, my attic can get up to around 130ยฐF.
Maybe a battery issue?