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The third generation Pixel released by Google in October 2018.

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Pixel 3 dead, what will fix it?

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?

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All the above, plus possible residue on PCBs from the bulged battery.

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I think the most likely repair could be narrowed down from these symptoms.

Also, the battery bulged, it didn't leak, so why would there be residue?

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On my dead Pixel 3, connecting a USB cable to my Windows PC shows an unknown device:
QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx

Many people are reporting this problem.
See:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/fix-p...
However, there's no solution at this time.

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Mine does not show up as a device when connected to a PC via a USB cable. I thought I read somewhere about there being solutions if that were the case. Perhaps I misread.

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