[00:10] <cmaloney> rick_h: No worries
[00:10] <cmaloney> Hopefully they're stress-free and uneventful
[00:12] <rick_h> Heh, really right now we're waiting for our 7pm slot.
[00:32] <cmaloney> Lovely. They're over. :)
[16:30] <cmaloney> Well, apparently JoDee's Nexus 5X is stuck in boot loop mode
[16:47] <Scary_Guy> that sucks, but sounds like it's up my ally.  has it been modified at all?
[16:47] <cmaloney> no
[16:49] <Scary_Guy> well that's slightly annoying, they local?  I'd be happy to take a look at it
[16:50] <Scary_Guy> at least it isn't a solid brick which is very promising.  should be able to get into fastboot/recovery and fix whatever is causing it
[16:57] <cmaloney> It's not allowing any recovery
[16:57] <cmaloney> LG is going to do a fix, but it'll take 2 weeks. :(
[16:58] <Scary_Guy> I'm surprised they don't just swap it out then, assuming everything is backed up
[17:05] <cmaloney> Nice; they're not giving me shipping labels to send it back
[17:05] <cmaloney> great fucking service.
[17:06] <Scary_Guy> oh, I assumed it was already on its way.  have you tried throwing it into download mode?  or is that nobueno too?
[17:06] <cmaloney> The damn thing won't get past fast-boot
[17:06] <greg-g> Carrie's Nexus 5 was run over 2 days ago. Still works(!!!!), but the screen is shattered to all hell.
[17:06] <cmaloney> even in recovery mode
[17:06] <Scary_Guy> but will it get to fastboot?
[17:07] <cmaloney> it loops
[17:08] <Scary_Guy> that sucks, well wish I could think of something else then but I'm sure you're just as capable as I am with fixing a phone
[17:09] <cmaloney> my favorite is the "you should enable developer mode in order to have more options"
[17:09] <cmaloney> so essentially I need a time machine
[17:10] <Scary_Guy> that only works if the thing actually boots into the OS though
[17:10] <cmaloney> Right
[17:10] <cmaloney> Which it isn't
[17:10] <Scary_Guy> I mean you can't ADB into it if you can't get into the OS, so it wouldn't matter if you had
[17:11] <cmaloney> And I have another Nexus 5X phone for my own phone
[17:11] <cmaloney> So I'm just waiting for this to happen on this phone. :-/
[17:11] <Scary_Guy> they are nice phones, but I think I did hear about this being an issue after a while
[17:12] <rick_h> cmaloney: ouch, I had a cowoker have their 5x do that recently
[17:12] <cmaloney> Yeah, it's a known fucking issue
[17:12] <cmaloney> the internet is littered with the bodies of those who got suckered.
[17:12] <cmaloney> Though I can't complain: they seem like they'll repair it for free
[17:13] <cmaloney> but it seems like it should be a recall and not a "whoops"
[17:13] <Scary_Guy> yeah, it just takes two weeks to do so apparently.
[17:13] <cmaloney> They have to replace the motherboard
[17:13] <cmaloney> but companies like to do that whole "ride it out" bullshit
[17:14] <cmaloney> instead of actually fixing the fucking problem proactively
[17:14] <cmaloney> And this is why I will never buy a premium phone ever
[17:15] <cmaloney> not if you're going to do this whole "build an expensive phone but cheap out every step of the way.
[17:20] <Scary_Guy> I get premium phones, but last generation premium phones.  This Nexus 6 I have is great and was cheap off a friend of mine who upgraded to a 6p.  He just got the new Pixel 2 XL and I'm still rockin' this beast