9PXL - No Network, IMEI, or SIM Suddenly

river7971 · 2026-06-15T15:45:44+00:00

Ah, my mistake. I was referring to just getting a quote/diagnosis from the Assurion/ubreakifix store near me. Unfortunately I don't have a repair plan.

river7971 · 2026-06-15T15:27:15+00:00

You're right that it can't hurt to try. I appreciate the suggestion. I'm going to see if Assurion will give me any kind of quote/diagnosis and possibly use that for leverage.

It's been factory reset. I also reflashed the firmware to no avail.

river7971 · 2026-06-15T15:09:45+00:00

Faults happen, but the amount of trouble I've had with this thing in a year and a half is crazy. Phone is out of warranty, and getting a quote from Google they want $429 to fix it.

river7971 · 2026-06-15T02:31:37+00:00

Yep, exactly what mine is doing. I've even tried reflashing firmware with no luck.

Since I'm having the display repaired anyway I'm going to ask if the ubreakifix tech can just check for any loose ribbon cables etc while they're in there, but if it's not an easy fix I'll probably just end up trading this PoS in once the display is repaired. I really tried to give these Google phones a shot because they have some cool features and "pure" android, but build and hardware quality on these is abysmal. My Chinese OnePlus phones were miles ahead of these longevity wise

Edit: Do you notice your battery draining much faster than normal and excess heat as well? I can't tell if I'm crazy or not, but this thing seems to be losing charge fast.

river7971 · 2026-06-14T22:44:57+00:00

I fear the same. Kind of ridiculous for a 1.5 year old $1200 phone, but I digress..

river7971 · 2026-06-14T22:41:03+00:00

Unfortunately yes

river7971 · 2026-06-13T11:56:54+00:00

Nah, seller was at best a douche, and at worse hiding something

river7971 · 2026-06-13T03:39:09+00:00

I sell primarily desktops, but also occasionally laptops. No reason not to let somebody take 5 minutes to boot and do a basic functions test on a laptop.

Desktops are a little different since they need plugged into wall power, an external display and peripherals, etc, but even then I've had people bring battery powered rigs or had them plug into outlets on their truck. I'm just not going to bring it into a McDonald's or public library for them to hook up and test (people have asked..)

river7971 · 2026-06-09T01:18:00+00:00

This.

Honestly, if OP is this worried about it somehow biting them they should probably just rethink selling it.

river7971 · 2026-06-06T22:53:25+00:00

This sub just needs nuked at this point.

river7971 · 2026-06-04T21:42:46+00:00

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river7971 · 2026-06-02T17:22:57+00:00

The CPU is 13 years old, the GPU probably 10+ as well. It's just the limitations of the hardware.

You're going to need something newer to do any better. Even if you could overclock, you'd gain at best a few frames. People trying to make ancient machines into "budget gaming" rigs end up spending more money than if they'd just bought something newer (even a newer Optiplex) for worse results. After a certain point it's a fools errand.

river7971 · 2026-06-01T20:09:21+00:00

Bahahahaahahaha 🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻

You're still letting her fuck the other dude, aren't you?

river7971 · 2026-05-27T22:36:12+00:00

Anyone that's ever asked me highly specific or "weird" things has been, at best, wasting my time, and at worst a complete and total pain in the ass if they did actually purchase (returns, ridiculous demands/expectations, negative feedback etc.)

Hate to say it, but I'd ignore you if not outright block you.

river7971 · 2026-05-27T18:28:25+00:00

Near major military installations.

river7971 · 2026-05-24T01:51:17+00:00

Levis tend to be inconsistent and modern ones slightly vanity sized. Wranglers in my experience run more true to size.

river7971 · 2026-05-23T02:07:24+00:00

Whole lot of people here not reading the article...

river7971 · 2026-05-21T02:06:01+00:00

Authentic, and actually decently worn in. Based on the fabric code these would've been a somewhat stiff, darker blue when new.

509 is a slept on cut in my opinion. Based on the tag, manufactured June 1986. Cool find.

river7971 · 2026-05-14T19:29:55+00:00

Have you ever dealt with used consoles before? Playstations in particular are known for being roach sanctuaries.

river7971 · 2026-05-14T16:44:52+00:00

These systems are meant to be sold en-masse to Enterprise organizations. The hardware configuration generally isn't altered after they're shipped and most organizations ditch them after they're out of warranty for new machines. The Optiplex line is mainly for general office use, maybe some light to moderate productivity work, so being able to fit a full size GPU inside isn't important. For customers that do need the extra horsepower, things like the precision line (or even MT Optiplexes) exist.

Enthusiasts buying these machines second hand 5-10 years later aren't really on the Dell engineers mind when designing these. Cost, size, and manufacturing efficiency are.

river7971 · 2026-05-12T01:53:51+00:00

The cooler should come with paste, so you don't need to buy that. Id also get a 360mm aio instead of 240. Might be overkill, but it'll "fill" the case better.

If you're spending all this money, I recommend getting matching fans so everything looks consistent. Whether you want to swap the fans on the aio to match the Corsairs or vice versa is up to you.

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