[Pixel C Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hmanxx:
Hi ,

Need some help here, after shutting down my Pixel-C, the Pixel-C now wont accept Charge and when power adapter is plugged in , it only show Google Wording and later screen turn off.,with plugged condition, tapping the back light bar will not light up .

When Power source is plugged in ,While holding the Power Key + Vol Down or Vol UP, the device will turn ON with respective menu

1. Front recovery Menu(POwer+ Down Vol)

Shown the Drop down list of Reboot, reboot to recovery, turn off , USB recovery modem, Fast boot mode

selecting to "reboot to recovery " menu item will reboot to see Google Splash screen and Unit shutdown (Lightbar indicator will not show anything).

selecting "Switch off device option- Screen turn off , rear lightbar when tapped is showing One segment of red bar

selecting to fast boot mode will go to fastboot mode with screen prompt "waiting for fastboot command"

2. Fast boot ( Power + Up Vol ).

selecting to fast boot mode will go to fastboot mode with screen prompt "waiting for fastboot command"

The Pixel-C when in fastboot mode is recognizable by PC, i have installed the bootloader interface, "fastboot devices" command is working to list the connected device.

As my device is bootloader locked. I can not use "fastboot flashing unlock" (throw errors) and "fastboot boot recovery.img" (hopefully to boot to recovery menu to conduct factory reset).

THe pixel-c is not able to go to recovery mode, no chance to enable ADB interface , that is to say i cant do cache wipe,factory reset....

Anotherthing that i logged with "fastboot getvar all"

There is a field is indicating battery voltage @ ZERO I think this is the real issue, it may not be real of battery [MENTION=219080]zero[/MENTION] unless there is broken traces.

C:\download\phones\platform-tools>fastboot boot recovery.img
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 13518848 bytes
Sending 'boot.img' (13202 KB) OKAY [ 0.335s]
Booting FAILED (remote: 'image verification failed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\download\phones\platform-tools>fastboot flashing unlock
FAILED (remote: 'Enable OEM unlock is not set')
fastboot: error: Command failed

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< fastboot fastboot getvar all >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

C:\download\phones\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all > c:\download\pixelCInfo.txt
(bootloader) version: 0.3
(bootloader) version-bootloader: Google_Smaug.7900.139.0
(bootloader) version-baseband: N/A
(bootloader) product: dragon
(bootloader) secure: yes
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x10000000
(bootloader) partition-type:boot: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:kernel-a: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:kernel-b: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:recovery: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:kernel: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:system: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:system-a: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:vendor: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:vendor-a: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:cache: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:data: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:metadata: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:lnx: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:misc: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:persistent: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:system-b: ext4
(bootloader) partition-type:vendor-b: ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:boot: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-size:kernel-a: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-size:kernel-b: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-size:recovery: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-size:kernel: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0xe0000000
(bootloader) partition-size:system-a: 0xe0000000
(bootloader) partition-size:vendor: 0x13000000
(bootloader) partition-size:vendor-a: 0x13000000
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0x19000000
(bootloader) partition-size:data: 0x62ef00000
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x62ef00000
(bootloader) partition-size:metadata: 0x4000000
(bootloader) partition-size:lnx: 0x2000000
(bootloader) partition-size:misc: 0x400000
(bootloader) partition-size:persistent: 0x80000
(bootloader) partition-size:chromeos: 0x747c00000
(bootloader) partition-size:mbr: 0x200
(bootloader) partition-size:gpt: 0x4200
(bootloader) partition-size:RO_SECTION: 0x3f0000
(bootloader) partition-size:RO_VPD: 0x10000
(bootloader) partition-size:RW_SECTION_A: 0x580000
(bootloader) partition-size:RW_SECTION_B: 0x580000
(bootloader) partition-size:bootloader: 0x1000000
(bootloader) unlocked: no
(bootloader) off-mode-charge: 1
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0 mV
(bootloader) variant:
(bootloader) battery-soc-ok: no
(bootloader) Bdev-size:mmc: 31268536320
(bootloader) Bdev-size:flash: 16777216
(bootloader) Gbb-flags: 0x0
(bootloader) Oem-version:RO: RO: ID NOT FOUND
(bootloader) Oem-version:RW_A: RW A: ID NOT FOUND
(bootloader) Oem-version:RW_B: Google_Smaug.7900.139.0
all: Done!
Finished. Total time: 0.514s

Other Info.

1.Adapter is working correctly which is validated OK with charging of another 2 pixel 3/4 phones.

2.: Bootloader locked, per factory out condition, Developer mode is ON but OEM Unlock is NOT SET , only use Google OTA updates to the latest.

3.This is my use only device that i have never unlocked since purchased

4. WIthout Plugged in, the device will not ON.

5. The device wont accept charges, Battery reset method recommended by Google " Holding Vol rockers( Up+Down ) +Power" while plugged in , remove adapter USB-C male plug and release the 3 buttons ,wait for 30 sec and charge..NO GO ..