On: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it...

[Johnny555]

I spent days going through every blog post I could find for tips on how to fix it, including booting to recovery mode -- it would reboot as I scrolled through the recovery menu and even when I got as far as trying to do the factory reset, it would reboot before it even started the reset. I let it reboot itself until it ran out of battery and waited a day after that to let it completely drain. Even tried putting it in the freezer.

[gavinhoward → Johnny555]

Apologies then. I agree you were out of options.

[Johnny555 → gavinhoward]

Even the IT guy at work was stymied, he was sure he'd be able to at least factory reset it and get it working again.... he gave up after a few hours.

[seoulmetro → Johnny555]

Same thing happened to me on a pretty brand new LG Pixel phone. Good money down the drain, absolutely horrible. Tried everything.