u/Organic-Budget8163 — reddlx

Worried about the "won't power on" issue on the Xbox Ally X

Hey everyone,

I've been seriously considering picking up an Xbox Ally X, but before pulling the trigger I did some digging into common issues, and the "device suddenly won't turn on / no charging light at all" problem keeps popping up. Multiple threads on the official ASUS forum, some Windows Central/NeoGAF coverage, people doing EC resets, trying different chargers, nothing working, ending up in RMA with no clear root cause identified.

What's throwing me off is that these reports don't seem to follow an obvious pattern - some units die within the first week, others after months of normal use, no drops, no liquid, nothing unusual, just stops responding entirely.

So I guess my question is: am I just doom-scrolling through a handful of loud complaints and pattern-matching where there's no real pattern, or is this a legitimately common failure mode for this device? For those of you who own one - how's reliability actually been for you day to day? Anyone had this specific issue, and if so, did ASUS's RMA process treat you decently or was it a nightmare?

Trying to figure out if this is a "small percentage of any product will have failures" situation or something I should actually be worried about before buying.

Thanks in advance.

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u/Organic-Budget8163 — 2 days ago

▲ 2 r/TCL_Official_UK

Is that true about new nxtpaper 80?

Are you really going to get rid of the OLED flicker, or is this a marketing trick? Tell me honestly, I won't be offended, maybe I'll cry a little tonight..

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u/Organic-Budget8163 — 14 days ago

▲ 5 r/PWM_Sensitive

Does anyone have d-word on iPhone 11 with iOS 27?

On 26, as we know, it's present and causes headaches. Interested in the experience of those who were on 26, felt bad from 26, and then installed 27. How is it now?

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u/Organic-Budget8163 — 2 months ago

▲ 11 r/PWM_Sensitive

I’ll keep it brief, no fancy formatting, because nothing has really changed for the majority of people.

How it started. I saw the 17e in a store and, as usual, decided to test it with my eyes. All other iPhones gave me a kind of “brain pulsation” feeling, dizziness, and light sensitivity. But here something unusual happened - I stood there for about 15 minutes and didn’t feel much.

So I decided to try it.

Radex:
– 10% at high brightness
– 25% at around 10% brightness

Opple:
There’s an interesting inconsistency. Notebookcheck reports 60 Hz, but Opple measurements show ~490 Hz at any settings and brightness. I trust Opple more because it’s a consumer light sensor that reflects what the eye actually perceives (overall flicker).

Modulation is still bad: around 40% at best (at max brightness), and it increases gradually up to ~99.5% at lower brightness.

After using it for a couple of days, I still developed heaviness in my head - like I hadn’t slept for two days - along with light sensitivity. It seems to be the mildest iPhone so far, but still not suitable for the average user.

However, if you can somewhat tolerate OLED screens but only in lighter cases, it might be worth trying. If it noticeably reduced symptoms for me, you might have full success.

My symptoms are described here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PWM_Sensitive/comments/1sua06f/pwm_dynamic_flicker_or_something_else/

u/Organic-Budget8163 — 4 months ago