Nexus 4 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

youcancallmeal

lemon_remon wrote: »

Any point in a screen protector/case other than protecting the glass back?

Case is essential for protection in my opinion. In 15 years of using phones this is the first time I've used a case on a phone. Haven't bothered with a screen protector.

budhabob

Theres a couple of recommended cases in this thread. How are they holding up after a couple of weeks use?

Some of the case reviews seem to indicate that after a month some of the cases start to fall apart.

Professey Chin

Anybody got any kernel recommendations?

lemon_remon

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Case is essential for protection in my opinion. In 15 years of using phones this is the first time I've used a case on a phone..

How come? I haven't actually got mine yet, is the build quality bad in your opinion?

advertsfox

Chinpool wrote: »

Anybody got any kernel recommendations?

Stick to stock with CM10.1 - no point in messing with CPU speeds and I/O Schedulers since it performs so well on it's own esp. with regards to battery life

Professey Chin

advertsfox wrote: »

Stick to stock with CM10.1 - no point in messing with CPU speeds and I/O Schedulers since it performs so well on it's own esp. with regards to battery life

That's what I've been hearing alright.
/wanders off to find other things to flash :pac:

citytillidie

Battery life i tested this before and after the update.

I did a full charge and let the phone die with just some phone and text and little checking on facebook on wireless and data.

Before update it lasted a day and a half, after update phone is at 35% after 2days and 22hours not a good test i know but good for idle times with little use

moggser

howeryiz..


ive searched the interweb for answer but cant get a straight one the problem im having is the bleeeeedin instant upload pictures that are on me Google+ are showing up in my gallery despite me having the sync settings off well i think correctly off anyway.. i cant delete them like any other picture so is there a way to get them away completely..

i moved from a Motorola razr i to this nexus and they didnt show up on that i might have something set to sync i just dunno what it is

Cyrus

Chinpool wrote: »

Anybody got any kernel recommendations?

francos

if only for the colour settings, stock colour settings are awful

Professey Chin

moggser wrote: »

howeryiz..


ive searched the interweb for answer but cant get a straight one the problem im having is the bleeeeedin instant upload pictures that are on me Google+ are showing up in my gallery despite me having the sync settings off well i think correctly off anyway.. i cant delete them like any other picture so is there a way to get them away completely..

i moved from a Motorola razr i to this nexus and they didnt show up on that i might have something set to sync i just dunno what it is

Make sure Instant Upload is set to off in Google + settings and make sure Google Photos isn't selected in accounts. Clear your gallery data/cache and that should be the end of it

youcancallmeal

lemon_remon wrote: »

How come? I haven't actually got mine yet, is the build quality bad in your opinion?

Not bad build quality just poor choice of materials such as glass back which can crack and a chrome surround which can scratch.

harney

I think I might avoid sticking the Ubuntu OS on it for the moment.

Nexus 4

In rare circumstances, the Nexus4 may get into a state where it may not boot at all after the battery is drained (even into recovery). If this happens, the only way to restore it is to disassemble the back of the phone and unplug/plug the battery connector.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ReleaseNotes


The bold is their emphasis.

moggser

Chinpool wrote: »

Make sure Instant Upload is set to off in Google + settings and make sure Google Photos isn't selected in accounts. Clear your gallery data/cache and that should be the end of it

Damn straight that was the end of it cheers very much …

ThunbergsAreGo

Found some reports online of low volume issues. How do people find listening to pocasts when out and about with this?

Its turning me off getting it at the moment, as im a bit of a podcast addict

budhabob

I'm getting the following error:

Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped

I've done a little reading online, appears I may have to factory reset. Has anyone had this issue and found an easier way around it?

Edit: Nevermind, did a bit of further googling and found a solution. Working now.

youcancallmeal

naughtb4 wrote: »

Found some reports online of low volume issues. How do people find listening to pocasts when out and about with this?

Its turning me off getting it at the moment, as im a bit of a podcast addict

Yeah volume is definitely not great. I find music fine but talking only podcasts are very hard to listen to, I've use Klipsch S4i earphones which block out most outside noise but even then I still play them at full volume. I've tried the free version of the volume+ app which helps a little too.

I must say though my previous phone the droid razr had crappy volume levels too so I think it's just an Android thing?

Professey Chin

Cyrus wrote: »

francos

if only for the colour settings, stock colour settings are awful

Went with fauxs. Corrected the colours and it looks miles better now

EGriff

Chinpool wrote: »

Went with fauxs. Corrected the colours and it looks miles better now

Does changing kernels delete any data from the phone? I'm already rooted if that makes a difference.

Professey Chin

EGriff wrote: »

Does changing kernels delete any data from the phone? I'm already rooted if that makes a difference.

Nope. Just erase the cache

rhonin

Anybody have a problem with the volume buttons.
They don't work on my phone. Is there a setting somewhere that maybe disables them?

Gran Hermano

rhonin wrote: »

Anybody have a problem with the volume buttons.
They don't work on my phone. Is there a setting somewhere that maybe disables them?

Dont work at all? Sounds strange.
Since upgrading to 4.2.2 mine no longer on the lock-screen with the phone locked but work fine once unlocked.
Prior to the upgrade they worked on the lock-screen.

rhonin

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Dont work at all? Sounds strange.
Since upgrading to 4.2.2 mine no longer on the lock-screen with the phone locked but work fine once unlocked.
Prior to the upgrade they worked on the lock-screen.

Yeah, they don't work at all. Could be a hardware problem. I did a factory reset in case it was an app that caused it but that didn't help.
I'll drop an email to support.

ThunbergsAreGo

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Yeah volume is definitely not great. I find music fine but talking only podcasts are very hard to listen to, I've use Klipsch S4i earphones which block out most outside noise but even then I still play them at full volume. I've tried the free version of the volume+ app which helps a little too.

I must say though my previous phone the droid razr had crappy volume levels too so I think it's just an Android thing?

Such a shame, completely kills it from my point of view which is a shame, bit of a schoolboy error from Google/LG on it.

Seems a good phone apart from that

EGriff

The volume is fine if you ask me. I use a pair of sennheiser in ear headphones and at full volume its painfully loud. Slightly over half volume is just right.

Did you get that pop-up about safe volume when you turned it up?

youcancallmeal

EGriff wrote: »

The volume is fine if you ask me. I use a pair of sennheiser in ear headphones and at full volume its painfully loud. Slightly over half volume is just right.

Did you get that pop-up about safe volume when you turned it up?

Yeah its nothing to do with the safe volume warning. What are you listening to? I find music volume is grand, usually never have to go to full volume. It's podcasts with just talking only that are hard to listen to in any kind of noisy environment so I will generally be at full volume using these. Also the podcasts are not all from the same podcaster in case you were thinking that.

ThunbergsAreGo

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Yeah its nothing to do with the safe volume warning. What are you listening to? I find music volume is grand, usually never have to go to full volume. It's podcasts with just talking only that are hard to listen to in any kind of noisy environment so I will generally be at full volume using these. Also the podcasts are not all from the same podcaster in case you were thinking that.

Thanks again, yeah its podcasts which are my concern, sounds simialr to my current phones, which can be fairly irritating tbh

reb73

Anyone here use the Qualcomm Snapdragon Battery Guru app from play store?

It takes about 3 days (may vary) after installation - during which it tries to learn the usage pattern/behaviour - and is supposed to tune the chipset for better battery savings once operational..

Gran Hermano

reb73 wrote: »

Anyone here use the Qualcomm Snapdragon Battery Guru app from play store?

It takes about 3 days (may vary) after installation - during which it tries to learn the usage pattern/behaviour - and is supposed to tune the chipset for better battery savings once operational..

Can't see the need for it, no complaints from me on the stock battery management especially since latest 4.2.2 upgrade.

lord lucan

reb73 wrote: »

Anyone here use the Qualcomm Snapdragon Battery Guru app from play store?

It takes about 3 days (may vary) after installation - during which it tries to learn the usage pattern/behaviour - and is supposed to tune the chipset for better battery savings once operational..

I tried it for 4 days and just uninstalled it this evening. I installed it out of curiosity,though 4.2.2 has sorted any battery issues i had.

The reason i uninstalled it was i noticed over the last couple of days that i wasn't getting any Gmail notifications despite emails being received. Had a look at Google Accounts and the sync features of almost all my Google apps was turned off. It obviously turned them off at certain periods but i've no idea when or if it turned it back on.

Shortlived experiment but it appeared to add nothing to my battery experience.

EGriff

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Yeah its nothing to do with the safe volume warning. What are you listening to? I find music volume is grand, usually never have to go to full volume. It's podcasts with just talking only that are hard to listen to in any kind of noisy environment so I will generally be at full volume using these. Also the podcasts are not all from the same podcaster in case you were thinking that.

I just tried out a podcast there and it is quite low compared to music, weird, I've never noticed that on the HTC desire I had before this. Are there any equalizer settings that can be changed on this phone? Can't find them in sound settings anyway.

lemon_remon

Got a nexus 4 and swapped to three for their unlimited data package. It's working okish but it isn't very good at swapping networks. Three defaults to Vodafone's network when there is no Three reception and this loses the 3G connection. The phone however is very slow to swap from a "Vodafone" network the back to the 3 network when there is one available. Does anyone know if this a problem with how the phone is configured or is it just a problem with mobile networks in general?

reb73

lord lucan wrote: »

The reason i uninstalled it was i noticed over the last couple of days that i wasn't getting any Gmail notifications despite emails being received. Had a look at Google Accounts and the sync features of almost all my Google apps was turned off. It obviously turned them off at certain periods but i've no idea when or if it turned it back on.

Was this with the App Refresh Setting (customization) for Gmail left as default or changed to refresh as required? I believe it uses the stats from the learning phase to control sync, or at least that's the stated position anyway..

Gonna leave it on for a week or so to see if its any good..

lafors

lemon_remon wrote: »

Got a nexus 4 and swapped to three for their unlimited data package. It's working okish but it isn't very good at swapping networks. Three defaults to Vodafone's network when there is no Three reception and this loses the 3G connection. The phone however is very slow to swap from a "Vodafone" network the back to the 3 network when there is one available. Does anyone know if this a problem with how the phone is configured or is it just a problem with mobile networks in general?

Problem with the networks itself. Use to be a thread about it on the 3 forum itself.

HTML5!

Just picked one up today. LOVE it!

Quick question: which email client are you guys using?

I have an outlook.com address, but I'm unable to set it up on K9 mail. Google wasn't much help either.

The outlook/hot mail apps aren't very good.

You know of a good push mail app for that will work with outlook?

Cyrus

HTML5! wrote: »

Just picked one up today. LOVE it!

Quick question: which email client are you guys using?

I have an outlook.com address, but I'm unable to set it up on K9 mail. Google wasn't much help either.

The outlook/hot mail apps aren't very good.

You know of a good push mail app for that will work with outlook?

can you not set it up as an exchange email?

http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/196272-setting-up-email-outlook-com-address.html

1. Create new account using e-mail app
2. Manual setup
3. Choose Microsoft Exchange
4. Domain user = \username@outlook.com
5. Password = mail password that you set up previously
6. Exchange server = snt-m.hotmail.com
7. Check Use Secure connection (SSL)
8. Check Accept all SSL certificates (Not sure if this is required)
9. Accept the activation (If prompted)
10. Configure the mail client to your liking
11. Give the mail box a name (Currently set to Outlook)
12. Job done

HTML5!

That's the ticket!

Cheers

keith16

EGriff wrote: »

I just tried out a podcast there and it is quite low compared to music, weird, I've never noticed that on the HTC desire I had before this. Are there any equalizer settings that can be changed on this phone? Can't find them in sound settings anyway.

What apps are good for getting pod-casts. do you manage pod-casts on the phone itself or through a linked PC?

Sorry, never really used pod-casts before.

EGriff

I use OneCast and its fine but I don't listen to many podcasts at all so maybe there's better alternatives.

Yeah all the management is done on the phone (search, subscribe, download etc.)

JKGT

Anyone got problems with pictures not loading on Facebook app??? Any ideas???

budhabob

Anyone crack the back? Mine is smashed, no idea how.

iggy

budhabob wrote: »

Anyone crack the back? Mine is smashed, no idea how.

Yea there is a small crack on the top left of the back near the camera .
No idea how it happened.
I ordered one of these titanium black which i think look good and will hide it.

budhabob

iggy wrote: »

Yea there is a small crack on the top left of the back near the camera .
No idea how it happened.
I ordered one of these titanium black which i think look good and will hide it.

Did some googling. It appears to be common. Off to buy a skin or cover now. How does the one you bought look and feel? Happy?

EGriff

iggy wrote: »

Yea there is a small crack on the top left of the back near the camera .
No idea how it happened.
I ordered one of these titanium black which i think look good and will hide it.

I'm gonna get one of these too, mines not cracked but its getting covered in little scratches and its starting to look pretty crap.

iggy

budhabob wrote: »

Did some googling. It appears to be common. Off to buy a skin or cover now. How does the one you bought look and feel? Happy?

I only ordered it on Thursday when the titanium one was released. There is a big thread on XDA about them.
If you are ordering one enter code "XDA" FOR 10% off.
Works out about €8.50 delivered from Canada

budhabob

iggy wrote: »

I only ordered it on Thursday when the titanium one was released. There is a big thread on XDA about them.

I didnt realise they were kind of like stickers. I dont know if they will work for mine considering theres a shatter pattern on the back.

iggy

budhabob wrote: »

I didnt realise they were kind of like stickers. I dont know if they will work for mine considering theres a shatter pattern on the back.

Have a at this video of a black leather one and see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XS8GS_lMgE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

budhabob

iggy wrote: »

Have a at this video of a black leather one and see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XS8GS_lMgE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I dont think that will work considering the crack I have Thanks for all the help though.

There were alot of cases mentioned in this thread. Anyone recommend particular ones? I would like a nice thin one (mainly to hide the bloodly crack).

lord lucan

budhabob wrote: »

I dont think that will work considering the crack I have Thanks for all the help though.

There were alot of cases mentioned in this thread. Anyone recommend particular ones? I would like a nice thin one (mainly to hide the bloodly crack).

I'd recommend the Dbrand one. My N4 fell and hit the fireplace causing extensive cracking all over the back of it. I got one of them skins from Canada and the phone feels brand new. The skin contains the shattered glass and doesn't feel weird,in some ways it feels like it was always part of the phone.

budhabob

lord lucan wrote: »

I'd recommend the Dbrand one. My N4 fell and hit the fireplace causing extensive cracking all over the back of it. I got one of them skins from Canada and the phone feels brand new. The skin contains the shattered glass and doesn't feel weird,in some ways it feels like it was always part of the phone.

Excellent. I might try these so. How long did delivery take?

lord lucan

budhabob wrote: »

Excellent. I might try these so. How long did delivery take?

It took exactly 1 week to arrive.