Nexus 4 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

advertsfox

Just popped my Nexus 4 up on Adverts as I can obtain an Xperia Z1 for €25 as an upgrade this evening (mate owns the shop, should be a lot more if you get me). Lets hope it sells quick since I've had it in a bumper and Dbrand vinyl since day 1. Looking forward to converting the Z1 to either Play Edition rooted or CM11, gorgeous phone!

BionicRasher

advertsfox wrote: »

Just popped my Nexus 4 up on Adverts as I can obtain an Xperia Z1 for €25 as an upgrade this evening (mate owns the shop, should be a lot more if you get me). Lets hope it sells quick since I've had it in a bumper and Dbrand vinyl since day 1. Looking forward to converting the Z1 to either Play Edition rooted or CM11, gorgeous phone!

Whatever you do get rid of the Sony software its junk - bane of my life with some Sony phones over the last few years and I really like stock Android now

advertsfox

BionicRasher wrote: »

Whatever you do get rid of the Sony software its junk - bane of my life with some Sony phones over the last few years and I really like stock Android now

I would never buy a Sony if I didn't have that option. I've had Android phones since the G1 and have put CM on every phone I've had. I'm only considering the Play Edition ROM if the camera app is designed for the Sony (much like the PE HTC One etc).

jozi

Anyone else get reboots from time to time when using snapchat?

I also just noticed that I can't do screen shots and holding the power button doesn't turn of the phone, just locks the screen. I've had this before and it seemed to happen after a few days.

Slevster

Quote="jozi;89852263"]Anyone else get reboots from time to time when using snapchat?

I also just noticed that I can't do screen shots and holding the power button doesn't turn of the phone, just locks the screen. I've had this before and it seemed to happen after a few days.[/quote]

I'm guessing you already know , put will put it out there anyway, its volume down + power button at the same time for screenshot .
Other than that, are all the buttons functioning correctly?

jozi

Slevster wrote: »

Quote="jozi;89852263"]

I'm guessing you already know , put will put it out there anyway, its volume down + power button at the same time for screenshot .
Other than that, are all the buttons functioning correctly?

Thats the thing that doesn't work, it just lowers the volume or locks the phone. Buttons kinda work, holding power won't reboot, it just locks, or hold it long enough it does a hard power off. Rebooting it fixes it though it will happen again eventually

Slevster

jozi wrote: »

Thats the thing that doesn't work, it just lowers the volume or locks the phone. Buttons kinda work, holding power won't reboot, it just locks, or hold it long enough it does a hard power off. Rebooting it fixes it though it will happen again eventually

Are you rooted? I seem to recall having an similar issue for a while with some ROM. Reflashing solved it.
Other than that , or factory reset, don't know

IrishStuff09

Yes, also having that Snapchat issue. Non rooted and on Stock KitKat.

Quite annoying too.

Slevster

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Yes, also having that Snapchat issue. Non rooted and on Stock KitKat.

Quite annoying too.

Isn't that the idea of snapchat? Having a message that disappears! ( but perhaps shutting down the phone isn't the most popular or convienent method!)

jozi

Stock android 4.4 but rooted. I only did a factory reset a month ago.

As for Snapchat, when it crashes the phone I get to see the msg again once rebooted

Fitz*

Ya I also get the snapchat bug. I saw once in the play store that the app itself there was a known issue for the Nexus 4.

The worst is when you have a big artistic one drawn out & sending it to people and the app then crashes. No consistency with the crashes at all.

I suppose the only one positive from it is you can re-view your last opened snap!

donegal.

I use "3 like home" a lot in northern ireland.
Is there any settings i can change so my phone will only connect to three while roaming as its irks me when i get charged for using o2 or vodaphone ?

Tinie

I don't get that Snapchat reset bug.

Using carbon ROM 1st April nightly rooted iirc with xposed module.

Best mako ROM around for 4.4 hands down.

blobbie

donegal. wrote: »

I use "3 like home" a lot in northern ireland.
Is there any settings i can change so my phone will only connect to three while roaming as its irks me when i get charged for using o2 or vodaphone ?

AFAIK there are no setting to connect only to 3 and not to O2 or Vodafone.

I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.insadco.roamingcontrol when travelling to England. The full version costs a few euro but nothing compared to data roaming charges.

Works fine on stock N4

Edit: A trial version for 7 days at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.insadco.roamingcontroltrial

The Black Oil

Wifi not working at the moment, as of yesterday evening. Play Store, RTE and BBC apps, etc - no go. Told it to forget the network, found it again, entered password - said it's connected, but nothing doing, at all.

Fresh Pots

The Black Oil wrote: »

Wifi not working at the moment, as of yesterday evening. Play Store, RTE and BBC apps, etc - no go. Told it to forget the network, found it again, entered password - said it's connected, but nothing doing, at all.

Tried rebooting your router?

The Black Oil

I can try, but where I'm posting from is fine, so I don't think it's that.

ETA, tried that - news apps are back, clearing the Play store app data helped, too.

ironictoaster

Anyone know where I can the screen replaced in Dublin? I'm not confident doing it myself.

Raoul

Fonemenders.ie is the official LG repair. It will be around 150 euro.

Colemania

Plugged in my phone last night to charge it overnight and turned it off (as i always do out of habit) and this morning the phone wouldn't turn on.

I remembered a problem with an old phone whereby if you plug it into your laptop or similar that it'll turn back on and luckily it did! When it turned on, the time was set at some random time and the date was at 1970

Any idea what could have caused this? Power surge on the charger?

DECEiFER

Colemania wrote: »

Plugged in my phone last night to charge it overnight and turned it off (as i always do out of habit) and this morning the phone wouldn't turn on.

I remembered a problem with an old phone whereby if you plug it into your laptop or similar that it'll turn back on and luckily it did! When it turned on, the time was set at some random time and the date was at 1970

Any idea what could have caused this? Power surge on the charger?

Jaysus, that happened to me when I woke up one morning late last year and the only way I could see to get it back working, after a Google around, was to press a combo of buttons (I think it was Vol - and Power) and then plug in the charger while doing so. You'd then see a LED flash...red I think it was and that got it going again. I was completely freaked out! The battery was only drained for the duration of the night but of course I was thinking that the battery had died. Still no idea what caused it but it hasn't happened since.

Colemania

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a radio frequency issue with the Nexus 4?

I am on Three and am constantly getting the R symbol on my phone where I live. Nobody else in my house gets it and my brother is on Three with an iPhone and has better coverage than me!

The Wi-fi also drops sometimes and the icon on my screen always shows a poor signal unless i'm very very close to the modem.

I also rooted the phone to try and enable 4G and can't get this working. Any ideas/opinions on this?

smackyB

Colemania wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a radio frequency issue with the Nexus 4?

I am on Three and am constantly getting the R symbol on my phone where I live. Nobody else in my house gets it and my brother is on Three with an iPhone and has better coverage than me!

The Wi-fi also drops sometimes and the icon on my screen always shows a poor signal unless i'm very very close to the modem.

I also rooted the phone to try and enable 4G and can't get this working. Any ideas/opinions on this?

AFAIK Nexus 4 has never officially supported 4G and even if you could enable the 4G radio module it would not have the capability to receive the 4G frequency used here. Were you seeing the R symbol before you rooted the phone?

Colemania

smackyB wrote: »

AFAIK Nexus 4 has never officially supported 4G and even if you could enable the 4G radio module it would not have the capability to receive the 4G frequency used here. Were you seeing the R symbol before you rooted the phone?

Ya I was

A Neurotic

I have the R issue on 3 too. Very annoying.

Can't say I've noticed a WiFi problem though.

Colemania

A Neurotic wrote: »

I have the R issue on 3 too. Very annoying.

Can't say I've noticed a WiFi problem though.

Would you reckon its a combined issue with 3 and the Nexus 4 or a sole problem or one of these factors?

A Neurotic

Colemania wrote: »

Would you reckon its a combined issue with 3 and the Nexus 4 or a sole problem or one of these factors?

Hard to say, although now that you mention it I think my brother had a similar issue with 3 on his HTC One...

natnifnolnacs

Colemania wrote: »

Would you reckon its a combined issue with 3 and the Nexus 4 or a sole problem or one of these factors?

I think it's just a three issue. The problem is, their network is set up differently so if your phone drops signal it won't automatically switch back to 3G unless you force it to search.

I have a standard nexus 4 and have this issue all the time. I also had it on my old S3 and previous phones.

DERPY DERPFACE

It will have the r when you are on Vodafone towers. Three has a deal with Vodafone that allows you to use them when there is no signal on 3. You can still use 3g normally.

bluesfan

Other people talking about the problem on the Three forum http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057189638/7

What worked for me was going into the network settings and selecting 3. Come out of the settings and make sure you now have h, then go back in and selecting chose automatically. That worked for me, no problems since.

NegativeCreep

Does anyone know how I can turn off the little warning that comes up while turning up the volume with headphones in? It shouldn't annoy me so much but it does!

Fluffy88

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Does anyone know how I can turn off the little warning that comes up while turning up the volume with headphones in? It shouldn't annoy me so much but it does!

They really should have a tick box "Don't show this again" type thing.

I recently started using Condi as a Tasker/Automation app.
I have two tasks setup in it regarding headphones.

1. (link) When headphones are connected -> Turn music/media volume to 100%
2. (link) When headphones are connected -> Start playing music

It's really handy.
I use Podcast Addict to play podcasts in the car. With the two Condi task above, whenever I plug in my headphones my last podcast starts playing at full volume.

EDIT:
The links in my list above are Condi links. If you click it on your phone with Condi installed you can directly import the task

IrishStuff09

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Does anyone know how I can turn off the little warning that comes up while turning up the volume with headphones in? It shouldn't annoy me so much but it does!

I think you can remove it using an Xposed module if you're rooted, but otherwise no. It's a European law I think.

Basq

Regarding the volume thing, correct me if I'm wrong here (not near my phone) but think you can go up full-volume without any notification when your phone is locked.

dastardly00

I had a quick search of the Android forum and I couldn't find any specific reference to this...

Has anyone tried the Nexus Wireless Charger?
I only noticed now that you can buy it from the (Irish) Play Store. It's €39.99

No more messing with cords and plugs. With the Nexus Wireless Charger, your Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 5 or Nexus 4 simply snaps into place on the magnetic face. Featuring a clean, compact design, the Nexus Wireless Charger adheres securely to a desk, bedside table or countertop for grab-and-go charging.

Size: 60 x 60 x 12.5 mm. Weight: 105 g

BionicRasher

dastardly00 wrote: »

I had a quick search of the Android forum and I couldn't find any specific reference to this...

Has anyone tried the Nexus Wireless Charger?
I only noticed now that you can buy it from the (Irish) Play Store. It's €39.99

Size: 60 x 60 x 12.5 mm. Weight: 105 g

Haven't tried the one above but I was thinking of getting this for the car
http://www.amazon.com/UPGRADED-Wireless-Charging-Blackberry-Qi-Enabled/dp/B00F5XPCSC

same ol sh1te

I have one beside the bed, it's fine, works through my phone cover but it makes it slow to charge, takes a good few hours, but overnight that's fine for me. You need to be fairly accurate aligning it to get it charging, must be straight parallel with the charger. I had been thinking of a way to integrate it into the car but have decided there are already better qi charger car holders available.

Tinie

Have the dreaded issue here.

Phone died; wont charge/turn on; tried all online remedies with no luck; possibly battery gone or randomly shorted itself; contacted google, they advised to RMA the phone; made up excuse about living in south of ireland now, and that cant receive phone from the north, which they said they might make an exception for; emailed today saying they couldn't after all.

Now, im no lawyer, but is this legal under EU law with manufacturer warranty? Surely they cant deny to replace a phone if the original is broken, regardless of where you live in the EU?

So looks like ill have to parcel motel the refurb and ship my phone off at my own expense. Has anyone here been successful in getting them to collect and deliver the refurb from you down in the republic?

Colemania

Tinie wrote: »

Have the dreaded issue here.

Phone died; wont charge/turn on; tried all online remedies with no luck; possibly battery gone or randomly shorted itself; contacted google, they advised to RMA the phone; made up excuse about living in south of ireland now, and that cant receive phone from the north, which they said they might make an exception for; emailed today saying they couldn't after all.

Now, im no lawyer, but is this legal under EU law with manufacturer warranty? Surely they cant deny to replace a phone if the original is broken, regardless of where you live in the EU?

So looks like ill have to parcel motel the refurb and ship my phone off at my own expense. Has anyone here been successful in getting them to collect and deliver the refurb from you down in the republic?

May sound stupid but did you try plugging it into a computer with the USB cable? Worked for me when i did that a few times

Tinie

Colemania wrote: »

May sound stupid but did you try plugging it into a computer with the USB cable? Worked for me when i did that a few times

Yeah I did

Phone led flashes red but wont turn on.

RuckingSwimmer

Tinie wrote: »

Yeah I did

Phone led flashes red but wont turn on.

That happened with mine, I tried a different charger and cable and it worked - you've probably tried that already though.

Tinie

RuckingSwimmer wrote: »

That happened with mine, I tried a different charger and cable and it worked - you've probably tried that already though.

Unfortunately yeah, all points to damaged battery. Not sure what casued it though. First phone to ever break like this on me, and it would be the one with the awkward warranty.

jozi

Mams nexus stopped working a while ago while i was away, screen went black and wouldnt turn on is all i know that was wrong with it. She got a meteor store to take it and fix it for here. They had it for a months or so and since she got it back her battery is rubish. I did a factory reset 2 weeks a go thinking it might help but its not even lasting a day, shes getting roughly 12hrs if not less.

Shes by no means a heavy user, prob only text and a bit of Facebook and whatsapp as well as some calls. My own nexus does 30hrs easy and i use a lot more different apps than she does.

Anyone got any idea?

Tinie

jozi wrote: »

Mams nexus stopped working a while ago while i was away, screen went black and wouldnt turn on is all i know that was wrong with it. She got a meteor store to take it and fix it for here. They had it for a months or so and since she got it back her battery is rubish. I did a factory reset 2 weeks a go thinking it might help but its not even lasting a day, shes getting roughly 12hrs if not less.

Shes by no means a heavy user, prob only text and a bit of Facebook and whatsapp as well as some calls. My own nexus does 30hrs easy and i use a lot more different apps than she does.

Anyone got any idea?

Did she buy her nexus 4 from meteor, and if not, how much was it for them to fix it?

jozi

Tinie wrote: »

Did she buy her nexus 4 from meteor, and if not, how much was it for them to fix it?

Sew knows the guy in the shop who did her a favour, got it through flubit last year.

Slevster

Anyone getting excessive battery drain by Google Play Services over the last few days / week?
Seems there was an update recently . its now on 4.4.52 (didn't actually notice it been updated at the time) .
But my battery is drying after about 8 hrs with very light use , where I woulf usually get at least 16hrs . My habits haven't changed. ( the battery performance on my phone was never great. 16 to 24 hrs at the best of times, but that is without making too many power saving comprises)

Have turned of Location settings, which has stopped the excess drain.

Am rooted but running stock.

natnifnolnacs

I have noticed my battery has been much worse recently, I'm lucky if I get a full day but it does depend on usage.

Fresh Pots

natnifnolnacs wrote: »

I have noticed my battery has been much worse recently, I'm lucky if I get a full day but it does depend on usage.

Same here. Battery seems brutal the last 2 weeks or so.

jgbyr

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Same here. Battery seems brutal the last 2 weeks or so.

+1

Raoul

Yep, me too.