Nexus 4 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

Raoul

Same thing is happening to my gfs. I tried starting it in safe mode. Didn't help. Install a new ROM. Didn't help. Factory reset and a new ROM. Not happening as often now. She also uninstalled snapchat and that helped a bit.

jozi

Snapchat seems to randomly reboot mine from time to time, has been less frequent lately though

Basq

jozi wrote: »

Snapchat seems to randomly reboot mine from time to time, has been less frequent lately though

I recently when installing it on my Nexus, they did actually warn of random restarts. Still happens occassionally!

Found warning on Google:

jgbyr

jozi wrote: »

I think she might still have the odd problem where it turns off.

Thanks. I'll try the reset & if that doesn't help I'll load the factory image. Edit.. I don't use snapchat on mine so it must be something else.

Fitz*

It was a problem I had a good bit too. Was the worst ever when you had a spur of the moment snap that couldn't be re-taken and your phone would just turn off, or just after drawing a 10 minute masterpiece!

Hopefully it's resolved in the 6.

Raoul

FitzShane wrote: »

It was a problem I had a good bit too. Was the worst ever when you had a spur of the moment snap that couldn't be re-taken and your phone would just turn off, or just after drawing a 10 minute masterpiece!

Hopefully it's resolved in the 6.

Or when you were opening that special snap from someone special and your phone reboots and the snap is gone and they won't believe that you didn't see it.

tylerdurden94

Quick question folks, cracked the glass on the back of my phone this morning no doubt it's happened to many here what's the general cost of getting it fixed/replace?

Trying to figure is it worth getting repaired and selling on & part finance a new phone (or else just give the phone to my sis) as I'm either going to upgrade to the OPO or wait to see what the new Nexus phone will be like.

Rob094

tylerdurden94 wrote: »

Quick question folks, cracked the glass on the back of my phone this morning no doubt it's happened to many here what's the general cost of getting it fixed/replace?

Trying to figure is it worth getting repaired and selling on & part finance a new phone (or else just give the phone to my sis) as I'm either going to upgrade to the OPO or wait to see what the new Nexus phone will be like.

Similar situation to me! Dropped my N4 for the first time the other night and got a relatively small screen crack which has rendered the touch screen useless. Fairly frustrating when I look at my brother's shattered iphone working away fine.

Seems like I'd be paying around €80 for a repair, not sure if it varies for the back or not.

Borrowing a friends old S4 till I'm sorted but debating whether to wait and upgrade to the Nexus 6/X or fork out for the repair.

Raoul

Around 140 to get it done by lg. Not sure how you would get it done for 80 as the screen itself cost 80 euro.

Rob094

Oh really? Damn. Say I'll hold off in that case.

donegal.

you could try fixing it yourself. Take a look at the youtube videos to see if its something you'd be up for.

Raoul

donegal. wrote: »

you could try fixing it yourself. Take a look at the youtube videos to see if its something you'd be up for.

I think you would need to be fairly confident doing it to be honest. It isn't the easiest thing to do. And you could also do with a heat gun. I know some videos say you can do it with a hair dryer but I think it would be pretty tough.

bluesfan

Is it the front or back that's cracked? The front it a touchscreen and therefore expensive but the back is only glass. So if it's just the back that's cracked it shouldn't interfere with the working of the phone and you can get a skin on ebay for around 7 euro that will cover it up and look good.

IrishStuff09

Well there goes my Nexus 4, dropped it today and the screen is shattered and its not responding to my touches.

Anything I can do now? Shop in Galway quoted €150 for repair. Should I go to LG or hold out for a Nexus 5 price reduction?

Fitz*

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Well there goes my Nexus 4, dropped it today and the screen is shattered and its not responding to my touches.

Anything I can do now? Shop in Galway quoted €150 for repair. Should I go to LG or hold out for a Nexus 5 price reduction?

Which shop? I got mine fixed in Fonez for €90.

IrishStuff09

FitzShane wrote: »

Which shop? I got mine fixed in Fonez for €90.

Electronic partner on Eglinton Street

Jimmy Iovine

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Well there goes my Nexus 4, dropped it today and the screen is shattered and its not responding to my touches.

Anything I can do now? Shop in Galway quoted €150 for repair. Should I go to LG or hold out for a Nexus 5 price reduction?

I feel for you.

I dropped my phone for the first time today. Thankfully, it was saved by my cover. I hate the cover but it came in use, big time.

IrishStuff09

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I feel for you.

I dropped my phone for the first time today. Thankfully, it was saved by my cover. I hate the cover but it came in use, big time.

Had a case on mine too (Official bumper case ironically) but it feel face flat onto a concrete floor in town.

As it was earlier;

Have found someone selling a Nexus 5 32gb quite cheap so will update here if it is legit.

IrishStuff09

Decided to just jump the gun and get a Nexus 5(Amazon.de, 320E), will probably get the Nexus 4 repaired at some point though.

A Neurotic

So, any ideas on when we can expect Lollipop?

Raoul

Nexus 4 keeps randomly rebooting, have factory reset, installed different roms cleared caches, started in safe mode...anyone else have this problem or any solution?

DECEiFER

A Neurotic wrote: »

So, any ideas on when we can expect Lollipop?

In the coming weeks. There's no date yet. At first Google left out the Nexus 4 from the list and it looked as though they were skipping it, which was odd since the Nexus 10 made the cut and it's roughly the same age. But they came out and said it was a mistake. Even the Nexus 7 2012 is getting L. I wonder how many people will continue to call it L instead of Lollipop? It's been known as L for so long now...

https://plus.google.com/u/0/105162099385231511005/posts/aXYoj3Ygirs

Raoul wrote: »

Nexus 4 keeps randomly rebooting, have factory reset, installed different roms cleared caches, started in safe mode...anyone else have this problem or any solution?

Because the Nexus 6 is so expensive I might pass on it, as I'd previously hoped to get it. I wouldn't bother with a Nexus 5 at this stage so keeping the Nexus 4 seems like a good option. I remember we all got ours around the same time last year so I wanted to find out how long the warranty was for in case something should happen. It's 24 months.

http://www.lg.com/uk/support-mobile/lg-LGE960#warrantyInfo

Maybe try contacting LG or Flubit (You had yours ordered with them, right? If not, contact Google Play) about it? Since you've tried all the things I'd do, this is the best advice I can give. Eliminating software as the issue, it could then be hardware-related.

Raoul

DECEiFER wrote: »

In the coming weeks. There's no date yet. At first Google left out the Nexus 4 from the list and it looked as though they were skipping it, which was odd since the Nexus 10 made the cut and it's roughly the same age. But they came out and said it was a mistake. Even the Nexus 7 2012 is getting L. I wonder how many people will continue to call it L instead of Lollipop? It's been known as L for so long now...

https://plus.google.com/u/0/105162099385231511005/posts/aXYoj3Ygirs


Because the Nexus 6 is so expensive I might pass on it, as I'd previously hoped to get it. I wouldn't bother with a Nexus 5 at this stage so keeping the Nexus 4 seems like a good option. I remember we all got ours around the same time last year so I wanted to find out how long the warranty was for in case something should happen. It's 24 months.

http://www.lg.com/uk/support-mobile/lg-LGE960#warrantyInfo

Maybe try contacting LG or Flubit (You had yours ordered with them, right? If not, contact Google Play) about it? Since you've tried all the things I'd do, this is the best advice I can give. Eliminating software as the issue, it could then be hardware-related.

Great memory. Yeah I will contact them..thanks...off to Japan tonight though...so will do it in two weeks.

The Black Oil

Question re the camera. How are you guys finding it as of late? I don't know if I'm imaging this, if it's the app, or hardware. Lately it seems there's a delay in processing - almost as if the camera's going 'oh hey, you asked me to take a photo, one sec, la la la - processing, done'. It appears to take longer than previously. I don't take many photos at all, so storage is not an issue - and I do recall it being quicker. You have to hold the phone in situ even after you've taken the shot, otherwise it appears to come out blurry. iirc, this used not to be the case.

Jimmy Iovine

The Black Oil wrote: »

Question re the camera. How are you guys finding it as of late? I don't know if I'm imaging this, if it's the app, or hardware. Lately it seems there's a delay in processing - almost as if the camera's going 'oh hey, you asked me to take a photo, one sec, la la la - processing, done'. It appears to take longer than previously. I don't take many photos at all, so storage is not an issue - and I do recall it being quicker. You have to hold the phone in situ even after you've taken the shot, otherwise it appears to come out blurry. iirc, this used not to be the case.

Have you got HDR on? That causes the delay, but results in a better quality photo.

It's a disaster if you're taking a photo of a moving object though.

The Black Oil

Thanks, well-spotted.

DECEiFER

Been waiting for Lollipop and checking if there's anyone has received their OTA on any older Nexus device. Apparently, they're pushing the updates back until the Nexus 6 is released in the US later in the month to fix some bugs. At first I was skeptical of that excuse but it would seem that the Nexus 5 had been experiencing a large battery drain with Wi-Fi switched on due to too many IRQ wakeup events being sent, which has now been resolved. There could be more finishing touches to do between now and when the Nexus 6 is officially out. Hopefully we'll get our Nexus 4 OTA and/or Factory Image by then.

Raoul

Have you got any of the lollipop apps? Pretty nice looking.

DECEiFER

Raoul wrote: »

Have you got any of the lollipop apps? Pretty nice looking.

When it was first announced someone did a keyboard app so I've had that for a while and updated the Play Store app over a week ago to Material. The Music app was updated some time ago. Oh, and got Inbox, so that's good but nothing new for Gmail yet. So yeah, can't wait for the new look and feel and it'll be welcome since we've had the current one since Ice Cream Sandwich in 2011.

Raoul

There is a new gmail app and calendar, camera, messaging...loads more. Also a new google music app but it is pretty similar to the last update.

DECEiFER

Raoul wrote: »

There is a new gmail app and calendar, camera, messaging...loads more. Also a new google music app but it is pretty similar to the last update.

At this point I'll just wait, I think. As soon as the factory images are out I'm going to flash them as I think my phone needs a good clean-up.

Did your random rebooting problem go away?

Raoul

It was actually my gfs phone. I flashed slimkat on to her phone after a full factory reset and it had stopped for a while but then started again. Still not as frequent as before but she needs to get onto google asap.

If you want to zip file with all the apks send me a pm with your email.

DECEiFER

Raoul wrote: »

It was actually my gfs phone. I flashed slimkat on to her phone after a full factory reset and it had stopped for a while but then started again. Still not as frequent as before but she needs to get onto google asap.

If you want to zip file with all the apks send me a pm with your email.

Yeah, get onto Google (if you didn't use Flubit or any third-party seller) or LG (in any purchase case), since it's still in warranty.

Sure, I'll PM you now, thank you. Having them all in a zip file will make it easier and worth it for the next few weeks.

MentalMario

Anybody having any problems with charging on the Nexus 4?

Mine has gone dead twice when charging it over night in the past few weeks...with 2 different chargers.

Rida

Are there any shops in Ireland that will fix the nexus 4 software for me. Im constantly stuck in the bootloader and no matter what I try I cannot fix it

DECEiFER

Rida wrote: »

Are there any shops in Ireland that will fix the nexus 4 software for me. Im constantly stuck in the bootloader and no matter what I try I cannot fix it

Have you tried flashing the latest factory image yourself?

illdoit2morrow

Rida wrote: »

Are there any shops in Ireland that will fix the nexus 4 software for me. Im constantly stuck in the bootloader and no matter what I try I cannot fix it

I've used this to sort out my N7, works a treat.

Be sure to read the instructions.

xtal191

How much should I get for a perfect condition 16gb Nexus 4 with box and all accessories??

BionicRasher

xtal191 wrote: »

How much should I get for a perfect condition 16gb Nexus 4 with box and all accessories??

Maybe have a look here at an indication of the price
https://ie.webuy.com

Mayo Yid

sugarman wrote: »

Stick on Adverts for €200 and go from there

Not worth anywhere near that, battery would be well used at this stage and it's not removable

Raoul

Mayo Yid wrote: »

Not worth anywhere near that, battery would be well used at this stage and it's not removable

The battery is fairly easily replaced

Mayo Yid

Raoul wrote: »

The battery is fairly easily replaced

Not for a novice, price would need to reflect that. EBay is also full of Chinese clones that don't last long

Raoul

It is. Trust me...it is only opening a couple up the back of the device by opening a few screws and prying out the battery. Anyone could do it.

Mayo Yid

Raoul wrote: »

It is. Trust me...it is only opening a couple up the back of the device by opening a few screws and prying out the battery. Anyone could do it.

To you and me yes, but the use if the words prise and screws on something they spent 200 quid on would have lots of people uneasy.

Price needs to cover cost of replacement battery, I would say 150-170 is a fairer price

xtal191

Battery is fine on my phone. Also on adverts I'd have to put it up for 200 to even get offers of 150-170.

DECEiFER

Lollipop factory images are out for Nexus devices but at the time of typing this the Nexus 4 doesn't have one. Hoping it will be by the end of the day. The Nexus 7 2012 has one already so...

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

Raoul

What ROM do you use? I am using slim kat. Very fast.

illdoit2morrow

Question, will I get Android L OTA if my phone is rooted, running stock Android 4.4.4 but with the Franco Kernel?

robo

Any Nexus 4 users that have not rooted got 5.0 L yet?

Mayo Yid

robo wrote: »

Any Nexus 4 users that have not rooted got 5.0 L yet?

No Nexus has got the OTA update yet, any minute now. The factory image for the Nexus 4 hasn't even been released though, all others have, so you may be waiting a little longer.