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Anyone else having issues with buttons?

I bought the NS last week on Thursday and the back button seems to stick a lot and I have to press a lot harder. The other 3 buttons work perfect so I'm just curious if anyone else is having similar issues. I'm guessing I'll have to test it back because it's quite annoying having to press it 3-4 times just to get it to work.

I had to exchange mine yesterday because the back button would disappear and become completely unresponsive...

I also exchanged one that had this issue.

The search button and home button did not work for me when I first turned it on. They worked after I restarted it.

No button problems here
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My buttons haven't had any problems thus far

Make sure you have that factory screen protector off. I've had it happed with my Vibrant, but once I took it off, everything was actually working fine.

Glad to see I'm not the only one but it sucks that I have to exchange it though and re root it all over again.

the back button sucks in general Ive gone through 2 but I still have the plastic maybe thats my problem

Ive also had that issue best buy replaced it for me. This units back button works great.
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New user, some problems

Hey all, pretty new here. Just want to share some experience I am having with the new phone I got today.
I bought it from HK for around $575 AUD shipped, which is an awesome price for such a nice phone. Locally cost around $600-700.
When it came this morning, the camera was showing the common red spot issue. After doing some research I have upgraded from KG2 kernal to KE7 using Odin. However now it is a bit blue in the center. Doesnt seem like they fixed the problem completely.
Another issue I have is that the back button (right of home button) seems to make some "delay, lag, not responsive"? I may press it around 5 times and it will not work for 1 time. I test it by pressing the "application icon" and "back" several time and usually miss a few "backs to home screen".
Last, while typing using the stock Samsung keyboard. I also noticed that the "back delete" button not responsive as well. It will miss maybe 1 in 5 presses. I did fix this problem by installing another keyboard (I liked the HTC one as I was using the Desire HD before dropping it and completely smashing the phone )
Anyone else experiencing similar or same problem as me? I really like the design, speed of this phone. But there are just some things that are not so perfect and I want to see if I should go back to the dealer and exchange a phone or something. I dont want to ship it all the way back to HK thou, I might get a replacement with the same problem.
Thanks
Tony

Regarding Home Screen Lag,
1- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084388
2- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068792&highlight=Home+button+lag
Regarding Camera issue, update your Camera firmware, I don't have any Red/blue spot issues on my KF3 though,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098834
Can't say about keyboard.
Regards.

ithehappy said:
Regarding Home Screen Lag,
1- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084388
2- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068792&highlight=Home+button+lag
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Not sure if my back button issue the same thing with the above. I dont have much lag going to the home screen, maybe 0.5sec max. It just that I use the same pressure pressing the back button, sometime it works sometime it doesnt.
ithehappy said:
Regarding Camera issue, update your Camera firmware, I don't have any Red/blue spot issues on my KF3 though,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098834
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Followed the thread and the phone say my camera firmware is already the latest and no need for any updates. in the morning is light red, night time is light blue.

I noticed that when i was on the KG3 firmware the camera red spot was gone. Don't know if this is the same for everyone. Although I never transferred the pictures to my computer to really check if the red spot exists on actual pictures.

TonyxTony said:
Another issue I have is that the back button (right of home button) seems to make some "delay, lag, not responsive"? I may press it around 5 times and it will not work for 1 time. I test it by pressing the "application icon" and "back" several time and usually miss a few "backs to home screen".
Tony
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This seems to be an emerging issue, first unit had a very unresponsive back button when I updated it to XXKF3 it became a bit more responsive but still far from what it was compared to the S1, the 2nd phone I got had a responsiveness exactly like the main touch screen (which is great) the 3rd phone I have now is not as bad as the first one but not as responsive as the last one either.. 3 of my friends also reported the same issue.

Yup,had my first phone replaced because of the back button issue and the yellow tint. It was only registering 80% of my presses. I thought I was the only one with the back button issue. Samsung and their quality issues again
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Got a replacement, back button all good. Camera has no red spot but a little blue (fine for 80% of the time + outdoor)
Now I am just getting abit of lag in the home screen. I wonder if flashing the rom will help it? Can anyone suggest a really fast rom?
Thanks alot
Tony

I think that the home buttom lag is due to the applicattion that gets the voice recognition, that is launched when you press home twice. When you press home buttom the system waits a little bit for the second press. If you install a rom with this app without installing or you freeze the app with Titanium Backup you wont have that lag.

So many problems out of the box.
Just return the phone. You can send it back as a DOA under the first week.
Dont wait for any magic software updates. Usualy they dont solve anything.

Is my touchscreen dieing?

I was running an older Paramid version of dunphp's ROM, and right before swtching the ROM my touch screen start to not function. I could not pull the ring up to unlock the screen. I rebooted multiple times. Cleared Dalvik and fixed permissions. It finally worked after attemptiing to unlock it for what seem like abother 500 times.
I was going to change over to his latest Deisre HD ROM anyway. So I did a Task 29, and cleaned and reinstalled everything from scratch. It worked perfectly for about 5 days. Now I am getting the same issue with my touch screen. It just seems to go out. Is this typically what happens when it's about to die?

Never mind. I Task29, and flashed a Windows Mobile ROM just to see, and yeah...it's dead...

cmajewsk said:
Never mind. I Task29, and flashed a Windows Mobile ROM just to see, and yeah...it's dead...
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You have semi-dead digitizer. But it is nothing you can't temporarily fix every time it happens. Just push red (end call) button really hard for a while and it will get fixed for a while. I recommend you using button savior and lock screen with it and unlock with any other button than red one, it should be permanently fixed then. Please hit the thanks button if I helped you.

lolkoz said:
You have semi-dead digitizer. But it is nothing you can't temporarily fix every time it happens. Just push red (end call) button really hard for a while and it will get fixed for a while. I recommend you using button savior and lock screen with it and unlock with any other button than red one, it should be permanently fixed then. Please hit the thanks button if I helped you.
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I hit the thanks button as you gave me hope. I am currently using my old TouchPro 2 with an old NRG Titanium Rom on it for the time being, but will try this today. I’ll install “button savior”, but what am I supposed to do with the app? What settings do I run? I think you are totally right about this, as I noticed when I was unlocking my phone, using the green call button worked most often, but now that’s not even working.

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I hit the thanks button as you gave me hope. I am currently using my old TouchPro 2 with an old NRG Titanium Rom on it for the time being, but will try this today. I’ll install “button savior”, but what am I supposed to do with the app? What settings do I run? I think you are totally right about this, as I noticed when I was unlocking my phone, using the green call button worked most often, but now that’s not even working.
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Yes, I have exactly the same problem as you have. My phone was working flawlessly for like a year and a half, but last week all of a sudden the touchscreen sometimes didn't work and sometimes it did. So I tried literally everything, I was fixing my permisions all the time, wiping dalvik, task29, remaking parrtitions, even bought a new sd card. But few days ago I found a solution, by pushing red button really hard (because the digitizer is right behind it) and not using it after. The Button Savior app is a simple app that makes a very little transparent icon on your screen and when you tap it, the menu of buttons will come up (with the same buttons as your hard buttons on your device) so every time you will want to lock the device you will do it on your screen, and won't have to push the hard button and come through all the hassle of pushing the digitizer. I really hope I helped you, as this very same problem was driving my crazy for the past few days.

lolkoz said:
Yes, I have exactly the same problem as you have. My phone was working flawlessly for like a year and a half, but last week all of a sudden the touchscreen sometimes didn't work and sometimes it did. So I tried literally everything, I was fixing my permisions all the time, wiping dalvik, task29, remaking parrtitions, even bought a new sd card. But few days ago I found a solution, by pushing red button really hard (because the digitizer is right behind it) and not using it after. The Button Savior app is a simple app that makes a very little transparent icon on your screen and when you tap it, the menu of buttons will come up (with the same buttons as your hard buttons on your device) so every time you will want to lock the device you will do it on your screen, and won't have to push the hard button and come through all the hassle of pushing the digitizer. I really hope I helped you, as this very same problem was driving my crazy for the past few days.
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Nah, that didn't work...my digitizer must be completely dead. I held the Red Button for a while and holding it down really hard...made no difference..oh well guess a dumb phone until the Prime comes out....thanks anyway.

cmajewsk said:
Nah, that didn't work...my digitizer must be completely dead. I held the Red Button for a while and holding it down really hard...made no difference..oh well guess a dumb phone until the Prime comes out....thanks anyway.
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Aww, that's a shame. I really tought it would help. It doesn't work every time, maybe you can try it few more times. If it's not even then going to work, then maybe you should get your digitizer replaced.
Cheers

lolkoz said:
Aww, that's a shame. I really tought it would help. It doesn't work every time, maybe you can try it few more times. If it's not even then going to work, then maybe you should get your digitizer replaced.
Cheers
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How long do you hold the red button? Also, I am pushing down really hard. I didn't know you could get the digitizer replaced...I wonder who would do that (no way would I send it to HTC and wait a month), and how much that costs...?

HTC sends phones back crazy quick. Atleast that's how it was for me. They actually sent it back the day they got it from what I remember. It did take a while though for the phone to arrive to HTC (this depend who and from where you send it though) If your phone still has warranty I seriously recommended you send it yo HTC. Just remember to flash it 100% stock before sending it.
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Well believe it or not, after pressing the Red phone off button for an eternity and applying a ton of pressure, it's working. I am sure it won't be for long. I have a shortcut to lock the phone on the screen. So basically your saying I should stay away from hitting the Red phone off button, or else that will kill it again? What about the other hard buttons?
I am in the UAE at present, so it might be better for me to just order a digitizer and do the repair myself. I see there are a lot of YouTube videos on the subject.
Thanks everyone for your help!

[Q] Touchscreen problem: hardware or software?

Hey
I had my Nexus 4 for a while now and today suddenly I have a problem with my touchscreen. It suddenly happend, it didn't fall or nothing.
So, the problem: there is a part of the screen that doesn't function properly. It's at a certain y value or height. It noticed this today when I wanted to swipe down the notification bar. Half the time it flips back up or doesn't do anything at all, sometimes it does work. If I swipe "fast" before that height, it usually works.
I downloaded an app to test the touchscreen and at that height it registers 2 or more fingers or it snaps above or under that line.
Can I fix this or do I need to bring it back for warranty? Is this a software or hardware issue? I also did a reset, but that didn't help...
I uploaded some videos to illustrate (can't post links so insert this in the youtube links please):
1. The problem: /watch?v=kNLbSU0smcw
2. Test: /watch?v=B8ERuBtYeBA
Edit: When I hold the phone horizontally, the notification bar works perfectly.
Many thanks,
Aaron

Update: from yesterday until now the screen was even worse, like I was touching it with 100 fingers, it went totally crazy...
A few hours later it works perfectly normal again
Any ideas?

Ok, I still have this problem...
However, the problem is present and I switch a few time to the lockscreen and back, it's fixed most the time. So I think this must be a software issue.
Maybe undoing a few updates might help? What's the best way to do that?

Are you on a Custom ROM / Kernel? If so, go back to stock ROM and Kernel and see if the problem still exists.

No, never used other roms, kernels or rooted..
Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk

Maser00 said:
No, never used other roms, kernels or rooted..
Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk
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Strange, it's probably a problem with the phone then.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

I have the exact same issue.. Did you manage to solve it?

Nope, but sometimes I can use it like a week with no problem and sometimes I have it everyday.
At first I thought it might be because of the low temperature in my bedroom, but I tested it and I don't think that's the reason. I removed the cover I bought too, but I need to use it a bit longer to be sure it doesn't happen without cover. After that I'll put on the cover again and check again.

Is it possible that it happens when it is charging? Mine does this when it is charging.

No, as far as I know it's not affected by charging. The first time I had this problem I just picked it up from my desk..

I had touch screen issues as well, less than one month after getting the phone.
Occasionally, after pressing the power button to power up the display, the touch screen would not be responsive. I need to turn off/turn on the display again for it to work. It finally conked out one day when the entire part used for soft keys doesn't work anymore. Just an instant before this happened the touch screen started acting crazy for a few seconds.
Had the touch screen and LCD replaced under warranty.
The problem now is there's a bright white blob in the upper right corner of the LCD, and the proximity sensor sometimes doesn't work, resulting in no display when making or receiving a call.

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Is it possible that it happens when it is charging? Mine does this when it is charging.
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I have the same problem. I am using an other USB adapter for loading. And while the N4 is charging the screen responds like crazy. It often detects two fingers instead of one... And using the keyboard is impossible... If I use the original USB adapter it works with no problems...
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I know it might be a stupid and useless answer, but have you tried cleaning the screen?
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fmartinezjr said:
I had touch screen issues as well, less than one month after getting the phone.
Occasionally, after pressing the power button to power up the display, the touch screen would not be responsive. I need to turn off/turn on the display again for it to work. It finally conked out one day when the entire part used for soft keys doesn't work anymore. Just an instant before this happened the touch screen started acting crazy for a few seconds.
Had the touch screen and LCD replaced under warranty.
The problem now is there's a bright white blob in the upper right corner of the LCD, and the proximity sensor sometimes doesn't work, resulting in no display when making or receiving a call.
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Yeah, turning the display on/off a few times (so lock/unlock) helps sometimes. The warranty is a bit of a problem here, I bought it in Germany (MediaMarkt), but I live in Belgium. I tried registering at the LG site (Belgian version), but no option to select a Nexus 4 there for support... I did a live chat at the LG site, explained my problem and the helpdesk guy just left the chat I tried to contact them using Twitter, but they never replied. I asked MediaMarkt and they said I'd have to bring it in the a German MediaMarkt... It's a long way to Germany, so I'd rather not do that unless I can't solve it and they reject the warranty in Belgium (although they are obliged to).
I'm also worried that I'd get an even worse phone, like the problems you have with your new phone :s

Maser00 said:
Yeah, turning the display on/off a few times (so lock/unlock) helps sometimes. The warranty is a bit of a problem here, I bought it in Germany (MediaMarkt), but I live in Belgium. I tried registering at the LG site (Belgian version), but no option to select a Nexus 4 there for support... I did a live chat at the LG site, explained my problem and the helpdesk guy just left the chat I tried to contact them using Twitter, but they never replied. I asked MediaMarkt and they said I'd have to bring it in the a German MediaMarkt... It's a long way to Germany, so I'd rather not do that unless I can't solve it and they reject the warranty in Belgium (although they are obliged to).
I'm also worried that I'd get an even worse phone, like the problems you have with your new phone :s
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Ok..I have a RaZr and this happened to me too. One fine day. Playing a game. In the middle of nowhere. I was scared. S*it scared. So what did i do?
I just did a soft reboot. Pressing the right combination of keys and the phone reboots.
Also, here is a very long drawn attempt, but can u try doing a wipe data/dalvik/cache?
Go into stock recovery and do the rest.
It may help, it may not help.
WARNING: YOU WILL LOSE ALL DATA while doing this.
And oh: I am sorry but I think this is a hardware issue. I may be wrong.

I had the same issue with my EVO LTE. It would go away and come back just like yours. It wasn't a software problem , so I sent it in under warranty and they're fixing it free of charge.
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YeledKaki said:
I know it might be a stupid and useless answer, but have you tried cleaning the screen?
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That was my first thought. But yes I cleaned the screen and my fingers
But as I said after removing the USB power it works normal again.
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PROGUERAM said:
Ok..I have a RaZr and this happened to me too. One fine day. Playing a game. In the middle of nowhere. I was scared. S*it scared. So what did i do?
I just did a soft reboot. Pressing the right combination of keys and the phone reboots.
Also, here is a very long drawn attempt, but can u try doing a wipe data/dalvik/cache?
Go into stock recovery and do the rest.
It may help, it may not help.
WARNING: YOU WILL LOSE ALL DATA while doing this.
And oh: I am sorry but I think this is a hardware issue. I may be wrong.
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What's the combination? I'll try remove that folder if the problem occurs again.
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I had the same issue with my EVO LTE. It would go away and come back just like yours. It wasn't a software problem , so I sent it in under warranty and they're fixing it free of charge.
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Yeah, but the warranty isn't easy to get...

scherfa said:
I have the same problem. I am using an other USB adapter for loading. And while the N4 is charging the screen responds like crazy. It often detects two fingers instead of one... And using the keyboard is impossible... If I use the original USB adapter it works with no problems...
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I bought a cheap usb charger facing the same problem with touchscreen on my iphone 4 and also with nexus 4. I threw it away and I'm using the original, but if you want to replace it pay attention to the cheap one
Sorry for my bad english, I'm italian, greetings from Italy

You have to have a custom recovery to wipe cache. Just reboot into it and select wipe cache
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Power button seems to be dying

Hey there
I just started having with my power button. If I click it usually does one of two options . 1 doesn't respond at all. 2 turns on and immediately off.
It just started this week.
Any way to fix this ? Its kinda annoying .
Do you guys have this problem as well?
Ariel
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arik100 said:
Hey there
I just started having with my power button. If I click it usually does one of two options . 1 doesn't respond at all. 2 turns on and immediately off.
It just started this week.
Any way to fix this ? Its kinda annoying .
Do you guys have this problem as well?
Ariel
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If your rooted, you can try ''Touch Control''
It's on the playstore. It enables to lock and unlock your device just by sweeping the screen.
You need to be rooted and have a kernel which supports modules (franco kernel for example).
I can provide more help if you want to go through this process.
If you really want to have the power button fixed, replace it. It could be the outer part, or the switch (small circuit board).
Both can be ordered from eBay.

you can also use volume rocker to wake... but you need a custom rom

I have the same problem.. It started becoming worse after the 4.3 update... Guess it's a software bug... I'm expecting a fix.. Let's hope so..

gauthamnaidu said:
I have the same problem.. It started becoming worse after the 4.3 update... Guess it's a software bug... I'm expecting a fix.. Let's hope so..
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Its not a software problem, Its the power button had ordered one thru the service center should come in a weeks time will update once i replace it with the new one.

it gets worse. Just rma the device.