Does built-in battery irk you? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I used to have Sensation. Good piece of hardware inherited by my wife had removable one. Working outside I used to swap batteries. Now I'm forced to use external battery what is awkward.
I know many people don't care about it, but why they make life more complicated? Besides that I love my nexus
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Not as much as someone who posts a thread, thats been done to death, and should have searched and found the thread regarding batteries to post in.

I get 5-6 hours screen time on a full charge, so no, it doesn't bother me.

Ordered a phone with a non-removable battery and when it came, guess what? It had a non-removable battery. I am utterly shocked and disgusted with Google. I just don't know how I will cope with this.

Coming from RAZR with non removable battery so doesn't bother me.
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I don't care. first phone without it.
If it becomes an issue for whatever reason I'll start caring.

I'm kind of irked by it as I've had to pull the battery to unfreeze a phone on many occasions.
My Nexus S hasn't been that frequently, only twice in a year or so, but our Sensation 4G seems to need it 2x a month.
Will be sad if the N4 needs it... I guess I'll just wait for the battery to die and hope the screen doesn't burn.

surferdude73 said:
I'm kind of irked by it as I've had to pull the battery to unfreeze a phone on many occasions.
My Nexus S hasn't been that frequently, only twice in a year or so, but our Sensation 4G seems to need it 2x a month.
Will be sad if the N4 needs it... I guess I'll just wait for the battery to die and hope the screen doesn't burn.
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Cant you just hold down the power button?
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surferdude73 said:
I'm kind of irked by it as I've had to pull the battery to unfreeze a phone on many occasions.
My Nexus S hasn't been that frequently, only twice in a year or so, but our Sensation 4G seems to need it 2x a month.
Will be sad if the N4 needs it... I guess I'll just wait for the battery to die and hope the screen doesn't burn.
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Ever heard of a virtual battery pull?
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Maybe someone will make an extended battery case
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There's only 2 screws holding the back cover on, so i'm sure 3rd party batteries will be popping up on the interweb eventually.

surferdude73 said:
I'm kind of irked by it as I've had to pull the battery to unfreeze a phone on many occasions.
My Nexus S hasn't been that frequently, only twice in a year or so, but our Sensation 4G seems to need it 2x a month.
Will be sad if the N4 needs it... I guess I'll just wait for the battery to die and hope the screen doesn't burn.
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Phones have a hard reset, most of them you do it by holding the power button.... Haven't tried with the n4
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jmejiaa said:
Phones have a hard reset, most of them you do it by holding the power button.... Haven't tried with the n4
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Yep, holding the power button down for 10 seconds is even stated in the manual

Coming from phones that had removable battery's that I never actually removed... I'm not bothered at all!
Besides, it's not 'technically' non-removable, if such a time comes that I need to replace it, I can, without ****ing my phone up.
Phil

kerman19 said:
Coming from phones that had removable battery's that I never actually removed... I'm not bothered at all!
Besides, it's not 'technically' non-removable, if such a time comes that I need to replace it, I can, without ****ing my phone up.
Phil
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had 2 iPhones previously so non-removable battery is no issue for me. same with no SD card (i saw this as a luxury on my GS2).
Only thing i would like is authentic LTE and a more sensitive touch screen.

czaplin said:
I used to have Sensation. Good piece of hardware inherited by my wife had removable one. Working outside I used to swap batteries. Now I'm forced to use external battery what is awkward.
I know many people don't care about it, but why they make life more complicated? Besides that I love my nexus
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Hey bro, I used to have the Sensation too!!! But this device is good without the external batteries...

Well, 5/6 hours is not enough for me... sorry Google!!

gagdude said:
Ever heard of a virtual battery pull?
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No. Is this the same as a hard reset? If so, then Yes.
jmejiaa said:
Phones have a hard reset, most of them you do it by holding the power button.... Haven't tried with the n4
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Wasn't aware this worked if the phone was frozen. Guess I need to look it up for the Sensation, that case is a pain in the rear.
jacklebott said:
Yep, holding the power button down for 10 seconds is even stated in the manual
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TIL. Out of thanks. Will come back and get you peeps tomorrow.
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Well, 5/6 hours is not enough for me... sorry Google!!
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I got 14.5hrs out of mine yesterday, the screen was on for probably 5 straight hours + ~100 minutes of phone conversation. What the heck are you doing with it?

surferdude73 said:
No. Is this the same as a hard reset? If so, then Yes.
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Other people explained, that's what I was talking about. On the N4 its pushing down the power button for x seconds, on the HTC One series its the same.
On the iphone its home+power for x seconds
Simulates a battery pull, which is cutting off all power to the device
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gagdude said:
Other people explained, that's what I was talking about. On the N4 its pushing down the power button for x seconds, on the HTC One series its the same.
On the iphone its home+power for x seconds
Simulates a battery pull, which is cutting off all power to the device
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Yep, thanks for the info, guess I'm too old school and just yank the battery. Know I know.
Thanks given for the answers!
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Can't turn on the phone...

hello, i need help badly i cannot turn on my phone... when i try to turn it on the red light flashes a coumple times but nothing happens... also i cannot connect it to computer in flash mode... and i tried to charge it over the night but nothing happened.... what can i do?
Have you tried a different battery? The flashing red light I believe means a dead battery. So try a different battery
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Voelker45 said:
Have you tried a different battery? The flashing red light I believe means a dead battery. So try a different battery
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i only have one battery if nothing else works i may buy a new one...
Remote the battery, plug in and turn on the charger. Wait for a while and put the battery back into the phone.
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more than likely a dead battery,had this a few times, but it can be a faulty handset, its getting kinda hard to defend the x10 as much as i adore it, iv had 3 brand new x10s in 4 months thank the lord for warranty, feel sorry for the other 20 million people with dead x10z!
andddy said:
more than likely a dead battery,had this a few times, but it can be a faulty handset, its getting kinda hard to defend the x10 as much as i adore it, iv had 3 brand new x10s in 4 months thank the lord for warranty, feel sorry for the other 20 million people with dead x10z!
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Yeah I had to get a replacement also for the op same issue. My second x10 might go the same route so I bought an ATRIX.
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You tried posting the correct section?
HINT HINT

Nexus 4 queations

1) what happens if you need to perform a battery pull?
2)How is the speaker on this compared to Galaxy Nexus?
3)Biggest gripe minus LTE?
Thank you for the responses very much. So much on the fence to this phone or not.
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To question 1: hold down power for 10 seconds. Reboots. Works every time.
Sweet I was wondering about due to no removable battery door.
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2. speaker is great.
3. biggest gripe? probably finding one in stock to buy!
zephiK said:
3. biggest gripe? probably finding one in stock to buy!
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I almost said that!
Really though, if you can get your hands on one, you'll be happy.
1. Answered above
2. Never owned a galaxy nexus, but yes speaker is loud and clear
3. battery life. A custom kernel should fix this, but I haven't gone around to root it yet. Maybe a software update would help
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estallings15 said:
I almost said that!
Really though, if you can get your hands on one, you'll be happy.
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It's what happened to me when I wanted to order one. I decided i wanted one and BAM it went sold out.
Then luckily a hour later, Google Play Store says its not sold out and orders resumed
Right on guys thanks for some responses. I'm at a Christmas party playing rob your neighbor. I think I'm going to get it or s3 I just hate that F N button on S3
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Grizzly420 said:
Right on guys thanks for some responses. I'm at a Christmas party playing rob your neighbor. I think I'm going to get it or s3 I just hate that F N button on S3
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Yeah, that button is as ugly as sin.
estallings15 said:
Yeah, that button is as ugly as sin.
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Especially the Menu button
I think the specs are great. If I can get 3-5megs I think I can be totally happy on at&t. It will work at my property and that means a lot. I've been at Verizon for a very long time makes me nervous leaving. Even though I know GSM is the way to go
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Biggest issue with this phone is I can't stop playing with it. There is a heap of development already and it's only been out a short time.
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The People who Ordered Near end of Janurary

Many of my friends have ordered on the first day it came back instock and have recieved Rev11 Phones.
They told me that their phones back easily crack for no reason at all...
I am going to have my phone delivered tomorrow.
Why do they crack so easily?
I think that everyone that ordered after the restock will get rev11.
I just got mines tonight. How do I know which rev it is?
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Crisisx1 said:
I just got mines tonight. How do I know which rev it is?
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Load into your boot loader. when your phone is off, hold the power and volume down button.
The phone does not crack by itself. Most of those people forgot what happened therefore they blame the phone.
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imtiax said:
Why do they crack so easily?
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Because it is glass. Duh. If you are a person who drops their phone a lot, get a good case. Another revision isn't going to change this. For some reason, people on this forum are too caught up in the revision number. Rarely do new hardware revisions have any noticeable change to function. Generally they are done to improve the speed or cost of production.
The.Penguin said:
Load into your boot loader. when your phone is off, hold the power and volume down button.
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Mine says rev11. I hope I don't have any problems.
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Anyone still here?

Is anyone still here or developing for this phone?
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Jaggar345 said:
Is anyone still here or developing for this phone?
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I was trying learn while flashing different mods, but don't have too much time to actually learn enough to do much good.
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I will be until both mine brick
After dropping this phone in the toilet, it doesn't like to charge anymore; it's a pita every time to give it a quarter charge... Sooo... I might release the package i have right now, and go into semi-retirement xP
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trailblazer101 said:
After dropping this phone in the toilet, it doesn't like to charge anymore; it's a pita every time to give it a quarter charge... Sooo... I might release the package i have right now, and go into semi-retirement xP
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So what phone do you plan on using now?
trailblazer101 said:
After dropping this phone in the toilet, it doesn't like to charge anymore; it's a pita every time to give it a quarter charge... Sooo... I might release the package i have right now, and go into semi-retirement xP
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If it doesn't like to charge anymore then its from the battery getting wet maybe. When my sons continy drowned in his backpack from a water bottle I dried it out for awhile in rice, battery too.
Amazon has cheap bats and extended bats and case for continuum.
ciscogee said:
If it doesn't like to charge anymore then its from the battery getting wet maybe. When my sons continy drowned in his backpack from a water bottle I dried it out for awhile in rice, battery too.
Amazon has cheap bats and extended bats and case for continuum.
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Yeah, that might be the case in part, but there is also the issue of the phone registering that is is plugged in only after twisting and bending the cord around the phone in a certain manner... It isn't the cord, because I tried it with like four others--it is definitely the phone itself... I think i'll keep this phone though until the Sammy S IV is released (and unlockable by devs ) for Verizon off contract So I still have some time to fiddle around!
I bought an external battery charger for mine off ebay for 5, I saw some for a little more with a battery. Then it wouldn't have to charge via the phone and you would have an extra battery.
Having said all that, are you working on one last great master mod release. Your continuum magnum opus?
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jaycush said:
I bought an external battery charger for mine off ebay for 5, I saw some for a little more with a battery. Then it wouldn't have to charge via the phone and you would have an extra battery.
Having said all that, are you working on one last great master mod release. Your continuum magnum opus?
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That's what I've got. The desk charger came with a "Y" usb cord so I can have one battery charging in the charger and still plug the phone in. It's great having that second battery, if the phone gets low just swap them out and go. And it is a factory Samsung battery, so no issues with it.
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I had an extended battery for mine when it was daily driver. Now mine is sitting in a draw so if you need anything testes I don't mine flashing it, I just need to flash to gb first since I went to froyo because the gb leak kept boot looping.
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[Q] Water damage

So I got pushed in the pool and needless to say phone got wet, turned it off immediately and shoved it in a bowl of rice, after a week when I plug it in to a power source it says battery is full and boot loops now if I hold the V down it goes into the bootloader screen but the power button doesn't let me select anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: I can get to TWRP but won't fully boot up, also I noticed there isn't a battery percentage in TWRP. Battery dead?
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Have who ever pushed you in buy you a new phone.
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hegemytouch said:
Have who ever pushed you in buy you a new phone.
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I wish it was that easy, it was girlfriends dad, and apparently my phone is too expensive for him.
nmespinosa said:
I wish it was that easy, it was girlfriends dad, and apparently my phone is too expensive for him.
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You should break up with her lol
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spaceman860 said:
You should break up with her lol
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lol again not as easy, thanks for the support tho
Open it up and look inside by power button connection, it might be corroded. Just use a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol (dont use alot just a small amount and scrub til corrosion is gone) then let it dry and put everything back together.
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nmespinosa said:
lol again not as easy, thanks for the support tho
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Since you can get into recovery try flashing a ROM and see if it boots up
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spaceman860 said:
Since you can get into recovery try flashing a ROM and see if it boots up
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That's the problem tho, as soon as I unplug it it dies, I'm pretty sure the battery is fried. I ordered another one already it was only $30 so I'll try that.

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