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Is your power button hard to press?

It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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crossover37 said:
It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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Um... it's easy to press and it ' clicks ' for me.

Foxy Roxy said:
Um... it's easy to press and it ' clicks ' for me.
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crossover37 said:
It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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a little on the soft / mushy side. requires a focused press for sure. in the official bumper however there is a satisfying click.

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I have the same...issue? It's not so much an issue as it is something I wish were a little different.
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Can't tell you, Google still has my phone

By hard to press you mean hard to find?
Takes sometime to get used to the button position, you know.

Moved to Q&A

PGM Nexus will hopefully be updated to support the n4 soon; awesome application!

No click, hard to press and mushy and way to high on the side.
Volume is the same way.
Bad design, just like placing the speaker on the back of a completely flat surface, who the heck approves these...

Maybe a few of you have sort of a defective button? ( as in not working as intended )
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Easy to press but I always seem to be pressing the volume rocker at the same time. I like the top power button location on my Sensation 4G better.

crossover37 said:
It seems my power button is hard to press. There's not much of a click so I sometimes I don't know if I pressed it. I wonder I need a replacement.
How's the power button on your Nexus 4?
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I have the same problem. Its not by any means AWFUL but there are many times I attempt to press it and it doesn't press.

My power button also doesn't feel as solid as the volume rocker.
I'm afraid it will become unresponsive later.

Ok so it seems I'm not the only one with a mushy power button. I don't have a definite click that's for sure.
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Power button is good, volume down sticks though. Contemplating exchanging it
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[Q] Does the N4 come with a default screen capture?

Hey all multiple times I have wanted to take screen shots and I was wondering does the nexus 4 come with a default screen capture or do I need to download one of the apps to do this. I know some androids are starting to come with this feature default finally such as the S3.
Also can anyone give me a reason as to why screen captures have not been implemented by Google. Legal issues with apple? No reason?
Thanks all

Press power and volume down together.
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nyijedi said:
Press power and volume down together.
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I have tried this many times and so far it has never worked. Maybe I am just challenged

Yep power and volume down and hold it for a few seconds together then it will take a screen shot
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That button combo (pwr + vol-down) doesn't work for me while the desktop is showing, but it works with an app in the foreground. Even works in the INFO screen.

Thanks guy helped me plenty! Just didn't hold down the buttons down long enough

I can take a screenshot anywhere, just have to hold both buttons for a couple seconds. Even works on the lock screen!

Ya u gotta hold it til it takes the shot
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why my nexus 4 doesn't take a screen shot when pressing power and volume down button

I'm running stock, haven't changed a thing since getting it from Google play.
Need HELP!!
Thank you!
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Are you doing it simultaneously? Give it like a second or two before releasing
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press the power button first and the the volume down button...and then wait for your INSTANT WIN!!

need to press them the same time. its a little tricky at the start but you'll get used to it.

or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE

Sparta507 said:
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
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no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.

zephiK said:
no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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strobex said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It's very tricky. I said the same thing when I was doing it on my galaxy Nexus but got the hang of it.
Place your hand on the volume down and power button before pressing them and then hold them both at the same time until your phone makes a screen shot animation.
I will give Samsung this though the slide to screen shot is very intuitive on the touch wiz platform.
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eminemead said:
thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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Oh so that's why. Since the new diztronics cover the buttons, it's probably not being pressed correctly.
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joshnichols189 said:
It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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I was about to start *****in hard ..but got it to work
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zephiK said:
It's very tricky. Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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It's actually not lol.

cloud1111 said:
It's actually not lol.
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Tell that to the people who had difficulties
It is tricky at the beginning but like I said over again and again, once you know how to do it. It's not tricky and is very easy to do. I understand depending what case they have on it may be trickier because the case covers the buttons that all of us overlooked

Screen shot working on Nexus 4 after trying this!!!!
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.

PTS_Nexus_4 said:
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.
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Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.

ceag235 said:
Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
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My nexus had the same problem... and yes, I know how to take screenshots...
But by doing this the problem was solved... thanx man!

physical volume button backward?

Is it just me or is the volume button configured backward on the nexus 10? If you hold the nexus 10 vertically, the top button turns down the volume and the bottom button turns up the volume? If you hold the nexus horizontal like it should be hold, it kinda make sense the right button increases the volume and the left button decreases the volume. I just found it odd because the iPad is the opposite.
Is this normal on the nexus 10?

Yes its normal. Nexus 10 is made to be used mainly in landscape therefore the buttons are set up for landscape.
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It is normal. Hopefully a mod will appear that'll reverse it to what it should be.

Jotokun said:
It is normal. Hopefully a mod will appear that'll reverse it to what it should be.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35202436
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I guess if you are using an app that auto rotates clockwise then it would feel backwards but I usually rotate mine anti clockwise when I'm browsing in portrait anyway so I never actually noticed this.
To be fair though i often find that if I am picking up and putting down my nexus 10 I might go over an hour without realising its upside down so observation is not a strength.
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It does depend on which way up you hold the nexus in portrait mode.
If the power button is at bottem left then the volume buttons are correct.
Maybe what should be happening is that the volume controls change over as you rotate the nexus. Therefore when the power button is top right the volume button nearest the power button would be volume up.
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Would be awesome if the rocker switched when you went from landscape to portrait. So it is intuitive either way.
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Nvm.

Yeah but I was looking for it to stay the same in landscape mode but change in portrait. From what I was reading that would change both.
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Tesla67 said:
Yeah but I was looking for it to stay the same in landscape mode but change in portrait. From what I was reading that would change both.
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this would make my dream come true. Until TweetDeck locked itself in a single position in portrait mode and wouldn't auto rotate 180 degrees, I just assumed I was holding the device upsidedown!

I wonder if there's a way to remap the buttons based on orientation in Tasker. I need to look into this.

Look at Liquidsmooth RC2, it has in its changelog that the volume buttons swap when screen rotates:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38884999&postcount=16

Please let me know if you find a way. I'm very interested in this topic.
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CyanogenMod has the feature. Problem solved!
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Not able to screenshot

I haven't been able to take a screen shot. Is it still power and volume down on 4.2.2?
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Power and home I believe. I usually just swipe palm from right to left

jlegrange said:
I haven't been able to take a screen shot. Is it still power and volume down on 4.2.2?
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hold in the power button and the home button. You can also swipe from left to right or right to left with the side of your hand which works.

Thanks for that!
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else use palm swipe over your screen
but need tick it under