I am about to change my HOX and get a used nexus 4. I would like from you guys that already have the phone to tell me about problems you might have with hardware or software on this awesome device. Thanx.
leo_s_smith said:
I am about to change my HOX and get a used nexus 4. I would like from you guys that already have the phone to tell me about problems you might have with hardware or software on this awesome device. Thanx.
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None.. But get a case, I don't use screen protector but if you want extra protection go for it. Also I'd recommend rooting and installing PA rom with matrix kernel 9.5 and switch governor to Wheatley for best battery life and smoothness imo
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leo_s_smith said:
I am about to change my HOX and get a used nexus 4. I would like from you guys that already have the phone to tell me about problems you might have with hardware or software on this awesome device. Thanx.
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If the device is awesome why would it have any problems? Lol
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scream4cheese said:
If the device is awesome why would it have any problems? Lol
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cause HOX was awesome too.. however i had to do 3 RMAs cause of two faulty screens (yellow tint) and one faulty wifi antenna.. that's i am looking for..
The device i am getting is used and already unlocked and rooted. In case of warranty needed, can i lock without a trace? (htc shows relocked after relocking which is a bad thing!)
leo_s_smith said:
I am about to change my HOX and get a used nexus 4. I would like from you guys that already have the phone to tell me about problems you might have with hardware or software on this awesome device. Thanx.
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As stated above get yourself a case since the back of the phone is very breakable. Other than that, leaving everything stock actually works very well but if you're feeling adventurous there are tonnes of ROMs/Kernels available and, being a Nexus, installing everything is ludicrously straightforward.
leo_s_smith said:
The device i am getting is used and already unlocked and rooted. In case of warranty needed, can i lock without a trace? (htc shows relocked after relocking which is a bad thing!)
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yes of course! there won't be any evidence of locking and unrooting your device :good:
simply flash the nexus 4 factory image
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Hello all,
I need some advice concerning my Nex4. As many people have experienced, I also have a slightly buzzing earpiece and now I'm in doubt whether to use my warranty and get a new one or not.
Since I live in Holland I got my Nex4 through someone else from a store in Germany, about 1 - 1,5 hours away to reach it if I want a new one. Since I'm 15 and not able to get there myself I'll probably will need to go through some quarreling with my parents to get them to driving me there.
The issue is that I'm not sure if I want to go through all those things, since the problem doesn't actually bother me. I can make good quality calls with a little of buzzing which I don't mind and I'm happy with my battery life: 3-4 hours of screen time on 1,5 days with medium usage.
I hope you can give me some counsel. Thanks in advance!
By the way, when I'm studying in silence I sometimes seem to be able to actually hear some high-pitched sounds, which I do mind, but I guess that's partially a placebo effect.
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I just got a REV 11 device. it still makes the nose, albeit slightly quieter. With that said, these phones have build quality issues and getting a new one might be more hassle than it's worth. My REV 11 device has a slightly worse screen than my REV10 (lots of streaks on the the grey scale). Just keep that in mind.
Wait, REV 10 and 11? Did you already do this many RMAs or did I misunderstood the meaning of the word ^^?
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You misunderstand the word, REV is for hardware revision, a new revision comes with small changes. I got a REV 11 device and it's my first one.
Also keep in mind, you don't know if your replacement device is going to be any better.
Ah, thanks, any idea if I could check my REV?
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Remcotjuuh said:
Ah, thanks, any idea if I could check my REV?
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Reboot into bootlader mode & it will tell your hardware rev.
I'm on unrooted stock. Any dangers and how to do it?
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Remcotjuuh said:
I'm on unrooted stock. Any dangers and how to do it?
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There is no danger in booting into fastboot made & checking the info. IIRC with the phone off hold volue down & power at the same time.
Thanks, I've got REV 11. I guess I'll stick with it.
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Honestly you answered your own question if you can live with it. .
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joshnichols189 said:
Honestly you answered your own question if you can live with it. .
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As stated in the OP I asked for counsel, not answers. With the given advices I was planning to decide for myself, which I did.
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Does anyone have REV 12?
Hej Guys,
I normally used my Nexus 4 - then it´s shut down(used hells-core + slimbean).
Now nothing will work(no normal booting, no fastboot and no charging etc) - only when I try to connect it with my PC the N4 wants to install drivers(QHSUSB_DLOAD anything).
Any ideas from your side, how to solve the problem?
BR,
Rash
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Hej Guys,
I normally used my Nexus 4 - then it´s shut down(used hells-core + slimbean).
Now nothing will work(no normal booting, no fastboot and no charging etc) - only when I try to connect it with my PC the N4 wants to install drivers(QHSUSB_DLOAD anything).
Any ideas from your side, how to solve the problem?
BR,
Rash
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whats hells-core?
Rashiel said:
Hej Guys,
I normally used my Nexus 4 - then it´s shut down(used hells-core + slimbean).
Now nothing will work(no normal booting, no fastboot and no charging etc) - only when I try to connect it with my PC the N4 wants to install drivers(QHSUSB_DLOAD anything).
Any ideas from your side, how to solve the problem?
BR,
Rash
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Your phone is screwed. Send it to get repaired
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@simms22 -> A core from a german dev(Hellsgod - I think he is here on xda too).
@urmothersluvr -> Mhm, seems so No possibility to fix it myself?
Btw. I rooted my phone(as Custom-Kernel/Custom-Rom says).. May any problems with warranty? Not really(because phone don´t starts, right)?
BR,
Rash
Rashiel said:
@simms22 -> A core from a german dev(Hellsgod - I think he is here on xda too).
@urmothersluvr -> Mhm, seems so No possibility to fix it myself?
Btw. I rooted my phone(as Custom-Kernel/Custom-Rom says).. May any problems with warranty? Not really(because phone don´t starts, right)?
BR,
Rash
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I know when I had a sensation if your phone got in that mode it ment u bricked it. They can't tell what is on your phone cause that mode is used to flash firmware by manufacturers. Send it in and they will reflash it for you and send it back. Dont tell them u rooted it or unlocked it or flashed a ROM/kernel.
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Uhm - not really good...
Because I don´t do anything "hard" things with the Nexus - only played a little game..
I won´t tell anything to Media-Markt...^^
Hope this will be done fast
Thanks for help!
Your device is bricked. Only way will be to send it back to have the motherboard replaced.
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Your device is bricked. Only way will be to send it back to have the motherboard replaced.
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Thanks - as I wrote above, there should no problems with warranty or?
I mean, how should they see, if there was a Custom-Kernel/Custom-Rom on the Nexus?
Rashiel said:
Thanks - as I wrote above, there should no problems with warranty or?
I mean, how should they see, if there was a Custom-Kernel/Custom-Rom on the Nexus?
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It depends on if they can bring the board back. If they can then they will see that and may charge you for the repair but the chances are slim.
zelendel said:
It depends on if they can bring the board back. If they can then they will see that and may charge you for the repair but the chances are slim.
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Okay - so my chances are 50/50
That´s really bad - any ideas of how much they would invoice me, if they see it?
Rashiel said:
Okay - so my chances are 50/50
That´s really bad - any ideas of how much they would invoice me, if they see it?
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I would say more like 95/5 That they wont see it. It is really hard to bring the board back. If they do it depends on them. Could be cheaper to get new device but wouldnt count on them seeing it.
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I would say more like 95/5 That they wont see it. It is really hard to bring the board back. If they do it depends on them. Could be cheaper to get new device but wouldnt count on them seeing it.
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If they won´t find it and make a new board in it - i´ll never flash or root a Smartphone again
And I thought, Nexus is unbrickable
Rashiel said:
If they won´t find it and make a new board in it - i´ll never flash or root a Smartphone again
And I thought, Nexus is unbrickable
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No device is unbrickable. All you have to do is make sure you understand what your doing before you do it. Spend a week or so researching what you are doing then and understand what you are doing first.
zelendel said:
No device is unbrickable. All you have to do is make sure you understand what your doing before you do it. Spend a week or so researching what you are doing then and understand what you are doing first.
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Flashed rooted SGSII / Galaxy Nexus..
I have a bit experience..
But I don´t exactly know what happened to N4...
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Flashed rooted SGSII / Galaxy Nexus..
I have a bit experience..
But I don´t exactly know what happened to N4...
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That is exactly what happened. There is no SGSII rom that will work on the Nexus. Only Nexus roms will work on the Nexus.
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That is exactly what happened. There is no SGSII rom that will work on the Nexus. Only Nexus roms will work on the Nexus.
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I think we missunderstood..
I had an S2 and flashed Roms for that..
I had a Nexus and flashed Roms for that..
And now for Nexus 4 - and I flashed the correct ones..
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I think we missunderstood..
I had an S2 and flashed Roms for that..
I had a Nexus and flashed Roms for that..
And now for Nexus 4 - and I flashed the correct ones..
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Yeah I misunderstood your post. So lets see if we can figure out what happened. What was the last thing you did before it happened?
zelendel said:
Yeah I misunderstood your post. So lets see if we can figure out what happened. What was the last thing you did before it happened?
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Downloaded PA - played a bit.
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Downloaded PA - played a bit.
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It sounds like you flashed a ROM/kernel for another device. Can you post the file you flashed?
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Hej..
Now more Information..
Loaded PA for Mako..
Played Pocket Legends..
Not more..
And while im playing my power goes to zero, so it booted down..
Now after i did nothing with it and loaded 2 minutes..
I could boot and my Nexus is repaired
Thanks for your help guys!
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had for 6 months and the touch screen has become very unresponsive not massivly but sometimes annoying i have since root and installed rom, i will put back to stock and lock bootlosder, so i want to get mine replaced however i have quite few (scratches) (big ones) not cracks, will this affect it?
many thanks
No, no problems.
I had a a crack at the back. But it has nothing to do with the power button failure right?
calyxim said:
No, no problems.
I had a a crack at the back. But it has nothing to do with the power button failure right?
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so they will alow me to exchange?
Whelan189 said:
so they will alow me to exchange?
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Yes. Samsung wouldnt I guess. They even didnt want to fix a hardware problem if you were rooted in the past. Google is much more tolerant with this things.
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I have owned a Nexus 7 2nd gen for a couple months now and have just started to get random flashes of black (occurs for not even a quarter second) ...
I am wondering what causes this...
I have not damaged the Nexus in any way and bought it brand new..
I have only used CleanRom and PA ROM...
The functionality of the tablet remains great, but the flashes are very annoying ...I have tried clean installing multiple times but the flashes still happen...
Any feedback/solutions would be a big help...
Thanks
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The whole screen?
I've noticed black lines when playing Terraria for hours but its only the background of certains areas. I chalked I up as game glitches.
I haven't seen anything outside of that.
Give us some more details.
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Yes...the whole screen...
This is not a set of lines the entire screen flashes black for a millisecond....
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sevenslugs said:
Yes...the whole screen...
This is not a set of lines the entire screen flashes black for a millisecond....
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I had that happen soon enough for a return to be viable. Do some more Google searching and you'll find people who fixed this as a hardware issue. They had to open the back and fiddle a connection. Didn't sound to hard but I just went to best buy instead.
Happy hunting, sorry I don't have a link.
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Yea I would exchange it before it is too late. Doesn't seem that troublesome but if it got worse, or worst, disconnected entirely, it would bring bad news.
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I had that happen soon enough for a return to be viable. Do some more Google searching and you'll find people who fixed this as a hardware issue. They had to open the back and fiddle a connection. Didn't sound to hard but I just went to best buy instead.
Happy hunting, sorry I don't have a link.
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Could you please post the link? I am having trouble finding it on Google.
Thanks a lot..
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player911 said:
Yea I would exchange it before it is too late. Doesn't seem that troublesome but if it got worse, or worst, disconnected entirely, it would bring bad news.
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Its very intermittent...some days it won't do it at all and some it does it just a bit ....I bought it off eBay around the time it was first released so I'm not sure how I would go about exchanging it ....
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i am also facing the same problem..the screen flashes for nano second...its very annoying..i read about the problem in other forum it seems to be a hardware problem..i am from india and imported it from us ...so i dont think i can resend the nexus 7 ...any help will be great..
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i am also facing the same problem..the screen flashes for nano second...its very annoying..i read about the problem in other forum it seems to be a hardware problem..i am from india and imported it from us ...so i dont think i can resend the nexus 7 ...any help will be great..
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What specific piece of hardware is causing this?
I still have this issue from time to time ..
I've notices it happens a lot less if I turn off auto brightness and manually turn brightness above 45-50 percent...
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sevenslugs said:
Its very intermittent...some days it won't do it at all and some it does it just a bit ....I bought it off eBay around the time it was first released so I'm not sure how I would go about exchanging it ....
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Just because you bought it off ebay doesn't mean it doesn't still carry the 1 year manufacturer warranty on the hardware. It would require you to send it in, but worth a shot.
Once you pop the back and start fiddling with hardware, you run the risk of doing enough damage where Asus will void the warranty. I think I would check with Asus first before resorting to hardware modifications.
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Just because you bought it off ebay doesn't mean it doesn't still carry the 1 year manufacturer warranty on the hardware. It would require you to send it in, but worth a shot.
Once you pop the back and start fiddling with hardware, you run the risk of doing enough damage where Asus will void the warranty. I think I would check with Asus first before resorting to hardware modifications.
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I should send it in to Asus you say?
What are the requirements to have it repaired/replaced under warranty as I have already rooted it with a custom rom
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ok, so long story short, i got handed one of these wonderful little balls by a friend of mine, i cannot get the app to sign in and have not signed in on a different device, dose ANYONE know how to set up this damn app or do i have a 1/2 metal, 1/2 plastic paperweight?
PLEASE HELP!!! lol i appreciate anything you can give me
renigade29 said:
ok, so long story short, i got handed one of these wonderful little balls by a friend of mine, i cannot get the app to sign in and have not signed in on a different device, dose ANYONE know how to set up this damn app or do i have a 1/2 metal, 1/2 plastic paperweight?
PLEASE HELP!!! lol i appreciate anything you can give me
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AFAIK if you haven't already signed in to the apk then it won't work anymore since Google shut down the servers some time ago.
But don't worry, your Q still has a lot more potential than a paperweight.
I unlocked mine following ianandamy's guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2408799
Since KitKat is already available thanks to hharte I'd say go for it, instead of the guide's cm10. Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596910
So according to the great guide
1, unlock your device, than
2, load an unsecure boot image,
3, load a recovery (you'll find a KitKat compatible in hharte's thread)
4, install the rom that suits your needs (with audio amplifier support or with HDMI audio out instead) and gapps.
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that sounds all well and good but mine is not exactly a normal production device, so i am trying to preserve that as much as possible
renigade29 said:
that sounds all well and good but mine is not exactly a normal production device, so i am trying to preserve that as much as possible
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Ah, I see. I hope you figure out something then.
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