Help - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys part my lg nexus 4 is not responsive. When I try power of my phone I can press power of but when I click OK to continue it don't work. It from there my screen does not work. My question is there anything I can do to fix if or is fixing screen only fix and if so how much is it.
Thank you so much
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Mohanned85 said:
Hi guys part my lg nexus 4 is not responsive. When I try power of my phone I can press power of but when I click OK to continue it don't work. It from there my screen does not work. My question is there anything I can do to fix if or is fixing screen only fix and if so how much is it.
Thank you so much
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have you tried force rebooting your phone? long press the power button for about 10-15 seconds. after it powers off and reboots, check to see if that spot is working again.

simms22 said:
have you tried force rebooting your phone? long press the power button for about 10-15 seconds. after it powers off and reboots, check to see if that spot is working again.
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Tried still same issue. Anyway you can force power of. Was gonna try factory reset in recovery
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Mohanned85 said:
Tried still same issue. Anyway you can force power of. Was gonna try factory reset in recovery
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force reboot your phone again, if you press down volume down, and hold it down as its rebooting, itll boot into the bootloader. you can get into recovery or power off your phone there. there are also free apps that will power off/reboot/reboot recovery/reboot bootloader.

I powered it of and back on. Screen not responsive grr. I can't unlock my phone
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I factory reset to and nothing grrr
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the screen isnt responsive at all? and after a factory reset? might be best to rma it.

simms22 said:
the screen isnt responsive at all? and after a factory reset? might be best to rma it.
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Its only half responsive
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simms22 said:
the screen isnt responsive at all? and after a factory reset? might be best to rma it.
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what you mean rma it
thanks pal

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Broken volume up button?

So the other day my phone turned off and my phone started doing the 3 vibrates and blinking orange LED thing. It finally turned on earlier today, so I was wondering if there was a way to fix the volume up button so I don't have to worry about my phone getting turned off.
Is there a way to fix it? Or remap the button to a different button? Or even just disable the button in general? Or even just plain break the button. Anything as long as the phone doesn't think its being pressed lol
Edit: does anyone know if the app buttonmapper would fix this? I don't wanna try this and have it not work and get stuck with the flashing LED again
Thanks!
Button savior might but please don't make 2 threads back to back...
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Nicgraner said:
Button savior might but please don't make 2 threads back to back...
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That would just replace the volume button. I need it gone completely. And alright, I'll remember that from now on. Sorry
theholyfork said:
That would just replace the volume button. I need it gone completely. And alright, I'll remember that from now on. Sorry
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No problem, you could try using a jewlers screwdriver set and prying up the volume up key. And its a rookie mistake just don't do it again
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Nicgraner said:
No problem, you could try using a jewlers screwdriver set and prying up the volume up key. And its a rookie mistake just don't do it again
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Haha I did that, and it wasn't working before, but I just tried to boot into recovery via the option on CM7 menu, and it booted into CWM just fine. Then I hit reboot system now, and it did that just fine. Does it boot differently when I have it boot directly into recovery? And does it boot differently when I hit reboot system now through CWM?
I know it changes the bootmode (or at least it does on the Kindle Fire), but I didn't think it made that much of a difference. Oh well. I guess I won't question it too much as long as it works.
So, when I turn the phone on using Volume Up+Power, that boots me into hboot, right?
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theholyfork said:
So, when I turn the phone on using Volume Up+Power, that boots me into hboot, right?
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Volume down and power
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Nicgraner said:
Volume down and power
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So then Volume Up + Power boots me into recovery? Or does it not do anything?
Vol up and power boots you into some other mode, I don't remember what it's called.
I believe it's the original recovery, cause when i bricked my phone several months ago (i got impatient and decided to just flash the original stock img file (i thought it was as easy as idevices) without having the engineering hboot. Anyways I think it took me to the stock recovery mode
I2IEAILiiTY said:
Vol up and power boots you into some other mode, I don't remember what it's called.
I believe it's the original recovery, cause when i bricked my phone several months ago (i got impatient and decided to just flash the original stock img file (i thought it was as easy as idevices) without having the engineering hboot. Anyways I think it took me to the stock recovery mode
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Oh. Alright. Do you know if there's anyway to change that? So that I can make the volume up button and power do nothing, and make it like camera button and power?
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theholyfork said:
Oh. Alright. Do you know if there's anyway to change that? So that I can make the volume up button and power do nothing, and make it like camera button and power?
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I'm not sure. The only thing I know inside out like that are iDevices.
I2IEAILiiTY said:
I'm not sure. The only thing I know inside out like that are iDevices.
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Alright haha. Im assuming its somewhere on the device, cause I think that something like that would have to be programmed in. Ill give it a shot and try to find a way to change it lol
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How will we get are Nexus 4's out of freezes?

With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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DJ "suMo* said:
With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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Hold down power button
We really need a sticky thread about this...
BravoMotorola said:
Hold down power button
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Wow the only way I ever knew was to pull the battery you're telling me no matter how bad the phone freezes the power button shuts the phone down?
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DJ "suMo* said:
Wow the only way I ever knew was to pull the battery you're telling me no matter how bad the phone freezes the power button shuts the phone down?
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Just like any PC would, yes.
jacklebott said:
Just like any PC would, yes.
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Wow it's a simple little thing like that you never knew that just blows your mind I've never even tried it that way before
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man how could u not know this already?
DJ "suMo* said:
With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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Yea because tablets for the past 3 years with non-removable batteries have been bricked after freezes?
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According to Nexus4 guide, which comes with the phone, you have to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to reboot the phone.
I guess that can takes you out of a freeze.
hello00 said:
man how could u not know this already?
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Bro I just never knew nor tried it that way ever always a custom to just pulling the battery
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Knock the phone 3 times and then say "Potatoes eat there". The phone would automatically switch off.
Power and volume down works for me
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I don't trust that method to be 100% reliable, though. Just from experience with my G2x and it freezing. My phone has a button combo that restarts the phone, but sometimes it fails when my phone is frozen and I still have to pull the battery.
partylikeaninjastar said:
I don't trust that method to be 100% reliable, though. Just from experience with my G2x and it freezing. My phone has a button combo that restarts the phone, but sometimes it fails when my phone is frozen and I still have to pull the battery.
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On the nexus 4 the 10sec power button reboot is programmed on the hardware layer(pre-boot) and not the software layer. No matter how bad you freeze your phone in the o/s the power button hold will always reboot it plain and simple.
If you have a hardware issue though then your in trouble no matter what.
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My nexus 4 just froze 2 min ago after trying to quit a game. I waited for it to do something but nothing happened. Holding power button down did NOT help.
I held the power button and the volume button down at the same time and it worked. Just sharing it with you guys! :good:

What to do when the phone freezes?

Hey there.
First off I'd like to say that I currently own a LG O2X but I'm planning to buy a N4 as soon as it's available again.
Now, to my question:
Let's assume that the phone freezes and it doesn't restart or react to anything you do. You can't take the battery out to reset the phone. What can you do to reboot it? That kinda makes me worry, as I haven't used any Android phone besides my O2X yet and I encounter this issue sometimes and fix it by taking out the battery and putting it back in.
Thanks in advance.
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Hold down the power button.
red12355 said:
Hold down the power button.
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Does that cause the phone to reboot? With a freeze I mean a complete freeze. Touchscreen not responding to anything etc. That includes no power menu when holding down the power button.
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Yes holding down the power button is like basically doing a battery pull. Take like 6-10 seconds.
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Okay. Whew. Now I'm relieved and can't wait to get my hands on a N4. Thanks alot.
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Jefferyrbrown1983 said:
Yes holding down the power button is like basically doing a battery pull. Take like 6-10 seconds.
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I hope that's a somehow hardware implemented thing that can't go wrong no matter how ****ed up the software is.
RisinT96 said:
I hope that's a somehow hardware implemented thing that can't go wrong no matter how ****ed up the software is.
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Yeah same here. Otherwise that would be disappointing and annoying at the same time.
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Keep it in the sun
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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!

Holding the power button doesn't work

As the topic says, holding the power button doesn't work.
So I can't switch it on nor off.
Any ideas.?
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gonna need more info, what state is your phone in now? is the battery charge?
claudiuslu2011 said:
gonna need more info, what state is your phone in now? is the battery charge?
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Switched on and fully charged
I can turn the screen on and off, but holding it does nothing
I cannot switch off the phone, or take screen shots
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AndroidReborn said:
As the topic says, holding the power button doesn't work.
So I can't switch it on nor off.
Any ideas.?
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what do you think? is the problem in hardware or in software?
if the problem in software, there are a lot of apps doing what you want (on off restart whatever) , and you can install one of them.
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AndroidReborn said:
As the topic says, holding the power button doesn't work.
So I can't switch it on nor off.
Any ideas.?
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If the button itself is defective and you are not under warranty you may be able to find a replacement on ebay. I have seen various phones being parted out there and the button should come with a replacement rear cover. If it is the actual switch on the motherboard you have a different problem though. Have you removed the rear case to test that switch? It can be done with a torx t5 screwdriver, a couple of guitar picks and a half hour of patience.
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nexuses said:
what do you think? is the problem in hardware or in software?
if the problem in software, there are a lot of apps doing what you want (on off restart whatever) , and you can install one of them.
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Normal press works..I. e screen turns off.. but holding doesn't. I guess it is with the software
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lalec said:
If the button itself is defective and you are not under warranty you may be able to find a replacement on ebay. I have seen various phones being parted out there and the button should come with a replacement rear cover. If it is the actual switch on the motherboard you have a different problem though. Have you removed the rear case to test that switch? It can be done with a torx t5 screwdriver, a couple of guitar picks and a half hour of patience.
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it seems to me something went wrong with your rom.. try to reinstall it by N-cry toolkit.. and then install one of those apps which gives you no need to this button anymore. just like what I do.
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try long pressing the power button, for 15+ seconds. does it power off? if it powered off, boot it back up.. did it fix your issue?
simms22 said:
try long pressing the power button, for 15+ seconds. does it power off? if it powered off, boot it back up.. did it fix your issue?
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Done.held it for what seemed like 30 seconds and it rebooted itself.
Strange. It didn't happen when I tried today afternoon. Anyway problem solved
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AndroidReborn said:
Done.held it for what seemed like 30 seconds and it rebooted itself.
Strange. It didn't happen when I tried today afternoon. Anyway problem solved
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this same thing happened to me a while back. and force rebooting fixed it right away. it was just a software derp, hasnt happened since.

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