My nexus 4 doesn't respond to power buttons at time. Sometimes it works flawlessly. Sometimes it doesn't. I'm on stock android 4.3 rooted only.
I don't know whether this is hardware or software problem. Can anyone name any app that enables waking up nexus 4 using volume button?
P.s I did a full reset too.
I got the same problem after upgrading to 4.3 via OTA , also some people have the same problem
here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380051
and here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2379623
I think I have the same issue after the latest minor OTA update the week before.
The 1/4 chance that screen turns on after power button pressed about 2 seconds longer than normal.
I flashed a customer ROM based on CM10, Same issue !
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Hello guys,
I have this problem with my new Nexus 4.
Sometimes for no clear reason for me diplay on phone turns black and nothing more happens. Software keys are not visible too. I have to hard turn off by holding power button, then it's ok for a while. This happened twice.
I am running stock Android 4.2.2. stock kernel, not rooted.
Thanks for all replies.
Lately there is some issue with the Power Button of my Nexus 4..It requires a little more force to press.It was not like that while on 4.2.2...Issue started to show up after i flashed 4.3 Factory image..I know that the software is okay but suddenly what happened to the power button.I can hear the click sound but it wont work.When i press a little harder,it works then. Sometimes it works with normal force & sometimes it needs a little more force..Strange behaviour
Did you forget to flash the hardware.img? That's a common issue, a lot of people experienced this because they forgot to flash the hardware.img after upgrading to 4.3
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hardware.img
There was no such file in the factory Image..Now what is this?..Really i have no idea about it
Okay i have now moved back to 4.2.2 & there is no such issue there..Screen locks/unlocks fine..Power Button works normally.Why it gives me issues in 4.3...This thing is beyond my knowledge :crying:
I have this issue exactly , however I didn't flash the factory image , I just updated it via OTA.
I thought I may dropped the phone !!!!
mm_farahat said:
I have this issue exactly , however I didn't flash the factory image , I just updated it via OTA.
I thought I may dropped the phone !!!!
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Someone here said that we have to flash hardware.img file..It's because of that we are having this issue..Now what is this hardware.img..
Even Google dont know what this .img file really is
I've been having this same issue since the 4.3 update. Occasionally when pressing the power button to lock, it acts like I pressed it twice going off and back on. I've searched and noticed a lot of other members are experiencing the same issue. I'm on stock 4.3 flashed from the factory image. Even flashed back to 4.2.2 for a couple of days to see if it would happen and it does not. Definitely a 4.3 issue (for some).
d_phekt said:
I've been having this same issue since the 4.3 update. Occasionally when pressing the power button to lock, it acts like I pressed it twice going off and back on. I've searched and noticed a lot of other members are experiencing the same issue. I'm on stock 4.3 flashed from the factory image. Even flashed back to 4.2.2 for a couple of days to see if it would happen and it does not. Definitely a 4.3 issue (for some).
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Exactly the same issue here.When i press button to lock the device.Screen goes off but then instantly turns on again.It's like i pressed it 2 times.Sometimes i have to press power button harder to make it do the job.It all started after i flashed factory image.
@aanonymoushuman:I still am searching on google what really hardware.img file is..Dude common reply already
I think I have the same issue after the latest minor OTA update the week before.
The 1/4 chance that screen turns on after power button pressed about 2 seconds longer than normal.
I flashed a customer ROM based on CM10, Same issue !
but my one is not subject to applying different amount of force, in fact i think it has nothing to do with the hardware itself. never had any issue with 4.2.2
I assume hardware.img is the hardware update that adds the new nubs to your phone, among other things. Too bad it's a joke.
But seriously, your power button is probably breaking or broken. It happened to me. How do you know if this is happening to you? Don't worry, it will get worse.
Hi,
I updated my nexus 4 to 4.3 two week ago and everything was perfect. Last week, I received another notification to update my phone to 4.3, although it was already running on 4.3. I still updated it and the problems started.
After that, I can not take the screen shot with the Volume Down + Power button. Before upgrading it was working fine.
Another problem regarding the power button is that if I long press it, it is not showing the menu from where I can put my phone into airplane mode and Power off. How can I solve it?
I was using my Nexus 7 (2013) this morning surfing some sites, when all of a sudden my touchscreen just up and died. No laggy response, no jittery response, just nothing. I can't even unlock it when I wake it up. I can't power it off (as far as I know), since after I hold the power button down, I can't select Power Off.
I'm rooted running a stock 4.3 as fas as I know. Any ideas of where to begin? Thanks in advance.
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I had the same issue when I didnt use it for 4 days. Touch would respond and when the power off dialog came up I couldnt touch it but just hold the power button longer and it will reboot. I held it for about 15 seconds maybe 20 and it will restart
Well, if that previous posters suggestion does not work, or any software-related solution, my first suggestion would be to send it back for a replacement, barring that, it sounds like something could have come loose, if you're the type to try it, you can see how that is addressed with the 2012 version:
Google for "How to Fix Nexus 7 Touch Screen Problems", the video is by Tampatec.
Happened to me too once but i was on a custom rom and kernel. I freaked out when the touch wasn't responding!
I held down to power button to power-off/reboot. It seemed to result in a bootloop and i wasn't exactly patient because i was freaking out a bit!
So, i powered down the device again, booted into recovery (TWRP) and to my relief the touch worked!! I just rebooted back to the system and everything was fine.
This happened to me on stock android 4.3 twice. I believe it is a software issue with the last one or two factory builds of 4.3 for this device. As previously stated, my problem was fixed by holding down the power button for about twenty seconds until it rebooted.
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I got it to reboot and that seemed to do the trick *crosses fingers*
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Had this issue too a few days ago. I connected it to my PC and rebooted it via adb reboot command.
Occasionally I get this issue after switching the screen on running completely stock 4.3, but I can solve it by holding the power button - not to reboot, but just so the menu comes up. That alone wakes the touchscreen up for me.
Hey Guys,
I've been having problems with my nexus 4 randomly shutting down itself. The problem is sometimes when my phone goes to sleep mode it doesn't wake up again when I push the power button. There is no shut down animation or anything, it just randomly turns off. I have to long press the power button to reboot the phone. I'm currently on PA Final 4.41 along with hellsdoctor R20 kernel, this happens on both Dalvik and ART. My brother who is on a completely stock nexus 4 which was updated to 4.4.4 via OTA has the same problem as well.
I'm thinking it might be a bug in android 4.4.4 but not sure. Anyone have a fix for this problem? Thanks so much.
swiftyy said:
Hey Guys,
I've been having problems with my nexus 4 randomly shutting down itself. The problem is sometimes when my phone goes to sleep mode it doesn't wake up again when I push the power button. There is no shut down animation or anything, it just randomly turns off. I have to long press the power button to reboot the phone. I'm currently on PA Final 4.41 along with hellsdoctor R20 kernel, this happens on both Dalvik and ART. My brother who is on a completely stock nexus 4 which was updated to 4.4.4 via OTA has the same problem as well.
I'm thinking it might be a bug in android 4.4.4 but not sure. Anyone have a fix for this problem? Thanks so much.
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Turn off auto update apps in playstore. Happend to me before to. Something happends when on wifi and phone in deepsleep the playstore auto updates the apps and it doesn't respond and I have to keep pressing the power button to power it on.
I have no more shutdowns since 4.4.3. But I use stock rooted.
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stuffynet said:
Turn off auto update apps in playstore. Happend to me before to. Something happends when on wifi and phone in deepsleep the playstore auto updates the apps and it doesn't respond and I have to keep pressing the power button to power it on.
I have no more shutdowns since 4.4.3. But I use stock rooted.
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I will try to turn off my auto update but I don't think it's the problem. My brother's phone which is completely stock, not rooted and has auto update off still experience the same problem as well.
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My mother's full stock nexus 4 with android 4.4.4 experience no such problems
Same here
I got this crash today too. It just got stuck. Forced reset and it's ok. But again, this happens since 4.4.4
And i get some crazy lags on Google+ sometimes ... and this is a first. Don't know if it is the app, rom or Kernel.
I am on Paranoid Android 4.4.1, with Franco's kernel and running ART.
Also i am running ART for a long time now and never had any problems.
So I tried turning off Google Play updates and the problem persists. It usually happens around after the phone has been on for 30+ hours. Gonna try to switch back to Dalvik and see if the problems persist. Never had this happen before only after updating to 4.4.3+ ROMs have this started happening. Very stumped as to how to fix it
Right, so I think I cracked this one...
I handed in my headset in order for customer service to fix it and of course they flashed it with Googles 4.4 image(had to upgrade to 4.4.4 once I turned it on)...
After rooting it and flashing a bunch of custom roms I suffered from the same problem, it drove me nuts but I remembered it didn't happen when I upgraded from 4.4.2 so I downloaded a 4.4.2 image and flashed it(used wugs toolkit-the manual option) flashed TWRP recovery and a custom rom and I'm random shutdown free for the last few hours, hope that helps...
same problem here 100% stock android 4.4.4 (using nova but can't imagine that matters) last night was the first time i picked up the phone and pressed the power button... nothing. long pressed the power button for 8-10 seconds and it booted up. now again about 15 hours later i pick up the phone press the power button and nothing. never happened before and i assume its something to do with the 4.4.4 update. i dont use auto updating in the play store and this has literally never happened before yesterday.
sideswipe14 said:
same problem here 100% stock android 4.4.4 (using nova but can't imagine that matters) last night was the first time i picked up the phone and pressed the power button... nothing. long pressed the power button for 8-10 seconds and it booted up. now again about 15 hours later i pick up the phone press the power button and nothing. never happened before and i assume its something to do with the 4.4.4 update. i dont use auto updating in the play store and this has literally never happened before yesterday.
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Im still random shutdown free, im not sure the solution i suggested on my earlier post will work for you but you can always try it and see...
swiftyy said:
Hey Guys,
I've been having problems with my nexus 4 randomly shutting down itself. The problem is sometimes when my phone goes to sleep mode it doesn't wake up again when I push the power button. There is no shut down animation or anything, it just randomly turns off. I have to long press the power button to reboot the phone. I'm currently on PA Final 4.41 along with hellsdoctor R20 kernel, this happens on both Dalvik and ART. My brother who is on a completely stock nexus 4 which was updated to 4.4.4 via OTA has the same problem as well.
I'm thinking it might be a bug in android 4.4.4 but not sure. Anyone have a fix for this problem? Thanks so much.
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Try a 4.4.3 kernel like hellscore b47 or if you think it's a wifi issue a 4.4.2 version like b46 with the wifi fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/qa-kernel-hells-core-kitkat-b45-stable-t2495373
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Im still random shutdown free, im not sure the solution i suggested on my earlier post will work for you but you can always try it and see...
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How many hours has your phone been on? Mine usually shutdowns itself after 30+ hours.
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danmen2 said:
Try a 4.4.3 kernel like hellscore b47 or if you think it's a wifi issue a 4.4.2 version like b46 with the wifi fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/qa-kernel-hells-core-kitkat-b45-stable-t2495373
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I just reflashed PA 4.41 and running the kernel that came with PA. I believe it's the stock android one. Let's see how it goes.
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sideswipe14 said:
same problem here 100% stock android 4.4.4 (using nova but can't imagine that matters) last night was the first time i picked up the phone and pressed the power button... nothing. long pressed the power button for 8-10 seconds and it booted up. now again about 15 hours later i pick up the phone press the power button and nothing. never happened before and i assume its something to do with the 4.4.4 update. i dont use auto updating in the play store and this has literally never happened before yesterday.
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When did you update to 4.4.4? I never experienced this on 4.4.2 either. Only started happening after I updated to 4.4.4. I think for me it happened the first night after updating.
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The only thing I can tell you is, that 4.4.4 causes a lot of problems recently. You are by far not the only one with this problem. I've also experienced random shutdowns like yours, bootloops, devices not turning on again...
Especially stock 4.4.4 causes problems. I could not identify the problem or bugfixes by now. It is really complicated since some devices work fine with 4.4.4 and some dont.
I only can suggest you to flash a 4.4.3 rom. That is the only work around.
swiftyy said:
How many hours has your phone been on? Mine usually shutdowns itself after 30+ hours.
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Approx 24 hrs atm
same problem here...
Same here.
I have had the same problem since i updated to 4.4.4... except mine shuts off only when i touch the screen (like pull the menu down, open a app, ect.) so, I went and did a factory reset, nothing changed. downloaded the Nexus Root Toolkit, did a flash stock to 4.4.4 again, nothing.. Then now I have tried another flash stock to 4.4.3 but now have manually updated to 4.4.4. I will reply again to see if this changes anything.
My Nexus 4 is completely stock, not rooted, never tampered. So I am very surprised with this issue, but I have had another issue.. Along with the shutting off issue I have a problem which so far was fixed with the first Flash stock(i think) I would use my Nexus 4 with signal for texting and using data but when i went to actually use data like to search something up it would randomly say i have "no service".. not sure why it did this, happened when I had 4 bars and didn't move..
Still not working
After I did the Flash Stock to 4.4.3 and then manually updated to 4.4.4, my nexus still doesnt work. Dont even bother trying it.
I have the same issue however with a mail app, while the phone is perfect without the mail app