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[Q] Red light always on

The notification light has come on on my defy and is ,stuck on red, it got a little damp in some rain, but its got wetter h previously, all the ports have been closed. Any ideas?

It will go off by itself same happen here.
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How long did it take for your light to go out? My defy has been showing a dull red glow now for just over a week, and that's regardless of weather our not the phone is on or off, when the phone is powered down the dull red glow is still there.
the only way to stop it is to remove the battery.

Odd. Didn't.notice prob a week.or so. Sorry to hear bout it. Try.leaving the batt off for a few.ours
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Same thing there
Hi, I got the same problem after a day at the pool with it.. some water but very few entered in, i think its the steam.. how about your phone now ? is it working well ?
Regards

gplock said:
It will go off by itself same happen here.
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8 months on and the red light is still constantly on, all be it a very dim glow even when the phne is off, it comes on as soon as a battery is inserted. All from dropping the phone into a muddy puddle, with all covers on/sealed.
appart form that all is working well.

2Pints said:
8 months on and the red light is still constantly on, all be it a very dim glow even when the phne is off, it comes on as soon as a battery is inserted. All from dropping the phone into a muddy puddle, with all covers on/sealed.
appart form that all is working well.
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I`m have the same problem and don`t get solution yet HELP

The light came up again as well n hasn't left. Could B worse.. so sad.
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Questions go in the Q&A section

May be your proximity sensor is gone
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^ how do I check that. ? Please n thank u.
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When you do a call, is your screen getting locked and you cant unlock the screen till the call ends
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Nope. None of that.
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LED notification for charging

Coming from HTC Evo 3D, i've grown to love the LED notification showing red whenever the phone is being charge, and so far the only disappointment with my Nexus device is, that there's no idication from the LED wether the phone is being charged or if it's fully charged. I am simply wondering if it's possible to add that feature with a little application? If someone has done it before, could they please assist me.

Gan3b said:
Coming from HTC Evo 3D, i've grown to love the LED notification showing red whenever the phone is being charge, and so far the only disappointment with my Nexus device is, that there's no idication from the LED wether the phone is being charged or if it's fully charged. I am simply wondering if it's possible to add that feature with a little application? If someone has done it before, could they please assist me.
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Light flow in the play store.
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chrisjcks said:
Light flow in the play store.
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+1
Light Flow is awesome for many reasons.
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+2 light flow
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I haven't used light flow on the n4 yet, have used on s3 its amazing the way it combines colours to give different colours!

+3 flow light

Light Flow is great... however is there any way to enable the LED while the phone is OFF and charging? Is that a purely hardware thing or does the kernel or bootloader come into play

TheByteSmasher said:
Light Flow is great... however is there any way to enable the LED while the phone is OFF and charging? Is that a purely hardware thing or does the kernel or bootloader come into play
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Yeah, brick your phone and the LED will blink red when off.
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Lol had that today. It was very scary. I thought oh **** I'm one of those guys that bricked a nexus lol.
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I use Charging LED

My n4 died while I was sleeping!

Yep, I woke up to a completely unresponsive nexus 4. Tried charging it and nothing happens. Also tried holding the power button, using the bootloader, but nothing will make this phone turn on.
Noticed just a little while ago that the lense for the camera and flash have collected moisture inside. Could running the phone on battery until it ran out of power create moisture in the phone?
Sounds kinda crazy, but it's the only thing I can think of. There is no other reason why the phone would have moisture on the inside. It wasn't raining, nothing in my apartment is wet, and neither is the outside of the phone.
Was using stock rooted with matrix 2.0 kernel.
Update:
The moisture inside dried out so I tried powering the phone on and again it did nothing. Then I plugged it in and the led indicator turned solid red.
I didn't know what that meant so I called tech support and that guy was even more clueless than I was. He hasn't even heard of the blinking red led that some people from this forum got after running antutu overclocked, but at least they can return to stock and relock the bootloader.
He said I could get it replaced, but idk if they're gonna give me grief over being unlocked and rooted.
Update 2:
Now the red led no longer lights up when charging. The phone powers on and everything functions except the screen. Even the buzzing from the ear speaker is there like it was when the screen functioned.
I powered it down now in hope that it will work later tonight.

Does anyone have an idea of what could have caused this?
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Oh man sorry to hear and see that. Maybe something burnt out inside and the smoke couldn't escape causing condensation? I dunno, but hope it gets sorted out..
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There is a similar problem with nexus 7 running android 4.2 .. What that required for correction was holding the power button for 30 or more seconds .. I repeat 30 or more seconds and not mere 5 or 10 seconds . that trick worked for me .. Just give it a try
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I already tried that. For now I think I'll have to just let it dry.
I would still like to know why only the inside of the phone has moisture and nothing else.
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blitz911 said:
Oh man sorry to hear and see that. Maybe something burnt out inside and the smoke couldn't escape causing condensation? I dunno, but hope it gets sorted out..
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Thanks for the wishful thinking, but I don't know how I'm gonna get it replaced if I can't return to stock and lock the bootloader.
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If it isn't even turning on that might not even be a problem how would they know if rooted
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True. I say you put it in an airtight container with some dessicant and see if that helps the moisture. If not, give it a shot and send it back. Sorry to see that happened to a brand new phone.

Spunky_Monkey said:
Does anyone have an idea of what could have caused this?
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Looks like somebody touched your phone with wet hands while you were asleep? Lol.

PoisonWolf said:
Looks like somebody touched your phone with wet hands while you were asleep? Lol.
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I don't think so, it's just me and my girlfriend here and we were both sleeping. I don't think that would harm the phone either. Anyway, the outside of the phone was completely dry the whole time. No other areas are affected.
The phone I'm using now is an lg thrill and it's been through rain, snow, left outside and it still works. I don't understand why the n4 would do this just by sitting next to my bed.
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Spunky_Monkey said:
I don't think so, it's just me and my girlfriend here and we were both sleeping.
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Santa Claus came early
In all seriousness, did you take it in a moist room like your bathroom? Or outside on a rainy day?

what about the bag o' rice trick?

Humidifier running? Was it on the night stand maybe next to a cold drink that could've had some condensation? Was the room exceptionally cold (maybe that combined with the warmth of the phone caused the condensation?)?
Really weird. Hope you get it sorted. Chances are though, if it shut off because of the condensation, it probably burnt something out. Generally, if it's off and gets wet, you have a better chance of it surviving than when it gets wet and shuts off.

Could it be a battery leak?

Update:
The moisture inside dried out so I tried powering the phone on and again it did nothing. Then I plugged it in and the led indicator turned solid red.
I didn't know what that meant so I called tech support and that guy was even more clueless than I was. He hasn't even heard of the blinking red led that some people from this forum got after running antutu overclocked, but at least they can return to stock and relock the bootloader.
He said I could get it replaced, but idk if they're gonna give me grief over being unlocked and rooted.
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Nuu~ said:
Santa Claus came early
In all seriousness, did you take it in a moist room like your bathroom? Or outside on a rainy day?
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Nope, it was dry in my pocket all day. I even got good battery life at
4hr screen on and ~14hr total. I left it unplugged next to my bed with nothing next to it to see how much longer it would last.
nexgoose said:
what about the bag o' rice trick?
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I just wrapped it up and set it above a warm heater. Seems to have worked good.
Mi|enko said:
Humidifier running? Was it on the night stand maybe next to a cold drink that could've had some condensation? Was the room exceptionally cold (maybe that combined with the warmth of the phone caused the condensation?)?
Really weird. Hope you get it sorted. Chances are though, if it shut off because of the condensation, it probably burnt something out. Generally, if it's off and gets wet, you have a better chance of it surviving than when it gets wet and shuts off.
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It was on the night stand, but nothing liquid was nearby. And my room is always at a constant temperature. Neve had any problems b4 with condensation.
It did have a low battery when I went to sleep and I left it to see what kind of battery drain it would have by morning. I thought only the battery was dead at first, but it's been on the charger now for about 15 min now with the solid red led.
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Could it be a battery leak?
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I don't want to open it and find out if there's a chance it can get replaced.
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Did you have a wet application screen protector?
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frigidazzi said:
Did you have a wet application screen protector?
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No screen protector or case, just the bare phone.
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It would be my guess too that the battery is leaking and just RMA it. As it doesn't power up they will never know you rooted it and they will most likely just trash it.

OP updated.
The phone powers on now and everything functions except the screen.
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[Q] Dead Nexus 4

Hello, my Nexus 4 is dead since last Saturday. It happened when I was in a club, and I was taking picture then a couple of times camera's flash froze after I took pictures then I restarted it and same scenario happened again. Finally it turned off and did not turn on again. Is anybody able to help me?

Recharge your phone then press the power button with volume buttons
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Mine dead too, but in a diferent way, but I have to say that the same problem with the flash happends to me...
My nexus 4 got overheat A TON then, I turn it off... charging was slow... and finally ir ran out of battery and never turn on again...
I RMA... thats the way.

O_Hussam said:
Recharge your phone then press the power button with volume buttons
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Nothing works even I plugged it it doesn't get any charge and on that day it had 82% charge

D3m0x said:
Mine dead too, but in a diferent way, but I have to say that the same problem with the flash happends to me...
My nexus 4 got overheat A TON then, I turn it off... charging was slow... and finally ir ran out of battery and never turn on again...
I RMA... thats the way.
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So what did you do?

elastiboy said:
So what did you do?
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He RMA-ed :angel:

Unjustable said:
He RMA-ed :angel:
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I have another question, did you take pictures or work with your Nexus 4 in the loud area? I mean some place such as clubs or etc

No charging notification light

I'm on T-Mobile D801 and I notice that if I'm using my phone, while charging, my charging notification light doesn't come on.
But as soon as I close my case, it comes on.
Is this normal for this phone.
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Happens on AT&T as well. Presumable because one could look at the status bar and see that the charging battery icon is animating.
Personally, I would be annoyed if the LED continued to glow for anything when I am using my phone.

vween said:
Happens on AT&T as well. Presumable because one could look at the status bar and see that the charging battery icon is animating.
Personally, I would be annoyed if the LED continued to glow for anything when I am using my phone.
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I totally agree with you. I was just making sure it wasn't a glitch that's all. Thank you for verifying this. Cheers!
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