After the whole Google Play fiasco, I decided to pick up the Nexus 4 from a local T-Mobile store. The phone worked great for 3 days, but is now completely dead. The last thing I did was launch the AnTuTu benchmark app. As soon as I started the benchmark, the phone crashed and was unresponsive. The phone looks like it is off now. I called Google support and they suggested all of the normal things (i.e. hard reset by holding the volume and power buttons). Life only seems to exist when I connect the charger which causes the LED to flash a red/orange color very quickly (reminds me of the Xbox 360 RROD).
Not only was Google unable to assist me, but all of the T-Mobile stores in my area are now out of stock. T-Mobile is going to try to hunt one down for me at another store and have it shipped which I am grateful for, but it still sucks going through the ringer for a brand new flagship Nexus 4. And because my old rooted MT4G doesn't use a micro SIM, I can't swap in the new one. Looks like another trip to T-Mobile is in my future.
I watched several other Nexus 4 owners run the AnTuTu benchmark on YouTube without any issues. Is this a sign of LG reliability or am I just unlucky?
Removable battery
It sure would be nice to have a removable battery right now... The screws on the bottom of the Nexus 4 look very similar to the ones used on the HDD in a MacBook. Definitely not a tool most of us have laying around the house.
Swazi Samurai said:
It sure would be nice to have a removable battery right now... The screws on the bottom of the Nexus 4 look very similar to the ones used on the HDD in a MacBook. Definitely not a tool most of us have laying around the house.
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They're actually just standard torx screws.
light flashes when plugged in? Keep it plugged in for a few hours there hau5.
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That sucks, man.
At least T-Mobile is willing to track down a phone and have it shipped in a timely fashion, unlike certain other retailers selling the phone... like, say, Google...
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light flashes when plugged in? Keep it plugged in for a few hours there hau5.
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Yeah, It could be something as simple as the battery die-ing while benchmarking.....
You can buy an adaptor to fit microsims into regular sim slots. Mayne worth looking into if there's no replacement on the horizon.
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Yeah, It could be something as simple as the battery die-ing while benchmarking.....
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The battery was at 93% prior to the benchmark. I've been watching it like a hawk since day one.
On a side note, I've only been getting about 12 hours on a full charge with LIGHT usage which doesn't last me through a day at the office with commute. This is with auto brightness and WiFi turned on, but not connected. I've noticed the phone drops about 5-7% every hour without any user activity. The OS is reporting that the screen uses about 50% of the battery. I can't wait until they release the wireless charger, it will be getting a lot of use.
On average 2% of electronics are DOA or die within a month. That is basicly exactly where warranties come from. 1.2% for smart phones. It is 1 phone in 100. So don't be that surprised, but still bad luck.
Thanks for taking 1 for the team! lol
I wonder if this could've been avoided if broken in normally instead of bringing it to the extremes such as heat with useless misleading benchmarks.
mi7chy said:
I wonder if this could've been avoided if broken in normally instead of bringing it to the extremes such as heat with useless misleading benchmarks.
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A benchmark is comparable to playing a modern 3D game. If the phone cannot handle that amount of heat generation there is a problem with its design (or just a bad unit).
Swazi Samurai said:
I can't wait until they release the wireless charger, it will be getting a lot of use.
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Theres already a few that will work, LG even have one LG WCP-700
mi7chy said:
I wonder if this could've been avoided if broken in normally instead of bringing it to the extremes such as heat with useless misleading benchmarks.
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The benchmark never even started. The phone literally crashed when I hit the "start benchmark" button. This was only the second benchmark I even attempted. Neocore said my device was incompatible and Linpack force closed several times upon launch so I uninstalled it. I only ran one full benchmark with Quadrant before attempting AnTuTu.
I agree that benchmarks are misleading, this is the fastest/smoothest phone I have ever used. GSIII users can brag about their benchmarks all they want, the Nexus 4 runs circles around it in real world usage and feel. I can't stress how great the phone is. I just wish I wasn't staring at a black piece of glass.
I have to give major props to T-Mobile for overnight shipping a brand new Nexus 4 on a Saturday/Sunday. Picked up the phone today and everything is running smooth. I don't think I will be running AnTuTu anytime soon... I LOVE this phone!
Swazi Samurai said:
I have to give major props to T-Mobile for overnight shipping a brand new Nexus 4 on a Saturday/Sunday. Picked up the phone today and everything is running smooth. I don't think I will be running AnTuTu anytime soon... I LOVE this phone!
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Glad you had your phone replaced. Just wanted to users here about something I noticed yesterday.
Long pressing of the power button (about 7 seconds) in the Nexus 4 will force-shutdown the phone, equals a "battery pull".
I've used my nexus 4 16GB for 2 days and then it shut down on me and could never turn it on again. I've left it charged for a couple of hours, It blinks red led when plug to charge, and I tried the power + volume down combo but nothing works. HELP!
I've shipped the phone to Cambodia all the way from the States, sending it back and forth would cost me half the phone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
same ****..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050811&highlight=bricked+
Thanks. I'll jump to that thread straight away
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Still no help. I've left it charged again today for 7 hours, it was quite hot, still blinking red but could not turn it on.
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Swazi Samurai said:
After the whole Google Play fiasco, I decided to pick up the Nexus 4 from a local T-Mobile store. The phone worked great for 3 days, but is now completely dead. The last thing I did was launch the AnTuTu benchmark app. As soon as I started the benchmark, the phone crashed and was unresponsive. The phone looks like it is off now. I called Google support and they suggested all of the normal things (i.e. hard reset by holding the volume and power buttons). Life only seems to exist when I connect the charger which causes the LED to flash a red/orange color very quickly (reminds me of the Xbox 360 RROD).
Not only was Google unable to assist me, but all of the T-Mobile stores in my area are now out of stock. T-Mobile is going to try to hunt one down for me at another store and have it shipped which I am grateful for, but it still sucks going through the ringer for a brand new flagship Nexus 4. And because my old rooted MT4G doesn't use a micro SIM, I can't swap in the new one. Looks like another trip to T-Mobile is in my future.
I watched several other Nexus 4 owners run the AnTuTu benchmark on YouTube without any issues. Is this a sign of LG reliability or am I just unlucky?
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hey bro, i having the same issue with you.
it dead suddenly when i run antutu. I can't boot the phone with power button. I can only boot with the charger. But when i boot in the system, the battery stat is only 1%!
are you having the same issue? so how's you fix it?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CH1LIJW/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
Never heard of this brand and would like some feedback especially because it seems this is the only slim extended battery available at the moment (3030mah)?
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They might work ok. I haven't heard anything bad about the brand but, cheap Chinese batteries are usually not made well. They get hot, are not really the mah advertised, and this one has no nfc so you would lose anything that used your nfc. (Wallet, sbeam etc)
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for that price i guess it wouldnt hurt to try it unless it catches fire in your pocket and turns your phone into a smore. i have tried the 3rd party extended batteries and have yet to be amused. if you want more mobile battery life get one of these
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10831&cs_id=1083110&p_id=9283&seq=1&format=2
and before you balk at the price, monprice is legit and i have been using one for about 6 months and it works great (havent tried on s4 yet). you can get 2-3 charges out of it usually.
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for that price i guess it wouldnt hurt to try it unless it catches fire in your pocket and turns your phone into a smore. i have tried the 3rd party extended batteries and have yet to be amused. if you want more mobile battery life get one of these
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10831&cs_id=1083110&p_id=9283&seq=1&format=2
and before you balk at the price, monprice is legit and i have been using one for about 6 months and it works great (havent tried on s4 yet). you can get 2-3 charges out of it usually.
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That will be last option if I can't find a slim extended battery or at least one that doesn't add too much bulk.
Oh and I know about monoprice. I buy my speaker wire from them. Cheap and great quality materials used in everything I've bought from them.
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Hi everyone, I've had my nexus 4 for about three weeks now and I think I have a problem with the battery, it just seems to be draining no matter what set up I have be it ROM or stock or any kernel, its draining whether I'm using it or not, obviously it drains quicker when I'm using it but it empties at quite a quick rate, also when I'm charging it it seems to take an age to fully charge.
I don't know if its me just being silly about the whole thing but I'm certain it shouldn't be draining this quickly.
Now I don't know if I need a replacement and if I do would the fact that I brought it off eBay matter?
I'm a bit gutted cos I sold my other phone to get this one now this one is playing up and I'm not sure I can get it replaced?
Just need some advice from you guys as what to do?
Many thanks
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I suggest buying a battery on eBay for the Nexus 4 and replace the battery currently in your phone. It shouldn't cost more than $40 USD.
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Are there any good extended and/or expanded batteries for the S4?
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Zero lemon or anker.
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Malkozaine said:
Are there any good extended and/or expanded batteries for the S4?
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Really depends on how big and heavy you want your phone to be, but if you don't care, the 7,500mah Zero Lemon is the biggest one there is. XDA isn't letting me post the link, but just search amazon for Zero Lemon S4, it's $40US.
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Really depends on how big and heavy you want your phone to be, but if you don't care, the 7,500mah Zero Lemon is the biggest one there is. XDA isn't letting me post the link, but just search amazon for Zero Lemon S4, it's $40US.
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Cool....I'll look it up. Are there any good ones that don't add bulk to the phone? This will be for my wifes phone and not sure if she would want the extra bulk.
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Cool....I'll look it up. Are there any good ones that don't add bulk to the phone? This will be for my wifes phone and not sure if she would want the extra bulk.
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I've yet to find one that doesn't require a new case and is worth getting. The only I know of gives you a whopping 6% increase in battery life. It would appear Samsung has already squeezed the most they can out of the battery with it's current size.
There are other batteries that won't add quit as much bulk though. s4tips .com/reviews/best-extended-batteries-for-samsung-galaxy-s4/ has a list of good ones. (I still can't post links so take the space out before .com)
UPDATE 1 -
Got the batteries yesterday - 2 3000mah and a charger. Charger worked well and the 2nd one is charging now.
Stock weighs 1.5 oz while the Zero-lemon ones weighed 1.6 oz.
I DID have to take off the white label surrounding the new battery for it to fit into the slot of the phone.
It is snug, but it fits correctly, but ONLY after taking off the wrap-around label.
I put the back on and it clicked in correctly and seems okay.
I have a aftermarket slimline case that still fits on it properly also - no issues between it and the battery.
Ill monitor battery life the next few days and see what I get. I usually get about 15 hours a day, with about
2-3 hours of screen time.
If anything, I have 2 extra batteries and a good plug in charger, all for $20.00, so Im happy so far.
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Hey
Yesterday I ordered off Amazon (2) of the zerolemon with the quickcharger. they were the 3000mah ones.
Reviews said they gave about 2 more hours worth of screen time. Said they are NOT NFC, and used that
space to add to the battery. Either way, said it will work with stock back. They were $20 shipped.
Should be here next day or two, so Ill let you know my results.
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QUOTE=Malkozaine;46061412]Cool....I'll look it up. Are there any good ones that don't add bulk to the phone? This will be for my wifes phone and not sure if she would want the extra bulk.
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The Nexus 10 is just an amazing tablet. BUUUUUTTTTT it's battery has just started to fail and there doesn't seem to be any luck in finding a new one on Amazon. Anyone know of any reputed sites? If I guess right, more than a few of the existing Nexus 10 users should be starting to see issues with their batteries as well. Symptoms include screen flickering, sudden discharge from some percentage to zero, and the worst one of it not waking up once it dies. Thats what happened to me anyways. So getting back to it, from where can we get the original(or as good) Nexus 10 battery? No luck on Amazon, it seems like it's all out of stock.
There is an extensive thread on this subject in the accessories N10 section. From the last time I checked you cannot trust foreign battery sources are they are mainly recycled from dead N10. The best bet was sending your unit to Samsung for a battery replacement. That may no longer be an option and would be expensive. How much I cannot remember.
I leave my unit plugged in most of the time now and just yesterday bought a Samsung Tab S 10.5" as a replacement. The next Tab S series (june) is changing to a 4:3 aspect ratio which is a no-go for a media consumption use of a Tablet.
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Thanks... Will check it out... Will try my luck with Samsung :/
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I replaced the battery in my Nexus 10 with this kit last fall. It wasn't drop dead simple, but the instructions are excellent. (Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with nor connected to this company.)
That's been out of stock since ages. I am making sure that my Nexus 10 doesn't drop below 20 percent. Seems to be the only way to survive so far
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