Hey, I know this is by far the most stupid thing I've done in a long time, so please don't point it out to me, but I traded my Galaxy S4 + cash for a G2. I checked out the phone for a bit to make sure it was fine, and so far it only has 2 issues, one of which I can fix.
1. The phone is an in-store demo unit, it keeps playing through Verizon's demo software, which I don't mind, I can fix that.
2. The phone's battery is dying, as in it's max charge yesterday was 37%, today it's 35%.
Now, I hate to ask this because I feel like a total derp, but is there anything I can do about the battery (I know it's internal, but is it able to be repaired)?
It isn't molded plastic so you can definitely change it. Haven't seen any threads on it yet though. As for point 1, try to get into factory reset mode and do that.
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From what I heard and read the back cover is simple to remove. Just put your nails into the small gap between the silver band and the cover and move it along the edges, I'm sure the cover should come off. The battery should be accessible, not sure if you need to unglue it or solder it off, which shouldn't be a difficult task. Then search eBay for a battery replacement which shouldn't be hard to find just search for the Korean model of the LG G2.
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From what I heard and read the back cover is simple to remove. Just put your nails into the small gap between the silver band and the cover and move it along the edges, I'm sure the cover should come off. The battery should be accessible, not sure if you need to unglue it or solder it off, which shouldn't be a difficult task. Then search eBay for a battery replacement which shouldn't be hard to find just search for the Korean model of the LG G2.
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The Korean model has a 2600mah battery, while the other models have 3000mah. It's not the same battery, it might not even fit.
Do you have insurance on the line? If so just have it replaced.
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no insurance
I don't have insurance, but if I did, would it even cover my phone that has been swapped?
Edit: Also I contacted the seller and he said that the phone "requires" a special charger, which I know it says it's not the correct charger when I plug it in, but I don't think it "requires" the LG one, but I could be wrong I suppose, I am using a 2.0A charger from my old Note II
Have you tried to just do a factory reset on it to solve the issues??
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Hey, I know this is by far the most stupid thing I've done in a long time, so please don't point it out to me, but I traded my Galaxy S4 + cash for a G2. I checked out the phone for a bit to make sure it was fine, and so far it only has 2 issues, one of which I can fix.
1. The phone is an in-store demo unit, it keeps playing through Verizon's demo software, which I don't mind, I can fix that.
2. The phone's battery is dying, as in it's max charge yesterday was 37%, today it's 35%.
Now, I hate to ask this because I feel like a total derp, but is there anything I can do about the battery (I know it's internal, but is it able to be repaired)?
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Is 'go to the police' an option?
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Is 'go to the police' an option?
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Why would a store be selling off a demo phone of the latest model. Sounds very fishy.
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I just noticed a moment ago that when I tap my phone hard enough it turns off. For example sliding the kb open or setting it down on a table hard enough. I have to be real gentle with it now. And I have never been very rough with it its in great condition. I dropped it once on carpet a few months ago. But that's it. I have 2 batteries and I switch them out every other day. Could that have something to do with it? I really do not want to goto the sprint store and have the look at it because ill have to flash back to stock and deal with their lines and annoying staff. Anyone know what I can do to fix this issue?
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Is it possible that you thumped it hard enough to knock it unconscious? Just kidding, sounds like you have a short somewhere.
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screw that. flash it back to stock and take it in. i wouldnt be able to deal with that.
^^ I agree
However, take a look at your battery contacts. One of my 3 is noticeably bent "differently" but not necessarily broken than the other 2 (although it's NEVER lost contact even in a fall). Maybe it's not maintaining the tension it needs to keep the connection.
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I just noticed a moment ago that when I tap my phone hard enough it turns off. For example sliding the kb open or setting it down on a table hard enough. I have to be real gentle with it now. And I have never been very rough with it its in great condition. I dropped it once on carpet a few months ago. But that's it. I have 2 batteries and I switch them out every other day. Could that have something to do with it? I really do not want to goto the sprint store and have the look at it because ill have to flash back to stock and deal with their lines and annoying staff. Anyone know what I can do to fix this issue?
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Happens to me when I close the keyboard too hard so I put a piece of thin cardboard between the cover and battery to secure it even more and no more problem.
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Happens to me when I close the keyboard too hard so I put a piece of thin cardboard between the cover and battery to secure it even more and no more problem.
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doesnt paper heat up the battery more? and i think the OP should place a claim on the phone (you should too). you people paid a lot for your phone and it should work (without putting cardboard)
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doesnt paper heat up the battery more? and i think the OP should place a claim on the phone (you should too). you people paid a lot for your phone and it should work (without putting cardboard)
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your right I did pay alot for this phone and it should work properly without ghetto rigging it. It actually stopped for now idk what did it, I tried a number of things including pressing the battery in harder and that may of solved it, but I bet it does it again one day. plus I wouldnt mind having a brand new one if thats what they would do to fix it lol
That happened to me a couple times, but it was the extended batteries and thus generic cover that doesn't fit well to begin with.
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doesnt paper heat up the battery more? and i think the OP should place a claim on the phone (you should too). you people paid a lot for your phone and it should work (without putting cardboard)
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Then don't cover the whole battery. Use a small strip runnin diagionaly and fasten it to back cover is it don't move around when u drop your phone again.
Try a little peice of paper in between the batt and the wall of batt hole.
Epoxy your battery in place.
Or u can stop abusing your phone.
Tell your phone your sorry..
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doesnt paper heat up the battery more? and i think the OP should place a claim on the phone (you should too). you people paid a lot for your phone and it should work (without putting cardboard)
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Not anymore than sitting on my hip. Paper is an insulator so actually would help in Florida sun. But my issue is a $21 extended battery and extended back, not stock. So a small piece of cardboard helps to keep it really tight. Also probably because I have dropped my phone a few times.
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Then don't cover the whole battery. Use a small strip runnin diagionaly and fasten it to back cover is it don't move around when u drop your phone again.
Try a little peice of paper in between the batt and the wall of batt hole.
Epoxy your battery in place.
Or u can stop abusing your phone.
Tell your phone your sorry..
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LMAO!!!! Nice...think I will download a flowers jpg for my phone now.
My first epic did this. It's a manufacturing problem. I took it back and sprint replaced it. (I returned it the day after I bought it, though).
I have had this happen to me and all I did was flash a different rom. It seemed to be a had flash or the rom I was using. That is assuming you are rooted and running a custom rom. Give it a try. Flash something else and see if the problem goes away. Mine did.
I was on my way into the sprint store as I was restoring a different rom and after restoring i could not reproduce the power down when bumping or sliding keyboard. That's how I figured out it had to be the rom. I have not had it happen since, that was 5 months ago.
desire s turns off
Ive had my desire s for less than 2 months and ive had to leave it back for this reason. The slightest of taps to the bottom right corner and off it goes.
Estimated return time from the car phone warehouse is 1 month. whahahahah....
Mine does the same thing, bougt mine off ebay, esy fix I just took a very small piece of electrical tape, made it so its sticky on both sides and stuc it behind the battery
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I had this problem also. Mine was one of the three contacta on the phone broke. The brass contacts that touch the battery.
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But my issue is a $21 extended battery and extended back, not stock
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Same here! With the stock battery it works fine, but with the extended to hard of a jolt will reset it.
My sisters g2 is randomly shutting off whenever it wants to its unrooted and I believe has the gb update should I try a new battery? Any suggestions are appreciated
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Just switching off completely ? Could be a loose battery, try a slip of paper at the other end of the battery from the contacts, to see if that helps.
Is the battery an OEM (HTC) one ?
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Just switching off completely ? Could be a loose battery, try a slip of paper at the other end of the battery from the contacts, to see if that helps.
Is the battery an OEM (HTC) one ?
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I'll try that and yes its the original OEM battery thanks
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If you figure it out, let us know. My g2 does it once in a while, with 2 different batteries. I'd like to know too.
Mine (DZ) does too, now and again. I'm kind of resigned to it since the phone 18mths old now, and even if I sent it for warranty repair (2yrs cover in the EU) they'd wipe it and probably load some unrootable sh*tbag of a ROM on it.
I intend on replacing it when something better (with a qwerty) materialises, but that day hasn't come yet. In the meantime it would be nice to know what's causing my shutdowns - it's not software because it happens with any ROM I put on it. Is there any way to log and interpret hardware events like shutdowns?
I have the same problems!
I had the same problem, I've searched for ever and finally find why.
Mine was cause by a electric shortcut between the metal battery cover AND the ebay battery. Yes, under the brand sticker on the battery, there's some aluminum or something that can make a shortcut.
I just warped it in a cellophane plastic (leaving the 4 connections free, duh)
Any way, I dont want to be pessimist, but pretty sure thats not your problem...
Mine did that too back then. How I fixed it was, I had to calibrate the battery. But I did mine the rooted way, by using an app called batter calibrator by nema, it's on the market somewhere. But I think there's a way to calibrate the battery without root.
My vibrant gave up the ghost 2 days ago. Turned itself off and now it won't fully boot without turning itself off unless I leave it undisturbed on a table.
Something on/under the ringer/speaker is loose or corroded, because tapping on that part of the phone makes it cut itself off.
Been using a Galaxy Tab as my phone for the past day and a half. Galaxy Nexus should arrive at home this afternoon.
Goodbye vibrant and Bionix. I would have liked to keep you as a media player, but I guess it is not to ever be. You worked well... except for your wonky GPS and tendency to 'forget' custom ring tones for contacts.... and your shrinking battery life (I have 4 spare batteries).... and taking 2 minutes to read the SD cards during boot up.... but you sure had a nice screen.
You could still use it as a media player. Odin it back to stock then flash a rom. There's one that's design just for that.
You said when you tap it on the side it cuts its self, do you mean it shuts down?
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When I tap it on the back surface of the phone, close to the top (basically where the ringer/speaker-phone is) then it shuts itself off (power goes off)
Other things can cause it to shut off, but that seems to be the problem area.
you may can fix it
well, if you have a soldering iron and a oven proceed, if not but you want to fix it go and buy one.
**Do it only as last resource and if you dont have an soldering station.**
take out the board of you vibrant, solder a small piece of any wire you have on an insignificant par of the board (like the gold border around it) put the board in the oven nearly at 200ºC and wait a bit of time till the solder you have done got liquid an the wire goes down.Turn off the oven and let the door open in order to cool ,wait till it got fresh enough to test.
Be happy!
Obs.:the board will get damage if you let it got more hot than necessary.
Good luck!
Are you suggesting that I connect the board to an electrical ground?
Did you have insurance on the phone? If so I'd get it replaced and then sell the new phone.
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No. Phone insurance is mostly a rip off unless you lose it in the first ~4 months of ownership.
It was worth a shot.
I have it on mine, but I wonder what they would replace it with on a claim if I was to break it since they stopped selling the vibrant quite a while ago.
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Are you suggesting that I connect the board to an electrical ground?
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no, only to you resolder you board without the full equipment needed.
Sorry for my bad english, it's not my natural language.
***BUT, if you still on warranty,wipe all,odin a stock rom and let they replace your phone.
Could you sell it for parts? I'm in need of a few vibrant parts at the moment.
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Could you sell it for parts? I'm in need of a few vibrant parts at the moment.
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Which parts are you interested in?
Im interested in phone mine has
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Hello,
Please dont burn me since this topic has a lot of threads already. I live outside the USA and will be visiting US for a few weeks and am planning on getting the nexus 4. After reading through dozens of threads, the general conclusion seems to be that its a hardware problem which can be temporarily fixed by unscrewing the back plate and whatnot.
My question is that is this problem present only in the first few batches of nexus 4 devices? Do you think google must have fixed it by now and cranking out fixed hardware this time?
If so anyone who has recently bought the nexus can confirm? Or is there any link which confirms this?
I only ask because I dont want to be stuck with a dead phone sixteen thousand miles away :/
Thank you!
Life is a gamble. Having said that, chances are a million to one that your brand new n4 will have the battery problem.
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Life is a gamble. Having said that, chances are a million to one that your brand new n4 will have the battery problem.
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Do you think nexus support will comment on this if I call them up in US once I land?
I recently bought a N4 in the USA, not my usual place of residence. It no longer works - the dreaded red light of death. I have no idea how it happened, but that I let the battery run very low and when I plugged it in to charge it froze and then never turned on again.
I've tried various things, but the screen never displays anything, there's no vibration, etc. I've charged it for a long time and to no avail. Strangely, when I plug it into my computer I immediately get a warning about "Unsafe device removal"
I'm either going to pay to get it fixed, or RMA it when I make it to the USA next.
There's a way to fix. You have to remove the back cover and unscrew the two screws that is holding the battery pins. Once you have taken off the screws you have to lift the pins off just a little bit. Don't take the battery off. Then place the pins back and rescrew them in. That should work.
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Just so you know, I have one of the first batch Nexii, have had mine since mid-November, and have never had this issue. They don't all have the problem.
I just freaking experienced this. I reading something, while sitting near my charger, and I forgot to plug my phone in. Then the phone died, so I pluged it in, and there it was, the infamous red light :/ I scared the sh*t out of me. But after unpluging and holding all 3 buttons at once for a few sec, it booted.
I am so freaking lucky
I was on the latest PA rom
Ps. I bought my phone in January, so its from the 3rd batch (ordered in december in germany)
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Hey guys, I have a Nexus 4 that I bought around end of 2012 and it is now out of warranty. Recently, the battery started dying around 50% after updating to Kit Kat 4.4.2 and now it's bulging and breaking the glass in the back plate. I stopped using it, fearing it would explode. What should I do since I am out of warranty and I bought this phone off Craigslist, so it's not like I can claim hardware replacement anyways. I just ordered a battery replacement kit off Amazon and hopefully this will bring life back to the phone.
I would probably keep that in safe somewhere deep in the Atlantic Ocean until you got your stuff together to replace the battery.. That does not look good at all!
I've opened up my N4 for the first time a few days ago, using iFixit's Essential Toolkit. Also went through the process of removing the battery (to take a good look at the usb-flex but that's irrelevant) and it's actually pretty easy! Just make sure you do heat up your battery first with a heatgun or a hairdryer because that'll loosen the adhesive holding the battery a little. Good luck!
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Do you mind taking a look at what I bought off Amazon? I don't really know if I got the right tools or battery pack for the job. Thanks bro. Sorry I can't post links on here but what I bought are:
Tool Repair Kit Precision Screw Driver Set Torx + Flat Head + Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool for Motorola Verizon Sprint ATT Cingular Razor and More
Internal Battery LG BL-T5 BL T5 2100mAh for LG Google Nexus 4 E960 / Optimus G E970 / Optimus G LS970
Thanks again. I got a new phone but hoping to fix this phone for my dad. It would be his first smartphone.
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Do you mind taking a look at what I bought off Amazon? I don't really know if I got the right tools or battery pack for the job. Thanks bro. Sorry I can't post links on here but what I bought are:
Tool Repair Kit Precision Screw Driver Set Torx + Flat Head + Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool for Motorola Verizon Sprint ATT Cingular Razor and More
Internal Battery LG BL-T5 BL T5 2100mAh for LG Google Nexus 4 E960 / Optimus G E970 / Optimus G LS970
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Thanks again. I got a new phone but hoping to fix this phone for my dad. It would be his first smartphone.
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go to YouTube and search for How to replace battery on nexus 4 .there's a couple of videos that will show you how.
I am just a little afraid of the quality of the replacement battery pack. The seller has a 92% rating and although it says LG OEM, I highly doubt it. Hopefully the battery is reliable and won't explode. Damn Google and LG won't do anything for my poor phone...
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go to YouTube and search for How to replace battery on nexus 4 .there's a couple of videos that will show you how.
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Do you mind taking a look at what I bought off Amazon? I don't really know if I got the right tools or battery pack for the job. Thanks bro. Sorry I can't post links on here but what I bought are:
Tool Repair Kit Precision Screw Driver Set Torx + Flat Head + Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool for Motorola Verizon Sprint ATT Cingular Razor and More
Internal Battery LG BL-T5 BL T5 2100mAh for LG Google Nexus 4 E960 / Optimus G E970 / Optimus G LS970
Thanks again. I got a new phone but hoping to fix this phone for my dad. It would be his first smartphone.
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Hi,
Are these the products you bought?
www.amazon.com/Repair-Precision-Motorola-Verizon-Cingular/dp/B001KBEO1O
http://www.amazon.com/Internal-Battery-LG-2100mAh-Optimus/dp/B00DRODFNK
If yes, then you should be fine. The repair kit includes a T5 Torx screwdriver which you'll need to remove the 2 screws at the bottom of your device. Also, the 'Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool' (which I guess is the blue/green plastic thing on the right) is pretty useful, but I prefer using a guitar pick to open up the phone.
As for the battery, I'm no expert myself but the reviews are looking pretty good. I'd say it is genuine.
Good luck and maybe this video might help:
What phone did you get by the way?
Hi, thank you for the prompt response. These are the products that I have bought. I hope everything works out. I ended up following the hype and getting an iPhone 5S. Definitely missing stock Android and a larger screen.
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Hi,
Are these the products you bought?
www.amazon.com/Repair-Precision-Motorola-Verizon-Cingular/dp/B001KBEO1O
http://www.amazon.com/Internal-Battery-LG-2100mAh-Optimus/dp/B00DRODFNK
If yes, then you should be fine. The repair kit includes a T5 Torx screwdriver which you'll need to remove the 2 screws at the bottom of your device. Also, the 'Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool' (which I guess is the blue/green plastic thing on the right) is pretty useful, but I prefer using a guitar pick to open up the phone.
As for the battery, I'm no expert myself but the reviews are looking pretty good. I'd say it is genuine.
Good luck and maybe this video might help:
What phone did you get by the way?
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Hi, thank you for the prompt response. These are the products that I have bought. I hope everything works out. I ended up following the hype and getting an iPhone 5S. Definitely missing stock Android and a larger screen.
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No problem. If anything goes wrong, I'd be glad to help you out where I can.
I'm glad you got an iPhone. IMHO iOS lacks way too much customization, but you'll appreciate the endless list of accesoires, cases, apps, etc. for your device. And if you don't, just get rid of that thing and get yourself an Android device again, it's only a phone after all .
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Haha. You speak exactly what is on my mind. iOS has its advantages and disadvantages. The accessories and support from Apple is great and the apps are all very uniformly designed. However, the screen's kind of small and I can't really use widgets. I miss customizing and rooting and installing custom roms. I am looking at the Nexus 5 haha or the Galaxy S5, although I do prefer stock Android experience. Maybe I will make the change back. I don't know. For now, iPhone 5s.
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No problem. If anything goes wrong, I'd be glad to help you out where I can.
I'm glad you got an iPhone. IMHO iOS lacks way too much customization, but you'll appreciate the endless list of accesoires, cases, apps, etc. for your device. And if you don't, just get rid of that thing and get yourself an Android device again, it's only a phone after all .
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I disassembled my phone to take a look at my battery and oh my god was I scared. Here are some pictures for you guys to see.
*For others who have a bulging Nexus 4 or have battery dying around 50-60%, you should probably stop using your phone as this might be what is happening to you. Good luck.
Is your phone better now after the battery replacement...? Do let us know..
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My phone is working excellent. I replaced the battery with an OEM LG battery and now battery life on Kit Kat 4.4.2 has never been better.
I just had to replace the battery on my nexus 4 today (the pictures that the OP posted, are an accurate representation of what my battery looked like).... here's the story:
Been 5years since i first got my Nexus 4 and during that time ive used it quite extensively. It's had it USB port replaced as it shorted itself oh so randomly while charging... Now, it's been almost two years that it has been retired after getting myself the OnePlus X. Although i do go to it time to time to install stuff and just play with it, i never noticed anything physically wrong it with, cause there wasn't.
Ill say, a month went by since the last time i had used the phone.... So, today i decided I wanted to install the latest version of LineageOS on it, after the dev went on a little break.
When i picked up the phone, i noticed that the phone felt weird in my hand, but even more so when i laid it down on my desk... it wobbled... i was like wtf?
While then examining the phone, i noticed that there was a slight bulge happening where the area the battery is... so in my head im like hmm... i think the battery might need to be replaced soon.
Anyway, while playing with the phone, it eventually just shut off on me... tried to power it back on... nope... so im like... "needs to be replaced... 'soon'... yea, more like now..."
luckily i had already purchased a new battery at the same time i ordered the new USB port for my phone when the usb shorted.
30min later:
battery was replaced, no more bulge and phone powered back on! and to my surprise, the battery was at 62% charge! not bad for 2yrs unused! hahaha
P.S. my phone isnt cracked like the OP's Nexus 4... that's just holy w-t-f!