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Did I kill my screen?

So I accidentally depleted my phones battery low enough that when I plugged my phone in to charge it, it was blinking red. But it charged and is back working again, so its all good. But now when I turned my phone on, there's a Google watermark Almost on my screen. I've taken screen shots and looked at them on my computer and it didn't have it, so it much be the screen? Its in the same spot and size as the Google logo when you start up. I only let it charge for about an hour, and the first time I turned it on, it was on its charger and I didn't get the boot animation, the screen was off, I could tell because it was really black, if I display a black screen on my phone while its on, I can still tell its on because of the backlight. Did I break it... ?
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It's definitely burned into the LCD, was the phone heated up when it happened? were you using intensive tasks? though, Either way it wouldn't matter. The only thing you could do about it currently is to take it back to LG for them to replace your screen.

What charger you used ? Stock ?

I'd give it about a week to return to normal.

The phone was warm, but not hot. I used stock charger and stock cable. Its actually gone already. I can't notice it at least.
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just factory resest your phone...or better yet use a toolkit to return to stock image..the mark will go away..this happens something is seriously wrong with nexus 4..its get loads of issues...!

@zander, which kernel are you using?

naveediftikhar said:
just factory resest your phone...or better yet use a toolkit to return to stock image..the mark will go away..this happens something is seriously wrong with nexus 4..its get loads of issues...!
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Huh?!?!
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Looks like a screen burn in.. You probably have really high brightness? Or your device was taking long during the boot up at the Google icon stage?

naveediftikhar said:
just factory resest your phone...or better yet use a toolkit to return to stock image..the mark will go away..this happens something is seriously wrong with nexus 4..its get loads of issues...!
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What? No amount of factory resets will fix LCD burn in.
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joshnichols189 said:
What? No amount of factory resets will fix LCD burn in.
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Lol. I love XDA. : puts gun to head :

Guys ive had this issue..lolz anyways ur phn ur call!
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This happened to me when an app required to restart my phone and a weird static image showed up on my screen. The Google logo was temporarily burned in. I shut the phone down for a few minutes, turned it back on and it was gone

Half of phone merged into water

Hey guys. My girl dropped her phone in a cup of water. Halfway the phone was in it. So the screen wont come off but the led blinks red. I have the phone on a bowl of rice. Been there for 12 hours. Still wont come on but it vibrates and the red light blinks. I was wondering if that is what would called lights of death? So what you guys recommend? Leave the phone on rice more time? Open it?
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Buy a new phone. It's likely fried.
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Blinking red light means the battery is too low to start the phone up
Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454
You might as well clean up any moisture that might be present inside while you're doing that

You're fault for having a girl

You'll probably have to replace a few things. Check YouTube for an N4 teardown video.
Alternatively, you could sell it for about $150 on eBay and cut your losses.
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Forgot to mention. Kids talk your childish comments somewhere else. The screen wont come on. Will put it on charge all night tonight. I was just wondering if the phone can be save though the led light comes on. Then the phone should be fine right?
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gypsy214 said:
Forgot to mention. Kids talk your childish comments somewhere else. The screen wont come on. Will put it on charge all night tonight. I was just wondering if the phone can be save though the led light comes on. Then the phone should be fine right?
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If it does get past the red light, you may still have more issues with the device, but it should at least attempt to boot.

lopezk38 said:
If it does get past the red light, you may still have more issues with the device, but it should at least attempt to boot.
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Cant get past the red light. Its been 5 days now and now the red light flashes when its plugged in. Not sure if it will ever come to life. I tried to go into recovery and nothing. I wonder if its bricked completely. But its a shame that I couldnt save it. Maybe a JTAG repair may fix it

You might have to do the fix where you open the phone and manually charge the battery. Someone posted a link to that thread in this thread already, just go to the 1st post of that thread.
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[Q] green light while charging

hello all
my n4 got wet two days ago. since friday i didn't manage to power it on.
today, after i opened it and put it in a bowl of dry rice (heard it can absorb the fluids) i connected it to the charger and after i pressed the power button for few seconds it the green led light popped, but turned off after few seconds. when i press it for few sec and it turns on and afrterwards turns off.
now it's connected and i managed to keep the green light on for the last 0.5 hour. do i still have a chance to save it and what should i do, or it lost?
i'll mention i don't have an app about the lights and didn't root my phone. i also looked it up in the forum and didn't find a similar problem.
thank you very much for the effort.

You should of placed it in rice has soon has possible.
The green LED means fully charged.
When you mean by turns on do you mean it shows the Google splash screen and if so then when does it come off?
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andyabc said:
You should of placed it in rice has soon has possible.
The green LED means fully charged.
When you mean by turns on do you mean it shows the Google splash screen and if so then when does it come off?
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it show's nothing. the green led is not constant, i have to press about 10 seconds in order to get it.

gf15 said:
it show's nothing. the green led is not constant, i have to press about 10 seconds in order to get it.
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Then it seems that the water damaged some components but somehow the phone does switch on for a bit with a working LED, does the screen light up when switching on?
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andyabc said:
Then it seems that the water damaged some components but somehow the phone does switch on for a bit with a working LED, does the screen light up when switching on?
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the screen doesn't light at all.

gf15 said:
the screen doesn't light at all.
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Oh dear, unfortunately it seems that there is a power fault.
Basically your phone is dead. D:
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andyabc said:
Oh dear, unfortunately it seems that there is a power fault.
Basically your phone is dead. D:
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oh
it doesn't sounds good. that's what i was afraid of. thank you.

gf15 said:
oh
it doesn't sounds good. that's what i was afraid of. thank you.
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update
after another few hours in the rice i closed the back cover of the device and i succeeded to power it on!
but... i have a constant green light on. no matter what i do. so the phone is warming at this area, front and back.
how can i fix it?

anyone please?

gf15 said:
update
after another few hours in the rice i closed the back cover of the device and i succeeded to power it on!
but... i have a constant green light on. no matter what i do. so the phone is warming at this area, front and back.
how can i fix it?
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If I were you I would try rooting the phone and installing Slimbean or another rom that lets you disable the LED light. That could shut it off for good hopefully unless the LED lost all connection to the motherboard and it's only getting power now.

[Q] Squares in the screen.

Hello!
I have a Nexus 4 and I saw now that I can see squares in the screen of the Nexus when it turned off.
I can really see them clearly.
What is that? Is my Nexus 4 is defective?

Wassupdog said:
Hello!
I have a Nexus 4 and I saw now that I can see squares in the screen of the Nexus when it turned off.
I can really see them clearly.
What is that? Is my Nexus 4 is defective?
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its not defective unless your touchscreen is not working..
those lines that look like circuits are the touch sensor or something like that..... you can only see then with the screen off and in the right angle...

pGuerrerox said:
its not defective unless your touchscreen is not working..
those lines that look like circuits are the touch sensor or something like that..... you can only see then with the screen off and in the right angle...
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The phone works great.
Thanks!

Wassupdog said:
The phone works great.
Thanks!
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Great!
More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115312
Cheers!

TToivanen said:
Great!
More info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115312
Cheers!
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Is there a Nexus 4 phone that the pattren is less visible?
I compared with a friends phone and his does not have this pattren so clearly.
Btw,
If I change the phone's gamma with a kernel and then I back to stock, the colors goes back to the original?
And if I undervolt the phone and then I go back to stock, the settings of volt goes back to the original?
Is changing the colors can damage the screen in the long term?

We just got a new nexus 4 in the family today, rev11, and it also has this chequered pattern visible with the screen off. We have 2 original rev10's that don't have this.
Guess it's supposed to be like that.

meangreenie said:
We just got a new nexus 4 in the family today, rev11, and it also has this chequered pattern visible with the screen off. We have 2 original rev10's that don't have this.
Guess it's supposed to be like that.
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New to this, what's this "rev11" and "rev10" are you talking about ? Sorry, I'm a n00b

Seadra said:
New to this, what's this "rev11" and "rev10" are you talking about ? Sorry, I'm a n00b
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Basically... older models, newer models.

meangreenie said:
Basically... older models, newer models.
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How to know on which one am I ? I just bought the phone some like 2 weeks back. But didn't from play store, but rather from a local re seller.

Seadra said:
How to know on which one am I ? I just bought the phone some like 2 weeks back. But didn't from play store, but rather from a local re seller.
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Boot to the boot loader.. From power powered off state, press volume down button, then press it again with the power button and hold them both down until the boot loader screen comes up. There you can see what revision your phone is.

Broken screen??

My wife pulled her phone out of her purse today (had the phone for 2 weeks) and the phone wouldn't come on, after looking at it, it looks like the screen is cracked, but you can't feel the cracks (See attached pics)
Also, the LED doesn't light up when you plug it in
What I would like to know, is what do I actually need to repair this?
Thanks

Anyone? The LED turns blue when you turn it on.
I know something is cracked, but what is it? If I order a part, what do I need to order?

idbl_fanatic said:
My wife pulled her phone out of her purse today (had the phone for 2 weeks) and the phone wouldn't come on, after looking at it, it looks like the screen is cracked, but you can't feel the cracks (See attached pics)
Also, the LED doesn't light up when you plug it in
What I would like to know, is what do I actually need to repair this?
Thanks
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Get the screen repaired. Seems broken to me.
Get a digitizer+glass module for your phone.
Press Thanks if I helped
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DeepankarS said:
Get the screen repaired. Seems broken to me.
Get a digitizer+glass module for your phone.
Press Thanks if I helped
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Thanks!! That's what I was afraid of.............another question, I had it plugged it to see if the charge light would come on, and the screen started getting hot, so I unplugged it, it this normal for a broken LCD screen?

idbl_fanatic said:
Thanks!! That's what I was afraid of.............another question, I had it plugged it to see if the charge light would come on, and the screen started getting hot, so I unplugged it, it this normal for a broken LCD screen?
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Yeah at times. Well dont have muchnexperience with brokem screens but i know what components are used whr.
Umm you can learn how to fix the screen at
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Samsung_Galaxy_S4#guideList
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@idbl_fanatic
Hello, I'm a technichan.
The AMOLED display is broken and shouldn't get hot. Maybe is the CPU getting hot (normal) and/or the PMIC (it's normal when device is powered on or under charge, but if get too hot it's bad). I suggest to take device to someone that can test motherboard, since the notification LED is connected (together with 3,5" stereo jack) with a different connector than screen+touch screen and doesn't light up while charging or during boot, bad symptom
Inviato dal mio GT-I9505

AntaresOne said:
@idbl_fanatic
Hello, I'm a technichan.
The AMOLED display is broken and shouldn't get hot. Maybe is the CPU getting hot (normal) and/or the PMIC (it's normal when device is powered on or under charge, but if get too hot it's bad). I suggest to take device to someone that can test motherboard, since the notification LED is connected (together with 3,5" stereo jack) with a different connector than screen+touch screen and doesn't light up while charging or during boot, bad symptom
Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
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Man don't tell me that!!
The blue light comes on when you turn it on.

idbl_fanatic said:
Man don't tell me that!!
The blue light comes on when you turn it on.
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Well is something like this your issue?
If yes, get it tested or replaced.
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idbl_fanatic said:
Man don't tell me that!!
The blue light comes on when you turn it on.
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Blue light turns on? Oh, don't worry!!! Device works, just change front assembly (includes touch screen+display+bezel)
DeepankarS said:
Well is something like this your issue?
If yes, get it tested or replaced.
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I have already said that

Well crap!!! I got the screen, tested it before I installed it, everything worked FINE!! Put it back together, still working, happened to touch the top left of the screen, and the screen blueish green with horizontal stripes, and what looks like lightening coming down from the top...............