[Problem] My nexus 4 isn't Connecting. - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, i have a nexus 4 that i am not able to connect to my pc since i have a problem on my nexus, i have been trying to flash another rom, accidentaly removed system and data and everything, now i am stuck with a nexus 4 that i cant connect to a pc and doesnt have any rom to flash since i removed all the data.
any advices?

adi90004 said:
Hello, i have a nexus 4 that i am not able to connect to my pc since i have a problem on my nexus, i have been trying to flash another rom, accidentaly removed system and data and everything, now i am stuck with a nexus 4 that i cant connect to a pc and doesnt have any rom to flash since i removed all the data.
any advices?
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What problem do you have with your device that it doesn't connect to your pc? Does it show up in device manager as anything? Have you tried installing usb drivers?
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jd1639 said:
What problem do you have with your device that it doesn't connect to your pc? Does it show up in device manager as anything? Have you tried installing usb drivers?
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No, it doesn't show.
And yes, i have tried.

adi90004 said:
No, it doesn't show.
And yes, i have tried.
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Try a different usb cable and ports
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[Q]Computer won't recognize phone?

When I plug my wife's phone into my computer it doesn't recognize it as a media device. It does recognize it as an adb device though so I was able to unlock the bootloader and root it. She wants me transfer music and can't, any ideas? Also when I plug in my nexus 4 it appears as a media device.
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Bump. Can anyone help me?
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Anyone?
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mark8503 said:
Anyone?
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when you first put it in, did it download any drivers? if it didnt then go to lgs website and download them.
I got the same effing problem and haven't been able to figure out how to fix it. Every time I uninstall the phones drivers stupid windows will install it right back as adb device...
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I have a similar problem with my wife's N4. Hers does not recognize as a MTP device nor as an ADB device. In device manager it shows it, but adb devices never lists it and it never shows up in Computer when I disable USB debugging. My N4 has no problems with either. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and can't figure it out!
Weird thing though, it detects it in fastboot mode.
I just got off the phone with Google Play Devices support and explained the issue. They are assisting in getting an exchange.
tutech said:
I have a similar problem with my wife's N4. Hers does not recognize as a MTP device nor as an ADB device. In device manager it shows it, but adb devices never lists it and it never shows up in Computer when I disable USB debugging. My N4 has no problems with either. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and can't figure it out!
Weird thing though, it detects it in fastboot mode.
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I had this same problem, and it was the lack of drivers. Uninstall in device manager what you have, restart, then install the 4.2 Google SDK drivers. This works in Windows 8 without any extra procedures. I have the SDK installed, and directed the 'have disk' driver search to the SDK directory/extras/google. There were three adb drivers, and I installed them all. I really don't know what I'm doing, but that solved the problem.
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tutech said:
I just got off the phone with Google Play Devices support and explained the issue. They are assisting in getting an exchange.
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Dude it's not the phone lol. It's the computer. When I plug my phone into my dad's computer it detects it fine. It happened on mine because I installed those adb drivers
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What worked for me was uninstalling my old Motorola drivers and then using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688 to uninstall the SDK drivers for the Nexus 4 that I had originally installed when I got the phone. Then I installed the drivers provided with the Nexus 4 Toolkit and everything works great. MTP, ADB, Fastboot, and the phone is recognized within CWM/TWRP.
tyea said:
I had this same problem, and it was the lack of drivers. Uninstall in device manager what you have, restart, then install the 4.2 Google SDK drivers. This works in Windows 8 without any extra procedures. I have the SDK installed, and directed the 'have disk' driver search to the SDK directory/extras/google. There were three adb drivers, and I installed them all. I really don't know what I'm doing, but that solved the problem.
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I can uninstall the drivers just fine but when I plug in the nexus it automatically installs the adb drivers again..
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have kind of a similar problem, but a bit different
my computer was able to detect the phone in mtp, adb and fastboot mode, installed the drivers, unlocked bootloader, and everything was fine
this morning the computer no longer able to detect the phone, but it still charges when i plug in the usb cable to the computer; cant transfer files, adb and fastboot list no devices, even device manager doesnt show the phone being plugged in
UPDATE: just tried on another computer, nothing... not even asking for drivers, and the phone doesnt even show it is connected in MTP mode like before... im screwed
I have a similar problem too..
My Nexus 4 works fine when I plug it into the computer, it shows the device just fine. But, when I plug my brother's Nexus 4 into my computer, it does not recognize it, it installed the drivers but I can't see the device in My Computer. In device manager, it shows up. With my brother's phone, I can mount it as Camera (PTP) and I can go into it, but it cannot detect it as a Media device (MTP)
Girn said:
I can uninstall the drivers just fine but when I plug in the nexus it automatically installs the adb drivers again..
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Perhaps, in device manager, select the adb driver, right click to update, direct the update to have disk....SDK Google extras location?
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Think I tried that before and windows said the drivers are already up to date
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Girn said:
Dude it's not the phone lol. It's the computer. When I plug my phone into my dad's computer it detects it fine. It happened on mine because I installed those adb drivers
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In my case anyway, its definitely not the computer. I have two identical, brand new Nexus 4 16GB phones. One is recognized with the appropriate drivers on my computer and the other is as well, however the second one does not show in My Computer nor get listed with ADB devices - unlike the first. The only difference between the two scenarios is the physical phone that is plugged into the computer.
Same with me, my phone works fine but when I plug my wife's in.. Nothing.
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I haven't been able to fix it by the suggested methods.. When it's on the other mode for camera pics it works fine and in device manager I get under " portable device" nexus 4 showing up.. But when I switch it to MTP all I get is android adb interface in device manager and no nexus 4
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Girn said:
I haven't been able to fix it by the suggested methods.. When it's on the other mode for camera pics it works fine and in device manager I get under " portable device" nexus 4 showing up.. But when I switch it to MTP all I get is android adb interface in device manager and no nexus 4
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Same for me. I did get it to read my wife's phone though by using the nexus 4 toolkit to uninstall then reinstall the drivers. Funny thing, now it reads her phone and not mine. D'oh!
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My N4 doesn't recognize by my pc.

Help guys may N4 cannot recognized by my pc. Tried changing usb cables and tried 3 pc. Even under device manager it doesn't show. Also tried windows xp and win7. Also tried ticking usb debugging and mtp unfortunately it doesn't help. Im running stock android 4.4.4 and locked bootloader.
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Did you check MTP? Driver installed?
I guess there's no driver installed. How can i install the mtp driver if my computer doesn't recognize my nexus 4 sir.
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whatthefish said:
I guess there's no driver installed. How can i install the mtp driver if my computer doesn't recognize my nexus 4 sir.
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Search for NAKED UNIVERSAL driver..they work the best.. there is a thread on xda.. search.
Rohit02 said:
Search for NAKED UNIVERSAL driver..they work the best.. there is a thread on xda.. search.
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Okay thanks brother will try it later, is it easy to install even my phone is not connected or do i have to connect the phone first?
whatthefish said:
Okay thanks brother will try it later, is it easy to install even my phone is not connected or do i have to connect the phone first?
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Dont connect.. install the drivers and then connect.. See and READ that thread thoroughly and then proceed.
Rohit02 said:
Dont connect.. install the drivers and then connect.. See and READ that thread thoroughly and then proceed.
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cant install it brother.

Unrecognized USB.

My computer or any otg cable can't connect to my N4. Trying go back to stock. USB debugging is on.
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toanau said:
My computer or any otg cable can't connect to my N4. Trying go back to stock. USB debugging is on.
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Well, you can theoretically take the stock ROM and stock recovery and flash them, and then use bootunlocker to lock your bootloader, and then removing root from within the root app.
U could do that but it still leave the same problem with the USB not able to connect to the device
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toanau said:
U could do that but it still leave the same problem with the USB not able to connect to the device
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Well yeah, for that you need some hardware fixing. Go to a service? Or is the phone still in warranty?
Yea It's out of warranty
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same problem
Can't connect to pc for adb & file transfers etc, thought it was a faulty usb connector.
Replaced usb port-microphone part, but problem still persists.
Tried everything, factory reset, flash stock zip, different cables, different computers, re installed drivers & 1000 reboots.
Just keep getting the same result, USB device not recognized. code 43.
I did replace the battery not long ago, but put the old one back in and it still does the same thing.
What could the problem be? If i can replace something, what would that be? :silly:

Flashed wrong stock recovery

Bonehead move I know. Now I need some help to fix. I flashed a stock 5.0 ROM and everything was working fine. Got the 5.0.1 prompt so I flashed a stock recovery (4.4.4 hence my problem). Of course the update wouldn't flash. Now to complicate things all of a sudden my PC won't detect my Nexus 4. It detects my wife's Nexus 4 fine so I'm thinking not a cable or driver problem. Ive tried multiple cables and reinstalled drivers with no luck. So now I need to root and or install custom recovery without a PC. Any ideas?
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Bonehead move I know. Now I need some help to fix. I flashed a stock 5.0 ROM and everything was working fine. Got the 5.0.1 prompt so I flashed a stock recovery (4.4.4 hence my problem). Of course the update wouldn't flash. Now to complicate things all of a sudden my PC won't detect my Nexus 4. It detects my wife's Nexus 4 fine so I'm thinking not a cable or driver problem. Ive tried multiple cables and reinstalled drivers with no luck. So now I need to root and or install custom recovery without a PC. Any ideas?
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You're going to need to get your pc to recognize your device. When booted into the bootloader and your device connected to the pc look in device manager. What does it show?
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You're going to need to get your pc to recognize your device. When booted into the bootloader and your device connected to the pc look in device manager. What does it show?
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It doesn't show anything. Its as if it isn't connected at all. I've tried from the bootloader and recovery screens and also rebooted both phone and pc. Still shows nothing in device manager. Phone shows charging but no mtp notification or anything that it is connected. As soon as I plug our other nexus 4 in the pc recognizes it immediately.
icekold1694 said:
It doesn't show anything. Its as if it isn't connected at all. I've tried from the bootloader and recovery screens and also rebooted both phone and pc. Still shows nothing in device manager. Phone shows charging but no mtp notification or anything that it is connected. As soon as I plug our other nexus 4 in the pc recognizes it immediately.
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Is your device still rooted? If so you can flash the stock recovery image file from 5.0 in flashify
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jd1639 said:
Is your device still rooted? If so you can flash the stock recovery image file from 5.0 in flashify
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No I lost root when I flashed the 5.0 stock rom.
icekold1694 said:
No I lost root when I flashed the 5.0 stock rom.
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I would try deleting your usb drivers on the pc, rebooting and then trying your device again. Flashing the 4.4.4 recovery should not have done anything to mess up your device
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jd1639 said:
I would try deleting your usb drivers on the pc, rebooting and then trying your device again. Flashing the 4.4.4 recovery should not have done anything to mess up your device
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OK I will try that again and post results. Another possible problem I noticed is in root explorer I have a directory of emulated/0 I don't remember having before.
icekold1694 said:
OK I will try that again and post results. Another possible problem I noticed is in root explorer I have a directory of emulated/0 I don't remember having before.
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I'm sure that directory was always there. It's a normal directory
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I uninstalled/reinstalled drivers and still no go. Detects the wifes nexus 4 but not mine. Guess I'm screwed.
icekold1694 said:
I uninstalled/reinstalled drivers and still no go. Detects the wifes nexus 4 but not mine. Guess I'm screwed.
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To root your device use towelroot from your device. Although I don't know what you're going to do with root. Also, can you get the device detected by your pc when you're booted into recovery or the device?
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jd1639 said:
To root your device use towelroot from your device. Although I don't know what you're going to do with root. Also, can you get the device detected by your pc when you're booted into recovery or the device?
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Towelroot wouldn't work. Says device isn't supported. Maybe it will get updated to work on lollipop. If I could obtain root I can flash custom recovery and start with a fresh install. Just have to find a way to do it with an app

[Q] Tried to unroot, wont turn on

Hey guys. I tried to unroot my nexus 4 from cyangongenmod using the nexus root tookit and it was all dandy until my phone just cut out. It won't turn on. I got into recovery mode, but i cant figure out what to do from there. How do i know if its still rooted? or if all i need to do is lock it again? Can anyone help? I really need help. Thanks
amali7861 said:
Hey guys. I tried to unroot my nexus 4 from cyangongenmod using the nexus root tookit and it was all dandy until my phone just cut out. It won't turn on. I got into recovery mode, but i cant figure out what to do from there. How do i know if its still rooted? or if all i need to do is lock it again? Can anyone help? I really need help. Thanks
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This is why I don't recommend tool kits. I don't what you did to the device. I would try to do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It will wipe your device. Locking the phone won't do anything so don't bother with that.
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jd1639 said:
This is why I don't recommend tool kits. I don't what you did to the device. I would try to do a factory reset in the stock recovery. It will wipe your device. Locking the phone won't do anything so don't bother with that.
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So how would i do that? Sorry, Im rather slow with all this stuff. What i have so far is the zip file from google developer page. Should I flash that from the sd card? Or is there a better way?
amali7861 said:
So how would i do that? Sorry, Im rather slow with all this stuff. What i have so far is the zip file from google developer page. Should I flash that from the sd card? Or is there a better way?
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Boot into the bootloader. Then go to recovery and do a factory reset.
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jd1639 said:
Boot into the bootloader. Then go to recovery and do a factory reset.
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Just reset the phone. I can see that the screen is on, but it's staying black. And i tried to plug it into the computer, but it wont recognize the phone anymore. Any ideas?
amali7861 said:
Just reset the phone. I can see that the screen is on, but it's staying black. And i tried to plug it into the computer, but it wont recognize the phone anymore. Any ideas?
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It's sounding like a hardware problem. I would try flashing the factory image with fastboot. Is your device recognized by your pc when you're booted into the bootloader? If not, go to device manager on your pc. Is there a device with a yellow exclamation mark. If so right click on it and go to where it lets you choose from a list on your computer. Choose android adb composite interface.
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jd1639 said:
It's sounding like a hardware problem. I would try flashing the factory image with fastboot. Is your device recognized by your pc when you're booted into the bootloader? If not, go to device manager on your pc. Is there a device with a yellow exclamation mark. If so right click on it and go to where it lets you choose from a list on your computer. Choose android adb composite interface.
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You, my friend, are a lifesaver. Thank you so much for all of your help.
amali7861 said:
You, my friend, are a lifesaver. Thank you so much for all of your help.
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No problem!
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