Nexus 4 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

RuckingSwimmer · 16-05-2014 06:10PM

Tinie wrote: »

Yeah I did

Phone led flashes red but wont turn on.

That happened with mine, I tried a different charger and cable and it worked - you've probably tried that already though.

Tinie · 16-05-2014 06:29PM

RuckingSwimmer wrote: »

That happened with mine, I tried a different charger and cable and it worked - you've probably tried that already though.

Unfortunately yeah, all points to damaged battery. Not sure what casued it though. First phone to ever break like this on me, and it would be the one with the awkward warranty.

jozi · 16-05-2014 11:04PM

Mams nexus stopped working a while ago while i was away, screen went black and wouldnt turn on is all i know that was wrong with it. She got a meteor store to take it and fix it for here. They had it for a months or so and since she got it back her battery is rubish. I did a factory reset 2 weeks a go thinking it might help but its not even lasting a day, shes getting roughly 12hrs if not less.

Shes by no means a heavy user, prob only text and a bit of Facebook and whatsapp as well as some calls. My own nexus does 30hrs easy and i use a lot more different apps than she does.

Anyone got any idea?

Tinie · 16-05-2014 11:39PM

jozi wrote: »

Mams nexus stopped working a while ago while i was away, screen went black and wouldnt turn on is all i know that was wrong with it. She got a meteor store to take it and fix it for here. They had it for a months or so and since she got it back her battery is rubish. I did a factory reset 2 weeks a go thinking it might help but its not even lasting a day, shes getting roughly 12hrs if not less.

Shes by no means a heavy user, prob only text and a bit of Facebook and whatsapp as well as some calls. My own nexus does 30hrs easy and i use a lot more different apps than she does.

Anyone got any idea?

Did she buy her nexus 4 from meteor, and if not, how much was it for them to fix it?

jozi · 17-05-2014 12:23AM

Tinie wrote: »

Did she buy her nexus 4 from meteor, and if not, how much was it for them to fix it?

Sew knows the guy in the shop who did her a favour, got it through flubit last year.

Slevster · 22-05-2014 11:17AM

Anyone getting excessive battery drain by Google Play Services over the last few days / week?
Seems there was an update recently . its now on 4.4.52 (didn't actually notice it been updated at the time) .
But my battery is drying after about 8 hrs with very light use , where I woulf usually get at least 16hrs . My habits haven't changed. ( the battery performance on my phone was never great. 16 to 24 hrs at the best of times, but that is without making too many power saving comprises)

Have turned of Location settings, which has stopped the excess drain.

Am rooted but running stock.

natnifnolnacs · 22-05-2014 11:19AM

I have noticed my battery has been much worse recently, I'm lucky if I get a full day but it does depend on usage.

Fresh Pots · 22-05-2014 11:37AM

natnifnolnacs wrote: »

I have noticed my battery has been much worse recently, I'm lucky if I get a full day but it does depend on usage.

Same here. Battery seems brutal the last 2 weeks or so.

jgbyr · 22-05-2014 11:39AM

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Same here. Battery seems brutal the last 2 weeks or so.

+1

Raoul · 22-05-2014 11:43AM

Yep, me too.

5uspect · 22-05-2014 12:13PM

Same here, Google Play Services is eating through my battery.
Where I work has very bad coverage in general and my battery can drain somewhat quickly as the phone hunts for a signal. But lately I've found that my battery is almost dead after a days work (with minimal usage) while at home on the weekend its energy consumption is minimal.

Slevster · 22-05-2014 01:00PM

Check to see what version of play services ye have. Interested to see if we are all having issues with the same version.
Have tried switching from ART to Davik , but no improvement. Haven't tried uninstalling updates yet.
Only improvement I have found is disabling location in the settings
The 4.4.3 android update is due in the next few weeks, hopefully it may improve things.

Fresh Pots · 22-05-2014 01:03PM

Slevster wrote: »

Check to see what version of play services ye have. Interested to see if we are all having issues with the same version.
Have tried switching from ART to Davik , but no improvement. Haven't tried uninstalling updates yet.
Only improvement I have found is disabling location in the settings
The 4.4.3 android update is due in the next few weeks, hopefully it may improve things.

I'm running cm11, google play services v4.4.52

BionicRasher · 22-05-2014 01:06PM

Tinie wrote: »

Have the dreaded issue here.

Phone died; wont charge/turn on; tried all online remedies with no luck; possibly battery gone or randomly shorted itself; contacted google, they advised to RMA the phone; made up excuse about living in south of ireland now, and that cant receive phone from the north, which they said they might make an exception for; emailed today saying they couldn't after all.

Now, im no lawyer, but is this legal under EU law with manufacturer warranty? Surely they cant deny to replace a phone if the original is broken, regardless of where you live in the EU?

So looks like ill have to parcel motel the refurb and ship my phone off at my own expense. Has anyone here been successful in getting them to collect and deliver the refurb from you down in the republic?

Mine went in to the deep hibernation from 96% battery two days ago after I installed Lastpass so thats what I thought had killed it.
It would not turn on and not charge until I did the following. Maybe you have tried this but worth a shot

1. Remove any cover etc from phone as sometimes with a cover on you cant depress the buttons fully
2. Hold the power button and the Vol down button very firmly (needs to be well pressed)
3. plug in the charging cable while still holding the buttons firmly (the original charger and cable is best but this worked with a car charger for me so try different cables and chargers)

The phone should display a battery symbol or red led.
Leave it plugged in for a few hours

Fixed it for me anyway 2 days ago

I also had an issue while on holiday in Spain 3 weeks ago
We had the one charger (used with an adapter plug) and a few cables with us for charging the wifes Moto G and a Sammy 7 inch tab and my Nexus

The Moto G and Sammy charged away no problem but the Nexus refused to charge.
I went out and bought a generic charger and cable in the local equivalent of the €2 shop and that worked without an problem

Strange but not sure if I am going to have more issues down the road with the phone

jgbyr · 22-05-2014 01:18PM

Slevster wrote: »

Check to see what version of play services ye have. Interested to see if we are all having issues with the same version.
Have tried switching from ART to Davik , but no improvement. Haven't tried uninstalling updates yet.
Only improvement I have found is disabling location in the settings
The 4.4.3 android update is due in the next few weeks, hopefully it may improve things.

4.4.52 here

IrishStuff09 · 23-05-2014 07:29AM

+1 here

Running Play Services 4.4.52

5uspect · 23-05-2014 08:05AM

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

+1 here

Running Play Services 4.4.52

Same version here.

Slevster · 26-05-2014 08:13PM

Have just uninstalled the updates to play Google services. (Back to version 4.0.33)
Will see if battery performs any better over the next few days.

Gerard92 · 29-05-2014 04:44PM

Same red light issue here, does anyone know if replacing the battery will work? Or is it a mainboard problem? I dropped it into electronic partner in Galway and they told me it was a motherboard problem but I do not have a lot of faith in them, they returned it without the screws in the battery flex cable and the glass screen is now very slightly higher than the bezel making the feel of it very rough to hold. Anyway I tried every fix on xda with no luck but don't want to give up on this phone.
For people with battery problems, if you are rooted you should try Pure Performance X, sorry cannot post links due to having less than 50 posts, just google it, I'm using the Moto G now and battery life and performance is very, very good with it.

blobbie · 29-05-2014 06:26PM

Had similar issue. N4 running stock & not rooted.

Cleared Google+ cache, Google Play Services cache and uninstalled Accu Weather +

Battery drain issue "seems" to be resolved - not sure which, if any, of the above fixed it but I ain't complaining.

For overnight power saving I use Battery Widget Reborn. Allows you to set what services to toggle on/off overnight - different schedules for weekdays & weekends. I think it cost a couple of bucks.

Slevster · 29-05-2014 07:37PM

Slevster wrote: »

Have just uninstalled the updates to play Google services. (Back to version 4.0.33)
Will see if battery performs any better over the next few days.

Sorry, but I can't give a reliable update yet . as on the first day, I had unusually high phone usage all day. The second day, it seems as if the screen was on constant for 1hr 45 min in my pocket by mistake, and today, I forgot my phone at home (plugged in). Am away till next week, so phone habit will be different.
But it seems better.

A Neurotic · 29-05-2014 10:27PM

Anyone else ever find their phone overheating and the battery draining rapidly? Been happening to me for the past few days. Generally fine throughout the day then it'll spaz out at some point in the late afternoon or evening.

setanta1984 · 30-05-2014 12:22AM

A Neurotic wrote: »

Anyone else ever find their phone overheating and the battery draining rapidly? Been happening to me for the past few days. Generally fine throughout the day then it'll spaz out at some point in the late afternoon or evening.

Have had the exact same happen a couple of times, most recently just an hour or two ago. Hadn't really been using the phone, took it out of my pocket and noticed the battery had dropped about 20% in a short space of time, the back of the phone was very hot and performance was way down - most noticeably the power button - I couldn't get the power menu to show up, it would just freeze for a moment then lock the screen. Forcing a reboot with power + vol down has sorted it each time this has happened to me. Odd.

natnifnolnacs · 31-05-2014 11:07PM

Right, this is getting ridiculous. I'm now lucky to get 12 hours without having to charge it and a few weeks ago I would pretty easily get 24hrs. I went from over 60% to 24% in less then 90 minutes yesterday with almost no usage whatsoever!

5uspect · 02-06-2014 07:34AM

I switched Google play services location settings to GPS only. Fixed the battery drain until they fix it.

natnifnolnacs · 02-06-2014 07:48AM

5uspect wrote: »

I switched Google play services location settings to GPS only. Fixed the battery drain until they fix it.

I've just done the same, hopefully that'll do the trick.

Andrew 83 · 03-06-2014 10:59AM

5uspect wrote: »

I switched Google play services location settings to GPS only. Fixed the battery drain until they fix it.

How do you do this?

Slevster · 03-06-2014 11:03AM

Andrew 83 wrote: »

How do you do this?

Go to " location " in settings and turn off or change accuracy settings

The Black Oil · 03-06-2014 09:15PM

Can't seem to get into the Play Store at all. Tried clearing the cache and uninstalling updates, but nothing doing. Don't think it helps that wifi has been somewhat spotty lately.

Slevster · 03-06-2014 10:28PM

The Black Oil wrote: »

Can't seem to get into the Play Store at all. Tried clearing the cache and uninstalling updates, but nothing doing. Don't think it helps that wifi has been somewhat spotty lately.

Did you clear data in the Google play services in apps aswell? And reboot

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