I was late this morning after the alarm didn't go off on my nexus 4.
Tried to turn on the phone.... Nothing.
Then a red light started to flash. I plugged it in and 30seconds or so later it started charging from empty.
Strange because the phone was fully charged the night before! The phone turned on and I went to battery setting to find the battery has jumped down to 0% from about 70%.
Wtf is going on?
Exactly the same happened to me once (see here) — no idea the actual reason, but if it only happens once, it may just be the battery is recalibrating itself for the first time or something.
All seems normal now but very strange.
I'm not hat happy about this phone.
I had a T-Mobile my touch 3g slide and it did that to me the week I got it I was so scared I drop e right to the T-Mobile store because at first I plugged it in and it did nothing no lights no charging g so I wait like 10mins and nothing so I bring it to the store And the guy plugs it in and it charges right away and I was like lol :what:
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Last night, the battery of my N4 was getting really low, so I plugged it in. I noticed it was not charging when I plugged it in. It ended up dying completely on me. I plugged it in again later that night, and the LED started flashing red. I unplugged it and replugged it a few times, and now when I plug it in there is a solid red LED and the device is totally unresponsive. I let it sit on the charger all night and it made no difference. I was totally stock, no root, no kernel, bootloader was even still locked.
Am I going to have to RMA? I'm a college student and don't exactly have $300 sitting in my account at the moment..
Press and hold the power button for about 10-15 seconds till the light turns off
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nxt said:
Press and hold the power button for about 10-15 seconds till the light turns off
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Sorry, I should have specified. I've tried every button combo and nothing works. The phone is totally unresponsive.
Find a torx screw and reset your battery.
Strelok1987i said:
Sorry, I should have specified. I've tried every button combo and nothing works. The phone is totally unresponsive.
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you really need to hold it for a while, longer than you think. im pretty sure when it happened to me i had to hold the power button for around 30 seconds after unplugging it. if theres still no dice then it might be ok to freak out lol
joshnichols189 said:
Find a torx screw and reset your battery.
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This solution worked for me after no amount of charging and button pressing would get me anything. Phone was stock and charging overnight when the red LED happened.
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joshnichols189 said:
Find a torx screw and reset your battery.
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Reset the battery? What does that entail? Is there a guide for it or something?
Strelok1987i said:
Reset the battery? What does that entail? Is there a guide for it or something?
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You've got to open up the back of your Nexus 4, then unscrew the battery connector, take it out then plug it back in. There are some tutorials around the forum if you need them.
Yuvin said:
You've got to open up the back of your Nexus 4, then unscrew the battery connector, take it out then plug it back in. There are some tutorials around the forum if you need them.
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Did this, no difference. I'm a little afraid my warranty may be void now
Tried several different chargers, different cables, etc. Nothing works. Just a solid red LED.
Strelok1987i said:
Did this, no difference. I'm a little afraid my warranty may be void now
Tried several different chargers, different cables, etc. Nothing works. Just a solid red LED.
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Just call and rma. I did the same
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tried this an no luck
lowtje said:
Just call and rma. I did the same
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I have this same problem, I've already taken the battery connector off reset it nothing there, removed batter tried to ,annually charge using some wires on + and - terminals still no dice.
I'm afraid my warranty is void because of those procedures. Does any one know if that's the case.
I still have solid red led when I plug it, and I had solid red led when I plugged in with no battery, does anyone know if the battery is just completely dead and needs to be replaced?
I had a similar problem on one of my Nexus 4 phones - I went to the LG service centre to get it looked at. They said the motherboard is gone and needs to get replaced. If your phone is still in warranty then you can get it done - otherwise replacing mother board is a very expensive affair - you would be better off buying a new Nexus 5.
ae1990 said:
I have this same problem, I've already taken the battery connector off reset it nothing there, removed batter tried to ,annually charge using some wires on + and - terminals still no dice.
I'm afraid my warranty is void because of those procedures. Does any one know if that's the case.
I still have solid red led when I plug it, and I had solid red led when I plugged in with no battery, does anyone know if the battery is just completely dead and needs to be replaced?
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There is no warrenty sticker or anything. There are users who did the same as you and got their device rma-ed
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Is it time to trash the N4
My Nexus 4 went low on battery power (3%) so I plugged it in to my usb car charger, soon after i noticed a solid red led light coming from the notification led. I left it on charge for close to 12hrs once I got home. Pulled the rear cover off and removed the battery to test the voltage... 3.8V was available. After reassembly and many different attempts at button pressing combinations there is still no life whatsoever and when I plug it into the AC charger I still get the solid RED LED light of Death...
Can anybody tell me if the mainboard is likely to be fried???
About 2 days ago my phone shut down & wouldn't turn iron. Charging made the LED turn red, so I looked online, but my phone turned on after about 30 minutes of browsing.
Now it's charging very slowly (AC), when speaking to my wife on Tango/Skype while charging, the battery would charge slowly but it would charge. Now whenever we do it, my phone still discharges & charging normally takes a lot longer.
Tl;Dr: Read the title.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks.
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Red light of death makes the battery a potato. Buy a new one and replace my dood. Or see if Google will replace.
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Beerad875 said:
Red light of death makes the battery a potato. Buy a new one and replace my dood. Or see if Google will replace.
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Thanks. Just ordered one, hope this fixes my problem .
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unfortunatly my Nexus 4 fell into water and Iv'e tried the rice trick and it didn't helped. now after few weeks when I plug it to the charger I get a solid yellow notification light (sometimes it gets red too).
I just wondered what does it mean. it says the phone is just dead?
How long did you charge it?
Yellow light normally suggests it's charging. Let it charge for 3-4 hours and then see. But before this make sure that there is not water inside the phone.
nitin.chobhe said:
How long did you charge it?
Yellow light normally suggests it's charging. Let it charge for 3-4 hours and then see. But before this make sure that there is not water inside the phone.
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I didn't actually tried to let it charge I 'll try it now.
it just light up when I plug the phone in. it's more orange light but the first time I plugged the phone it was red.
I replaced the battery yesterday from my friend's nexus 4 and it's still the same (the battery was half charged on his phone).
but the phone can be dead even though the battery charging right?
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I didn't actually tried to let it charge I 'll try it now.
it just light up when I plug the phone in. it's more orange light but the first time I plugged the phone it was red.
I replaced the battery yesterday from my friend's nexus 4 and it's still the same (the battery was half charged on his phone).
but the phone can be dead even though the battery charging right?
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Yes, it can be dead. But take the chance and try to power it on
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nitin.chobhe said:
Yes, it can be dead. But take the chance and try to power it on
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It's not responding, but Iv'e noticed that the light is still on when I took out the battery.
what does it mean?
Well, my G has finally died. My mother-in-law had been using it, and she said that it just stopped charging. I couldn't get it to take a charge either. I was pressing and holding the power button for what seemed a long time, and nothing would happen; just a black screen. I did get the LED flash a couple of times, but could never get it to power on, or give a charging indicator. Oh well, it had a long and well loved life. :crying:
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Well, my G has finally died. My mother-in-law had been using it, and she said that it just stopped charging. I couldn't get it to take a charge either. I was pressing and holding the power button for what seemed a long time, and nothing would happen; just a black screen. I did get the LED flash a couple of times, but could never get it to power on, or give a charging indicator. Oh well, it had a long and well loved life. :crying:
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I have faced the same issue few months ago, I have changed the charging port and now working fine.
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deva_noah said:
I have faced the same issue few months ago, I have changed the charging port and now working fine.
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Nice. I don't know that I want to spend the money to fix it though.
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I just picked it up from my mom's house. I plugged it in and the LED lights up. So far nothing else.
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