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[Nexus 4 General] Gibsonflyingv:
The reason why I did that, is because people ask that about every 5-10 pages on this thread. We are no more in the know than you are. I'm pretty sure Google doesn't even know.
[Nexus 4 General] IrideAgro:
I ordered my N4(16) on Dec 7 from Play.

I have been trolling CL for the last week and have just barely missed a few 16GB for $500 sealed in box.

After calling a few T-Mo retail stores yesterday found one. Picked it up and activated it today.

I guess I will be selling the Play N4.
[Nexus 4 General] devhnh:
I just received the phone today. It has tiny buzz when i put it against my ear and its hard to notice. And it rattle little when i shake it. I want to know if anyone received this phone has these problem ? Should i rma?
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
If this helps any they were giving the worst case possible for your estimate. I would think u will get it faster than your estimate. But as with everything Google keeps us guessing:thumbup:
[Nexus 4 General] Burata:
The rattle is normal, that is the camera lens. Iphone 5's do the same thing, as do other newer phones. The buzz imo is not normal, I am waiting on an RMA for the same reason. When the screen is on I can hear a buzzing coming from the back of the phone behind the Nexus logo. I can also hear slight static and popping on the earpiece.
[Nexus 4 General] Gibsonflyingv:
I don't know man... I'm a 4-5 weeker, and there's probably only about 2 more days they could ship it that it could come within that time. Speaking for everyone else, maybe? I'd doubt it though.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Sorry if its a stupid question but who are you? Are you someone important?
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Wouldn't the 1st of Jan be the last day of the 5th week? Trust me I understand I was quoted 3-5 days and it took a month to get my play store order. Also I see u ordered a 8gb which really seems to be the device the were way off on their demand expectations
[Nexus 4 General] Freshly_Snipes:
I sharted when I read this. Lol
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Dude that's Andy.
[Nexus 4 General] babywarez:
I ordered a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 10 the same day (29th Nov), they told me it sould ship January 02 too, but yesterday I received the shipping email... the phone delivered today! (so fast)... be patience and good luck.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Omg u almost made me shart when I read your post. Too funny:D
[Nexus 4 General] remister:
did you unbox naked, as you stated? Man's honor!
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
Cheers
[Nexus 4 General] Gibsonflyingv:
Yes, but you said faster than the estimate. That would give them very few days to get it in faster than my estimate.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
My homie Andy? Just Andy doesn't tell me anything.
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
I forgot! Dang it!
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Smadger has been keeping up updated on Andy, one of goggles main guys in the u.k , posts. He was posting what Andy posted, he wasn't actually posting that as himself.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
OK I see what u meant now. Well I dunno man I'm pulling for all you guys to get phones but the 8gb phones like I said earlier seem to be the elusive ones Google really messed up on their demand estimation. I'm thinking they started with 4-5 weeks for shipping on the 8gb because they knew that they would be getting stock at week 4.
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Where did Andy really post that? Andy Rubin?
[Nexus 4 General] Gibsonflyingv:
Yeah, I'm just gonna be like :( on Christmas. I'll have family, but no phone which I was waiting for for over a month.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Google+
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
I just checked google + and didnt see his reply on his google + page.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Here is Andy's site go check it out.

https://sites.google.com/site/nexus4cr/register
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
I think it's under either nexus or Google...I think.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Lil Dirty Andy is Smadger. The Google guy is Dan Cobley Googles UK boss.

Here Eric

http://m.androidcentral.com/google-uk-boss-offers-unreserved-apology-delayed-nexus-4-orders
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Dan!!!!!! That's who I'm thinking of!!!! Thank you boo!!! Haaaaahaaa....blonde moment :D
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Not a problem my love!!! Dirty as a Blonde hmmmmm;)
[Nexus 4 General] Ibsonic:
You guys still here? Oh lord I have my first scratches on my phone.. It fell from the table, fewww everything works and no cracked screen or something.. Just 2 scratches on the back.. God protected him :D

If I had my screen protector of ZAGG which I still don't received, I wouldn't have those scratches now ! Order confirmation on 28th.. And still not here.

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Do we have proof that Smadger is actually Andy? I have never seen a high up person from such a large company post on unofficial forums. And according to that site for the registration why would Andy who works for google write a complain to google? Why doesn't he just walk up in there and say "YO whats good with dis sh*t?"
[Nexus 4 General] Jayrod1980:
Any word on shipping dirty? My n10 will be here tomorrow. My n4... Who knows. Did the Google bot but didn't get the cool shipping estimate. Maybe because I wrote words in the comment box. Got a fast reply by someone with a female name and Sam song and dance about the back order... Though they stated nothing about RMA orders and sending my crap to a shipping specialist. I didn't get that n10 shipping email till i woke up in the morning... But no word on the nexus 4. That replacement better be light bleed free with a "faster" CPU with the hell this damn ordeal has been. Heaven knows the n10 i get tomorrow will probably have 8 points of light bleed with a deformed backplate and constant reboots.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Eeeew. Never! I don't have the right skin tone to pull off blonde. Olive skin goes best with dark hair :) You'll have to settle for blonde moments. :)

*runs so I don't get yelled at for OT'ness.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Wait what why do we need proof that Smadger is Andy? The guy who works at Google is Dan Cobley not Andy. Andy has been helping facilitate for us that's all.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Ermergherd!!!!!!! :eek:

Get him baptized asap! God won't help him a second time if he's not baptized!!!!!
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
When u put your Zagg on it should fill in those scratches brother.
[Nexus 4 General] Ibsonic:
Hallelujah ! Hahah

Yeh bro. I'ts not that bad. I'm friggin lucky.. I didn't noticed them. My gf saw them.. They only disappear when you look into the light from the bottom.

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 4 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Why wouldn't you want proof? So Andy Rubin doesn't work for Google? Google disagrees. If he works for them I don't see why everything is so formal between Andy and Dan. I did not talk to my co workers like that. No one else I knew did either.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
I think I confused everything by saying Andy was Dan. Heck, I confused myself :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I don't think Smadger ever claimed to be Andy Rubin. Did he? Did I miss something here.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
I don't think it's Andy Rubin. Meh, scratch that. I have no idea what's going on, who's who, who isn't. I just want my rma :(
[Nexus 4 General] ThermoPhysical:
How exactly do we do that Googlebot thing and have anyone with Nov 30th orders gotten any type of information other than order confirmation e-mails?
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Back on topic Dirty any updates for us? Pwease something good? I'm starting to get very aggravated with Google again.:banghead:
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Then who the f*ck is Andy?
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
Dirty, buddy of mine rolled into my office sporting this.

https://www.rearthusa.com/google-nexus-4-ringke-slim-case

In not a fan of cases, but this thing felt so much better than the bumper, I don't even know...
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Andy is Smadger just a regular dude who is trying to do something positive and help us. I told u earlier that he is just trying to help facilitate our orders and pass them on to Google. That's all more no less.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Your guess is as good as mine....I tried and only received an email from a Google rep. Which was the LAST thing I wanted. I already have over 20 emails from them. And they keep randomly sending them saying "thank you for your suggestions, we will forward your feedback". Whaaaaat? I didn't give you suggestions, other than I suggest you ship my rma!

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I have nothing. :banghead: Everything is as it was last night, just a date change and pre authorization. But I did get the cruzer lite tracking! :D

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I bought that! On Amazon! I sent it back though. Even though I knew the top and bottom were open, seeing it in person scared me. Did you like it?
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Grrrr so not of Google well at least u got your cruzer coming. I got my Ionic Guardian case today.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Leave it to a girl to notice EVERYTHING! :D
[Nexus 4 General] Eric-1987:
Okay thanks everyone here said "Andy!" like he was some Google employee. Makes sense.

EDIT: Its annoying as hell people are all over a girl like they have been in prison for 15 years.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
My cruzer, my diztronic, (bought another) my sgp dual ultra crystal front and back screen protectors, and I think that's all I have coming this week. How's the iconic?
[Nexus 4 General] itsxiao:
huh, i don't get people buying the N4 for $500, it really defeats the purpose. one of the main selling points of this phone, if not THE main reason, is the price. doesn't make sense to me when the play store is selling it for $350. buying it at such a high price is putting money into the pockets of resellers who are DELIBERATELY scamming you. idk about you, but I don't like to be scammed out of my hard earned money.
[Nexus 4 General] ThermoPhysical:
I got that once too. I got a random survey for a phone call I didn't even make. :eek:

I would try contacting them but the last two reps gave conflicting information. One claimed it was coming in 2 days, the other said on January 1st.

The first one sounded like he was in his early 20s or something, very young. He just sounded like he wanted me off the phone with his "Yep! Uh huh! It'll sure ship in two days!" I'm as sales rep myself (not for Google) and I know the tactics CSRs and other reps use to get customers to go away.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Wait....what's your status? Have you heard anything at all?
[Nexus 4 General] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
People are just that stupid lol
[Nexus 4 General] v1gnesh:
And now for something completely different

Ordered on Nov 13th. Received on Dec 18th. I'll have to wait till the 24th to know if I received a 16 gigger in place of an 8.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Well that's not to bad then I just today got a case finally that I feel will protect my Sexy Nexi from me Lol. Its not perfect but better than any case I have so far. I have had BSE on both sides of my phone since day one. Its just piece of mind I know u have people on here saying why would u get that stuff my phone is flawless and I use it all day and put it in my pocket. Well my phone is flawless too and I'm gonna make sure I do everything possible to keep it that way. :thumbup:
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
Was sup ladies

Presidente it is tonight !
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
They were buying it for that price because they are hard to get. And they had no patience to wait.

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How's the phone munchichi?

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What I don't understand is why Google is asking us to take these surveys, do they really think we are going to give good feedback? I try to not blow up on the reps, but I get really peeved when they speak their canned response talk....just talk.to me normal.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I love it. So much more appealing in person. Its very much Otterbox commuter case like. I was afraid it would be overly bulky but its not. For now its my 80% of the time case. My favorite would still be my bumper case but my bumper is more of a going somewhere nice case.

Hi my name is Downtown and I'm a phone accessory addict. ~Hi Downtown~ Hi guys I would just like to say that if it wasn't for my fellow Accessory addict Dirty the Sexy Amish Hamster who happens to be my sponser that I wouldn't be here today. It would only be jails, institutions, and death for me.:D

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I'm aggravated at Google cause of your situation Dirty.
[Nexus 4 General] ThermoPhysical:
This is why I never used canned response talk when I take calls. :P Trust me, no one likes it.

I left good feedback for my second call that I made. The woman seemed to genuinely care and promptly got back to me. Though she simply repeated the 6-7 week thing, she said that I should get it around the first to second week of January. That would put me at about the 5 to 6 week range so it's acceptable, I suppose.

She didn't outright lie to me like the first one did. Knowing how crappy it can be for reps of all companies (we're pretty much the punching bags...unless you only work for sales like I do then the customer service reps are the punching bags that you escalate people to when you're sick of being yelled at), I gave her a good rating.

The first guy? Not so much at all.

For case talk, I got a Diztronic waiting for my Nexus 4 when it gets here. A really nice case and I'm eager to try it out. Never had a TPU before so I'm wondering how protective it'll be against the back and whatnot.
[Nexus 4 General] itpromike:
Ok now I'm passed annoyed and I'm just desparate which means two things:

1.) I'm never ordering a device from Google again - That simple. Just on a matter of principal.

2.) Now I need to come up with the best way to get this device without having to wait... what are my options?

Option 1: Buy it from T-Mobilel and when the one from Google comes in just swap the SIMS and return the T-Mobile one.

Option 2: Since I'm buying this device on my second line anyway, just buy it from T-Mobile and I'll have one line on T-Mobile and another on AT&T instead of 2 on AT&T and that way both devices will have the fastest data possible (iPhone 5 on LTE and Nexus 4 on T-Mobil HSPA+)

Options 3: Just keep waiting patiently (or impatiently).

Decisions decisions... Hmm... does anyone know if the device purchased from T-Mobile or locked or are still unlocked?
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
The second half of the survey, the ones about the reps, I always rate them good, not their fault....ooopsie, scratch that, I rated "laquisha" very bad, she wasn't very nice and talked over me, couldn't get a word in. That's a no no. I know you reps are in the middle, tough job. :/
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
Phone is good D , bl unlocked , rooted , running aokp

Took me 4 xtremeguards to get them to stick , curved edge is a PIA , had to cut the last one from the sides to get it to not cover the edges
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Here comes another roflmao! I've never used that acronym so much in my life as I have in the last few days with your funnies!!!! We are such assessory addicts! It's the best part of owning a phone/tab!

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I'm aggravated at Google for aggrevating you about my aggrevating situation :D

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You know, I said I would never buy from Google again after the n7 fiasco, but here I am :) Never say never.
[Nexus 4 General] ThermoPhysical:
I think most reps lie about their name a lot. And yeah, if a rep talks over you, I'd report them too. I recently had to report a rep for my company's technical support who was a really terrible person in general. So rude. :/

Thanks for looking out for the good ones though! Here's hoping we both get our phones soon! How does that bumper work to keep the phone from being so slippery?
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
Yeah, I've heard the wet installs are pita' s because of those edges. I bought the ultra crystal dual, back and front. I'm not even going to deal with the bse. Maybe I'll do the back. I can't wait to root!
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
For the back am sticking to the stock one ..
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
It doesn't, it makes it more slippery...haaaahaaa! The phone, I don't think, is slippery at all, the rubbery sides have great grip. The sides of the bumper have this silver "chrome" plastic that make it slippery. But the good thing is the bumper makes the phone wider, so easier to hold. Imo.

"Laquisha" sounded like a laquisha....I swear I could feel her neck snapping side to side and doing the "roll" as she was "schooling" me. Heard a few teeth sucking too.

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My stupid kayscase peeled it back when I went to take the case off, now I have wrinkles in the back plastic. No matter, phone is going back....sometime in 2013 I reckon :)
[Nexus 4 General] Jayrod1980:
Seriously... you've had the phone so long and we have no idea when our replacements will come in, just root it! I can do it all manually, but the toolbox works great, so that's what I did with this one. As soon as I get my replacement, and hopefully it's good, I'll just fire the toolbox up and flash back to stock/wipe and lock. Will take all of 5 minutes.

BTW, my hope is fading that the stupid device will get sent out tonight. I think they just got a batch of phones in general in, updated everyone's pre authorization and didn't have enough to go around. Looks like for me I'll be shipping this back the day after Christmas anyway. My 21 days are up on the 27th and don't want to be charged. Could probably push it longer, but I'm definitely not keeping it. Maybe T-Mobile will have some stock in by then. NO STORE in my area even carries the stupid phone. I haven't tried the best buy locations, but I HATE dealing with them after doing so much business with them with the Nexus S... and all of the ones that are big T-Mobile carriers are 20+ miles away from me.

I've not heard of one RMA person report a shipping email, so I think either we will all get emails or none of us will receive a device before the end of the week.
[Nexus 4 General] smadger:
So... er.... you guys are getting a little confused then yeah? :)

I'm Andy Nicholson, or smadger, obviously. The G+ page wouldn't let me change my name for some reason. Sorry if I'm confusing things when rushing off messages.

I've been busy juggling 101 things lately and I haven't spent as much time as I'd like in this thread, mostly over in the UK one.

I have nothing to do with Google, I'm just trying to help everyone out. Everyone was saying different things and just posting anger, so thought I'd try and get the site up and pick out the common threads to see if I could help. It just kinda grew from there (and I guess I annoyed Dan a lot too - sorry, Dan) until he passed on my address to another Google guy to have a chat with. So now I'm explaining all this to him, and at the same time trying to get the point across that we have no idea what's going on.

Does that clear things up? I'm just trying to help out.
[Nexus 4 General] kcbboy:
ew at least get the sgp crystal dual for the back or a skinomi.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
I really didn't think it would take this long for my rma, so I just kept putting off rooting. I didn't see any sense in it because I don't take it to work with me, I can't, can't make calls, no notifications, etc...I only play with it at home. So I didn't see any sense in making it "mine" if it was only going back.

I haven't heard of anyone getting a shipping email either. But I still have faith it'll ship this week. If we don't have false hope, then we have no hope :)

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I think I was the one who confused things :D Thanks for clearing it up.
[Nexus 4 General] NICEGYPT:
You scared to lose your job :D I don't know nothing here man personally. I just ordered the phone like 5 days ago. I set and chill till the phone ship. I believe if Google have the phone they will send it. they put me on January,30 for shipping. I will see by then what is new in the world. Maybe a new SGS4 or 1080P HTC device or so. Then I will cancel if nothing show up by that time.
[Nexus 4 General] IrideAgro:
Really? I believe this is called supply and demand. And when mine comes in, I will sell it for $500. And the net effect will be have been for buying it at the Play price. (Shipping + tax = $390)
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Cool story Bro...:cool:
[Nexus 4 General] IrideAgro:
Be advised, and no disrespect to itpromike, but the T-Mo info is WRONG.

You can not return a T-mobile purchased Nexus 4. The boxes are labeled clearly returns are charged a $500 returned stocking fee.

For the next few months you will likely be able to receive above the Play price for an unopened device here, on ebay, or CL.
[Nexus 4 General] ThermoPhysical:
Hopefully it's early 2013! Like...January 2nd maybe?

Anyone named "Laquisha" just sounds like they'd have the worst attitude in all of the known universe. I feel bad for people with that name. hah

The Diztronic is a much wider case than my Nexus S 4G. I don't know how I'll ever use the Nexus 4 with only one hand.

I don't know if I'll put a screen protector on the phone though. I haven't had issues with the Nexus S scratching and that's not even with Gorilla Glass 1.
[Nexus 4 General] dirtyhamster73:
I will not name drop, but I know of two people on here who have gone through T-Mobile for a rma because they were sick of waiting for Google. There is a certain way to call up for it. But it can be done. I'm just saying....and it might not work for everybody. I believe it's "luck".
[Nexus 4 General] NICEGYPT:
$500???? I got it from tmobile like a month ago. I paid nothing when I took it back to them.
[Nexus 4 General] shznit:
me too :(
[Nexus 4 General] eliter1:
It's a fake... Look at the file name...
[Nexus 4 General] ashymac86:
Just managed to get an 8gb on the UK store after clicking proceed about 10 times ...

This is madness.
[Nexus 4 General] Thealchemist128:
It's fake, copy the URL and you get https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...+27++2012+++csewell2008+gmail.com+++Gmail.png

look at it closely, PLAY ORDER RECEIPT FROM JUNE 27 2012 and as a bonus his email is in there as well lol
[Nexus 4 General] Stylus_XL:
Managed to add a 16GB Nexus 4 to my cart and then received errors when I attempted to check out. Damnit it, sold out after 5-10 minutes?!
[Nexus 4 General] jimbob_me:
8GB still available to buy in UK, 16gb has gone back to 'Coming Soon'.

Absolute nightmare.

I had the 'your order will be completed momentarily' swirl for a good 30 secs and then it failed. Gutted
[Nexus 4 General] shaneydroid:
Just wondering. If it is actually in your trolley, can that be considered reserved and you will get it once things calm down?
[Nexus 4 General] expertzero1:
lh5.googleusercontent.com/-94D90SXmfkg/UKIC71BSB8I/AAAAAAAAjJQ/zebphKEsKKo/s605/Your+Google+Play+Order+Receipt+from+Jun+27++2012+++csewell2008+gmail.com+++Gmail.png

its shopped LOL
[Nexus 4 General] Harsh:
Guys I ordered twice by mistake, as my first said transection failed. But now both show in my google wallet. Dont know if it failed or i double ordered.
[Nexus 4 General] desarenezitic:
Woohoo!! In UK and got mine. Had 3 browsers open and had it in 3 carts but kept getting error. Eventually went through on Chrome ;) after hitting Accept and Buy at least 3 times. Geez it was worse than buying tickets for a bog concert!