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[Nexus 4 General] voxov:
Has anyone bought a screen protector for their N4 yet? I keep seeing Xtremeguard be recommended but I can't seem to find it in any UK stores.

Any recommendations for a full body one?
[Nexus 4 General] gbroon:
Mine should be here tomorrow. Only fear is cpw use yodel.
[Nexus 4 General] rogueblade:
I just responded
[Nexus 4 General] LarsenB:
eBay. Elecshield screen protectors. They are 2.99 delivered. Other are cheaper tho. Only as wide as the screen but cut to shape around camera lens. Worth it.

Edit. Plenty of TPU cases available on eBay until bumper arrives.
[Nexus 4 General] vermillon666:
Wheres a good place to get a nexus 4 screen protector and case ? Please provide links if you can :)
[Nexus 4 General] chandlerweb:
Isn't there a dedicated forum for accessories etc?? :rolleyes:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1910
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
I would highly recommend the SPIGEN Screen Protectors. They are very high quality, offer fantastic value and are easy to apply/remove. I have been using them since my days of the Galaxy Nexus. Before switching to them, I used conventional (10 for £6 variants!) of the screen protectors and they were crap. There were gaps from the sides (because of screen curvature) and dust collected in there. The SPIGEN ones are slightly smaller in size and fit perfectly on curved screens. You also get the option of 2 varieties - crystal and oleophobic. My preference is the Oleophobic as it does work and is pretty easy to clean.

I picked this screen protector up from Amazon.co.uk last time around for the Gnex. The ones for N4 are not available in the UK yet, so I ordered direct from their website from US. Ordered on the 21 Nov and received USPS First Class on 27 Nov - well pleased. Cost me about £12.xx after currency conversion - that is what PayPal said.

Link here: http://www.spigen.com/google-nexus/google-nexus-4-screen-protector-steinheil.html

I do feel stupid though - since I don't have the device, but have the Mirco SIM and good quality screen protectors in anticipation.

PS* You get two screen protectors in this pack - so again good value.
[Nexus 4 General] vermillon666:
Aren't most of the posts there related to products in America :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] yinkus:
What number did you ring?
[Nexus 4 General] chandlerweb:
Hmm, if only there was some way to create a UK specific thread. I don't think that's been done before. You could start a revolution.:highfive:

Please dont be offended by my poor attempt at sarcasm, its the only way I can pass the time waiting for the Nexus to come back in stock :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] deejay187:
Just been and bagged one from the O2 store and already have the DM congratulating me on my free TV!

Now to open the box and have a play. Uber excited!
[Nexus 4 General] yinkus:
Got it
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Hope some of you get more orders today :good:

Google phoned me at 8:30am this morning to ask me if I received my device okay!

Keeping the back and front packaging stickers on my phone till my screen protectors arrive, the front sticker doesn't do much to stop me using the screen, only a missed input here and there.

Anyone else doing the same? :p
[Nexus 4 General] vermillon666:
Where di u order ure screen protectors from?
[Nexus 4 General] Deeco7:
0800 328 6081. Let us know how you got on.
[Nexus 4 General] mintvilla:
See this is what annoys me, i wasn't lucky enough to order my devices through the google play store on the 13th (kept taking it out of my basket) yet when the N10 came back into stock the following monday (where is said 2-3 weeks) i ordered a 16gb version and it came on the thursday! - you ordered yours a full week before mine and you are still waiting, its not fair!
[Nexus 4 General] Androll79:
Right, I went and bought it on my dinner, CPW Market St manchester, They said it was the last one they had and no stock in the warehouse and none due any time soon. Glad i got it, Wow coming from the Nexus s to this, I loved my nexus s but this is a different leauge.

Can't wait now to get home from work and play !!!

Now a Nexus 4 user !!!!!
[Nexus 4 General] gbroon:
I ordered online earlier called 15 minutes later to check payment went through after bank checked for fraud and was told it was dispatched already.:)

So far cpw customer service gets :thumbup:
[Nexus 4 General] znanev:
Yep, worst thing is they have no means to amend the order. I also ordered N10 + N4 + bumper on 13th and I would gladly cancel the N10 and the bumper - N10 I can order now and it will arrive in 2-3 days, the bumper can wait, I just want my N4 now... but CSRs claim that they can do nothing to split the order, this is just ridiculous. So I'm still waiting and to be honest I've lost all hope that anything will change this week :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] freeintruth:
here is the alternative for buying N4: http://www.digital-phone.co.uk/product/google-nexus-4-8gb.aspx
[Nexus 4 General] CodeMonkey:
Quick Bumper update for you guys.

I've being trying to obtain one since the 16th November via the Play store.

Order 1.

Placed 16th November, remained in 'Pending' state.

When I chased 21st November by phone, I was told that there was no reason for the delay and the order may be 'stuck' - suggested solution was to cancel and place a new order, which I did.

Order 2

Placed 21st November, remains in 'Pending' state.

Chased on 26th November by phone,I was advised that this was because they were awaiting stock. I explained that the bumper continued to show as 'In Stock' on the UK store (they believed it would show 'Shipping Soon') and I was told a ticket would be raised to get this corrected and I would receive a follow-up email.

29th November, no email received and order not moved state so phoned again. I was told that the company supplying the bumpers has failed to meet their quota and Google cannot provide an ETA for bumper stock, but that I could expect my shipping to be refunded when the stock is available. I pointed out that they were still showing as in stock and could be added to the cart - this again was not what the rep. had been told by his supervisor.

TLDR - don't expect a bumper any time soon.
[Nexus 4 General] ghalalb:
The sales rep ran through the warranty stuff, LG only have a 12 month warranty, and if you return the phone to CPW they replace/repair/credit you. I returned a phone to them years ago and it was simple, they credited towards my next phone. I think if you come across as knowing what you are talking about they don't take you to task about it. Let's face it, the fact you read this on xda proves you know more about phones than your average CPW sales rep.
[Nexus 4 General] roughavoc:
So I have my Nexus 4. Neither my o2 nor my 3 sim message work. They both work with my iPhone but not the N4 S:

Can anyone help a brother out
[Nexus 4 General] yinkus:
They dont have a clue - The Google Play guy said my payment is stuck and transfered me to Google Wallet to find out why - the Wallet guy is even more clueless.

I couldnt take it, so I hung up when he transfered me back to Google Play :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
I got told by Tesco when I was sorting out moving to them that you can't use iPhone sims as they're specific to iPhone's even though they're micro-sims which is typical really. I never owned an iPhone but she was just going through bits with me sorting out a tariff.
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
XOskins for the front, BestSkinsEver for the back.

Both shipped and coming from America, should only be a few more days till they arrive.
[Nexus 4 General] roughavoc:
That would make sense if they were iPhone sims, which they aren't. I've just been using it in my iPhone whilst waiting

I searched for a network on my 3 sim, selected 3UK and it has a registration error, when I do the same on O2 I don't get a registration error it just sticks on 'emergency calls only'
[Nexus 4 General] gbroon:
Quite happy so far called cs got nice lady in UK who handled query quickly at least they also have stores i can go to if replacement is necessary (touch wood).
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
Oh ok fair enough, just thought I'd mention it. In that case I'm none the wiser and the fact you've tried with 2 different networks may mean it's something with the phone. As I don't know I'll leave it for others to make suggestions.
[Nexus 4 General] wolfboy1984:
You mean your messages?? You have a signal tho and able to make calls??

If so you need to search and enter APN settings in mobile networks.
[Nexus 4 General] markdavey:
CPW is now showing as Pre-Order online. No further stock available for delivery. You'll need to find a store with stock...
[Nexus 4 General] @home:
O2 in Huddersfield still have them. Blagged another this morning. As evil as O2 I got one no problem on payg.

Looking forward to using it as a ROM beast & keeping my other as stock as possible.
[Nexus 4 General] voxov:
Mine didn't work straight away from plugging it in, I had to go to settings-> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Network Operators, and select 3 from the search.
[Nexus 4 General] phillevy:
Santa just came early (dressed as a TNT delivery man) - no dispatch email and no bumper (ordered at the same time). Charging as we speak:o
[Nexus 4 General] Michealtbh:
Modern lithium polymer batteries don't need fully charged before first use, only old battery technology needed that
[Nexus 4 General] gbroon:
Yay got tracking number. Must have managed to get one of the last ones.
[Nexus 4 General] phillevy:
I just realised that when i saw it was fully charged!
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
F***.

I was holding on to CPW as my last resort to buy outright if GP does not restock until end of next week. The moment I saw your post, I panicked and left work to go to the nearest CPW where it showed the phone 'IN STOCK' on their website. No point hiding now, so I'll say it, it was the 220 Tottenham Court Road store that had stock, and that is very close to where I work.

So, I get to the store, wait in the short queue, just to be told by the bellend that they only have one handset remaining and they cannot sell it SIM Free. Disappointed, I went to another CPW (near Centre Point building) to be told that they don't have stock either.

However, the guy showed me his PC screen and said the 220 TCR store has 1 in stock - I said "Yeah, tell me about it.". He went on to explain that The ONLY other store in entire London to stock the 16GB N4......hold your breath..... is the one in Surrey Quays. They have 2 in stock as of 1430hrs in the UK. He also showed that their Wednesbury Warehouse has 380 stock :good::laugh: , but explained they only receive deliveries, once or twice a week. So I should check sometime mid of next week.

Well folks, this is me trying to help the community by letting them know the CPW are officially out of stock (at least London is), until they receive more N4s from their warehouse.

I am now officially screwed and have no choice but to wait for the infamous Google Play Store to restock the N4 :(
[Nexus 4 General] mavronn:
Are you based in London by any chance?
[Nexus 4 General] fleonard:
Mmm why I can see online that a lot of shop have it in stock?
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
I am only going by what the bloke in the store showed me on his PC. I may be wrong here, and I was only talking about London stores. Take my previous post with a pinch of salt :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] zibby64:
Did you order the phone and bumper in the same order or separately?
[Nexus 4 General] fleonard:
The problem is that i'm in your boat. I want to wait till next week to see if the store open again otherwise buy it at CPW.

I see there's a couple of store in London that still have in stock but now i'm a bit worried!
[Nexus 4 General] Deeco7:
Didn't you ask to speak to a Supervisor? CS have no clue.
[Nexus 4 General] znanev:
Yeah, finally, it seems that Google has finally decided to ship our items leaving the bumper for later! I've just received the Nexus 10 tablet and Nexus 4 phone. No change in my Play account - still shows pending, no change in the Wallet also.

So, now I'm pretty sure that all of us ordered multiple items in a single order on 13th will receive them (excluding the bumper) today and tomorrow! :)
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
I understand mate. Can see us both panicking! From what I can tell, there is not a single N4 in stock (apart from the 1 in 220 TCR store, which they can't sell SIM Free) within a 5 mile radius. The information the bloke from CPW pulled out, did actually check for stock all around London, and the results were in front of me.

I am also quite worried now that there is no alternative to get a N4 in London, other than Fleabay (eucckk) and a contract from O2. And I can't do either :(
[Nexus 4 General] fleonard:
We'll see.

I don't want to wait Jennuary when I come back to london after my holidays but I think it's the only way -.-
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
:crying::crying::crying:
[Nexus 4 General] Spierbal:
Congrats, knew it matter of time
[Nexus 4 General] markdavey:
You don't have to buy it on contract with O2. Its available for £399 PAYG.
[Nexus 4 General] everett_psycho:
Or on the 13th I'm sure the floodgates will open at other stores and networks
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
Okay - good to know - that should be the last resort for me now. Whether they have stock in a week's time is another question.
[Nexus 4 General] james_d:
Good to hear N4s are being sent out without bumper. Fingers crossed it's here tomorrow (or even today and they didn't send me an email)
[Nexus 4 General] Josh98:
Here's hoping they reopen orders soon if the backlog is starting to get sorted. Getting annoyed now, wouldn't mind so much if we at least had an official statement from them as to when.
[Nexus 4 General] zibby64:
i have been informed there's a parcel at home (N4 is the only thing I'd be expecting). Ordered the phone + bumper in same order but haven't recieved a delivery email so hopefully it is the N4 and not some random parcel :laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] Teeohbee:
Yeah, seems odd that they've opened up pre-orders for the states but not the rest of the world.

I'm hoping they don't wait the 4-5 weeks quoted for delivery in the US store before opening pre-orders over here.

Throughout all of this, I would have loved some kind of statement, or press release or ANYTHING official from Google. It's really poor form.
[Nexus 4 General] vido.ardes:
And now Google email me, just as it is sold out... :mad:
[Nexus 4 General] nikzDHD:
LOL just got the notification email from Google that it's on sale right now! Whatever!
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
Just received the email to say it's now available lol slightly wrong I feel!
[Nexus 4 General] vizzy:
It was 20 mins in Australia
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Both have been going backwards and forwards from notify and in stock for a while.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Or they just flagged it out of stock to deter buyers and to make them come cak later. Saying that, in Au they sold out in 20 minutes, so chances are slim.

email i just got

Now available for purchase on Google Play. From £239.*

Yeah, thanks. I just been rick rolled by google.....
[Nexus 4 General] Danny80y:
I GOT ONE!!!! lol that was stupid! My debit card has a £500/day limit so I thought the first one didnt go thru and when I tried again it said declined so I checked the purchases and there it was.... I'm happy now! Just got the avalibility email lol
[Nexus 4 General] pichu23:
well guess what, they just emailed me stating the nexus is now available.

what a teaser, i clicked accept and buy. it said : your purchase will complete momentarily.... -_- gosh...
[Nexus 4 General] shaneZ95:
Well 16GB is just showing notify me now with every refresh. DAMN! How long does it take for second batch to become available usually?
[Nexus 4 General] rudedog1979:
I just got the google play email to my nexus 7 about buying now the nexus 4, but just the 8gb one! WTH!!!!
[Nexus 4 General] StuMcBill:
Got to the accept and buy page a few times, no joy though!

I am still trying to buy the 16gb one in my cart - but I am not convinced that it now actually still exists!
[Nexus 4 General] Higgsy:
kind of sucky the peeps you have stayed up all night and also been most active in this thread aint got one yet:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Google wallet is appearing more frequently now on my 8GB tries, but it's still spinning then crashing.
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
Surely if it was sold out it would change from "IN STOCK" to "OUT OF STOCK" not "COMING SOON" ammirite?
[Nexus 4 General] sebbo90:
I just clicked accept and buy......now it has frozen :(
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Uh oh. There was a problem.

We couldn't start your purchase because of a technical issue.

Details of the problem below:

There is an error in the setup for your purchase. Please contact the merchant with this error message: Expected 3 components in jwt:

121113 08:43:55+0000 6FIPGP

That's for the 8gb. I'm not getting it, just trying to see if it works at all.
[Nexus 4 General] colloque:
apparently there was something wrong with my card and google sent me an email saying they have hold my order for me to update my payment method, now i used another card and google sent me another email saying

'You have successfully updated your payment information for Google Order #. Google Commerce Ltd may now charge and fulfil your order. '

and on the google wallet page it shows 'Google Commerce Ltd received your order.'

hopefully that means my order got through :)
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Haha, bet everyone is now 'trying' just to see what happens and making it harder for people like me really wanting 8 GB :p
[Nexus 4 General] 12078215:
My page is still sat on saying your purchase will complete shortly. Very worrying!
[Nexus 4 General] uberNoobZA:
Thank gawd, I got my order through !!!! After one failed attempt (got as far as the popup window where you choose payment and delivery and when clicking Buy Now, it hung), I could not refresh the page (page not found for any of the Nexus 4 devices). I finally got to the Nwxus 4 16GB page again and placed another one in my basket (google said basket was empty) and this time got through payment and delivery page.

Looking in my Orders page in Google play, it shows as ordered, but as yet to receive confirmation email.

and then the 16GB Nexus 4 went back to 'coming soon'

And then 2 minutes later I got my FIRST email from Google saying the Nexus 4 is now available to order. LOL
[Nexus 4 General] AngryRabidBadger:
Anyone else received this?

We're so pleased you purchased a Nexus 4. Your credit card payment failed but don't worry, we're holding a device back for you. All we need is for you to update your payment method or, if you'd prefer, cancel the order. If you choose to update your payment method, you can do so by signing into your Wallet account at wallet.google.com

My credit card was pending for weeks. Barclaycard confirmed it would go through. Wtf?
[Nexus 4 General] Josh98:
Yeah it's a real shame, I'm a huge Google fan but this is just shameful.

Back orders I can forgive to a point, especially as a joint venture for manufacture but no statement is inexcusable really.
[Nexus 4 General] fleonard:
I hope they'll open it next week. Seems most of the backorder devices are shipped in these days
[Nexus 4 General] yinkus:
Your post prompted me to call my Aupair and she said she signed someting for me.

Fingers crossed :fingers-crossed:

Y
[Nexus 4 General] Xiaomingwang:
I got this....called them, they said the order looks ok..

WTF....
[Nexus 4 General] ant_thomas:
Why are you screwed?

You're not getting the Nexus 4 on release or within the first couple of weeks...... like most of us.

I tried to order on the launch day and had the same issues as every one else. Just have some patience. It's not like you not having the phone straight away is going to change your life.
[Nexus 4 General] Daidodactyl:
Does anyone know the cheapest place in the UK to buy this phone? Or even it's closest competitors? (Not the Note II) I'm going to wait until next week, but after that I think I'm going to look into alternatives. This Play Store fiasco is ridiculous.
[Nexus 4 General] markdavey:
CPW (£389) or O2 (£399)
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
+1 on this
[Nexus 4 General] luke_c94:
I just got my 16GB delivered today, no shipping notice, still shows as pending in the play store and my bumper wasn't delivered with the phone. I still have the pending charge on my account too. :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] Daidodactyl:
Ouch. That's a pretty steep increase. Are Google selling these at a loss? Or are those two just incredibly greedy? :)
[Nexus 4 General] olihunt:
FINALLY got mine, although without the bumper, and without any shipping emails. Happy they decided to just ship the damn phone instead of hang around waiting for these non-existent bumpers. I'm pretty sure the bumper is the whole reason I got backordered in the first place.
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
You are right - and have a fair point. But people who managed to order on the 13th, have now received their devices. Nobody can tell what this number is - 100's, 1000's - but they have.

I have always been a Nexus fan and have owned every single device till date. I sold my GNex before I went on holiday and I'm only surviving on my work Blackberry for the interim phase. It is unpleasant to be without a smartphone for me in this day and age.
[Nexus 4 General] randomfunk:
Just recieved my 16gb, without my bumper. Both still show as pending on my Play store orders and the transaction is still pending on google wallet so it's a nice surprise for me today!
[Nexus 4 General] isangelous:
Can they do that? I dont know if it is true, but someone on this thread many pages ago said that O2 can't have something for sale and restrict it to contract only. I presume the same would apply to carphone warehouse. It clearly says on their website that you can print off the page that says in stock and complete the order at the till - I would be tempted to do that and try again if you dont mind buying from a company with bad service.

After seeing the US play store madness I decided to buy from CPW too, i think its definitely worth the extra 100 pounds.
[Nexus 4 General] manook:
Ive had 2 from CPW both sim free. Unfortunately ive returned both for a refund due to the buzzing ear piece but they do indeed sell them sim free.
[Nexus 4 General] sidhaarthm:
I do agree they sell it SIM Free, but the store I went to only had 1 in stock - and he just simply denied selling it. I won't be able to make it in time to Surrey Quays after work to pick up one of the 2 N4's they have in stock.. the agony continues...
[Nexus 4 General] :
My page monitor on the 8GB and 16GB page for the N4's have kept going off in the last 2 days. I got 3 within 5 minutes on the 16GB page today.

Hopefully this mean's Google are changing some code to get ready to put them back on sale.... I can only hope :)
[Nexus 4 General] wolfboy1984:
Unscrupulous. They are holding it back to sell on contract for commission.

Doesn't sound very legal/fair to me.
[Nexus 4 General] deejay187:
Not sure if it's been mentioned but you get £50 Quidco if you get it on contract from O2 online. Obviously doesn't beat the TV deal but thats in store only.

This means the total price comes to £382 delivered after removing the data bolt-on, with the added bonus of spreading half the cost plus a back up sim for 2 years.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Hope is all we've got at the moment so i'll take that!
[Nexus 4 General] fleonard:
How did you set up it?

I didn't get any update :p
[Nexus 4 General] :
This is my set-up
[Nexus 4 General] ant_thomas:
Same here.

Page Monitor has detected a number of changes over the past few days. Nothing significant but there's definitely activity. Literally another one this second!
[Nexus 4 General] :
and another one ;)
[Nexus 4 General] Teeohbee:
The only updates I'm getting are when I log out of Gmail :D
[Nexus 4 General] fleonard:
same settings but still don't have any change...
[Nexus 4 General] ant_thomas:
And again...!
[Nexus 4 General] tonybhoy:
im not getting any change on chrome page monitor
[Nexus 4 General] veef13:
same here, page monitor kicking off