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[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Ordeedr GenX bumper from them. It takes 5-7 business days for the product to be delivered in India if you have opted for 300 rupees shipping option. The biggest problem is you cannot track it but don't worry it will come. I have had very good experience with mobilefun. 2 of us ordered 2 GenX bumpers from them. After about 2 months my friends bumper started showing some signs of wear near the chrome buttons. When we contacted mobilefun and told them about the issue. They sent a brand new bumper free of cost. We were surprised. We did not even ask for a replacement. had just told them it was showing signs of wear. With that level of customer service, I would not think twice before buying from them. The best part is they accept Indian currency so no conversion fees.

No. But i have seen couple of posts on reddit where people have used dbrands skins to mask the crack rather than going for a replacement. If my glass cracks anywhere other than camera, am going for a dbrands skin.
[Nexus 4 General] Faiz Malkani:
They don't ship to India iirc
[Nexus 4 General] assassinator:
Crap. Just when I was about the phone through Jadopado they increased the price by 25$. This sucks :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Am not sure about that though. Never tried it.
[Nexus 4 General] farhan6318:
You had mentioned this earlier too. And I trusted them and purchased armordillo or whatever it is case on 13 th march ,I still haven't received it nor do I get any support from their side. Absolutely hopeless , would never recommend it to anyone , would rather not use a case
[Nexus 4 General] Xers662:
Was your case listed as available in stock or with a due in stock in xyz weeks.

If it was due in one week then add 15 days to it.

Mine took a month to reach. Send them an email, they will reply
[Nexus 4 General] dacingfreak:
Where do we get bumpers or cases for nexus 4 in Bangalore?
[Nexus 4 General] warfareonly:
Really? Will check it out when I come back from Thakur College at noon :D
[Nexus 4 General] akhi.aka.g:
Case

I ordered a RIngke fusion hybrid case from ebay global easy buy via i2cworld seller. I purchased it on 12th mar, seller gave the shipping details on 20th mar but the tracking number he provided was wrong. I contacted ebay for a refund since I haven't received my product till today but they have put it on hold without specifying a reason.

I am looking for a new case now, and I don't think I will be comfortable to purchase from geb again because most of the listings are of i2cworld seller.

I am thinking of getting one of these

1.http://www.ebay.in/itm/Original-Poe...ries&hash=item2a2ada8d54&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1156

2.http://www.ebay.in/itm/KaysCase-Arm...ies&hash=item4d0a39ba0c&_uhb=1#ht_1777wt_1335

3. Ringke fusion from Indian seller

Please suggest!!
[Nexus 4 General] berz:
Buy em off ebay.in u get a ton of them and some really cheap one's

shippings also 2 or 3 days tops
[Nexus 4 General] ratan_1976:
I ordered TPU case and screen guard from xtremeguard on 22nd March and received it by ordinary post yestarday, so it took exactly 10 day time which looks good.
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
I had ordered screen guard from xtremeguard on 20th match..still waiting for the delivery..:(
[Nexus 4 General] farhan6318:
It was in stock , irrespective of what I email ,I don't think they even read the content of the email. They just keep saying delays do happen wait for 15 "working" days , I had ordered on 13th March, I have to wait till 4 th before they refund or reship
[Nexus 4 General] tphillippe:
aliexpress.com

There's a million on aliexpress.com, many of which ship free to India. I've ordered off this site many times and I live in Bangalore.
[Nexus 4 General] nitin.chobhe:
It took 20 days to reach me after that shipped it. So I would advise you tho wait for 2 more weeks. If you don't get it then send an email to them and they will resend it free of cost.

Even if you put it in a wrong way, just send an email and they will send you one without any extra charge :)

Hit thanks if I helped you...
[Nexus 4 General] Fractalnoize:
Wow..thats the lowest quote i've read from ishop..else its always above 24.5k ..guess u were super lucky

WOAH !! that would be totally awesome...i would just run n get it within half an hour if i've had the money...still 15 days to go :'(....they really do sell genuine products right ??
[Nexus 4 General] niraj30518:
Yes bro that was my personal opinion, dont worry u will like the case :)

Anybody purchasing from ebay, here is a coupon code valid till today:

NAGJJSAATU

Rs.2500 off on min purchase of 7500.
[Nexus 4 General] warfareonly:
I just went over and the guy said something close to 28k :(

Or it may have been 23k really, I'm a little hard of hearing......

You bought it without exchanging any other phone?

Can somebody else in Thakur Village confirm this ?

I don't wanna pay 28k for hardware that'll be old in six months (talking about only Nexus's here):(

Anyways, if push comes to shove I'll just pay you and get you to buy another one;):p
[Nexus 4 General] anshp:
Accidental damage.....:( and it got cracked near camera
[Nexus 4 General] anmolbedi:
They do.. they have a website for India:

in.mobilefun.com
[Nexus 4 General] mitchell_asada:
FlexiShield Skin

Guys, today I received a case for nexus 4- its flexishield skin for nexus 4 (smoke color). I received it from mobilefun.

http://in.mobilefun.com/37186-flexishield-skin-for-google-lg-nexus-4---smoke.htm

Its feeling really good in my hands. It also does not add much to phone's weight. Backside is transparent and is grey in colour. There are no cut -outs and buttons are quite harder to press, but they work anyway.

The phone with flexishield cover does not look good from the sideways and front way, but is a marvel to look from the backside.

A main thing- with flexishield skin is that my gadgetshieldz front screen guard doesn't peel off. I had problems with screen peeling with other china made bulky covers.
[Nexus 4 General] mitchell_asada:
Images for flexishield skin

I am attaching the images for flexishield skin
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
He was talking about dbrand not shipping skins to India and not mobilefun.
[Nexus 4 General] Shin2_D`:
Hi, i too ordered nexus 4 from ishop on Mar 28 at price Rs.24577.

I want to know that if you got any tracking mail of the product?

how much days it took to recevie? what about octoroi?

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Wtf,

Is the device selling is factory sealed(NEW) or Second hand
[Nexus 4 General] blackhaty:
Good News to all. Google shipped my order booked through my indian cc card.

:):) Who wants?
[Nexus 4 General] josewalter:
Got mine toooo...

Cheers friends!

I'm new to this forum. I was looking to buy the Nexus 4 as soon as it was launched.

Since, I had a divine thought that it will not be available in India any time soon :angel:, I bought mine through a friend who was working in US; brought home by another friend.

I've had the phone now for more than a month & have got absolutely addicted to it.

By going through this thread, I've no doubt that the efforts taken were not in vain; the device is truly exceptional.:victory:
[Nexus 4 General] meher91:
nice...congratz!
[Nexus 4 General] paragk:
Awesome...so there is hope :). Details of the transactions please...
[Nexus 4 General] blackhaty:
Shipping Status	Quantity	Item	Price
Shipped
UPS #XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

1	Nexus 4 (16GB)	$349.00
1	Nexus 4 Bumper (Black)	$19.99
Shipping:	$13.99
Tax:	$0.00
Total:	$382.98
[Nexus 4 General] vaibkulk:
When did you order???Also when did you order what was the status in play store was it in pre-order?
[Nexus 4 General] blackhaty:
Ordered on March 30th and got shipping confirmation 2 hrs back.
[Nexus 4 General] vaibkulk:
Can you post the screenshot of your wallet page...thanks.
[Nexus 4 General] darkmessiah:
Happy to be back on XDA after a brief time with iphone 5 .. no way im goin back to that piece of **** again ..

Jus ordered my nexus 4 from jadopado.com .. :)

Open source Rulz .. \m/
[Nexus 4 General] haxor:
Google Nexus 7 32GB WiFi and 3G versions launched in India for Rs. 18999 and Rs. 21999.

http://www.fonearena.com/blog/66022/google-nexus-7-32gb-wifi-and-3g-versions-launched-in-india-for-rs-18999-and-rs-21999.html
[Nexus 4 General] ssvijay:
Welcome back :) How much did you pay for it in the site and chennai is known for high custom rate right??
[Nexus 4 General] blackhaty:
PFA screenshot of my wallet account. Guys order from play store. Its working.
[Nexus 4 General] Sukhi:
Did you order with an Indian CC ?
[Nexus 4 General] Fractalnoize:
tell us about ur sneaky ninja moves ...how did you pull it off??
[Nexus 4 General] paragk:
As asked earlier have you used an Indian CC? If yes, which one?

Which shipping address have you provided?

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 4 General] blackhaty:
I Used standard charted titanium card (indian cc) with HSG address.

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I used straight forward method mentioned in the first page.

No ninja moves :)
[Nexus 4 General] vaibkulk:
yesterday again i have order lets c if it goes through.....

Right now it is pre-order... was your on pre-order when you ordered?
[Nexus 4 General] deepesh1511:
ordered on 2nd april - nexus 4

hi all,

i have ordered nexus 4 on play store and the address which i have given is one which i got from comGateway.

any idea that when do i have to give my indian address and how ?

im bit scared not. already one nexus 4 which i bought from US on ebay has not yet delivered..

thanks..
[Nexus 4 General] darkmessiah:
oh is it so..

i donno bout the customs rates .. lets c ..

i Paid 430$ inc shipping .

have seen few earlier reviews that it will be around 1600 bucks. .
[Nexus 4 General] akhil.in:
iShop rocks... Better than all the rest! :-p
[Nexus 4 General] Mohit12:
Has anyone else tried ordering it from the play store now? Does it really work?

Also, if that doesn't work, how do I get this phone shipped to somewhere within the US itself? Which is the cheapest and safest way?
[Nexus 4 General] akshaysanwal:
Which state let you evade tax? Lucky guy! *Envy*

Costed me almost 1.5-2k in taxes.
[Nexus 4 General] vickedme:
Thank you for answering my query. Actually, I am more of a person who reads a lot on mobile devices using twitter (tweetbot on iOS), google reader, ebooks, instapaper for offline reading and search on Internet. I really liked jelly bean on gsIII and found most of the alternative apps on android but due to lack of sharpness and purity of whites on its screen the experience wasn't that good. My main reason to shift to android was to have a change from stagnant iOS that has begun to show its age and so far I am not disappointed on that count with android but I guess I miss the screen quality on my iPhone.

I am just hoping that nexus 4 can fulfill my requirement of any excellent reading device not necessarily an excellent photo viewing screen because I hardly snap any photos from phone.
[Nexus 4 General] brar.arsh:
He must have used hopshopgo.. ;)
[Nexus 4 General] .Harshit:
Hi guys,

This is not pertaining to Nexus 4. I am thinking of gifting to someone the nexus 7 16GB tab. Would it be a good idea to use hopshopgo.com and ship to india or buy it from india itself.
[Nexus 4 General] brar.arsh:
how much is the price difference??
[Nexus 4 General] kancherlapraneeth:
try one x

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sorry for my ignorance. Is nexus 7 available in india. if yes who is selling it? ASUS?
[Nexus 4 General] cyanide911:
So what's the cheapest and most reliable option to buy it from the US? So many services, ishopinternational, ppobox, ICCWorld, and now hopshopgo etc.
[Nexus 4 General] Ghostfreak NB:
Exactly my point.....

Why such a high price on E bay?

Which one is the right estimate?
[Nexus 4 General] IndianSuzuki:
Thank you for the information. I'll hope for the best :)
[Nexus 4 General] jithuelad:
My nexus 4 is ready to fly from US in the end of this month with my cousin. :cool:
[Nexus 4 General] NishantM:
It's actually a bid and I can only see two legitimate bidders who have bid for Rs.30,500 and Rs.31,000. All other bidders are fake bidders. So he won't be getting that price when the bid closes.
[Nexus 4 General] IllUMINATUz:
the manufacturing cost could be as low as INR 7500 but local taxes and transportation increase it to about 10000 then import duty and again transport add up to 15000 and with a margin of another 4000 to 5000 they are selling it in US for about 20000 (Converted to INR approx. value)

when it comes to India, the additional taxes increase the said 15000 to maybe 20000 and local transport could be made up to 23000 (I know its not that high still..) then they sell it at a margin of whooping 12000 and selling it at about 35000.... and the damn MRP could be about 45000 thus making it look cheap.

and in Ebay, there's no MRP and stuff.. you pay for it. that's all.. its a bidding site and people have lost their minds and like Apply fanboys who are known as trolls and have no value for money? android is also heading the same path sooner or later.. the only difference being is that android is opensource.

I don't see a point but craziness there buddy..

btw I worked it out coz I do costs and learnt accounts and the way money moves and what they use to hype up the price of a product..

In short, Im a money pro.. :cowboy:
[Nexus 4 General] cyanide911:
Just read about borderlinx as well. More options to be confused about.

Any suggestions, people?
[Nexus 4 General] rachitsaran1987:
I'll do a proper analysis tomorrow evening of all the forwarding servies ... for some reason several posters here have avoided so far ...

@ all who have used some or the other services for ordering N4 from USA like hopshopgo, shopito, sns, ppobox

Please PM me the total costs you incurred under the following heads:

Phone cost on Play Store: $349 (16gb)

Shipping in US: $14 (fixed I suppose)

State sales tax in US:

Registration charges on Forwarding service's site (like hopshopgo, ppobox, sns) :

Shipping+customs+insurance charges paid to the Forwarding service:

Any other expenses incurred (Please write the nature of that expense and the amount):

Mode of payment and Bank name (CC / Debit Card):

Currency exchange rate that your bank charged:

Actual Currency conversion rate on that day:

I think this will be very helpful for me as well as others ... and would stop people asking redundant questions to you as well ...
[Nexus 4 General] IllUMINATUz:
That would be great rachit.. Hope you would give me a consolidated data so that I can include it in the OP to keep some trolls away.. :P
[Nexus 4 General] arnavchaudhary:
pay etedAdo

I ordered it today but can fill the following:

I am using comgateway/hopshipgo so no sales tax.

Phone cost on Play Store: $349 (16gb)

Shipping in US: $14

State sales tax in US: 0$

Registration charges on Forwarding service's site (like hopshopgo, ppobox, sns) :0 $

Shipping+customs+insurance charges paid to the Forwarding service: based on my estimates, it should be $26.0145 for standard shipping including fuel surcharge and .65% insurance.

Any other expenses incurred (Please write the nature of that expense and the amount): Customs will be applicable but not sure about the amount.

Mode of payment and Bank name (CC / Debit Card): to Google via ICICI credit Card

Currency exchange rate that your bank charged:Rs.54.55

Actual Currency conversion rate on that day: xe.com lists it as 54.2652
[Nexus 4 General] Ghostfreak NB:
Thanks for detailed info!

Now I know the main reason for the price fluctuations!

Off topic :Btw I too learnt accounts and am a budding CA

Just not a pro yet;)
[Nexus 4 General] Android Rocks:
Tell me when will Nexus 4 phone would be available in play store USA
[Nexus 4 General] karanits:
FYI SnS has registration charges

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Nexus 4 General] arnavchaudhary:
didnt know that.

anyways, i am using comgateway/hopshopgo
[Nexus 4 General] lovesingh25:
Is anybody else witnessing extreme thermal throttling on nexus 4???

While playing games like subway surface even for just 5mins it starts lagging.

After researching I found that whenever temperature goes above 39 degrees CPU's clock speed starts decreasing resulting in poor performance(main reason 4 poor performance in benchmarks).

This problem is more evident in coastal south india as average temperature in around 32 degrees and it reached 39 in no time.

Has anybody else felt it??

If yes add this problem to the poll in the beginning.
[Nexus 4 General] Faiz Malkani:
Anyone know where I can pick up a bumper in Mumbai?
[Nexus 4 General] rbrblitz:
Games don't lag on my device but it gets hot sometimes, really scares me!
[Nexus 4 General] jc1986:
anyone?
[Nexus 4 General] zoot1:
JadoPado requires an authorization code which you get from the Customer Care of your bank.. It is very straight forward.. No pains..
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
All the other devices gets hot..its just that we never felt it coz of plastic and aluminium...now with nexus 4 due to internal hardware settings and glass on the back...we can feel the hotness :P

But we dont have anything to worry about because people have tested it and reported that CPU temp can go upto 90 C (mostly it wont go over 70 C) and if it reaches there...phone will automatically shutdown to prevent any damage..:)

If u still feel scared than check the temperature of your laptop or desktop CPU..you will be surprised..:P

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You talking about battery temperature or CPU temperature...?? and ya u are right about throttling thing i know it throttles coz i read somewhere but never experienced it,I never felt that nexus 4 lags ...i played temple run, subway surfer even need for speed most wanted for 1-2 hours many times...device felt a little warm though but i can not say it lagged...

Try doing a factory reset..(I suppose u are on stock ROM)
[Nexus 4 General] MPAI:
I am planning to get a Nexus 4 from a Friend returning from US. The problem is even he has a nexus 4, will this create a problem at the customs?
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Nope. He can keep one phone in his pocket and the other in a hand bag, just to be extra safe, tell him to open the seal also
[Nexus 4 General] para_droid:
My friend had placed 2 orders, 1 with US credit card and one with his Indian HDFC international CC. Unfortunately for him, both the orders got shipped. I think google is accepting Inidan CC after March 29th. You guys can give it a shot.

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Just to add to this, he can discard the box and get only the phone + accessories to be safe. That's how my friend got me 2 nexus 7 devices from the US and the customs personnel didn't even bother asking him why he was carrying 2 devices.
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
There is some limit that one can get good worth 50k without declaring it :P
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
Guys we all are using imported Nexus 4..so for u guys also does play store show prices in dollars..?? what if i want to change it to INR

i know about market enabler app which requires root access (i have not rooted my phone yet)

So how to change the default country in play store...??
[Nexus 4 General] paragk:
Friends,

I ordered Nexus 4 yesterday from US Play store from my wife's gmail ID as it was redirecting me to the Indian Play Store after signing in:confused:.

But is seems that I made a mistake. I used the Billing address and shipping address as the HSG address. I have used my Indian ICICI CC for the transaction and currently it is showing in Wallet as Pending. Do you think my order will get rejected? Should I have used my indian address as the Billing address? This will help me to order it again.
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
No. I ordered using my email id I am using for last 5+ years and it's still showing price is rupees.
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
It depends on the ip. If your play store shows the us play store, settings > apps > play store > clear data and cache. Reopen the play store and it will be Indian.
[Nexus 4 General] Fractalnoize:
lol someone got trolled by google :P
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
I tried doing that..i even created a new google id and gave all my details of india...i did a factory reset also...but still all the prices are in dollar only...:(
[Nexus 4 General] meher91:
dude even after i ordered my nexus 4, my playstore got shifted to the US one and all prices were being shown in USD...

I deleted all my payment methods and made an indian address as default shipping address here: https://wallet.google.com/manage/#settings:addresses

and wait for some time...that shoud do the trick...
[Nexus 4 General] Shin2_D`:
Jadopado requires Auth code, but when i contact customer care, they said they don't know what i am asking for and they don't know such auth code.

I explained them detailly but still they dont understand.

contacted HDFC bank CC
[Nexus 4 General] meher91:
you did the correct thing...if you keep the billing address as an indian address, google wont accept your order...

so let it be and see what happens...and do let us know what happens...
[Nexus 4 General] paragk:
Thanks for putting my fears to rest. I will definitely update on how it goes.:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 4 General] ramkumar2000:
Tried this..still in dollars..will wait for some time and will see..may be google will take time to update my indian address..
[Nexus 4 General] akash bahai:
what's the status of your order?
[Nexus 4 General] meher91:
did u do it after u saw my post or some time earlier...coz for my it took me about 12 hours to revert to the indian playstore...

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and ya...either delete any payment methods u have in ur wallet or keep the billing address as an indian address...
[Nexus 4 General] Shin2_D`:
No status yet. they say i will get email after the device reach US warehouse and also when its reach India
[Nexus 4 General] mitchell_asada:
I deleted the card by accessing playstore from my PC.

Then I added the same card to my account from my phone and changed to Indian Address. I tried to buy a product and then, suddenly, it changed to Indian playstore. For checking, I bought a product for 100 rupees and then cancelled the transaction within 15 minutes and got 100% refund :D
[Nexus 4 General] abhishekoza:
Mine took 10 days to reflect.
[Nexus 4 General] vidhatreg:
confused

My relative in the US has the nexus 4 with them.

Whats the best way to send it to India . I was considering PPObox , is it an ok choice. Also do we have pay customs when the item is sent as a gift?

A speedy reply would be much appreciated
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
Ppobox is a good option. It's wise not to under declare the price of the phone, as the Indian customs are receiving the phone very frequently. You'll need to pay customs.
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Anything below 5k is exempted for customs if it's marked as gift. Anything above 5k is taxed even if it's marked as gift.
[Nexus 4 General] MPAI:
Items received as gift attract customs?
[Nexus 4 General] Mohit12:
Hi. I looked in this thread but I couldn't find much help.

I want to know what details to fill in the Google Wallet account.

What should I enter as my address and country?

Should I also change my name to match that of my dad's name (which is the name on the credit card that I'll be ordering the phone from)?

I want this phone shipped to somewhere within the US itself, but not to a mail forwarder. It's to go to my relative. So in this case what should my shipping and billing address be?