[Nexus 4 Original Android Development] zephiK:
When did I ever said that he flashed a kernel via a toolkit? It was a joke.

Re read before you quote me or anyone else.

My point is that since he used a toolkit. He isn't in a right to be questioning on why something isn't working for him when it's working for everybody else. I was simply stating that this is a prime example of the dangers of using a toolkit because upon using it, yes you get to the final destination but you don't know HOW you got there with the usage of fastboot, adb which are all important tools (the basic tools) on your phone.

A good example is like.... putting a chair together. You can either put a chair together using a 'toolkit' and it comes all done. But if something is wrong with the chair, you don't know how to fix it. If someone just takes the proper 10-25 minutes reading a thread on how to manually root they wouldn't be asking these kind of questions. It's obvious that it's not a problem with Franco's kernel or CWR/TWRP as it's working for everybody else.

Download the recovery.

(HAVE ADB ENVIRONMENT SET UP.. its a PRE-REQ... do your studying on how to set up a ADB environment. you set it once and ur set for the next phone you get)

boot into bootloader mode (enable usb debugging -> cd to the sdk folder with adb)

adb reboot bootloader

put .img of recovery into sdk folder

fastboot flash recovery <name-of-recovery>.img

use volume up + down and go into recovery

flash franco kernel.

you have YET to say whether or not the flash goes successful when you flash it in recovery (if it failed, it will say it failed. if its successful it will say so). what does it say? Redownload the kernel and put it on your phone's sdcard.

its not that hard, honestly. just dont take shortcuts on the basic fundamental of how fastboot / adb works. i feel that the toolkit should just be banned on XDA.

Edit: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unlock+nexus+4+bootloader+xda+fastboot first post... now that wasn't so hard was it? it tells you how to do everything you need to do (just dont re-unlock your bootloader skip that step)

so skip step #1,#8,#9,#10

after you get the environment set up... type adb devices (if you're in android mode... fastboot devices if you're in bootloader mode) you should see the device there after typing it.

then reflash your preferred recovery of TWRP or CWR. (fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img) put .img in the same folder as sdk

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1514942 is a good link for USB drivers. (ensure USB debugging is enabled)

...... thats me going out of my way so you dont have to make a post in Q&A as this post is getting very offtopic. this threads about the kernel's performance etc, not tech support. so give a thanks back as i went out of my way for you.

next time PLEASE dont use a toolkit and tell other people the same. toolkit gets you from Point A to B. but if you want to go back because something happened, how do you do it?! you're going to ask. just do your research and dont take shortcuts because EVENTUALLY you will have to go back and fix something with whatever thing you want to do. new OTA? want to flash new radio? flash new bootloader? etc... you will have to use fastboot. my phone cant boot into Android?! what do i do?! did I brick?! no you did not brick. just fastboot flash google stock images.