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[Nexus 4 General] tysj:
The fact that yours is "perfect" is the reason some such as myself want to RMA. I wasn't just randomly squeezing my device all around to find any faults. Just picking up my device reveals that the right side of the phone is noticeably looser and/or is separating from the chrome trim. The left side is rock solid, however. Even when pressing the power and volume buttons, I can feel the frame above the buttons are lose from the body and creak. It is not that I think that the quality is bad, I know that it can be A LOT better from both professional and user reviews and that is why I sought to get an RMA. Why settle for less and face the possibility of separation issues in the future when others are getting good devices?
[Nexus 4 General] eallan:
This type of post is always so condescending and annoying.

Mine cracks every time I use the power button. It feels cheap and crappy, it shouldn't.
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
How do you check for creaks? Mine seems very solid.
[Nexus 4 General] illmatic416:
Squeeze the side bezel and then the screen area adjacent to the area. Check the corners on the sides...so the area below the sim card slot and glass area at the speaker...the area above the power button...the area above the volume rocker.
[Nexus 4 General] Falzar:
My Nexus 7 had a weird creak on a certain part of the screen. I returned it and got a perfect one.... Don't settle for less I you want a new one get it.
[Nexus 4 General] pkrboo:
Mine just fell off the kitchen side onto the solid tiled floor, not a scratch or crack in sight. Bumper attached.

Hopefully I will be just as lucky the next time.
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
Nice. I haven't dropped it yet but I'm sure it'll happen sooner or later. Hopefully it survives. As soon as the bumper is back in stock I'm going to order one and see how I like it. I can't stand cases and screen protectors. This screen feels so smooth.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
OK mine will creak if I force force it to but its not a normal thing for me to put pressure like that on my phone. But yes I hear it and I can replicate it. Not a huge deal in my eyes and my phone is always in a case and I don't sit there and add unneeded pressure to my Glass phone.
[Nexus 4 General] [hfm]:
I can't seem to make it creak. Maybe after I've abused it as my daily driver for the next year it'll happen.
[Nexus 4 General] @rbiter:
But then we would ***** about the sh!tty software on iPhone. And the bad battery life. And the WiFi problems. The scratches. The dents. See where I am going with this?

I voided my warranty.
[Nexus 4 General] n82k:
+1

I have something better to do. Like use the hell out of my damned near perfect $300 unlocked android 4.2+ device. Come on ppl, you would complain if Jesus himself handed you a perfect phone that changed beyond the laws of physics as you pleased. i.e. ”even when i tell my GodPhone that i want its display to look like my s3's, i compare them side by side and..." Pshhh seriously ppl with nothing better to do than literally rub their phone the wrong way.

Sent from Nexus 4 - cm10 -
[Nexus 4 General] tommymonk:
I had creaking on the bottom left.

It makes the build quality 'seem' poor during every-day handling.

The T5 screw is not at all loose.

A replacement arrived yesterday and the new handset has no movement or creaking at all.

It may be worth mentioning that my original handset was from the very first batch and the replacement is from the second.

Video of faulty handset: you-tube-dot-com/watch?v=LnImMNAdkTY
[Nexus 4 General] illmatic416:
Your video is just like my first N4 and it was also from the first batch...my replacement N4 is pretty much close to it also and it's from the second batch. It makes the device feel extremely cheap and really annoys me. When they said no replaceable battery, two sided glass, I'm thinking solid like my old iPhone 4S...guess that band of stainless steel makes a big difference. My Galaxy Nexus felt more solid just because it didn't creak like that. Oh well, RMA device #3 already ordered.
[Nexus 4 General] MarkGbe:
i may or may not notice this.... but i dont really care. i'd classify this as OCD. lol
[Nexus 4 General] Red Wolf:
My phone has this problem and it's too much. Also yellow tint problem
[Nexus 4 General] techfreak:
I started to hear this creak sound earlier today with my 5 day old nexus. I searched about it and ended up here.

I guess i am not alone with creaking thing. Mine is a bit subtle than what was shown in the utbe video but i am afraid that it will get worse.

Is the probably cause of this is that the phone seems to get warm abit fast?

I honestly dnt mind it now even if i see that there is a small gap between glass and plastic but if it will end up worse then i would have serious build quality issues in the long run.
[Nexus 4 General] program2492:
My phone has the same issue. Its so saddening because I hear it every time I go to lock and unlock the phone and otherwise its completely perfect. I asked for a replacement and it arrived with yellow tinting and dead pixels so I sent that one back and kept the creaking one. Don't really want to get a second replacement out of fear of getting another more defective one. I am thinking about seeing if LG warranty repair will fix the issue. Also thinking about waiting until otterbox or incipio releases a case and seeing if I still hear it then.
[Nexus 4 General] techfreak:
Any uneveness or separation between glass and side plastic where the creaks are the loudest?
[Nexus 4 General] jasonbiggs:
On that, does anyone hear what sounds like a few marbles rolling around in your hand when tapping the back with one finger while holding the sides of the phone with 2 fingers... mainly around the camera area?
[Nexus 4 General] program2492:
I dont have a visible separation but there is some flex with the bezel on the top center part in between the mic and aux port and also right on top of the volume rocker where your hand grips to unlock it on the other side.
[Nexus 4 General] ATnTdude:
That's the autofocus assembly. So long as your camera works, don't worry about it.
[Nexus 4 General] kresk:
Mine started creaking near the top left about three days after I got it. Over time the creaking moved to both sides of the bottom and the top right. Also, if I was using the headphones during a call and I adjusted the volume (which always induced a creak). The person I was talking with would hear some sort of interference. There is some weird give in the plastic. It's not separated,but there is definitely a little movement in the crease.

My new one will be here Monday. I got it through T-Mobile and since they sold out so quickly. I had to wait until the second batch to get an exchange. Figured they would have had at least a few contingency phones set aside. Either way, I just hope this one is solid.
[Nexus 4 General] techfreak:
We all know it would creak soon enough right? Glass expands and contracts and this phone warms the glass enough.
[Nexus 4 General] kresk:
Ya, I think some creaking is expected (my Nexus S got one over a year in to owning it, no biggie), but after only having the N4 for three days and then seeing it spread in such a short amount of time. My confidence about it lasting two years (signed a two year with T-mo) wasn't so hot. Along with the creaking causing some kind of interference near the headphone jack during a call, heck no. I had to exchange it while the option was still available.
[Nexus 4 General] techfreak:
Totally understand u. Mine started after 5 days. But no interference and other issues. So im still keeping mine. Just hoping it wont get any worse.

Im just monitoring battery heat now with battery indicator pro.
[Nexus 4 General] kresk:
Ya, I think some creaking is expected (my Nexus S got one over a year in to owning it, no biggie), but I'm not so sure about it happening within just the first three days and then seeing it spread in such a short amount of time. My confidence about it lasting two years (signed a two year with T-mo) wasn't so hot. Along with the creaking causing some kind of interference near the headphone jack during a call, heck no. I had to exchange it while the option was still available.

Also, my creaks aren't in the glass. They are along the seem of the phone where the bezel and the soft touch plastic meet.
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
I have noticed no creaks so far but I have not only used my device normally. If i start to squeezing it all over and looking who knows..
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I have creaking at the top of mine but with a case on Id never even noticed. Mines in a case 95% of the time anyways. Mine also has a couple small bleed spots but seeing as everyone is having worst problems with rma's I think I'm gonna stick with this one. Unless I'm looking to find these defects during my everyday usage I don't see them or hear them. I do understand why some people who use theirs without a case a lot would RMA though. But to each their own this is a deeply discounted phone maybe Google should have charged 50 more and made sure these problems didn't exist so much. There seems to be a huge amount of defects in this phone launch.
[Nexus 4 General] program2492:
If you don't have any creaks stop wasting space on this thread trolling and move on.

Same here, I have a cheap s line case for now thats helping but I feel like a better case will resolve the issue completely. I went through a bad RMA and its annoying to ask for another one if it has the potential of being the same if not worse so I'm hoping otterbox or incipio will put out a good case. Its a super nice phone that has crazy specs for a ridiculously low price and with updates easily guaranteed for another year or two. A creak only at the very top that can be pretty much covered up with a good case is worth tolerating to me for all that.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Agreed I can't wait for some higher end cases to come out.
[Nexus 4 General] program2492:
I just got a diztronic matte case today (just search diztronic matte case nexus 4 on amazon) and I dont even notice the creaks anymore. Its a thick durable case thats not like the cheap tpu ones from ebay. I can still hear the flex I have in between the headphone jack and the mic but I have to go out of my way to hear it. The creaking with the rear glass and the spot over the volume rocker are completely silenced with this case. So far best case I have tried. Wanted to recommend it to you if you were looking for something to hold you off until otterbox if not replace the need for one completely. :good:
[Nexus 4 General] flight777:
Also got a creak on the left top side, just above the volume rocker. My first guess was the chrome bezel, but it is actuall the black plastic that gives a little there. Seems everyone has it near that area so I won't bother RMAing. I do notice it sometimes during use but my case will arrive soon :)
[Nexus 4 General] techfreak:
Put a hard case and u wont hear it nemore
[Nexus 4 General] Darkstar1977:
Mine creaks all across the bottom. Not badly, and with a cheap tpu case I don't notice it. I actually didn't notice until I read this thread. ;) Certainly not the end of the world.
[Nexus 4 General] Sandman2749:
Mine was rock solid when I got it. No creaking at all.

BUT... I have had it in the official bumper case for quite a while now and took it out to clean it and noticed that it creaks "like a mofo from the get go" now. :p

But, as stated here, it is rock solid in the case. Does it bug me? Yes. Am I too psycho about stuff like this? Yes

Will I be returning it? Hellz no!

The Nexus 4 is to cell phones what democracy is to politics.

"It is the worst form... except for all the others." :laugh:

p.s. I tend to keep my phone in my front pocket so no doubt that has contributed to it's creakiness over time.
[Nexus 4 General] c1umsyb3ar:
I have some creaking on the left side of my device as well, one above the volume rockers and one on the bottom side. I noticed it from the beginning and it bothered me quite a bit... but the phone's treated me so well since then I've grown quite accustomed to it :D plus it all goes away with the bumper on anyways... :)
[Nexus 4 General] ruzkay:
Hello,

time and and time again I heard plops and clacks from the device and today as I was browsing the ned with my thumb on the bottom and my pointy on the top of the device I could make out the definite source of the sound. So I tried pressing on the side with the USB port and it makes a sound even with a light press and if i press normally i can definitely feel the plastic frame move and after i press the bottom i can press the glass on the bottom and it makes a sound too. My question is, is this a defect? Will it get worse? I don't think returning will be so smooth cause in austria google play doesn't sell these and I got it from a retailer.

And to those saying not to expect much for the price... here it costs 400€ and I think its okay to expect a quality product especially when it is labeled as a nexus.

I definetely hear it with normal daily use without intentionally trying to reproduce, it is not annoying but I'm afraid of what will happen in the long run. Don't want it suddenly falling apart and the retailer blaming me for dropping it even though I didn't...
[Nexus 4 General] aindow:
Mine was creaking on the bottom left so I loosened the T5 bolt, squeezed the area affected and re tightened the bolt. I now have a creak free device.

Rik.
[Nexus 4 General] ruzkay:
doesn't that void the warranty...?
[Nexus 4 General] jhock:
So retightening did the trick? I didn't want to RMA for the creaking, but it has gotten worse and is driving me crazy! Fixing it would be awesome.
[Nexus 4 General] Euler MD:
Well, I got my first scratch on this device. Hell, I may even apply the screen protector that I didn't bother applying...
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
BSE both sides. Had mine early on since Thanksgiving my N4 is pristine. Not one scratch on my screen or even scuff on my bezel. The BSE will fill in that scratch too:thumbup:

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] aindow:
Yes it can do. I didn't open the device, i just loosened it off slightly so any seals it may have should still be intact and I made sure I was careful with the torx bit so I didn't damage or mark the bolt.
[Nexus 4 General] sgill74:
Temporary repair for my cracked back on the nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] aindow:
Looking good.
[Nexus 4 General] Euler MD:
BSE?

u wot m8
[Nexus 4 General] abufaka:
AW: Rear glass creaking near top of device

Mind telling us what and how you did it?
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
Trolling? Are you kidding me? Apparently you have no idea as to what that means.

I think that turning your phone over and rubbing it looking for creaks is really not anything that occurs during normal use and there for is not a huge issue. I was pointing out that if you are looking for faults you will find some. If you use your phone as it was meant to be used perhaps you won't.

And I do not see how you talking about a case is such a valuable use of space either..
[Nexus 4 General] 3dawg:
What screw driver is required?

EDIT: A T5 Torx Screw driver...of course.
[Nexus 4 General] aindow:
T5 :)
[Nexus 4 General] 3dawg:
Has the creaking returned yet? Also, in what way did you squeeze the device? Did you press the side in or grip the top or what?
[Nexus 4 General] beeboss:
Hope my experience will help someone. Mine was rock solid , but later creacks appeared in the area to the left and to the right of usb port. I spent 2 days finding out how to squeze phone correctly when screwing so creacks go away completely (99%) so finally squizing stronly with two fingers on the !sides! (At the trackball level )while screwing in deeply (1 mm hole seen)worked out for me! ) before that I've been trying to press hardly on the bottom of the screen while screwing , but some lil annoying creacks didn't go .
[Nexus 4 General] wendellc:
I took the back apart and its not thick, its also not seated in certain areas so yes it flexes and creaks if you squeeze it hard enough.
[Nexus 4 General] eallan:
That's exactly what's happening, it's just thin plastic on plastic and it creaks because they're is no bracing. I'm on my 3rd RMA (for other reasons) and they've all had creaks of some sort.
[Nexus 4 General] sebbo90:
Wow I am shocked. I've had my Nexus for 2 days now. Never dropped and somehow I have a cracked back. Wtf
[Nexus 4 General] eallan:
Not what this thread is about.
[Nexus 4 General] jhock:
Picked up a T5 torx screwdriver (Home Hardware and Canadian Tire both sell them, if you are in Canada). Loosened both screws, squeezed the front and back glass together, and retightened and the creaking/loose feeling in the lower left corner is gone. It feels like a new phone, definitely worth the screwdriver and 45 seconds it took to fix it!
[Nexus 4 General] harlock:
glad you fixed it!
[Nexus 4 General] Proyboy:
Sounds like a really easy fast fix. What about the warranty do you think that it voids it? I understand that you don't take the screw out but is there a way that they could find that they had been loosened?
[Nexus 4 General] adidas007:
They mostly dont come to know
[Nexus 4 General] m57:
Mine was creaking on lower left corner and this worked perfectly! Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] chug:
Gonna do this later. Creaking driving me nuts. Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] tysj:
I must be the only one to had to LOOSEN the screws to get the creaking or looseness near the microusb port to go away. I found that if I tightened it a little more the frame would bow away from the chrome part.
[Nexus 4 General] lyall29:
Mine is bowing out also on the side towards the bottom of the phone, you can't see it but it flexes a lot. It was really creaky on the very bottom so I loosened the screws, pinched the bottom a little and tightened the screws. Its still creaky if I press on the side towards the bottom where its bowed out. This is plum ridiculous. My old optimus g was the same way. Even though my galaxy nexus is plastic, I can squeeze anywhere on that phone and it never creeks. Oh well, I still enjoy my new nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] PuijkeN:
I was also having some issues with a creaking Nexus 4. It's a 301 unit bought last week. As I needed to buy it in Germany it's a long drive and not so easy for warranty so I decided to open up the Nexus.

I'm pretty freaky when it comes to **** like this, and I hate noises or bad build quality's on phones. The worst phone I had was the Desire HD, one of the first batches. Nice unibody but the battery and antenna covers were really horrible. An easy fix was to apply some tape on certain parts of the covers and then put them on the phone, et voila, a sturdy, noise free high quality feel phone.

So today after being really annoyed when I noticed the back panel of the Nexus 4 was creaking, I decided to do the same thing. I opened up the phone by removing the back cover and applied some layers of tape to the inside of the cover. By using black insulation tape, I can assure that if a warranty is needed I just need to re-open the phone, and remove that tape to return it to stock.

By using this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4) I opened up the Nexus 4 with a guitar plectrum and added some layers of tape to the place where the creaking happens. Depending on how far you can push in the back cover you'll probably need to 2 - 3 layers.

All in all it took me about 5 - 10 minutes to open the phone the first time. Because the layer of tape was not big enough I had to open it a second time and it only took a minute or two. Anyone who is annoyed by the fact that his/her Nexus 4 is creaking, and does not want to sent it back for RMA can use this procedure.

Altouhg I have some experience with working on portables, this procedure was very easy. The material of the LG back cover is pretty firm, and if you have some patience and soft, bendable plectrum it should not be to hard to open the device. I did not notice any warranty stickers that would suggest that my warranty is now voided. When applying the tape I made sure to check if I was not covering up any connections for antenna's to the phone.
[Nexus 4 General] P8TRIOT:
As does mine, give the man a break. You know for some of us especially myself $390 was not easy to come by nor save, so I don't think it is unreasonable for him to be a bit irritated that his $390 are not feeling like it should. I am using a bumper have always since I got it. For me I noticed this just today, I put my phone down and put slight pressure running along the left side near the middle between "LG" and "nexus".
[Nexus 4 General] george241312:
Mine creaks from the bottom left when tightened from both bottom sides ...
[Nexus 4 General] nyijedi:
The creaking is actually from the bezel being slightly separated from the front of the glass.
[Nexus 4 General] shadehh:
Many high end devices creak. I don't know about you but I never hold my phone in a way that I makes a creek in the corners apparent. So I don't pay attention to that. My monitor? I can find a spot that creeks. Play station? Trust me that'll creek somewhere too. Your car? Don't get me looking.

Your device is not worth less because something as silly as that. Just my 2 cents
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
I see where you're coming from, but nobody has their Monitors, Playstations or Cars in their hands more often than not. :p

I'm living with the creaking, but every so often, I'll just be observing the device and admiring the design and I'll just push on it and it'll creak. Gets me thinking about buying a T5 screwdriver.

When you think of something being solid, or seeming like it's made of one(or even 2 pieces), creaking does not bode well. Creaking sounds like breaking. Of course, it's not going to break, but why not "fix" it if you can?
[Nexus 4 General] Krooked22:
The nexus is not solid, at all

It is a bunch of pieces, as opposed to 1 or 3. Made of cheap plastic

If u press it hard enough it will Creak, as with anything else

---------- Post added at 11:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 PM ----------

Again, these devices although high end, are made of the cheapest materials possible

The plastic and body of this phone is extremely cheap, in contrast to the gnex for example. Even the gnex still creaked though, as with any device
[Nexus 4 General] cdon2109:
I have this creak near the micro usb port too.
[Nexus 4 General] nyijedi:
I did the loosening/tightening and it didn't help my creak at all, unfortunately.
[Nexus 4 General] neotekz:
mine creaks in the top too and the and i can hear a slight rattle at the camera and sim port but i dont see this as a big deal at all. Considering what you get for the price im surprised the nexus 4 is as solid as it is. i was expecting something more flimsy like my nexus 7.
[Nexus 4 General] Azurael:
Maybe I'm just lucky but none of the devices I've had recently creak... My nexus 4 and 7 are both perfect, as was my One X... My Atrix, on the other hand is the creakiest thing known to man. Yet for some reason I feel its the device that would best survive being dropped of those I've listed. :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] SefEXE:
Well, I wasn't being literal.

Do iPhone users complain of creaks? Just curious.
[Nexus 4 General] BravoMotorola:
I wouldn't exactly say the Nexus is made out of the cheapest materials possible. That curved glass on the front isn't cheap, and neither is the glass on the back. I would say the casing on the gnex is way cheaper to make. The back on that phone opposed to this phone probably only costs a couple cents to manufacture.

Also, my Nexus 4 does not creak at all. Maybe if I put it in a vice I could get it to but then I'd also crush it.