yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 General] Emama:
Can OP still add a poll in this thread, make it easier for counting the number?

For now, I guess all the people should get their phones already except us.
[Nexus 4 General] lombardo8:
Sorry but I couldn't take it any longer. I bit the bullet and went out and got it on contract. Sorry to leave you chaps. I was weak!
[Nexus 4 General] SunSDK:
L3 sigh
[Nexus 4 General] kilolum:
oh no! now even the betrayed betray us!
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Is it everything you had dreamed of?
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
I hope so, this wait is killing me.
[Nexus 4 General] tulongest:
Bump. Why is this thread in the second page? :(
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
A lot of people are in a turkey coma
[Nexus 4 General] zizo79:
So what are our odds on getting tracking numbers tomorrow??
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Lol. Low.
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
You forgot the word extremely. But I for one am still hopeful.
[Nexus 4 General] Exel:
You're a turkey coma.
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
So a lot of people are in me? Perhaps I should call the Police, because I am definitely NOT OK with this.
[Nexus 4 General] Uh60m Pilot:
Does it matter? I am expecting to have it just show up one day.... not like they are actually tracking these things. They are going to attach a tag that asks you to call a CSR to let them know to check you of the list. SUPRISE you received a nexus 4! What as gift :p

sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] :
Zero to none.
[Nexus 4 General] zizo79:
What if it goes on sale tomorrow...that would piss me off
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Going on sale when they have a few thousand phones on backorder would be even more unwise than overselling their original stock.
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
If they do put it up for sale Im sure they will say it may be like 4 weeks or something before delivery.
[Nexus 4 General] Exel:
Oh clam down, you like us inside of you. ;)
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Lol. I pitch. I don't catch.
[Nexus 4 General] :
I am catching only Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] DroidMahn:
I wonder if Google will do anything to make up to us Limbo Level 3s. I'm pissed at Tmobiles $200 markup otherwise I'd have betrayed the betrayed yesterday :( Oh Google, you shut up and took my money. But no phone D:
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
Yeah I think if tmo didn't have that markup most of us would be gone. I hope they do something as well, besides free shipping, but I doubt it.

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Came across this in another thread for those who are interested.
[Nexus 4 General] Emama:
If for real it takes 2-3 more weeks..

they better do something for us :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] Uh60m Pilot:
Yes like give us the phone we paid for!

sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
God bless his soul. I hope he doesn't get fired for sharing that.
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
Yeah I know right? I wonder just how long this freight takes.
[Nexus 4 General] abe in space:
Should take roughly 3 weeks. But 1. We don't know if this person is telling the truth and 2. Assuming they are, we don't know when it went out in the first place.
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
Yeah exactly unless we know when it left the port it really doesn't matter how long it takes.
[Nexus 4 General] ATnTdude:
From Asia to North America by ship? Anywhere from 10 days to a month, depending on how fast the ship is and how quickly it is unloaded/loaded. However, if you're launching a product, you'll likely stagger ships, so that you have one leaving every couple weeks. Which means there's no way to tell when the next shipment shows up.
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Yeah, but if the second shipment wasn't too far behind it could be well on it's way. Here's to wishful thinking!
[Nexus 4 General] Pyroshane:
I think we are all playing catcher to Google right now...
[Nexus 4 General] :
LOL, totally.
[Nexus 4 General] Uh60m Pilot:
I think I have a friction burn....

sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
3 weeks from Korea to North America isn't too far off.

He's already about to get fired soon so he might as well find the manifests and the way bills and reveal to us who the courier is from the manufacturer. lol. I'd love to know the insured value of those 17,000 handsets shipped. That should most likely give you an accurate cost to Google from LG.
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
google doesn't use the same consumer shipping as you do, they can get a shipment from asia overnight if they want. Eck, I can if I pay.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Assuming the data is correct and the first batch was 17,000 devices, our limbo group should be much smaller than that.

They can air freight our BO devices.
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
They can..if they were charging more for the phone. They're keeping their costs to bare minimum (obviously backfired on them now that they're refunding shipping fees).

I hope everyone does request for a shipping refund. They're better off sending free overpriced bumpers (ala Apple) than to keep on refunding shipping fees at this point.
[Nexus 4 General] js2021:
ah such a slow wait, its been a week already. I hope they ship out our phones next week.
[Nexus 4 General] Emama:
Did they give free shipping to those who got the phone on Tue?
[Nexus 4 General] RushAOZ:
This thread is full of all sorts of lawlz. While I have sympathy for you guys in all honesty, you should have known better. I read some guys were going to cancel and get a completely different device because of this? Ridiculous!

Did you guys NOT realize the popularity of this phone? I knew this thing would be on back order in a short time before it even released.

Hey think of it this way! With every passing day, your appreciation and love for the device will increase. When you finally get it, you will be the happiest person ever. Like a new born baby?
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
Like I previously said, don't compare that to consumer shipping, they most likely would pay almost the same.price for half a shipment as a full one.

---------- Post added at 02:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 AM ----------

Knowing it would be backordered means you need to know roughly how many devices they had. How the hell did you have that info?
[Nexus 4 General] demosthen3s:
This made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Your reply is just a waste of touchscreen time.
[Nexus 4 General] rubiconjp:
17000 seems low. It was said that the initial stock of Nexus 7 was 500,000 units when Google sold out when introduced.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
While I agree... we can still vent on here but trust me I'm not cancelling anything!
[Nexus 4 General] vollmilch:
when calling a csr this morning regarding any news, he told me that phones are available again and are being shipped.

i dont believe him though.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
I would ......
[Nexus 4 General] Deeco7:
I think people from the UK should call Watchdog.
[Nexus 4 General] code65536:
So you knew that Google's ordering system will f*ck up in a way that allowed more orders to go through than there was stock for? Incroyable, you have such prescience!
[Nexus 4 General] FLNexus:
limbo level 3 here. who's buying drinks tonight?
[Nexus 4 General] remczar69:
The same here. No status changes at all, no contact from google, except the BO email last Friday.

I'm in DE.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Lol I have some in the fridge LoL
[Nexus 4 General] emailrob:
Limbo 3 here. I'm more pissed that I spent from 8:30 until 1pm pacific trying to order, different browsers, cookies on off etc and nothing apart from errors or out of stock. Randomly I added a VPN program to my Nexus 7, and it worked within 5 minutes.

my credit card pending charge has gone (not on current statement), but afaik this is typical as they expire and it would normally appear back on. Its been a week, so I think it lasts 7 days.

My play account still shows shipping on 15th like many others
[Nexus 4 General] kgeissler:
I am pissed I got up at 2:00AM CST to see if it was going to be released at midnight Pacific time. :(
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
I am level 3. I am not pissed launch wasn't smooth, I am not pissed I wasn't able to order at the time I was actually supposed to, I am not pissed I got on the back order list.

I am somewhat irritated that it says my order was placed at 2:22 est when it was placed around noon, that they don't have a more ACCURATE timeframe than 3 weeks (I don't care if its actually 3 weeks, just tell me a real date, those exist, they are not impossible to know), and also, the lack of tools they give their CSR.
[Nexus 4 General] ksocoolwitit:
LL3 here, order date changed from the 13th to the 17th to now the 19th. Google Wallet still says "pending", Shipping estimate still says the 15th. Pending charges on my card have magically disappeared.

I should have just bought this from a T-Mobile store if I knew all of this was going to down like this.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Nothing changed for me since order day.

Order date still 13th and shipping on the 15th (yeah right).
[Nexus 4 General] emailrob:
Oh yeah, i did that too...was a fookin waste of time
[Nexus 4 General] strobex:
Finally, my people!

Sent from my dying evo 4g, not a nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] emailrob:
It's likely just that the hold of 7 days (I think that's the max) has expired. Google would put a new hold on the funds automatically, probably today or tomorrow. I remember agonizing over this with the Touchpad firesale, and it had zero impact on my ship date
[Nexus 4 General] FLNexus:
Your house it is :cool:
[Nexus 4 General] Good Guy Mark:
still limbo 3 with the order date stuck on the 13th and shipping estimate of the 15th :/
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
I want a thread just for back ordered people. Not some virtual club with in another thread. :)

Come over back ordered people..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34407506

sent via xda premium with nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] laverdure#1:
Same here. Stuck on 13th.
[Nexus 4 General] Good Guy Mark:
To be honest the thread title cracked me up :)
[Nexus 4 General] roughavoc:
Same here
[Nexus 4 General] RechargN:
I think most of the european orders are in limbo3. No update since 13th, except a BO email:crying:
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
This one?
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
Because all of us can just dream about anything at this point. I still expect Google to come through on their promised 5th business day. AFAIK it's still on their FAQs page which they state it takes 3-5 business days.

...and this is also why I have never bothered calling. I don't want to be one of the thousands of annoying pricks asking the same question.
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Prescience is a word I've never seen used outside of literature or in reference to literature (Dune). Good for you!
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
Called this morning just to have an update in general.

The csr told me 2 interesting things. 1 that my account "has some.activity on it it". So that can be a very good hint that it is currently processing, and is usually what he would see before someone is sent a tracking number. 2, they are currently awaiting an update from the HQ about the current state of the situation, ETA 1 hour.

So, both these tips can be totally meaning or we could possibly get decent news later today.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Ooooo! Idk if we should believe it but it is at least something to look forward to! :cool:
[Nexus 4 General] Kenneth131:
I'm still sitting with my order as it was when I ordered it on the 13th. No movement just sitting as pending which sucks. I'll be lucky to have this before Christmas if its not sent out this week. Good luck brethren with all your N4 quests

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Mine is the same status as you. Did you get the BO email?
[Nexus 4 General] hunterhp:
Ugh, if this phone gets banned for the newly found working LTE we'll never get our phones
[Nexus 4 General] Uh60m Pilot:
Well I am sure many of you don't care but for conversation sake I posted a few pages back about getting a note 2 if it went on sale for $550 today. Unfortunately I found someone selling it for that price. Decisions decisions. Hopefully Google tells me my nexus is shipping soon so that I can just forget about the note. I just need to port my number from Sprint by the 6th or face a $350 fee.

sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Don't get a note! Nexus for life :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
lol. what you want an empty box?

they have NO PHONES. jeez. The guy from UPS already said they have NOTHING.
[Nexus 4 General] abe in space:
Buy the Note. Cancel your N4 order (or don't if you can float the cash for two phone). That way you have a phone on the 6th; if by the time the N4 is back in regular stock you think you'd rather have it, sell the Note (or return it if there's still time).
[Nexus 4 General] zizo79:
Blah blah blah.......
[Nexus 4 General] tulongest:
I just got the famous Victor survey again -___-
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
He/she should have their Nexus 4 by the 6th though.. That is the deadline of the whole "3 weeks" mess. They said we will have it within 3 weeks, so it will be before the 6th. Theoretically of course.
[Nexus 4 General] Uh60m Pilot:
I just like the "theoretically" statement :) that's my entire concern. I could afford both however my wife will probably kill me. She also hate the phablet look.

sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
Have you seen the Note in person? If not, it's enormous for a phone. You can slip it in your pocket alright, but I personally don't think I'll be able to deal with it in the long run. I use my phone @ the gym for music and LOL @ the thought of having that on my pocket.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I had a note 1 for a day and hated how big it was. I only bought it on CL for cheap to sell for more money, but that's beside the point. The note 2 is even bigger! Why don't you just get the N4 and a N7 for the same price as you would pay for a Note 2? That way you will have a sweet phone as well as a tablet so you can have a bigger screen when you need it. You can just tether through your N4 to the N7 if you don't have wifi. The N4 will fit in your pocket a hell of a lot nicer! Just my opinion though.
[Nexus 4 General] cathou:
Is yours as badly written than mine? If you are going to send an email to ask to rate your customer service, you should at least take the time to write it properly.

When I saw the ups truck passing on my street this morning I was hoping google sent my phone without telling me, but alas it wasn't so.
[Nexus 4 General] mrallen81:
The wait is killing me :banghead:

Sent from Nexus 4 only if Google move there ass!
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
They will have phone someday and you don't know if that day is today idiot.

Besides, there are quite a few things from the UPS guy that make it hard for me to believe, especially the low 17k stock and also the liability he faces for breach of NDA and confidentiality for no gain. Someone posting a post with everything to lose and nothing to gain always sounds like a good story more than facts to me.
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
the shipping thread just vanished into thin air
[Nexus 4 General] Clayfree:
Yeah what happened? There were some unfortunate comments made, I hope those few people didn't get the thread killed off.
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
They must have finally closed it for not staying on topic, which is kind of BS in my mind.
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
I guess they did ..instead of cleaning the threads the mods just chose to delete it ....
[Nexus 4 General] tulongest:
LL1 and LL2 people abandoned us cause they got their phones. All they now care about is getting their LTE switched on.

EDIT: wow they really did delete it. That's the one thread that we had so much info about shipping and orders.. Not cool to just delete it.

I just lost like half my posts cause that lol
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
it was off topic previously as well, I guess the political comments resulted in it being deleted , i did'nt read those comments as I was late to the party I guess
[Nexus 4 General] florian3000:
This thread was too much drama anyway... and limbo is a silly word :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] MonsieurJohnny:
This is the new center for shipping news.
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
I lost all of mine haha. 54 thanks and this is now showing as my second post. Good job mods...
[Nexus 4 General] Clayfree:
Thread closes ... thousands of XDAers wander out and experience the first daylight they have seen in 7 days :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] Omeer:
Limboooooooooo...
[Nexus 4 General] Clayfree:
oh yeah me too :(
[Nexus 4 General] tulongest:
Quick create the meme lol
[Nexus 4 General] PaisanNYC:
LOL ridiculous Mods. Anyways, lets get back to complaining about Google and UPS. YaY!
[Nexus 4 General] sofia-captivate:
Wth is limbo
[Nexus 4 General] WhenBearsReign:
Nvm it's back.
[Nexus 4 General] tulongest:
And.... its back!
[Nexus 4 General] MonsieurJohnny:
You and me both, you and me both. At least I'm not as distracted by that thread anymore.
[Nexus 4 General] bjg020683:
For Everyone who is waiting including myself patience is a virtue. The phone will come in due time. Things happen that we can't do anything about.
[Nexus 4 General] idale:
Or find a new thread. :silly: But yeah, something finally got the other thread nuked. Lots of OT but also lots of status and stuff. Assume the people starting on personal attacks got it deleted. :crying: (EDIT - Or... not? What's going on around here?)

So far it's certainly looking like the Play Store will not be opening up sales today. About 9:30 PT, 12:30 ET, would think they'd have gotten started sooner. Though it's possible they'll have a random time to open (and subsequently get bought out by all the gougers).

Keep the faith, Brothers, we shall (someday) have our devices and it will be worth it (or possibly not)! :good:
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
Those of us who made an order and did not get our Nexus 4 are in limbo. In this thread we've all gotten the backorder email and are out in the cold waiting.
[Nexus 4 General] Clayfree:
Oh NO! we have to start over and explain this again. In fact they deleted the explanation.

Well, there are no levels anymore we all in this together. Basically it's everyone that got backordered and as the backorder boat was being pushed away they threw some LL2s in the water and said "hey your boat is leaving"
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
Should just change the name of the thread to "backorder corner" to get rid of the confusion
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
Couldn't hurt.
[Nexus 4 General] phillevy:
If the 3 weeks pass without any developments will we all turn into zombies?
[Nexus 4 General] aphlipot:
Are we not already? Most of all I do is hit refresh on XDA, google play, and my wallet.
[Nexus 4 General] DLFB:
wall of text. didn't read.

fcukface, you're not getting your phone today, monday nor tuesday. keep dreaming. curl up into a fetal position in a corner.
[Nexus 4 General] MatAuc12:
60 words hard to read huh? I know, you do sound that level.

And no where do I assume I'll get my phone today or in the next couple days, I carefully stated that the information I passed on does not conclude anything. And then answer to your idiotic statement they are out of stock and seemingly impossible to restock at one point.

But then, if you had any kind of reading capacity you would understand that.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Wish I wasn't out of thanks's for the day or else you would get one.
[Nexus 4 General] Jess813:
Guys please keep it on topic, we don't want them to close this one as well.
[Nexus 4 General] chrisvanhorn586:
My experience as member of the Limbo 3 group is summed up in my YouTube video I created.

If you search YouTube for, "Google Customer Service: Welcome to Hell"... you'll see what I've been through.

I'd link to it but XDA won't allow me. :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] :
Nice one, liked the music selection.
[Nexus 4 General] Mikk36:
Limbo Level 1: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) but no confirmation, back order, or shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Untouchables.

Limbo Level 2: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) and received a confirmation email, but no back order, or shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Forgotten.

Limbo Level 3: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) and received a confirmation and back order email, but no shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Betrayed.

Limbo Level 4: Made purchase and it shows up in your Play account and Wallet (status irrelevant) and received a confirmation email and shipping emails from Google. These people are known as the Impatient.

Those who have their phones in-hand today are simply the Hated.
[Nexus 4 General] DroidMahn:
I'm sorry my fellow Limbo Level 3 brethren! I was weak! I payed $538 and got one direct from Tmobile. Hold fast! The phone is worth it!
[Nexus 4 General] zizo79:
This blows......
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
anyone tried calling Google today and got a new answer
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I doubt the new answer part. You could try!
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
I am so sad right now ..my Ringke slim case just shipped ...
[Nexus 4 General] estallings15:
You're sad? My XO Skins front and back protectors came in today. All I could do was stare at them and cry silently to myself....
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
my extremeguard should be here soon as well...first time happening to me that accessories are coming in first ....
[Nexus 4 General] Qbancelli:
Finally got to play with this phone at a TMobile store an hour ago.

Love it!

Only one negative, the screen colors do look a little washed out.

Still way better than the unnatural colors on the Amoled display on my Galaxy Nexus.

I think I now know why you can't buy this anywhere.

Folks ain't stupid. You build a great product at a low price and they will buy it.

More excited than ever to finally get mine in a few days.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Did you call em?
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
just finishing up some work and then I am gonna call em
[Nexus 4 General] Deeco7:
Report to Watchdog here (UK): http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Within 2 weeks of order date or within two weeks from today?
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
2 weeks from today ...between dec 4-7 he said but could be earlier ..he had no specific date or time
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Alright thanks
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
just to add the second CSR did use the word limbo ..damn they are trolling this thread I guess
[Nexus 4 General] mackster248:
Hey guys quick question.

I'm part of the back ordered group. Ever since I ordered the N4 on the 13th, Google has always put a pending hold on the $392 for the device on my debit card. I called an they said once it ships the payment will be fully made and won't be pending anymore.

My question is, today I noticed that the pending is gone and the $392 has been fully put back into my debit account. I checked my Google Wallet and the order is still there, just no ETA or anything.

Does this mean they've cancelled my order?? Or has this happened to all of you guys as well?
[Nexus 4 General] munchy_cool:
happened to all of us
[Nexus 4 General] pqee:
Think they can only hold a pending payment for so long (week? 10 days?) then they have to release it. I don't think your status has changed at all, just the time limit on a CC hold.
[Nexus 4 General] lowrider262:
Happened to all of us. CSR said the funds will be taken out again as soon as your phone ships.
[Nexus 4 General] mackster248:
Thanks guys, just wondering. Was scared they canceled my order lol.