yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
And even this does not seem to hold. For example, in Germany you can buy a HTC One X 32Gb for 412eur (also quadcore but more memory, even better display, active marketing and global presence in retail & carrier stores).

Given that a N4 with 32Gb would cost around 400eur, N4 simply has no chance.

Or Galaxy S3 16Gb - 430eur. Also ubiquitous presence @ retail/carriers, mass marketing, "leading" brand, much hyped amoled.

Is the N4 offer that good? I don't know. For me personaly - no question, I don't like Sense, TouchWiz, Amoleds and "plastic fantastic". I never change batteries and I am fine with 16G and I am very finnicky about that "rock solid" quality feeling (removable back disqualifies instantly). But for a ordinary user? I am not so sure.
[Nexus 4 General] netudiant:
A million per month?

Well, here in the US it is harder to do phone price comparisons because they are mostly carrier locked and tied to a service contract.

Raw phone prices however are substantially higher, so the N4 is indeed 40% less than any unlocked comparable competitor even today.

With no contract services becoming more available here, mostly from TMobile, I think there might easily be enough demand to support a million/mo run rate. Not sure how fast LG can get there.

Google deserves some kudos for launching the phone as soon as it entered production. It suggests a much more tech rather than marketing driven product strategy. The delivery delays are just unavoidable collateral damage. Customers will forgive that once they have the product.

Of course, the production rate doers not seem sufficient given the scale of the market, but that is more LG's responsibility.
[Nexus 4 General] clockcycle:
Original phone ordered Nov. 27th 2012. Delivered Dec. 6 2012 211K HW rev_10 - Noticed Chome colored bezel slightly split from bottom half on the bottom usb/screws end, squeezed together with gentle pressure. After 12 Days use, mic stopped working.

RMA replacement phone order placed Dec.18 2012, delivered Dec. 28. 2012 212K HW rev_10 - Seams/bezel seem ok, will update as I set up and use it.
[Nexus 4 General] VivaErBetis:
My phone, bought in Google Play Spain in first batch (13th Nov):

2 3539180506_____ LGE960 AESGBK 210KPVH06____ 20121031 GLOBAL/GLOBAL N N

rev_10 No hardware problems found (yet).
[Nexus 4 General] Nuu~:
LG's webservice gives me this.

2 353918-05-250xxx-x

AHASBK

212KPED250xxx

20121213 (production date, I guess)

It's a rev 11 device

Seems like I'm the first one with an AHASBK device here.

The device itself is nearly perfect. Fast binned CPU, but some very minor clouding on top of the display and the buzzing earpiece.
[Nexus 4 General] xdatastic:
what country did you order the device from and was it via google play store? 16 or 8gb?
[Nexus 4 General] Nuu~:
16 GB version bought in Austria at my carrier's store (Three)
[Nexus 4 General] James086:
8GB ordered from the UK play store, 4th of December 2012 order, 4-5 week estimate and delivered today.

212KPHG288*** - Built December 2012 in Korea, matches with the "made in Korea" printed on the label.

AUK8BK - Ordered from the UK, 8GB, black
[Nexus 4 General] mbucks911:
that link you posted comes up with just a white screen, with my imei entered with no hyphen as it said
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
I can't see the serial number on my box? Bought from O2.
[Nexus 4 General] solidrip:
take care that your link does not contain the string "%20" ..this can happen due to copy/paste ...

i got "AHASBK" - bought in AT
[Nexus 4 General] James086:
Should be on a white sticker on the bottom of the black box that was inside the grey sleeve.
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
Mine says product id instead
[Nexus 4 General] James086:
That's odd. I have: model, description, SKU, IMEI and S/N.
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
I have seen probably 4 or 5 different looking stickers.
[Nexus 4 General] VivaErBetis:
Here is the spanish one, for the records:
[Nexus 4 General] lokenok:
212k got it on january , december batch still have glitter effect :)
[Nexus 4 General] ross1998:
After doing some research I also think the ones that come from Korea have glitter backs and the ones from China don't. If google was to stop making the glittery back ones they would have probably advertised it has limited time offer, or special edition.
[Nexus 4 General] VivaErBetis:
Is there any photo or video of a non glittery back device? Just curious.
[Nexus 4 General] sububack:
What's your manufacturing date?

Use this link:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/svc/popup/model_check.jsp?esn=<Your IMEI Number>

then do right-click-to-view-source.

You will have esndate / esngooutdate.

Facing any issues like yellow/speaker noise?
[Nexus 4 General] lokenok:
^ no but i do have i litte bit of blue tint when i tilt the device also the speaker is working fine.. only thing is the sensors get blocked with a screen protector when it bubbles up.. :l

when i do that link

this comes

LGE960 AHKGBK <IMEI> 212KPUU277534 20121216 HKG 20121218 N HONG KONG LG0000501124626

^S/N Matches with one on box.

what does that mean .. ???
[Nexus 4 General] ma678:
Here is mine:

SKU: ACAGBK

S/N: 212KPPB182xxx

IMEI: 353918-05-182xxx-3

Ordered from Canadian Play Store on Dec 3rd, delivered on Dec 20th, and died on Dec 24th.
[Nexus 4 General] sububack:
Your box was manufactured in HK -> Hong Kong.

Manufacturing Date -> 20121216

Shipped to Google -> 20121218

Guess yours one of the latest phones manufactured and as you stated, we can expect no speaker or yellow-tint issues in those batches.
[Nexus 4 General] ma678:
Sold instead of manufacturing in hong kong?
[Nexus 4 General] sububack:
Yes, My mistake, thanks for correcting.

It's sold to Hong Kong and manufactured in Korea.
[Nexus 4 General] eskeyy:
There is my from o2 uk, no s/n number
[Nexus 4 General] miztwo:
Mine is: LGE960 AESGBK ------ 210KPCA06---- 20121031 ESG 20121105 N GOOGLE_OPEN_16G

rev 10

Made in October 31th. Shipped to Google in November 5th. Made in Korea. Dunno about the 'PCA' string. To Spain. 16 GB. SKU:

Are there any clearly differences between revs? Can't get a clear idea of them.

Btw: Google_Open_16G? What is this?
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
A device made for Google (Play store).

As opposed to the other versions made for other retailers like O2, T-Mobile, Hutchinson Austria and so on.

Like:

AHKGBK - Hongkong, some retailer

ADEUBK - Germany retail 16G (probably Mediamarkt)

ADEGBK - Germany Play store 16G (Google_Open_16G)

AHASBK - Hutchinson "Three" Austria

ATMOBK - T-Mobile USA

AESGBK - Spain Play store 16G (Google_Open_16G)

AFRGBK - France Play store 16G (Google_Open_16G)

AUKGBK - UK Play store 16G (Google_Open_16G)

AO2UBK - O2 UK

ASWSBK - Switzeland, some retailer

AMYSBK - Malaysia, some retailer

AISRBK - Israel, some retailer

AAUGBK - Australia, Google Play store 16G (Google_Open_16G)

And so on.

---------- Post added at 02:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 PM ----------

I think those stickers are tailored to each cusomer to suit their warehousing systems (Google Play, O2, T-Mob and so on).
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
They are. But how are we to find out what rev we have?

---------- Post added at 01:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:14 PM ----------

Thanks, that worked. 210K here, AO2UBK.
[Nexus 4 General] sububack:
Unlocked one for Google?

---------- Post added at 07:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 PM ----------

To find the 'rev' you have to boot in bootloader mode. hold -volume key + Power.

These manufacturing dates, help to clearly state if the issues which have noticed stopped from so and so batch.
[Nexus 4 General] nyyankees3511:
for some reason my imei doesnt show anything when I go on that site.
[Nexus 4 General] Nuu~:
Check the page's source. The information should be there.

I forgot if you need to include the dashes in the imei, though.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
I don't have any dashes. I've put a number in and voila :)
[Nexus 4 General] philwaud:
Must be wrong?

Hi guys

Im stuck in the loop waiting for my phone to be delivered on 30th January :(

I can see the logic in everyones argument here, but I think Im going to throw a spanner in the works!

If LG can make the phones and deliver them in a few days, then why have they closed the play store for new orders? Surely if they could produce them so quickly, then they would just keep the play store open? I cant believe that a company like Google (and LG) who have experience of delivering products such as the nexus can mess up so badly.

When I worked in a supermarket we were always told "an empty space sells nothing", and to get any gap on the shelf filled with any product no matter what. Its a complete shambles that Google have NO devices at all to sell on their UK play store, they sure have a lot to learn as a retailer!

Phil
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
The crucial differece is, that el goog simply can't "fill the shelf with any product". They need a very specific product which is a puzzle sourced from many different sources. Many of them without any alternative.

So if el goog closed the store, it can mean just only one thing: they either have problems with sourcing of some of components (camera module, LCD, glass, CPU, RAM whatever) or there are production problems, for example LG production lines could be fully booked out for next 6 weeks or so. Looming Chinese&Korean new year (=sales) and so on.

Otherwise it does not make any sense, like you said, an empty production line does not earn any money for LG and absolutely no gain for el goog.

They botched the whole thing the very same moment they did their initial estimations, i.e. months before sales even begun. Not sure anyone can be blamed for this, N1, NS and GN sales were not really encouraging.

What we see now is an inevitable struggle to right the ship. I would say they are doing quite well given the circumstances.
[Nexus 4 General] VertigoM:
Why is the serial number on the box different from what is reported on the phone under Settings -> About Phone -> Status?

Is that normal?
[Nexus 4 General] Richieboy67:
Well said. It did not help that there were so many people crying about the lack of am sd card and the lack of lte. I am sure they did not think they would sell many and I watched a video some time ago with a Google guy where he said the same thing.

I am glad I got mine and as long as they are so rare the value of these things will remain very high.

Actually it would be cool in a way of they did stop the glitter backs. It would make those phones that have it sort of collector editions.
[Nexus 4 General] smacksa:
Cool for you and me but not for everyone who still has a device on pre-order.
[Nexus 4 General] puregenius:
Mine is production number 267873 from the 20121215. Bought it from Saturn, so ADEUBK seems to be Saturn or MediaMarkt or just general retail stores in Germany. What I think is interesting is, I bought it in store on the 21st DEC, meaning there were just 6 days between production in Korea and the actual sale in Germany.
[Nexus 4 General] DIII:
This thread was covered on techcrunch.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/google-nexus-4/
[Nexus 4 General] wapz:
And The Verge.
[Nexus 4 General] CBGoodBuddy:
Here is my device:

2 3539180522_____ LGE960 AUSGBK 212KPYR22____ 20121211 GLOBAL/GLOBAL N N

Hardware rev_11

Ordered Nov 28th from US Google Play store, manufactured on Dec 12th, and arrived Dec 31st.
[Nexus 4 General] hallucynogenyc:
They actually stopped already on rev 11 of the HW.
[Nexus 4 General] steviewevie:
The majority of opinion in the thread on this issue is that this is totally untrue. People are receiving new phones from Google still with glittery backs.
[Nexus 4 General] Brishen:
I know how many they have made

I figured out the IMEI numbering a bit and so I have determined the total amount upto the time of this post is around 391,416. I'm finding some anomalies however. They also change the country codes around. ASF is also France, if you ever find one.

Someone smart enough to figure out my (easy) method can confirm.
[Nexus 4 General] jbuk__:
ASF will be for SFR (French carrier) in the same vein as AO2 for O2.
[Nexus 4 General] Cheesethief:
Mine is shiny and rev 11. :P
[Nexus 4 General] lazytt:
Mine was actually manufactured on my birthday - the same day that I purchased it!
[Nexus 4 General] timskyline86:
Seems mines was created on Oct 29th, ordered launch day.

AUS8BK 210KPED****** 20121029 GLOBAL/GLOBAL N N

rev_10

47K production number
[Nexus 4 General] Roscopcoletrain:
Ok, so the SN says 210, it would be Oct 2012

But in the date thing I get 20121205 CAG 20121207 N CANADA_OPEN

Does that make sense?
[Nexus 4 General] mrjeffery:
LGE960 AUKGBK ----- 210KPAE042416 20121027 UKG 20121105 N UNITED KINGDOM_OPEN

Production Number 42,416

Production Date 27 Oct 2012
[Nexus 4 General] Ravicai:
I'm cracking up at these news sites like Verge and Android Authority. Boat loads of assuming going on here. This statement from Android Authority made me facepalm;

"Speaking about Google, they’re not commenting on the accuracy of these figures, obviously, but you have to think they’re pretty pissed at LG. First they give LG the Nexus contract, only to have them fail to make enough units. And now it’s been discovered that they make their serial numbers easy enough for just about anyone to read!"

Who says Google didn't order this many units? Who says LG is responsible for the serial numbers? I'm actually in the manufacturing industry. Nobody orders stuff like this without having any input on how it's made and how many. Your reporting stinks.
[Nexus 4 General] brar.arsh:
These Gadget news sites just want an Article to publish..

Someone must have gone through this thread and had sent them a mail and they have started their Bull S**T..

Just sit back and enjoy.. :cool:
[Nexus 4 General] sp33d86:
211K

Germany

Shipped 5th Dec 12

(Received 7th Dec 12)
[Nexus 4 General] extremecarver:
2 353918052578??? LGE960 ASWSBK 212KPHG257??? 20121214 GLOBAL/GLOBAL N N

bought on 20. december in Austria at Ditech. Strange that they sell Swiss devices - by media communication it seemed they would have Austrian or HongKong devices (as they announced it would come with 3 sim card).

got a faster binned CPU. No probs expect that the micro during hands free talking seems to suck. Good voice quality if not used hands-free.
[Nexus 4 General] draugaz:
This is a good reality check, a good indication of how reliable and trustworthy and those articles really are.

Now when the internutz got wind of all of this, I am really curious when those LG pages will stop working and how much time will it take to implement the "semirandom" IMEI numbering scheme.

On the other hand, I don't believe this imei counting is of any significance, since all the relevant people have plenty of other ways to get the exact the same information. Like qualcomm knows how many CPUs did LG buy, someone (probably Samsung) knows RAM chips (which can't be used anywhere else) and so on. Plus add the "inofficial" private leaks which do happen for sure.
[Nexus 4 General] dildeep:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/03/google-nexus-4-phone-sales

Wow it's on the guardian now too.
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
211K. Bought from O2 UK on 20th November.
[Nexus 4 General] nnssxx:
nexus 4 16go

ordered nov 13th

shipped nov 27th

S/N: 211KPSL******
[Nexus 4 General] Roscopcoletrain:
So are we to assume the 210/211 thing is correct and the esndate is just when it gets the sticker? So my phone was built in Oct/12, sat around until Dec when it was assigned an esndate on 20121205 and shipped on 20121207?
[Nexus 4 General] VivaErBetis:
Or may be a repaired one... Who knows...
[Nexus 4 General] cchaos:
Mine is 16gb UK, ordered on 4 December, arrived 19th December

SN: 212K

IMEI: 353918-05-192xxxx

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/svc/popup/model_check.jsp?esn=[imei number] site info:

<model>LGE960</model>
<suffix>AUKGBK</suffix>
<esn>[removed]</esn>
<msn>212KPNY192xxx</msn>
<esndate>20121206</esndate>
<buyer>UKG</buyer>
<esnoutgodate>20121207</esnoutgodate>
<ULocationcode>N</ULocationcode>
<buyername>UNITED KINGDOM_OPEN</buyername>
<csn>LG0000500484491</csn>
</auth> </response>
[Nexus 4 General] :
Mine was not even made when i placed my order (UK).

S/N: 212KPNY****** = Dec 2012 Korea

Then from the LG website i got

20121207 = 07/12/2012

Order placed on Google play store:

04-Dec-2012 17:09:51 GMT

04/12/2012 - order date

07/12/2012 - production date

Im also interested in these no-glittery / less-glittery back stories.

Always though mine wasn't as visible as videos i had seen. Might just be me over thinking it :).
[Nexus 4 General] rec71:
210K ordered from UK Play store on Nov 13th (delivered on the 15th). Built on Oct 27th. The oldest one yet?

<auth>

<model>LGE960</model>

<suffix>AUKGBK</suffix>

<msn>210KPRWXXXXXX</msn>

<esndate>20121027</esndate>

<buyer>UKG</buyer>

<esnoutgodate>20121105</esnoutgodate>

<ULocationcode>N</ULocationcode>

<buyername>UNITED KINGDOM_OPEN</buyername>

<csn>LG0000497812188</csn>

</auth>
[Nexus 4 General] obsanity:
347k

Ordered Nov 27th and delivered Dec 31st. 8GB model with production date Dec 2012.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] mrjeffery:
Same as mine
[Nexus 4 General] dopefish1337:
212K

shipped Dec 14
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eliaskammas:
Hi everybody...can anyone help me to choose the best kernel for JB roms?

I could just try all kernels but i really dont think i would really understan the

real differences between each kernel..and i am afraid not to mess up my love(HD2)

Thank you! :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
If you "wouldn't understand the difference", then it wouldn't make a difference!

Use any one. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eliaskammas:
You are probably right...thanks for answering anyway!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tin1203:
:good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ixman:
Hi,

Thanks to my nanosim adapter I've managed to break the pins on the sim card reader on my i9305.

Can I use an i9300 sim card reader+sdcard that I can get from eBay into my i9305?

Thank you,

George
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] omniwolf:
for $8 or whatever it costs i would just buy one, and compare it closely with the one in the i9305.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Fat_Nonsense:
I also need a replacement for the broken i9305 that i bought for cheap. Everything works except the simcard recognition. Would be great if I could just use the one from a i9305. I'm interested in any updates on this update.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ixman:
I've just replaced the sim card holder with the i9300 version. The sim is registered on the network now, the data connection works(browser and gtalk, etc.), but I can't make any voice calls or send text message. Not sure why :(
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Stony-D:
did u checked your imei?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] ixman:
Good question. No, I didn't. Do you think it's different? I'll try again...
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] taz26:
Hello, does it work now?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] tomc99:
I'd be really interested to know if a i9300 SIM tray works in a i9305 too.

Mine has a broken SIM eject mechanism, and broken contacts.

Any news?

Tom.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] happinessstan:
I9300 sim tray in a i9305

I have just replaced a i9305 sim tray with an i9300 sim tray and it doesn't work for me. Just ordered an i9305 one from ebay for less than £10. I too thought it would be worth trying as the i9300 looked the same and fited well and only coat £5. However printed on the ribbon of each part is the corresponding phone model number so I am guessing that's a bit of a clue really. Still nothing ventured nothing gained.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] netvorCZEK:
Probably I9300 holder should work in i9305. If IMEI does some problem, just restore it, when possible or you've backup.

Or it's possible buy i9305 holder too for 3-8€ thought.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] buljo:
Had my Xperia V for some days now, can't say I'm satisfied with battery life yet. Sometimes it gets very hot, think this is WiFi related, unstable connections etc, turn off WiFi and heat is gone, but huge chunk of battery is gone in a short amount of time.

Also yesterday I had some phone calls from long lost friends and e was talking about 2.5hrs. But check out the battery drain on Bluetooth, I have a Jabra extreme 2 Bluetooth hands-free.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renanmmagalhaes:
Hello Guys...

first of all, excuse me for my poor english... sometimes I don't know the exactly word I need.

Anyway... I'm from Brazil, and the Razr HD just arrived here. My problem is the following: I bought one... but it has customizations from the cell phone operators (Like Verizon and other, in my case is from Claro, yes the mexican one).

I want to eliminate these customization, and I think that the best way to do this is root the phone, unlock the boot loader and load a stock rom, insn't it?

but that's my problem. I can't find the stock razr hd's rom in any place... Recently i found the Xoom2 stock room, so I imagine that's there already a Razr HD rom somewhere to download.

If anyone could help... I'll be grateful!!

Thanks a lot and happy 2013!!!

P.S. I don't think "Stock Rom" is what I need... reading more I found that stock Rom is the pure android... what I need is the room without any customization, the oficial motorola released rom... did you understand what I mean?

Thks again!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdwardN:
Please post questions in the Q&A thread. As for terminology, "stock rom" means how the phone is when it's first turned on. All the different cel service providers specify provider specific apps to be added to the rom. Motorola doesn't release an unbranded rom. Also, the radio is set specifically to a region for LTE access (not all radios are on all the time, as that would drain battery like crazy).

Best way to get what you're looking for... Check the "debloat" threads in Q&A and look for which apps can be frozen safely. You will have to root and install an app like root uninstaller to do so.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renanmmagalhaes:
Thanks a lot for your answer... I think that i was locking for a Retail rom... my ideia is to install a razr hd rom that is "clean" without any customization...

i found this site... but I'm not quite sure if is this what I need... my idea is to download the Retail Brazilian, root the phone... use the RSD Lite to put it on the phone... then do the normal procedure... will it work?

thanks a lot!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucidvtec:
You Dont need a whole new ROM ..for what Ur looking for

Root Ur phone!!

Install titanium backup

Freeze the apps u Dont want running

Also known as de bloating Ur rom
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steiger:
I too got a XT925 from Claro and did exactly what you described. It worked perfectly.

1) Rooted the phone

2) Downloaded retail ROM from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943879

3) Used RSD Lite 6.0 to install the ROM

You can also freeze the unwanted apps (iJogos, iJogos HD...) , but I think you can only remove the Claro logo during boot by flashing a retail rom.

Best of luck!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steiger:
Actually, in Brazil you can buy unbranded, retail phones. I think this is different in the USA and Europe, where phones are only sold through operators.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaviosp:
Where I can find the RSD lite for my RazzrHD.... ( kind lost here since I was used with the Sammy devices procedures)

Thanks a lot!