[Nexus 4 General] Jrob2k:
I just wanted to share my full story of how I ended up with a "working" nexus 4 months after ordering one.

Anyone from the official shipping thread will recognize the first part of my story.

I was one of the unlucky stiffs that ordered on release day and had to wait 3 weeks for the phone. My Order went through at 2pm that afternoon and I was backordered until the end of November. When I finally got the Nexus it had a faulty radio so after a week of troubleshooting I requested a replacement. I kept on Google about the replacement, emailing and calling every few days for status updates. I was told it would be delivered within the week and not to worry. Then one dark December evening...(Dec 14th) i received an email telling me i would have a 3-4 week wait because the RMA stock was backordered as well. Now I've learned my lesson from reading on XDA; that may not be the case for all, but apparently it was for me. Keep in mind they put a hold on my account for the price of the phone when I first ordered the replacement and took over a week to drop off. The phone was great for the week I had it before I realized it couldn't switch between towers and I was missing calls etc, but i just dont really want it that bad anymore. Not enough to go without a phone for another 3-4 weeks and let google hold another 350. I cancelled the RMA and requested a refund. They say i should have it 14 days after they receive my device. A hold for the price of the device was put on my account again after a few days because apparently they didn't actually cancel the RMA. I called for more information and was told it was a mistake. Not because they didn't cancel the RMA, but because a device wasn't sent to me. I would still be on the backorder list if I hadn't cancelled. I fussed the phone zombie out and told then to cancel everything. I waited on the phone for a supervisor and confirmation of my cancellation. Fuming, I posted the device on craigslist and sold it to someone willing to deal with an LG replacement. I went out and purchased a Lumia 920, partially to spite google (....a moot gesture im afraid since i love my nexus 7 and im not getting rid of it), partially because after using a vanilla jelly bean device nothing else running android measures up IMO, and mostly out of curiosity. Ive had issues with my google account for years that google cant fix, like a useless calendar because of endlessly multiplying events. This allowed me to set up a new outlook calendar. So far im very happy with my Lumia, and even though it doesnt have nearly the developer support, app selection or following as android, i think i will have it for a while. I mean hey, I've always got my nexus 7.

30 days after purchasing the Lumia I began to realize....its not enough. Yea it looks cool and can do the basics but its just not an android. I can't tweak it with tasker and I can't even use custom notification tones. I check out craigslist just to see what I could get for it and see that its still going for full price. I post it and take a look at my monthly statement. BLAM. A refund for my nexus 4 slaps me in the face. Turns out Google goofed and gave me a refund. Being the honorable man that I am, I called them. I know I know. Dumb move. I begin and email chain with a CSR that is utterly confused as to why I was refunded. I stop hearing from him and two days later have a missed call from a debt collections agency. I freak and call them back, but no one answers or gets back to me. I email the csr and the jerk tells me I shouldn't have received the refund and I will have to deal with the debt collections agency. After sending an email full of words I probably should use here like "you" and "f*ckhead" I research debt collections agencies and realize this doesn't add up. Why can't I reach them and why weren't they specific in the message they left. I begin to think that maybe it was a phishing call conveniently timed and it has nothing to do with Google. I call them back and hold for a "supervisor" and confirm, no they don't send people to collections, the asshole from the emails was probably new" and to enjoy the money, merry Christmas.

All of the hate drained out of me, I check my craigslist emails, and get rid of the lumia the same day. I planned on getting an S3 since the nexus aka white unicorn is impossible to get, but I see an ad selling one for 400 bucks. I pounce like a starving black panther and snatch that bad boy up.

Now I'm rocking a nexus 4. I do love it, although I have a slight data drop issue. Its better than then first one though since I don't need to reboot then phone to restore data. I will work on it a bit more before sending to LG.

that's my story. I hope that's the end of the Nexus drama for me