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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustinBacle:
While opening the phone in order to check the screen electrical connections, I noticed that the LCD touch controller (the IC on the ribbon cable) was quite hot compared to the other ICs. (Yes, I do sometimes open my phone while it is still working :silly: )

I think the controller might be faulty. My phone did not drop when the problem happened.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flipz77:
Kind of a late reply, but I went through this exact problem and just stopped using the phone (resorted to my old-ass backup Xperia Arc S) to prevent it from getting worse. I was all pissed because I thought it to be a permanent hardware issue that would need pricey service, BUT!

I tried the "nexus 4 navfix" that I found on github and now everything works! :p

The only downside is that you have to stick to LMY47V because no further updates for the fix have been published. But with root and xposed, I'm a happy camper 'cause this device still has a lot to give.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mauriciognr:
Hi guys, 2 days ago i was using my phone with no issues. I put the phone in a table and i went back to hime like half hour before and a portion of the screen it was not working, the phone wasnt charging and i didnt dropped it. I enabled a couple things from developers options in order to see and show you guys what im talking about. I was tinking about making a factory reset or changing rom (i use Euphoria OS) but went i got into recovery that portion of the screen still doesnt work so it cant be a software problem. Any ideas?

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muff99:
Damn,today it hit me,too: vertical line on the right side
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
It happened to my wife's phone too.

I rooted it, flashed cm13 and it was all working fine until the left hand side of the screen started acting up as well.

I'm going to open it and apply dielectric grease to the contacts. fingers crossed
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
Plese keep informed of how it goes with this...

Same probleme here...:rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bousqi:
Same problem on my side.

It appears to be hardware related and I don't think that getting a custom rom could fix it.

Any advice to fix this problem ? Does the touchscreen need to be replaced or can it be fixed?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeromePerez:
Guys,

Seems to be a general problem. A lot of french guys have the same issue, maybe compared to "planned obsolescence"...

Mine had the same problem 3 days ago, causing scrolling issue on web pages, unwanted clicks on screen, the horizontal line is noticeable when scrolling slowly: the page doesn't move on a half centimeter.

I don't know if changing the digitizer will solve this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jyvii:
Got the same, the top part (where you must scroll ofc), gone. It's pretty funny to see planned obsolescence that precise.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
update - bump

Well , after few days of constant playing with nexus , i discover that when i reload plain 5.0 and let sistem upgrading slowly to 5.1.1. things are at some point better. In one moment phone was completely funcitional, but after short time of working suddenly stopped - and was like before.

I repeat reinstalation of 5.0 and upgrading again to 5.1.1 and everything was exactly like on first attempt... Now , how can be hardware broken if on some point is working :confused:?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
Update:

I opened my wife's phone, applied dielectric grease to the connectors hoping it could be some sort of bad connection but no luck. It still has the same problem... Damn
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
:confused:

Also on my side nothing new.Following different posts and solutions I try many ROM's including CM 13 and Chroma, then i change Kernel with Franco's one, but at the end of day no sucess . Already open , clean contacts reconect etc.... The only think I see differences is when I put ROM 5.0 and upgrade to 5.1. Only then the middle setup button is working "circle" and only for short time. The rigt bottom buton didnt work at all in no combinations of different ROM...I think is time to give up.. Well another tread was about faulty battery, but i dont know if it is worth to try also this...Good luck with this ghost screen..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veketash:
I had this problem a long time ago. I've already posted in this thread, but I advice you to try charging it only by USB for a while. It could work. It definitely did for me. After bought it (second hand) I had this issue for about 6-7 months. It was a disaster. I started sharging it only on USB and the problem started dissapearing and then reappearing until it totally dissapeared after about 3-4 weeks of doing that. Now, about 2 years later, I'm still enjoying the Nexus and still charging it through USB port. I charge it on the wall plug occasionally, but still no problems.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience... Can you tell me please wich OS you use ? Android ....5.?.? or 4.?.? or somethg different ? thnks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veketash:
Now I'm on CyanogenMod 13 based on Android 6.0. But this problem had nothing to do with the software. By the time I had that problem I migrated to different versons of operating system, but the problem was migrating too. It definitely was a fault in the charger or something which had something to do with it. I think I got rid of that problem a little time before Lollipop came out.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_paul:
Display became unuseable... No help?

Hello, my N4-display-problem is becoming worse. The two bars cross the middle (hor.) and the left side (vert.) makes it impossible to choose many buttons. Only apps, that support portrait-landscape-switch are useable.

Is there any cure beside buy a new device?

Facts: Nexus 4, Cyanogenmod 12.1 Snapshot-YOG4PAO334-mako, kernel 3.4.0, damage look at attached screen shot.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
I read in deifferent threads, that changing battery was right sollution - I still hasitate to buy new battery becouse I still can connect this mallfunction to battery. My batery is still in good condition and cant figure out how can battery affect this strange screen behaveou.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_paul:
thank you, mido. There is a lot of "miracle-guessing" around this issue. Charging over usb-power-supply from PC vs. power adapter and other mysterious ideas. I'm pretty sure, this has nothing to do with battery or mode of charging - how should...?

I'm affraid, it's a hardware damage, sending devices to retirement after 5 years as an aspect of product life cicle policy to keep us buying new devices for the next 5 years... :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
Well you probably right, but after all I was working in IT branch for years and many very unlogical things was happening all the time :) (they are logical at the end for shure) :). This thing is (my opinion) mixed up HW and SW issue on some pint. In PC world we can do many things with appropriate drivers, but here... I will try to find battery at good price probbably just to be shure that on some point I didnt miss anything in that story :)..I like to play with this things :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_paul:
:good: Good luck! And, please..., let us know, if it was working to change the battery. :angel:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
of course this is also the reason i will try to fix :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veketash:
It is known that supplying the power from PC is slower and this is better for the battery. It can't be just a coincidence that my phone, after almost a year with the screen having a part of it never working, when I started charging only by USB dissappeared forever. Now there are almost 2 year for me since I saw that issue for the last time and I'm still charging through USB and on the power supply occasionally.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
I charging it from USB for 14 days now, and issue still persist....meantime i change all possible stock ROMS and almost other ROMS from CHROMA to CM 12 and 13...bur as said no sucess...part of screen is out of order. Also trying dissasembling and cleaning connectors, battery disconnect and connect again , and digitizer connector or LCD connectors too...still nothing it is very persisting thing...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_paul:
I didn't mean to offend. I just don't see any relation between charging current and responsivity of the touch screen.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veketash:
The digitizer is responsible for taking your touches (analog signals) and transform these signals into digital signals. Due to a faulty charger, it's possible that the battery won't charge normally, so this could influence the functionality of the digitizer (which is powered directly by the battery), becoming unable to power the entire area of the screen. This is how I see it. If someone has a better explanation, I would like to hear it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_paul:
Really good work around found!

This is NOT advertising... :)

Reading an article in a German computer magazine, I found an excellent hint: the author describes exactly our problem and his solution. An app called "Ultimate Rotation Control" allows to rotate Screen in *every* state - e.g. home screen, phone (key pad), lock screen. The app is free for testing for 7 days (a license costs less than 2 €).

Facing the fact, that our problem is an irreversible hardware issue, the workaround is a fair deal.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fefed:
hi guys.

Just had same problem: the central part of the N4 becomes unresponsive after the FIRTS EVER hit on the floor.

In addiction to that I fighted a lot to reach internal memory (thru win7 x64) and make backup.

Tomorrow i'll send it to repair hoping the bill would be, if not cheap, at least reasonable.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
There's so many people with this problem and without any solution that has proven to work across the table that I ended up solving it by buying the Moto X Pure for my wife.

I'm going to keep the N4 and try to somehow get it back to normal.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
I could send it to repair too, but estimated price is ( for changing LCD and touch screen part) just for new pieces around 80 €, with work quickly jump to 100 € or more...Just think not worth for few years old phone...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fefed:
I know it's not worth THE MONEY, but IMHO our beloved N4 has still one of the best hardware-to-size ratio on the market.

(that is to say: if i want a phone with comparable hardware performances, how big the screen would it be? too much for my personal taste).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mido5263:
Yes, can agree on that :), that's why I play so much with different options , and try to solve the issues with this unfortunate screen :). maybe I will send to repair at the end too :)...

Update - I give up...Will buy new phone. Good luck with resolving problems in Nexus 4...

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Thank's for hint. I try this yesterdy but i have problems on such portion of screen that also with this app , i can't restore funkcionality of N4...:eek:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manush Bhatt:
Same problem here

2 weeks ago , I upgraded my N4 to cm 13 nightly. After few days on the same nightly , a small portion in right part of my phone stopped sensing randomly. I have to lock and unlock the phone to get the sensitivity back on that part (After several attempts sometimes) . The problem was less effective in safe mode. I changed roms but still no progress...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zipobob:
Same problem, horizontal part of the touch screen stopped responding. Probably have to replace the screen and digitizer. I know a place that charges $69 CAD to do it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
I got a little curious. Does replacing the touchscreen and digitizer solve this problem?

I'm asking because it seems that it is a deeper issue with this phone not just the touchscreen.

Insights on this is appreciated.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
If I am not mistaken, the glass on top of the LCD is just glass. The digitizer is beneath the LCD and is sold as a single unit.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jegurupati:
Nexus4 with lollipop 5.1.1 have touch screen issues

Hi Friends ,

I am also facing same issues from last 10 days. Middle portion of touch area only have issue in my Nexus4 . Remaining touch area is working fine. LG service people told that replace entire touch area that cost around 9000 Rs in India . I will get new configuration phone with that amount . Can please suggest any alternatives to fix this issue ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renanzeraa:
Hi guys, best regards from Brazil!

My N4 have the same issue for 4 several long years, I already replace to a new battery and the problem still :(

I want to know if i replace the entire LCD + Digitalizer | Frame (These chinese from eBay or Aliexpress) maybe can resolve the issue ?

I think a lot of people ask that.

thx.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
I believe this issue is solved with a new digitizer. You can go with the LCD screen and frame to make your job easier.

I'm going to just replace the digitizer myself and the frame as well and keep the LCD screen.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jegurupati:
How to find this touch issue may cause of digitizer or LCD screen ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
The LCD screen is just a screen. It has nothing to do it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renanzeraa:
The entire piece witch the LCD and Digitalizer assembly its about like US $35,00 (R$ 120,00 BRL)~~ approximately found in ebay or others
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toto_92:
Hello from Italy, same problem here. I thought it was due to the chroma rom, but I returned to stock yesterday and that portion of the screen is still not working.

Has anyone solved this issue by replacing the lcd?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexisCAILLON:
Hello from France! I have the same problem too.. I hesitate buying a cheap lcd /digitizer on eBay given that they seems all to be bad quality.. Are there some seller you may advise..?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anawim:
If you have no experience and no special tools, you have to replace the combo digitizer+LCD+glass+frame

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Already seen poor overall quality LCD and I'm also interested to know who is selling original ones in Eurozone

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Did you successfully replaced the digitizer, separating it from LCD and glass?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
I'm still waiting for the digitizer to arrive in the mail. I'll update this threat when I do it.

There are a few good YouTube videos that show the whole process of dismantling the phone apart.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandy7786:
1000% softwares bug ,connected with communication between the hardwares,,,,,,,,,,,,,but no touch screen is reason .something like a virus
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xavi.:
Same issue just happened to me after the phone dropped. So far I am managing myself by using the screen rotation and zoom (on my case, it is on the keyboard zone). Wondering if it is worth it to repair it or purchase a new device, although I don't see any phone with all the features Nexus 4 had when I purchased it.

If anyone finds a good digitizer+screen to replace for a good price.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bousqi:
Time to replace device. Nexus 4 has been loyal and trustful but it starts to be obsolete from hardware standpoint.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvdeshmukh:
Hello, facing similar issue. LG have quote similar amount to fix the problem by changing digitizer and LCD. Found on Ebay a seller who is selling only digitizer for 1500 Rs. Does anyone recommend to purchase it? Further the problem seems to be getting worse. When I first noticed it, it was only approx. 1.5 cms right in the middle of the screen. Now it is almost double the original size.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teacherdh:
The same problem...

In my nexus 4 almost the half of the screen is affected by this problem... I am waiting my new Nexus 5x but I really want to fix this one to give to my dad.

So, do you recommend to buy the LCD + Digitizer from Ebay or Aliexpress to change it? I am from Mexico.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oleg.legator:
The same problew with touch

Hi,

I have the same problem with touch, I initially had only one vertical part, after month appeared second part and now I have 4 vertical part

After first dead zone I made hard reset - as you can see not helped

I think it is software issue, it was happen after update to Android 5.1 (if I remember correct)

Somebody have the same problem? there are any fix this issue?

[IMG="4 vertical part"]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cihv5SkXAAEBCMq.jpg[/IMG]
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amitkt:
Hi strongtyer,

Have you got that replaced.

Pls share the process.

AK
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oxious119:
It's no software issue, it's hardware related, probably the digitizer.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcaseiro:
No I didn't. I was able to separate the digitizer and the screen but i guess I over heated it and the screen went bad. So I just got a screen+digitizer+frame and my problem is solved.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sandesh.dhadwad1:
Does it gave problem now

After replacement do the problem exist or come again
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdkularia:
Not Able login part of screen not working

Dear all I also faced the same problem .I not able to press 1,2,3 in login pin As that part of screen not working.Please help as i not able to do any work with phone .:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StipeP:
So? Anyone with conclusive fix? Change battery or Digitizer or flash some software fix?

I have vertical strip that doesn't react to touch
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel85:
Hi, I'm a technician , and I can tell you that all nexus 4 will get this problem going on... It's an hardware fault , mine (girlfriend smartphone) had this 2 times and all the 2 times I had to change the whole screen . I can also tell you that you have to make sure you buy an original one, because there are many sold as original on aliexpress or eBay that works like **** . You can distinguish original from **** ,looking at the display . In the bad one the display is smaller. I suppose it s a 4.5 instead of 4.7 . Next time I will buy her a nexus 5 . From the last year till now I changed more nexus 4 display than ever, so it should degrade after sometime
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
If the original is prone to spoiling, why buy the original screen? :confused:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel85:
Because the fake one has many enormous problems.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ze7zez:
In this case, replacement of the screen is completely unprofitable.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel85:
Here in Italy an original display costs about 50€ , for 20€ more you can find used nexus 5
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam Nakamura:
I know late Informationen but anyways as I didn't found this solution on all those "screen dead zone" thread on XDA or any other forum I'll post it here now...

Check out this video, a igniter of an electrical lighter fixes the dead zone on the screen on several different phone models, video shows it working on LG G2 but it's supposed to work on the Nexus 4 as well, even permanently - very little comments report it to make it worse but as we don't have much to lose it's worth a try, for the majority it solved the problem once and for all..

Edit: it slightly improved the responsiveness of the screen but it's not fixed, also others report it as temporary fix at best. So results are varying!

[youtube]VERfODYHX3g[/youtube]

Good luck!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raubvogel:
Resurrecting this thread, I too am having the same issue. I do not know how some of you are making those maps of where in the screen is active, but I know the 1st 5th column of the screen just ignores me. How hard is it to replace the screen assembly (glass, digitizer, lcd)?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sam Nakamura:
That's rather easy if you buy the glass & screen combo, it costs around 30€ on eBay and instruction Videos can be found on YouTube, I'm however uncertain if it actually fixes the problem, some report that the problem was still present after screen replacement, leaving the motherboard as another possible culprit...

Edit: there are apps on Playstore (screen test or any paint program) to illustrate the issue
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horsemom:
Just purchased a Note 10.1. It updated itself to 4.1.2. In the process, the Nook widget disappeared. Anyone know what happened to it? I can download the Nook reader app from Google Play, but it doesn't include the widget.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluzman:
Didn't know Nook had a widget. How about just dragging a Nook shortcut to your home page or wherever you want it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horsemom:
The device came pre-installed with a Nook Widget. It looked very much like the nook homepage. It disappeared with the latest update. Can't seem to find any information from Samsung as to were it went.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Temetka:
This happened to Me also .
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jusliloleme:
Have you tried reinstalling B&N Nook? That should bring back the widget.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horsemom:
First thing I tried. It doesn't.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jusliloleme:
Well, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just copy the app to your screen and you'll never know the difference.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Probable route is to get the apk from the Nook Forum and install .

jje
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrPlNK:
Long story short, att messed up and ended up crediting me the price of my upgrade ($220) and pushing up my upgrade to eligible.

Ive had my eye on the one since it first was rumored but haven't heard much from people who actually have it.

Soo.... How is it? Should i use my newly obtained upgrade for this or should i wait it out some..

Two in the Pink :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KidCarter93:
See what people think.