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[Nexus 4 General] buxtor:
Same Issue, Different Cause!!!

I had the same issue with my N4 I bought off ebay with cracked digitizer. I tried all these fixes mentioned in this and other googled posts all over. I did notice something peculiar during the battery reinstall.

When I reattached the flex cable I saw the phone flashing the Google white flash screen. Device had only done that during the tests only this time it followed through with the boot up to the setup screen!!!

Checking the flex cable end attachment showed a minuscule arc, virtually undetectable by looking at the damn thing.

Tried various ways of attaching the flex cable, tiny washers, etc...

Finally, the fix came with the dumbest thing I could ever conceive of...

The little plate attached to the plastic connector, probably with glue tape, as in most things in these devices, but the plate was the bent culprit. unfortunately the plastic piece had heat bent or formed to the bend of the metal bracket.

A simple bend the area around the screw holes to compensate for the arc in the pieces solved this issue without problem. Totally up and running!

I would probably suggest replacement of the battery with flex cable. Heat would be the only thing i'd add to the equation but my hands aren't the steadiest with tiny pieces, so bend is the for now fix.

New digitizer is in the mail. I'll tell you all how it comes out! Plan to flash Ubuntu Touch as my daily driver after the screen replacement.

buxtor
[Nexus 4 General] kniffo80:
I got the red light of death now 2 times. The first time, i was able to flash a stock rom and was sending it back for repair (it took 10 days, before it was "repaired"). The second time (today) i got the rlod after using an overclocked kernel with antutu benchmark. Now, i didn't want to wait for another 10 days for repair. So, i bought a screwdriver set with a torx 5 in it. I opened my Nexus, removed the battery contacts, waited for 5 seconds and plugged the battery in again. Now, it boots fine, with the old battery level (80%).

Just in case, that nothing from the mentioned "soft" things help - just open your nexus and try it with removing and applying the battery contacts again. It just takes around 5 minutes. That's it.
[Nexus 4 General] DespairsRay:
Pictures

Last pictures does not work , can you re-upload them ? , thnx .
[Nexus 4 General] vencc:
Moral of the story is don't use a cheap charger when your phone is almost dead.. Problems like this is why i have trust issues with expensive phones..
[Nexus 4 General] un.droid:
i used to charge my phone thru my PC every night, but i guess the USB port wasnt providing enough power while the PC was off so i turned wifi and 3g off and it actually was charging the phone. Until one day i woke up and was unable to turn the phone on and the red led was on. What i did to solve this issue was to connect the phone to the original charger for 15 minutes and i was able to finally turn it on without any complications.
[Nexus 4 General] djello21:
Hello,

I am facing quite the same issue, but nothing really works for me. I just can't get into the bootloader or anything else!

Background: I was about to listen to music when I plugged in my headphones the screen turned black.

Nothing happened, no combinations seem to work, charging doesnt work, replacing the battery doesnt work etc...

When I plug the phone into the regular charger, nothing happens, but when I plug it into my laptop, it is recognized now and than but then again, I cant get any access! Somehow nothing works^^

I am running on the latest ParanoidAndroid with a Franco Kernel...

Is this a hardware issue?

Thank you very much... being 2 weeks without a phone feels weird^^
[Nexus 4 General] dominiqueovalle:
please if someone see this. is it possible that this happened with 46 percent battery like 1 minute before. i was tweeting something and then it froze. i tried to press the home button and nothing happened. then it shut off and i haven't been able to put it into recovery mode or receive any feedback at all other than the red light of death. is this defiantly the battery issue or could it be a software issue. im running stock cm 11 with the stock kernel.
[Nexus 4 General] gandhichintan:
Hi friends and mods..

i have been using nexus 4 since 1 and half year... i have recently updated my nexus to 4.4.4 and then suddenly it went blank... tried charging and many things given in here but without any success... now i am thinking to give my nexus to LG fellas for repairing... i m from india... should i go for it or can anybody over here help me?! All i want right now is my Backup ... [/B]Please Help[/B]
[Nexus 4 General] titirawh:
Don't give up!

So... I bought my Nexus last week. On Monday I went running with my phone on my arm, and suddenly it turned off. I though that it was because the gps or something like that, but then it didn't turn of again, and it was with 75% battery, so I knew that wasn't an option. I though that it was sweat or water damage, but it doesn't seen like it.

I tried everything this thread says. And nothing seem to work for my Nexus, but today, 2 days later, it just boot up without problems and like nothing has happened. I already check restarting it and it boots up again.
[Nexus 4 General] djello21:
Well,

its been almost two weeks now and nothing happened. I already bought a second battery but it didnt help either.

I think that I have to contact google and hope that they will fix it, or does anybody else has a solution?
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
If ur phone is still under warranty they won't fix it at this point they will give u a refurbished one. I have already inquired at two different times. Once I had the red light and couldnt turn it on the other time was for the power button. They told me to keep the phone plugged in for 12+ hours and sure enough it turned on after that. The button I fixed my self super easy and cheap
[Nexus 4 General] TheXorg:
Mine had RLOD after Overclock to 1.9GHz. After waiting some time, it worked again (without opening it, just by connecting it to original charger). *phew*
[Nexus 4 General] arman azam:
can't get battery to charge

Hi people. Thanks for all the comments on here, after all the comments I've tried all the button combinations but to no avail so I finally decided to try the OP fix. However its not working :( the battery just doesn't charge. I have no idea how he did it. I've uploaded pictures so you can see my set up please tell me what I'm doing wrong. When I connect the wired to the battery I see sparks but that's it. Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 4 General] racenrich:
hey all. Got the dreaded RED light the other night after a night of cycling. i thought is was due to battery drain or overheating as the back plate was pretty hot when i tried powering the phone on.

SO my assumption, since i've tried every little thing that over 20 threads say to do and still no phone, that its offically dead?

Here are few photos...

MY QUESTION? why would the red light stay on, let alone solid when i plug the charger in and NO BATTERY?

I have yet to replace battery....just not sure where to go from here outside getting another phone?

any ideas? help? please and thanks

Richard K
[Nexus 4 General] GurkhaUK:
I had this issue. Did all the things your trying. I gave up in the end. Rang LG got an RMA from them. The feedback was a main board failure...

Put it all back together real neatly, bubble wrap it up and send it back. It was a one week turnaround. Luckily mine was still under warranty I had swapped the battery out too.

Give it a try but cheaper than a new handset!

Good luck.
[Nexus 4 General] racenrich:
Hey man, thanks for the feedback, i may have to try sending it in.

I ending up with a LG L90...decent phone, only 4gig but hey did the SDcard fix and now at 20gig.

Even figured out how to root! so im stuck with this for a while.

again thanks,

Rich K.
[Nexus 4 General] nijave:
Based on your pictures, you don't have the charger hooked up to the battery right if you're trying to manually charge it. The wires need to go into the ends of those tiny slots on the black plastic piece. Alternatively, you can peel the black tape back to reveal the little circuit board and hook gator clips up to that.
[Nexus 4 General] Den-droid:
My full phone got the solid red light today. Nothing here helped. The battery reads 4.3V with a voltmeter so I am sure it's not dead.

I am guessing the Anker brand USB charger that I have been using everyday killed the phone. I will try to get it fixed under $100.
[Nexus 4 General] unix77:
this is complete madness just follow the construction bellow and ur ok:

Please follow this simple step for solutions:

Remove Case or Cover of Google Nexus 4. This is very important No Reason why, but it works

Press and Hold Power and Volume Down Button for approx 15 seconds or more

Now continue holding the 2 buttons and Insert USB Charging. (Not Electric charging from wall)

Also, while inserting the USB cable and after insertion of USB Cable, keep holding 2 buttons. Please do not leave pressing buttons

Red or Green light will be displayed on Screen

If It’s Green Light on Screen, you will find a Green Android icon and Menu on Screen. With the help of Volume Up and Volume Down Button, select the option to start and than press Power button to confirm selection.

If it’s Red Light blinking on Screen than follow the above procedure for 8-10 times until the phone gets charging.

This steps worked for me. I know this is silly to try it for 8-10 times, but it really works if you try it many times. If you are lucky, this might work for 2nd or 3rd attempt. This issue happens if your Google Nexus 4 drains the full battery many times. To avoid this, try that your phone do not completely drain the full battery.

You can also try to switch between USB power and Wall-mount Electric Charger. In case above trick do not work, you may also try as in some cases it also works. try the USB charger than Electric Wall Mount Charger than again Electric charger and perform it repeatedly. The reason this trick might work is because, in many desktop and laptop, USB plug gets a bit loose, which in normal case functions perfectly, but it might not be able to bring Nexus 4 out of the hibernation. So, meanwhile switching between two power-supplies works in some case.

Also, try avoiding your battery getting low multiple times. Frequent full battery drain is one of the probable reason why it causes the deep hibernation. So, try to keep your Nexus 4 battery level, or if the charging level is only 1% or 2% and the charing is not available to you, than please switch off your Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] FloopyDoopy:
Thanks this helped
[Nexus 4 General] CookieMonsterr:
Very useful help!
[Nexus 4 General] maharaja2:
I have tried everything to fix this problem, without any success. At the end I even tried with the wires and direct charging to the battery.

Today I will try with another battery, but I have no expectations.

Can anyone confirm if this problem still exist with Nexus 5? I am considering buying it, but afraid now.
[Nexus 4 General] Coestar:
Tried all I can. I think that I have the same red light of death, but on my LG Optimus G. :(

Nothing helps. Can anyone tell me which 2 of 4 pins I must use for charging?
[Nexus 4 General] showstopper1:
Why do you want to afraid if you charge your phone when its critically low on battery !!

This case happens very rarely when you leave your phone dry for days !!

a week back my nexus 4 died when its battery got dried out fully after 2 hours i just connected my charger and lefi it around for 15 mins and it was back to normal.
[Nexus 4 General] maharaja2:
well, on my nexus 4 it happened when the battery was at least 70% full.

I had replaced the battery and it works now.
[Nexus 4 General] viditpushpanjay06:
above mentioned procedure is of no use... this is totally waste...
[Nexus 4 General] mlacunza:
Just to say: I suffer all the problems showed here, all! But after I change the battery my nexus goes alive

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 General] Wildcard36QS:
Solid Red Light

I had JUST upgraded to 5.0 on Friday and things were running fine. Saturday night I plugged it into a crappy old charger I have in our living room. The next morning the phone was burning hot and drain to 0% very quickly. Then it would not come on. As soon as I plug in any adapter, it just shows a solid red light. I have tried all the combos of fixes. Pulled battery out and am now trying to jump start it. We will see. Wifey not gonna like me needing a new phone as money is tight right now.

EDIT* Jump starting did nothing. Even without battery in, if I plug in the charger it has a solid red light.
[Nexus 4 General] asafaq:
The 60 seconds power+vol.up and charge after worked.

[nexus4]

I've had the red light, with flicking red light when I tried to power on the device. It started after I installed an app that allows me to use a gesture instead of pressing the power button. I suppose it slowly depleted the battery beyond the safe zone (Not sure, but I've read in this thread and some of you said it is risky).

After charging for an hour, I turned on the phone and viola it's alive. So the 60 seconds power+vol.up and charge after worked for me.
[Nexus 4 General] ovu85:
Happened to me 2days ago and tryed all possible combinations but no success. I let it on charge for about 20min after that unplugged it and again tryed various key presses and after plugging the charger i saw the battery on the screen.

Left for 30min and had over 40% battery.

Weird behavior...
[Nexus 4 General] Qwerty123 \m/:
confirmed working.
[Nexus 4 General] EddyOS:
Just bought a refurb Nexus 4 on the cheap seeing as Google have been getting rid of them and, what do you know - red light out the box!

I get the solid red light for about a minute and then it goes out to nothing. Sometimes it flashes for a few seconds and then goes out. Either way, it doesn't turn on.

I've tried the vol. down + power for 15 seconds and then plug it in and now trying the vol. up + power for 60 seconds and now charging it for an hour but failing this am I gonna have to get it replaced? It's got a 90 day warranty and I received it this morning (it was more as a spare/collection so isn't a daily handset)

EDIT: The hold vol. up and power for 60 seconds didn't work so looks like the phone is completely dead (or the power button doesn't work). Looks like it's DOA. Shame
[Nexus 4 General] kgiri247:
Guys I agree this is completely overkill, in the year I have owned this phone I have had this happen once and it was caused due to downloading torrents on a very low charge (my fault really). When I went to plug it in and power it on I had a dead phone it would not do anything. After leaving it plugged in all night to no avail I was able to fix by using the quoted solution. Everyone please try the power cycle sequence (volume up and power button for 60 seconds) and my phone came back to life and haven't had any issues since. I have to admit since running Lollipop my nexus has been noticeably running much cooler even under heavy usage and essentially using it as a cable modem. It does not get hot like it did with KitKat. I'm looking for a reason to upgrade to a newer device but the Nexus 4 is still nearly perfect for what it is and I'm going to wait until it dies because this is still a very capable device. To recap don't open your phone, seems completely unnecessary and foolish IMO.
[Nexus 4 General] EddyOS:
OK, turns out the USB cable supplied with the phone was a load of rubbish even though it was the OEM wall charger! Tried an old Nokia one I had (which was a fair bit thicker) and voila, turned on and now charging so make sure you use a decent cable
[Nexus 4 General] asturel:
I replaced the old battery with a new one but i still cant pass throught the solid red light, any idea? (p.s.: sadly the original wasnt even dead..) is the motherboard dead?
[Nexus 4 General] Wildcard36QS:
OK, so I was having a solid red light and could not do anything to get it to work. I then purchased a battery from ebay, and popping that in, it worked! But my phone was running hot and draining quickly. When plugging it into numerous chargers and cables, it would only charge in USB mode, not AC mode, so it took forever to charge and it would literally drain in only a couple hours even in standby. Since the battery I got was clearly used, I figured maybe it was just a bad battery, so I bought a new one from etradesupply but it did the same thing. So I have been keeping my phone plugged in basically 24/7 unless I am out and about. However, the other night I forgot to plug it in before going to bed and it fully drained and plugging it in gives the solid red light and I was back to square one - nothing could get it to come on. I then plugged in the 1st battery I bought and I am able to use my phone but with the heat and fast draining. I did notice that plugging into my PC, it is not being detected, not even in fastboot mode - but it is charging in USB mode.

SO TL;DR = I think it may be a bad USB port that is perhaps shorting and draining my battery quickly - even when phone is off. Before I buy a $10 USB replacement, I am going to disconnect the USB and see how the phone responds. Will keep you all posted.
[Nexus 4 General] Kdom81:
I did try this and with the battery removed I still get the solid RED LED light. :(
[Nexus 4 General] PTboy:
Red light after using car charger

Similar to most, I got the Red light, but only after using a car charger. I suspect its a battery issue for this reason:

- used same charger on my wife's NX4 on a newly changed battery, it showed the red light, but it came back to life after toggling on/off switch

- my NX4 has an older battery and charged for a few mins before shutting off, and did not come back on no matter how many tiimes I pressed the on button.

I tried all button sequences, plugging into wall for 12hrs, etc, nothing worked. Finally opened up the rear cover, got some magnet wire and probed the leads to measure the battery voltage and instead of finding low voltage, it read 4.02V. Does this mean the battery is 'over charged', and needs to be discharged down to below 3.8V? (the old battery I took out of my wife's NX4 reads 3.6V, but I bent it while replacing the screen.... =T )

I have not had a chance to apply a load to the battery to discharge the battery to see if its a battery issue, or a hardware issue. I am thinking of connecting it to some type of DC motor, or a DC cpu fan or something and letting it run to reduce the battery. I have a battery on order, so I'm hoping it is a battery issue.

PT
[Nexus 4 General] luis_soares:
I found a very simple solution. I just got a tablet charger, with a higher amperage and it worked!
[Nexus 4 General] ImperatorShade:
To all those who get a red light, hold the volume button for a few seconds until the light starts blinking. Leave it connected to the charger for a few minutes and the phone should boot up. It worked for me.

My phone completely drained its battery on TWRP and now its not turning on at all. Would I have to recharge my battery manually to fix it?
[Nexus 4 General] src182:
Thank You!!!!!

Thank You!!!!! This is the only thing that worked for me.
[Nexus 4 General] src182:
+1

i have a dim red light and it wont connect to PC, battery and USB port are new, but phone is taking forever to charge and getting very hot. The red dim light is on even when its off and not charging, i'm thinking that's whats draining it, will take it apart again tomorrow.
[Nexus 4 General] PTboy:
Still not working

Some updates to my last post:

- opened checked the battery voltage and it was actually reading 4.02V on my multi-meter (double checked this with a battery that should be 1.5V and it is correct), so my battery is not drained, so I did not attempt to manually charge the battery per the instructions at the start of this post.

- thinking the battery voltage was too high, I discharged the battery with a computer fan to 3.78V, and tried powering up my phone. nothing. Plug in to charge, and still got the same

Have a new battery coming in this week, gonna try that before I consider a motherboard swap...
[Nexus 4 General] jvbferrer:
I requested a RMA for a Nexus 4 with partial unresponsive screen, and I got a white Nexus 4 with the red led problem. I replaced the battery buying another original one and managed to get the devices booting by using a charger with more A's of INPUT than the original one, then it can be charged to 100% but battery drains superfast and when it reaches 0% again it won't boot and stays with the solid red led. BTW, when I use the non-original charger, led turns blinking, then I can start bootloader and boot.

Does anyone know what can I do to fix this annoying problem? Thank you.
[Nexus 4 General] boltthrower56:
Two possibilities ;

The battery you bought is fake and possibly filled with "flour" to make up for the nonexistent weight behind the casing. They basically put a much smaller battery inside and then fill the rest with flour to make up for the lost weight. I've seen this happen a couple of times with the Chinese sellers.

Or

Your device is pulling an unusual amount of current for some reason. It should heat up a lot.

If it does , there is probably hardware damage on the voltage IC. In this case a motherboard replacement is your best bet , as i doubt anybody would find and replace that IC which basically determines where to fire the current and when. I've seen this happen with an older phone. It was an LG KM900.
[Nexus 4 General] maxpoz:
Hello, sorry for bad english.

I washed my n4 last year in washed machine.

I replace the battery and it work but doesn't charghe.

Now I have changed the usb flat ciruit but the problem don't disappare.

what is the problem?

The pc recognize the phone (i've not the driver)

If I press on button for some second the phone doesn't start and the red led it start, if i press and hold the led is red and blink

P.s. with recovery phone start correcly

Tnxs
[Nexus 4 General] AngeloAvv:
Thanks to this tutorial I've been able to repair my Nexus 4! Thank you very much!
[Nexus 4 General] soyab0007:
How do u guys manage to insert wire into that tiny hole?

I am facing problem and unable to insert wire into that hole

tried many times

someone please help me and give life to my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] yev.gavrikov:
You need wire thin enough to fit the connector, try with few wires.
[Nexus 4 General] soyab0007:
Will it work, if I put only few wires in it
[Nexus 4 General] sw1kwz:
does anyone know how much voltage must give each of the 4 mainboard battery terminals ?

maybe my n4 has a hardware fault.
[Nexus 4 General] footwork*:
Just adding my experience fixing my Nexus 4 with the red light issue. I tried all the troubleshooting steps here. Pressing keys would result in, specifically, 11 red light flashes. Doing some reading I found, and forgive my layman's terms, the power chip was fried. LG confirmed I needed a new motherboard. Hope that helps.
[Nexus 4 General] integramodder:
Spacibo!

I searched for a while and everyone kept saying to disconnect the battery, I didn't think that it was completely drained and hence the red light.

After 5 minutes on a 5v charger, I connected it back on the connector and have it charging through the phone with a booted phone!
[Nexus 4 General] All_New_BoB:
Hello everyone...this problem happened to my nexus about 10 times... But whats different in my case is that most of the times the phone wasnt fully discharged!! Last time it happened I had about 89%...fortunately all times the problem was fixed by plugging the phone to the charger...I was just wondering if anyone have an idea about the reason??
[Nexus 4 General] :
You're wrong.
[Nexus 4 General] Android1126:
Haha dude. Get a new phone. I am not wrong, if you read all the other "fixes/workarounds", they all require a higher amperage charger which basicacally gives the battery enough umph to start charging again. Not sure if you know how Lithium Ion batteries work, they will eventually "die", and If you're still using the Nexus 4 and have the red light of death, then I think it's time you got a job son.