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[Nexus 4 General] kernschatten:
I put my N4 on the charger last night before going to sleep. When I woke up this morning it was off and would not power on.

I have no LED lit up until I hold down the power button on when connected to the charger and then it flashes once every 15 seconds or so (as long as I hold down the power button).

I've tried every button combo and disconnected the battery. Still nothing.

It's completely stock, not even rooted. I've had it a little over 10 months so I think I need to call LG for warranty.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Sounds like it didn't actually charge.

Check the charger and also the outlet.

They will tell you to try different buttons and the last thing to try before sending a refurbished unit is to try charging for 10+ hours without touching it
[Nexus 4 General] kernschatten:
I put my old SGS2 on the charger and it works. I'll try the 10+ hours.
[Nexus 4 General] uEih:
Yea I can't stand it, gonna buy a used nexus 4 tonight and try to swap the batteries to see if it works. If not either way I'll need a new phone and the nexus 4 is the only decent priced quality phone. Lets see tonight, lets hope for the best.
[Nexus 4 General] uEih:
Well I figured it out, so I bought a used Nexus 4 today... figured i'll need a new phone anyways if I can't fix this. So I went ahead and used that phone to test things, I took the battery from the old phone and connected it to the new one I just got... wow, 95%.. that means it was charging the whole time and is pretty much a full battery. That only means one thing, my old phone is dead and I don't know what is wrong with it, what a waste... Just 2 months out of my warranty and the phone is immaculate. Not a single scratch. Oh well, not sure if I should keep the used Nexus 4 I just bought or go for the Moto X.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Well considering u just spent the money on the used one might as well keep it. Or does it look like crap
[Nexus 4 General] kernschatten:
Thanks for the update. 10 hours on the charger did nothing. Qi charger shows the phone is charged. My N4 is still under warranty.

I would still call LG. The warranty is 12 months from purchase and absent proof of purchase 15 months from date of manufacture. There may be a slim chance you fall under that 15 months.

I've got a Moto G on the way as a temporary phone.
[Nexus 4 General] uEih:
Yea most likely I'm gonna keep it since I don't want to spend that kinda money right now for a moto x. It just sucks to see such a good condition phone go to waste like that. Why couldn't it have died 2 months earlier!? The fact that it's barely out of warranty annoys me also but oh well, **** happens.

The Nexus 4 I bought is in great condition, no scratches.. pretty much the same condition as the one I have but probably in better condition. It can pass as new. Also since I had my Nexus 4 since launch I didn't have the little stubs in the back of the case to prevent sliding, this one does so it is a little bit newer for sure.

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Yea I emailed google and they said I'm out of my warranty already unfortunately. Moto G was a possibility for me also but I just felt like that cheap of a phone might be more of a hassle down the line later.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Well also the moto g only has a 21 Mbps max compared to the n4 42
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Bad news. Just came from repair shop. They couldn't do anything.

It's dead :crying:

I have no warranty, do you think it's a good idea if I call LG? or it would be to expensive?
[Nexus 4 General] NeatOman:
Both times this happened to me it was after being "dead" fora days time. I had to connect it to a good charger (2.1 amp) for about an hour, and removing the battery will most likely bed it and ruin it. You wont notice it right away but it will bulge and destroy the battery life after a few weeks. When i replaced my screen (i got it with the frame) i barely bent it and the phone was bulging and literally coming apart lol.

My advice, if you do what the tread says because nothing els works then don't remove it.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
I have no idea u can find out though. Not much to lose than shipping cost.

Sorry to hear that man
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
By the way, does anyone knows what does it means?

What's the I or E volumen and what's the sd-ext?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] Krazhil:
External SD Card.
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
tnx. It was a stupid question. Thought it could be related to my problema.

Sorry guys

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Now I could turn it on, but only conected to Wall charger.

Got 4 apk from battery and all say the same thing

Temp= -30ºC

Healt= Overheated

Any idea?
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Seems like what senses the phone temp is messed up like the thermal throttle is messed up or something. Does it charge like that though? What ROM kernal are u using? I would try and reflash factory images to see if it fixes it.
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
[MENTION=3729079]mymeatb18[/MENTION]

It's not charging. That's very strange, when I use the phone, it charges but it keeps saying that I must connect to charger :p

Went to sleep and today it was at 13%, so I unpluged and it was dead again. Pluged and got red light for 30 sec then turned off.

I flashed Factory image, boot, everything. Only changed recovery. Tryed CWM and TWRM touch and normal one.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
That's really weird I don't know what else to think of
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
I give up.

It goes from 0 to 100 in 2 minutes then go to 0 again.

And now it has health:good and temp 32ºC

Maybe it's time to move on and try a Motorola or a chinese one.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Sorry bro. Motox is a great phone (my cousin is the manager for moto Peru, he has a moto x and says its great' battery lasts full day stock)so is the moto g for the price but kind of a step down specs wise from the n4
[Nexus 4 General] Sickaxis79:
Nexus 4 solid red light solved after jump start

My troubles with the battery started after a few weeks when i received the new Kit Kat update from google.My phone started to drain at night when i was sleeping and was heating up when it was in standby mode in my pocket.Before the update everything worked just fine.Few days ago my battery was only 5% and i made the stupid mistake to put the phone off and charge it the next day.This was a big mistake because the next day i got the solid red light when trying to connect it to the charger. Tried al the secret bull**** key combination to get the phone to charge again and no succes.

I was flipping because my nexus 4 is only 6 months old and rooted with the bootloader unlocked so no warranty.

So i broke the phone open and toke the battery out and ordered a new original one and replaced it the next day when the batttery was delivered.

They delivered a totally dead battery with no charge at all and i was pretty mad because i still got the solid red light with the new battery.

So i read something about li-ion batterys that must have a jump start if their totally dead to get them recognized by some devices.

I stripped an old usb cable put the red wire + on the plus of the nexus battery and the black wire - to the min of the battery and let it charge for about 30 minutes with an old usb charger (5v 1000ma output).

After i did this i put the battery back and the solid red light was changed in an flashing red light wich means its charging at his lowest rate YEAAAH and after a minute the blinking red light was gone and the battery started to charge again with the white battery showing on the display and my nexus is saved after 3 days of plugging in usb cables and trying different key combinations.

Now im busy with the new battery i just received and see if i can also get that sucker to life.

The problem with the nexus 4 is when your battery reaches a minimal level the phone wont charge anymore because the system thinks the battery is damaged or bad. So never believe al these bull**** peoples saying to recalibrate your battery by letting it drain to 0 because you will end with a bricked phone like me and many others. Also i dont trust Kit Kat anymore and downgrading to 4.2 or 4.3 very soon before my phone really dies of overheating and other bugs.

My advice if you dont got warranty anymore JUMP START your battery and bring the ***** back to life or order a new one that is charged from the factory and replace it. Its pretty easy and enough vids on you tube how to open your nexus device.

I will never ever buy a google device anymore because of al this battery crap that wont charge. Forums filled with the battery red light problem and im almost sure its just a bad chip in the nexus devices that wont let the battery charge if its below 10% or 5 %.

Thanks google for let me waste 3 days of my life repairing a pretty new phone thats only 6 months old and thanks for the Kit Kat update that only drains my battery at twice the speed of light.

To all the peoples with the red light i wanna say good luck and dont lose hope.

Peace
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Thanks bro. Will take a look.
[Nexus 4 General] rreiki:
My nexus 4 super heated and shut down. When I tried powering it up, I got the SRL [solid red light]. I tried...

1. holding power button for 60 seconds and connecting the ac adapter after that.

the red light blinked during the charge and then become solid red again.

2. holding power button and volume up button for 60 seconds and connecting the ac adapter after that.

same result as above

3. remove the connector, replace it 5 seconds later

stays solid red light

any idea why it keeps going back to the solid red light time and again?

While the experimentation is fun, this is frustrating :p

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it went from blinking red to solid red after a few seconds.
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Then press power 15 secs. That works for me.
[Nexus 4 General] Morceta:
Replacing battery should solve it?

I've got the red light on my N4, similar to many cases in here.

I've tried every solution on this topic, but didn't make it :(

My phone wen down while using Google Maps, connected to car charger, and was pretty normal until that.

I want to know if there is any way to be sure if this is a battery issue, so I'd buy a new one..

Thx for every information on this topic!
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
[MENTION=5744002]Jim and Gretchyn[/MENTION]

Thanks buddy.

But if 4.4.2 already killed your battery, I think you won't be able to use it at 4.2 or 4.3. Or not?

If it Works, please, tell us. We are really desperate around here. :eek:

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So, you're saying that,we should charge a new one externally before we put it the phone?

If we don't do that, can we kill the battery? Where did you get yours? Maybe mine is not original.

Tnx
[Nexus 4 General] Sickaxis79:
Drain is not because of a bad battery.

Nope the case was that the connector on the new battery was oxidated and wont make contact. Now they sended me another new one and it worked immediately and half full charged from the factory like it should be.

Only problem is i still got a lot of drain when the phone is idle and it wasnt the battery that was worn out.

Im starting to think that the overheating that was happening after the first update ruined other hardware inside the phone.

I flashed it back to android 4.3 and strange thing is the drain remains. Used wakelock detector (free app) and just says my phone goes into deep sleep. Im really desperate now because im thinking the new Kit Kat update just ruined my phone's hardware inside and even apps like greenify wont help and tried almost every battery saving app in the store and disabled all google services as much as possible with no succes. Wiped dalvik cache and switched to art cache and no succes.So my last hope is to do a full wipe and install a custom kernel like franco's into the rooted stock rom.

So for all the peoples that have this huge drain when the phone is idle,its not a damaged battery but its something else hardware or software related. And dont mind flashing it back to 4.3 because it wont help.

Nexus 4

4.3 stock rom

Rooted
[Nexus 4 General] Joshr:
I was using a motorola car charger yesterday when my phone screen went black (backlight still on) and wouldn't respond to anything. I reset the phone by holding down the power button for 10 seconds, then got the solid red light while it was plugged in. I tried every possible button combination and with and without charging and cannot get any life out of the damn thing. I let it charge overnight (plugged into the wall charger) and again tried every possible combo, nothing. I took the back off the phone and checked the battery voltage, I'm getting about 4.1 Volts which makes sense since the battery was at about 90% the last time the phone was successfully on. This leads me to believe I don't need to charge the battery manually and instead my phone may just be bricked.... Calling Google support now. I'm thinking I'll be buying a new phone today, unfortunately. I really wanted to wait for the next generation Nexus to come out! :crying: Now to decide between the MotoX and Nexus 5.....:eek:
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Thanks bro.

I was affraid you could say that. Good lucky with yours. I give up.
[Nexus 4 General] RASTAVIPER:
2% battery left and phone turned off itshelf.

Although it was connected through USB at a computer, I got the solid Red Light.

After leaving it 10 minutes connected, I pressed power and volume up and the red light dissapeared, but nothing changed. No boot, no charging animation. Just black screen.

Then I removed cable and used my Qi charger. Red light came up, but this time blinking. After 5 minutes it stopped blinking and dissapeared. Does this mean that my phone is charging normally now?

Fow how long should I leave it on Qi charger before try again with power button?
[Nexus 4 General] sinndissension:
Leave it on the charger overnight. Ive heard when you let the battery die like that, it wont power on till its charged for a longer time.
[Nexus 4 General] RASTAVIPER:
Finally,the charging with my Qi seemed to make the trick.

After some time I managed to boot normally and now its charging normally cable.

Unleashed by my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] okanb3:
I also havin' this blinkin red light issiue. I was flashed a new kernel but my battery percentage is a bit low, but phone was connected to pc via usb.

I don't know what to do...
[Nexus 4 General] BxingFetus:
I've suffered a blinking red light of death and I was able to come back from it by getting into the back where the battery was and just unscrewing the battery connector and popping it off and on and my phone booted up right away. My battery was at 92% and I was running antutu when it happened.
[Nexus 4 General] badaas:
Jesus all android do the red light flash when dead and won't start until a predertimed charge is in battery.

My xoom, Sony Xperia etc all... Lol

sent from a toilet...
[Nexus 4 General] Joshr:
Thought I would post a follow up to my situation above. I ended up sending my phone to LG and they got back to me with a diagnosis of "Level3(L3) repair, Damaged Board components without replace any housing". Since it was out of warranty, this wasn't covered and the repair cost was $72 (no tax, shipping included), OR they could send me a refurbished device for $179. I opted for the $72 repair and I ended up getting a replacement refurbished phone (with a free 90 day warranty too)! So basically if you get a solid red and can't revive your phone, this is possibly your best option to fix it.

FYI my phone's problem was NOT a battery one, the battery was fully charged and my phone was lifeless. I'm assuming my car charger did some electrical damage to the board that was not easily repaired.

Hopefully this can help anyone in a similar situation!
[Nexus 4 General] SupaLawlCat:
Worked.

Damn, I'm impressed. My Nexus 4 went through a full wash cycle and this brought it back. Too bad I didn't find this thread last week, I already bought a Nexus 5. Oh well, always good to have a backup.
[Nexus 4 General] gedel wind:
its works!!

but i just remove the battery, 5 minute smoking ciggarete, and put my battery back.

after that i plug the charger (1.5A fast charger), then i see a charging animation on that black screen :D

thanks.

edit: this post will be usefull if it on the first page. i dont have to use a screwdriver to "pull" my battery
[Nexus 4 General] dastane:
hello all,

i have a nexus 4 whit 4.4.2, mahdi rom last build and the AK karnel; I run antutu and my phone went into a coma, no button combos were working and when I plugged in my phone I got the flashing red ligh ( like my video)

[youtube]Rw1BSCL_1lE[/youtube]

PLZ, for those who could solve their problem;

is that the same problem you encountered;

and can I solve it with this method?

thank you very much for all
[Nexus 4 General] dastane:
[MENTION=4929558]yev.gavrikov[/MENTION] thank you very much!!

my telephone is safe now
[Nexus 4 General] SevenSonics:
THIS WORKED FOR ME!

I was watching Game of Thrones on my almost discharged phone (6%) It was connected to the charger but somehow it shut down and it started to blink 3 red lights.

Used that method and it came back to life =)
[Nexus 4 General] jack_vine:
Just thought i'd add my own experience. So my nexus battery had been playing up for awhile - it wasn't holding charge and would only last about an hour. I went to bed one night with it charging, and when I woke up I had a solid red light. I tried all the button combinations, as well as trying to charge the battery manually as suggested in this thread but nothing was working. Finally I was just playing around with the metal battery bridge, connecting and disconnecting it about 5 times in a row then I put the back case back on, (making sure it was fully sealed) and then it finally started charging again. My advice would be to persevere with it, just keep playing about with your nexus and trying different things and hopefully it should start working again.
[Nexus 4 General] ripped.animal:
Battery replacment

Hi. I have just changed the battery in my nexus 4 , I have used new original battery. After replacing it I immediately plugged my phone into the wall charger, and the red light appeared. I couldn’t power on the phone. Tried the 'battery pull out reset' with volume up and power button , but that didn't seem to work either. I presumed maybe the new battery is full drained, but that was hard to believe since the new battery are approximately 30 to 50 % charged out of the factory, but just in case I left it to charge about 30 min , just to make shore that it isn't the drained battery problem. So I opened my phone again ( which I might add is a painful and nerve wrecking job, even with the right tools) and re-connected the battery again. The problem was solved successfully . My recommendation is to try to power the phone prior to closing it ,if you are replacing the battery :laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] dynasticorpheus:
This weekend I also had the “pleasure” of experiencing the red flashing light. I had it before but my phone always started again once plugged into AC. However this time is was not due to a full discharge but the phone (over)heated while flashing a new rom in combination with a cheap ass charger. Don’t know if the two had a relationship but the phone auto shut down. Using the key combo’s in this thread I was able to have the battery icon come on and even was able to get into recovery. However every next step would result in returning back to the flashing red light. Long story short, none of the suggestions worked so I opened up the phone and disconnecting the battery did the trick. Opening the phone was in my case surprisingly easy, after removing the 2 screws I used and old credit card and the job was done without any damage to the casing.
[Nexus 4 General] barskir:
that totally fixed my battery! I was waiting for a replacement screen for my nexus 4 and I assume the battery discharged completely. So this method helped! Used an old nokia charger 5.7v. Red wire for + and white one for -. Held it up for 15 minutes and plugged the battery back to the phone; Now it showed 13% of charge.

Thanks!:laugh:
[Nexus 4 General] funkydude101:
Just wanted to update this thread with an alternative method! Much easier!

I tried the charging thing, even replacing the battery with a new one which worked until it died again!

Here's a simple solution!!!! Do you have a rechargeable USB battery pack? For whatever reason mine seemed to boot up the phone to charge! Just give one of those mobile rechargeable USB battery packs you may have laying around the house a try before taking the phone apart!

Cheers!
[Nexus 4 General] GxR92:
Hey, I've tried all the methods here to no avail, with my N4 the red light only appears when you keep the power button held while it is plugged in, has anyone else experienced that? Anyway I'm wondering if replacing the battery will fix this? Also, I dropped this phone in to a repair shop and they gave it back to me without the two screws on the battery, they are an absolute joke of a shop and deny it was them, does anyone know here I can replace these screws? Thanks for reading.
[Nexus 4 General] funkydude101:
I've never experienced the red light only being on when pressing the power button. You may be SOL on the battery screws but you can try searching for its part number: GMEY0018101

Did you try my previously mentioned method of just plugging in a portable micro-usb battery charger? Gets it out of that state every time for me.

I've also replaced the battery on my Nexus 4 recently with a brand new OEM one and unfortunately same problem. The bizarre thing I've just noticed is that the battery drains to 0% when the phone is switched off for an extended period of a few days. What's up with that?!
[Nexus 4 General] bashir26:
My nexus 4 has the red light of death. I've tried the method listed above. I've tried using another battery from another working nexus. Phone still won't turn on. All I see is the red light.

I put my old battery into another working nexus and it booted up right away. Which makes me think it was never the battery to begin with.

I've tried unplugging the battery bridge for a few minutes the putting it back in.

Not sure what to do at this point.

Am I SOL?
[Nexus 4 General] GxR92:
I guess I'll find out soon enough, have a replacement ordered. Hopefully those screws aren't completely necessary as the flex cable does click in. I'm hoping for the best though as my old battery never seemed to heat up or anything while trying the fix in OP.
[Nexus 4 General] bashir26:
anyone out there :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] ripped.animal:
Try restoring backup with adb.maby that will Hell. Or just boot to recovery from adb. Maby the phone will accept the comands from adb.currently dont have any better ideas...

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Try restoring backup with adb (trought cmd).maby that will work. Or just boot to recovery from adb. Maby the phone will accept the comands from command promt.currently dont have any better ideas....
[Nexus 4 General] buxtor:
Rude as hell

Cmon man, are you able to read? That's the kind of posts on here that keep those who lack the time and money to sit and google / xda search for hours. Some of us have lives, not me, but some of us.

buxtor