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[Nexus 4 General] naenee:
A small update from my end, I purchased a wireless QI charger from e-bay (25 euros, model "Q9"), which succesfully charges my Nexus 4 after it had been 'dead' for a few weeks - I did not want to open it yet again and hadn't gotten any reply (that I know of) to my question whether replacing the battery would help (I have a spare, but I guess that if it's the circuitry on the mainboard, it may not do the trick).
[Nexus 4 General] sato84:
mark, my first nexus4 is bricked with flash red led. Have already replace a new one.
[Nexus 4 General] vostok4:
Just to add to the information, I had gotten the red battery on my N4 after flashing a KitKat alpha build from AOSP, some custom kernel, and it got REALLY hot when restoring apps/etc, turned off, went red light. Tried all the charger tricks without opening the phone, finally got a Torx T5, opened it, disconnected battery for 10s only, reconnected, and it booted up with 70% charge.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] raj80anna:
red light

I have now the same problem of red light.

Phone was dead due to water damage which cleand up and now the red light appear when connect to USB/Wall charger but not booting up.

Tried the vol pwr keys nothing is working .

Will the wirless or direct charing method will help me

Unable to find when connect to PC it is in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode.

WHat might have happedn. do i need to replace mother board
[Nexus 4 General] yogeshmha:
my phone was just closing it firsts anniversary and this happend...

Just two days back i updated to kitkat and realized heavy power consumption. it could only survive by noon.

then yesterday

the battery was may be 10-15 percent.. was on youtube watching some videos. and pooff.... screen goes blank

then connected to the original nexus adapter with original usb cable.. got this constant red led.

kept it over night nothing changed still red led

tried all combinations power down + power then connecting to power adapter or pc and everything.... nothing worked.

removed the back cover. removed the battery flex. checked the voltage. and its perfect 3.8v

then what i did is disconnecting the battery and plugging the phone into the charger. still gave me red led. so i might conclude that its not the battery issue but the motherboard problem.

hence making this point it is unnecessary and feel bit risky to charge the battery manually using a different charger and may not solve my problem

i would like to know if anyone has tried plugging in the charger without the battery and showing a red battery.

SOS.

or should i continue charging the battery manually.

SOS
[Nexus 4 General] drshafi:
Hey everyone, Please i land up in very serious problem today while doing benchmark test in antutu my phone went off now its not booting at all. when i am plugging it to AC charger or in the usb port the led blinks in red colour. i am able to go in bootloader mode while plugged in but from there if i press recovery mode it land up with blank screen and when i press start button it takes me to multirom option but from there it went again went to blank screen. it all happens when i plugged in if i unplug my mobile nothing happens.

I hope you people understand what i am trying to say because my english is weak.
[Nexus 4 General] RealSlimShadyMC:
Hold volume up and power for 1 minute. If you can get into bootloader it means it isn't a hardware issue
[Nexus 4 General] iwanovaca:
Will the problem disappear if I replace the battery?

Hi, first of all thanks a lot! this exact thing happened to my nexus 4 and I was about to give up until I found this post.

I have a question though.. Is this a problem with the battery or with the phone itself (maybe the battery to phone connector), If I replace the battery with a new one the problem will disappear or I will just be wasting my money?

Thanks again! :)
[Nexus 4 General] Rhodt:
It WORKS!

Hi folks,

I can confirm that the procedure on the first page works. My N4 died after a battery drain from 30% to shutdown and the infamous red light appeared when I tried to charge. Tried all the different ways described here and also all the buttons combinations and nothing worked. I had this problem before and the solution at the time was send it to US (I live in Brazil) and get an RMA from Google. This time I had no way to send it to US so decided to give a try on the procedure.

Since I work in th R&D department of a company that develops and produces EMS I have acess to a team of engineers and all the equipament needed. We measured the battery and it was reading 0.3 A, very low indeed. Then we connected the wires to the battery and plugged in a power source with 4.3V and 1A and let it for about an hour. Since it was the correct current an voltage I had no worries about letting it charge this way. After that, plugged the wall charger and the phone was alive!!!!

IMPORTANT: in the first time, I did not reassembled the phone after the defibrillation and charged it without the rear cover. When I turned it on, the phone overheated, drained the battery and the red light appeared again. The second time after the whole procedure, I charged with the wall charger and the rear cover assembled and worked like a charm. Seems that the rear cover have some role on it.

Thanks a lot!!!!:good:
[Nexus 4 General] bunnyman:
Static or Blinking red light ??????????????

...in my case it was static and no amount of pushing buttons , charging , throwing or drowning the nexus 4 lemon would make the phone turn on.

The secret is in my case anyway was to get the bloody red light to blink and i did it by using different power adapters . Most didn't make the red light blink but I found one that did and held the power button in for about 20 seconds and the Android boot program came on and now the phone works .

Hope my experience helps those who have the static red light of death problem
[Nexus 4 General] lovesingh25:
Thanx it works!!!! Firstly my phone's red light was blinking while I tried to charge it but then even it died. But this methods works!!!
[Nexus 4 General] PinkoX:
help

HI, i have red light of death too. its blinking.

I have tried ALL suggestions, playing with combination of buttons, hard forced charging the battery with esternal adapter, all. Nothing works.

The phone is responsive just when i: 1 disconnect the battery, 2 put in charger to charge phone, 3 than the phone turns on i see google logo, 4 that instant i connect battery to phone, 5 than i see charging icone. Still this is just an illusion, its not actually charging. PLz help, i don't know what to do. Im thinking of getting a new battery if that helps.

Side note/ rant: Phone was bought abroad, so no warranty. 10 moths of life. In all my life from 10$ phones to 500$ phones i have never had issues. 10$ nokias never have this issue. its incredible that a 400$ phone has issues like this. wtf are lg engeneers doing? this is why you NEVER buy a phone made by a washing maschine manifacturer. i can't belive Google teamed with lg TWICE to make their flagship phone, haloo! Sorry for android great OS still, the minute i fix this phone im selling it cheap and going with 20+ years phone making experience of Nokia!
[Nexus 4 General] rcoliveirajr:
I have bought my Nexus 4 abroad too, And it's working perfectly, I already used lots of chargers (From Lumia 710 to Blu Quattro), and didn't get any Red Light, Google just get to LG because Samsung is getting far from Android to create the stupid Custom Android..

And I wouldn't recommend you Windows Phone as its like a crap xD
[Nexus 4 General] PinkoX:
the fact that so many people had this error cannot be accepted. Plus, its a simple basic issue with the battery that means not something specific about this model (in other words a core LG issue). Apparently it's LG's learning curve error and im not paying for their learning curve errors. a big mistake that Google found a washing machine manifacturer to make their flagship. regardless of their OS superiority, this horrible choice of manufacturer will have its consequences. My next phone will be Nokia Lumia, given that N5 is STILL LG (they did not have enough) I might reconsider N6 if they change producer, see you in 2015 than.
[Nexus 4 General] maulich:
This thread is pure comedy..........
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
I'm stuck in this situation right now and I can't get my phone open for ****

Edit: got it!!! Sweet spot is the thin bezel right by the volume button.

Just unplugged battery ribbon and waited about 30seconds then plugged back in. Got flashing red light this time for a second or two then charging screen
[Nexus 4 General] mohan_168:
I had the same problem on one of my Nexus 4. On digging a bit further and comparing this phone with my other Nexus 4, I noticed I had Antutu installed.

I remember the Red Light began appearing after about 3 months of purchase and two days after running the benchmark. I gave a gap of about a month and ran the benchmark again only to cause Red Light again after a couple of days.

I have un-installed Antutu for over 4 months now & the phone has not given me a problem.
[Nexus 4 General] rcoliveirajr:
Strange.. I have Antutu, Quadrant, Geekbench and I didn't have Red Light.. I've seen some people saying that if you hold de power button for over a minute, the phone goes into charging screen. Does anyone tried??
[Nexus 4 General] PinkoX:
Ok so by

-> disconnect battery bridge -> put charger -> connect battery bridge -> phone turns on

this lasts about a couple of seconds and than it goes in red light again.

Flipping this several times, i manage to get to google logo -> charging icon -> screen goes in standby -> no red light

apparently charging.

I left it like this for 24h.

So battery is supposed to be full.

I try to turn on the phone, with charger on, it turns on for 2 seconds and off again.

Same happens if i turn it on by power+down-> enters menu for 2 seconds and turns off again

:(

help
[Nexus 4 General] metroidnemesis13:
Has anyone been able to power the thing on and get it to boot properly without sealing the back up again? I don't see why that would be a problem as it would only affect wireless charging as the contacts are not connected. The optimus G I am parting out operates fine without the back and they are almost the same phone.

Also, as a side note, the batteries are the same for anyone attempting this. Got an Optimus G off craigslist cracked screen but functional for $40 and I've since parted it out. Also the motherboard is shockingly similar in that it almost fits exactly into the Nexus 4 housing and vise versa. Crazy. Also the LCD and backlight and usb charge have the same internal connector.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
I was using my phone with the back off and charged it that way since I wanted to make sure it turned back on before closing it up.

I actually got the red light the next night after it happened the first time cuz it shutdown again. This time I had to give it a little charge externally but did it with a charger with that was 6v for 15 mins and the phone said the battery had 34%.

I don't know if I messed up my battery or cuz at this new place I moved to I have crappy signal but it seems I get less battery life. Guess I'll have to wait and see after a few charge cycles

Edit: just in case:

I had it happen again and don't feel like opening the phone again. I called Google support to ask them about it. After going through the button this and that process of trying to power on, the last step was to let it stay plugged in for 10 hrs and then try. Well I charged it overnight and in the morning still nothing. Left it for the rest of the 10 hrs plus an extra 2 (cuz I was at work). The phone was displaying battery charge icon and already fully charged when I checked. Powered on without issue. As of now they are only sending out refurbished units anyways as per the support tech.
[Nexus 4 General] astrosfan94:
Did not work... Boot loader?

Hello everyone! I, too, have the red light issue going on. I have tried what was suggested on this post and I still get the red light on the phone, and does not power on.

My question is regarding the phone's boot loader. Could this red light be also linked to a boot loader issue? Let me give you a little background on my issue:

I run my nexus with AOKP and I was on 4.3. When the nightly release for 4.4 came out, I tried to installed it but I got an error when trying to upgrade on TWRP. After reading, I needed and update my TWRP to the latest version, as I believe I was on 2.5. So I tried updating through the goomanager app, and it would not update. I then learned that goomanager was not longer able to update the recovery, and needed to be done manually. So I followed some steps that I found on XDA ( I don't have the link), but basically it had me download terminal emulator and run some scripts. Next thing I knew after rebooting was the red light.

So, I was hoping that this would fix the issue and that I could get back to normal. Now I fear that my bootloader is gone or something. Can anyone comment on this and if there is a way to reinstall the bootloader? In windows, all I get is a qualcomm device and it can not find any drivers for it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. All my backups inside the phone, and I don't have a way to get any info out of it.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Leave it plugged in for at least 10 hrs and then check the phone. I'm an impatient person when it comes to certain things like waiting for my phone to come back to life but it worked for me [MENTION=3305665]astrosfan94[/MENTION]

Recovery partition is separate from bootloader. If ur able to eventually get the phone booted into ROM or boot loader its really easy to flash through boot loader. If u have adb and fastboot set up in the computer, to flash recovery all u do is type: fastboot flash recovery what ever u have recovery named.img
[Nexus 4 General] astrosfan94:
The problem is that the phone does not boot into anything. I can not do ADB as it does not appears as a phone in the computer. All it shows is a qualcomm drivers needed. I searched about it, but I don't think they have not found a way to work with phones showing as this device.

I have charged my phone in different ways, it has been connected for days, connected to computer usb port for "slow charge". I have done almost all things I have come across, but no solution.

By the way, this is what shows when connected: QHSUSB_DLOAD
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Have u tried leaving it plugged in the wall? Have u tried to open the phone and give it a boost?
[Nexus 4 General] zarica:
This is the correct one. Op's post is good for depleted battery tho.
[Nexus 4 General] maulich:
Its not a depleted battery....its a faulty one. I'm waiting for one of you guys to have an explosion in your pocket. ;)
[Nexus 4 General] PinkoX:
its not a battery problem

just got a NEW battery did not change a thing. this is a ****ing joke of a phone. google is a ****ing a joke of a company. right from the start from the release mess and shortages we see that ****gogle is a no no company. incapable of doing things right, now they got LG a ****ing WASHING MASHINE producer to make their flag phones omg. fy google never again. going to nokia than going to hotmail and bing FY loosers.
[Nexus 4 General] borekon:
hi all, i tied that but without the step 1 and worked like a charm.

It's easier than opening the mobile. Hope this help anyone

Source: androidcentral
[Nexus 4 General] Dimatchka:
I know right? My nexus 4 doesn't even wash my clothing. What a bootleg washing machine.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
Is it possible that I have lesser signal after the phone has been taken apart before?

Maybe sometingisnt making good contact?
[Nexus 4 General] maulich:
Go buy an iPhone and shut up....
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Hi, have the same problema here.

Do you think that a wireless charger would fix it? As it has output:5V it could work, or not?

Thanks

PD: could acess TWRP 2.6 and it said 99% then 100%, so I unpluged and it turned off
[Nexus 4 General] massy11:
Same problem here. Followed the first thread and nothing went fine.

What else can I try?
[Nexus 4 General] errepi_asia:
It is too difficult for me~~

Fortunetly, i haven`t come across this problem yet....
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Battery dead

Well, me again.

Does anyone knows how to test if the phone is charging the battery?

I know that my battery is dead but I'm not sure that the phone is ok or not.

Thanks
[Nexus 4 General] PinkoX:
bro, i force charged my battery

than controlled and it had some charge

than i got a NEW battery and checked with that

noting, still blinking red light of death.

i checked and the phone is perfectly fine (goes to bootloader menu for 2-3 sec)

has not fallen or any

just one fine day after 10 moths of use i see my 400$ down the drain! poof!

imo it had some error with the battery

and

has entered some preventive mode (red flashing light)

and at this point it does not even control the battery it uses (new battery no change)

in other words a noob error by the phone-maker-wannabie-washing-mashine-producer LG and its engineers.

faulty by design.

---------- Post added at 12:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:02 AM ----------

mine does't even turn on, go figure,

for no reason, just like that,

-and- its a perfectly working phone,

it just does't turn on and says hi with its red light,

and apparently its an epidemic...

its a shiny phone,

it has even a holografic glass back!

and wow this blinking red light is so pretty!!

why all this ungratefull users complain about LG!?

its not like it is supposed to turn on or any right...
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
That's incredible. I dont know what they have in mind. Whit that they will lose all his clients.

I'll never by a LG again.

$400 for a phone that doesn't turn on after an year is too much for me. F**k you LG.
[Nexus 4 General] eaa53:
Worked for me

I had the Red LED of Death :crying: and non of the button poking or battery reconnects worked for my machine.

Based on 'no where else to go' I independently charged the battery for about 15 mins and on reassembly it re-booted back to life.

I am not saying this is the first thing to do but in my case is was the last resort and I could loose nothing by messing up the attempt.

I also believe based on a review of all the posts for this solution and a number of other forums and threads that its not always the same symptoms (or fault if you like) that are being discussed as a result the 'fix' does not always solve the problem. IMO anyway.

Thank given to the OP. Cheers ;)

JC
[Nexus 4 General] GS150R:
Evrything is fine

I dont need any hardware removing tool . It just got fixed by plug the wall charger for 45 min and red light gone phone boot normally and I am happy:highfive:
[Nexus 4 General] astrosfan94:
Yes, I have open it and manually charging the battery twice. I left for a week long trip and left it plugged and nothing. I really think my specific situation has to do with the bootloader, and not the battery. But I have yet to find how to reinstall the bootloader without adb access.
[Nexus 4 General] Ibrahim.Rahman:
My phone got rlod when I ran Antutu with about 80% battery. (I had Faux Kernel with stock clock speed and performance governor). So far I get the red led followed by lightning charging symbol when connected to wall charger/pc and google screen for some seconds while connected. Also, when connected to charger, i am able to access the bootloader menu but no further. Please tell me there's a fix other than opening the phone up..
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
Try a Factory Reset. If it doesn't work try any Unbrick tutorial.

Good lucky :good:
[Nexus 4 General] Ibrahim.Rahman:
I can't get to recovery. Only till bootloader so can't really do a factory reset. Plus it doesn't go into bootloader mode when connected to pc, so also can't use fastboot..
[Nexus 4 General] contapapo:
I'll explain what I did with mine, maybe it Works for you too, maybe not 'cause each phone is different.

Unplug it, wait 10-15 sec. Plug it to PC and during the first "blink" press Vol- and Power.

Hold it until it stops blinking then release power. If you are lucky, you can enter at bootloader. Perhaps you will have to try many times, but it can be done.

Don't give up. And remember, PATIENCE.
[Nexus 4 General] mymeatb18:
I don't think the blinking red light is the problem its when the light stays constant red. I had it happen to me 3 nights in a row when it happened. First time i just opened up the phone unplugged battery and it worked, second time I needed to charge the battery externally, last time I called Google and they told me to leave it plugged to the wall min 10 hrs and that fixed it as well
[Nexus 4 General] Ibrahim.Rahman:
No luck yet...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] imthatguy83:
Hey guys I've got another question. Does anybody know how to remove the clock from the lock screen?

I've gone through Setting>My Device>Lock Screen and have everything turned off.

I've even downloaded an app called "Lockscreen Policy" which has an option to disable Widget and/or Camera, I've switched both of them off as well. I don't remember the app saying anything about needing root to work.

Really annoying that the stupid clock is covering my Lock Screen Wallpaper especially when the Notification Bar is on the Lockscreen and that has a clock on it anyway.

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gordopa1:
If you swipe down from the clock it will expand the widget. You can then long press it and drag it to the trash can that appears at the top of the screen.

Be aware, though, that if you do not have any widget there you will just see a screen with a big "+" sign asking you to add a new widget and once the phone locks the clock widget will reappear. The only way to get it to go away permanently is to replace it with a different widget.

Hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] imthatguy83:
Yea i just tried it out and see what you mean. I just don't understand the point of it being mandatory to have something. That ****s raining on my customization parade. Thanks for the input.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mattdm:
You should disable the stock lockscreen all together and give WidgetLocker a try. It works really well on my wife's Note 2, and it's super customizable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] imthatguy83:
Awesome, thanks for the tip. I will def give this a try...

Here have some thanks!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] msherman123:
I try this and is says "unable to edit in security mode". I understand I may need to "unlock" the phone w/ the security code - but how do I get back to remove the lock screen clock if I do that? I am trying to get Dashclock Widget going, but this is blocking me.

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gordopa1:
Do you have a pattern or PIN lock set? I don't think the widgets work with those.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Faluzure:
You are correct. PIN/Pattern doesn't work with other widgets. Thanks man.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ewadescott:
Solved it

Hi, folks -- registered just to report that I have solved this problem. Download Minimalistic Text (free), though I'm sure you already have it. Enable Multiple Widgets on the phone, then add a blank Minimalistic Text widget. Delete your clock as described above and enjoy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jandalf102:
even easier: Blank Lockscreen Widget (Play Store)