[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slappy00:
Ok so last Sunday the phone started acting funny:

Preface:

-Dropped it a few times ~3ft in a case, no apparent damage

-CM 10.1.3 RC2 (I had been running this for awhile)

-Stock Kernel

-No non-mainstream apps running (all from the google play store), nor apps that mess with performance/function.

-No tweaks or other things.

Issue:

-Sunday:

-Last Sunday my phone would randomly shut down and get really hot, reboot all that jazz

-WAs working perfectly fine before, I didn't install any new apps or tweak anything.

-Wipe, reinstall 10.3.1, reinstall gapps (this was already on internal SD)

-Problem persists, ok I'll get a different rom

-Plug in USB, device not recognized, charges but, cannot recognize the device (not appearing in Device Manager either).

-Reinstall LG drivers... nope still not helping.

-Use Airdroid, wipe and install P.Android 3.99RC2

-USB still not working, otherwise seems stable, charging.

-Monday:

-On my way to job interview, running google maps, and google music.

-3/4 of the way there phone gets hot and maps locks up.. reboot.

-Will not start up sometimes

-When it does startup, it will lock up in maps and reboot, or just reboot before I get to maps (like when i drop the menu down)

-Manage to get to interview by having maps stay up for more than a few seconds. Turn off phone.

-On the way home the phone will not turn on, and doesn't want to charge for long. (red light goes off after a little bit)

-When it does turn on it gets stuck on the PA boot screen (not freeze up but just stays there) and gets hot.

-Turn off phone.

-Buy a Note III

-Try to charge N4 wirelessly... doesnt work all the time, the pad makes the noise but the phone does not light up and charge (moving it around doesn't help)

-Give up for awhile

-Last night

-I put the N4 on the wall charger and the red light turns on ... great it's charging

-This morning:

-Take it off the charger (charging light is off) and it is charged to 54%... wtf

-Turn it on... boots.

-Find out I have 3 weeks of warranty left (Nov 11th) call Google.

-Phone is working fine (no USB still, on my work computer this time)

-Listen to the blatant ripoff that is the warranty (more on this later)

-20min later phone is at 19% (battery stats says that the main draw is the screen: 39%)

Ok so that's the story so far. I have about 3 weeks to make a decision on the RMA but the warranty service is such that if your device is not faulty when they receive it, they will not only charge you for the device they sent you but they will not give you back your old one, in other words you basically sold your phone to Google for $0 and you bought a new one at full markup. This makes little sense to me as if I'm paying for a new phone, I want my old one back. Compounding this, a new NExus should be released in a few weeks, if I am gonna pay full retail i might as well get the new one, but I digress. I am going to put it back to 100% stock and locked, and see what happens there, but I am wondering:

-if anyone has had similar issues with this phone?

-If I chose not to chance sending it in, how hard is it to change the battery (I've done a iphone 3GS before)?

-What can come loose in there?

Thanks! :good: