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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demize!:
They finally came out. Here's the one I ordered I got the cherry ? comes in Bamboo, Walnut, few other woods. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=291292015242&alt=web
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android_Monsters:
tech21 Impactology case here.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/tech21-...lack/8753667.p?id=1219378306804&skuId=8753667
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdidtht:
Uag maverick, and spigen neo.hybrid

http://www.urbanarmorgear.com/products/galaxy-note-4-case-clear

Fyi, i far prefer the uag on my note 4, the neo has changed since the note3, the interior tpu feels more rigid with this newer case, and also feels far less sturdy. Uag is a beast of a case, feels solid, great in hand, and looks killer. Fits snug.
[Zooper Widget General] Wipfelgilm:
Hi there,

I justed started making my first Theme with Themer and so far everything works just fine.

I'm currently creating a Musicplayer zooper widget and came across 2 Questions:

1. Is it possible to Crop the albumart into a certain shape. circle, rounded rectangle etc ? Or do i have to use layered bitmaps to realize that ?

2. Is there anyway to tell the Object in the widget to "listen" to the Tap event ? I want some of the widgets to be invisible until tapped on.

(while typing this crossed my mind: would a fade_in and _out be possible ?)

regards,

Wipfel
[Zooper Widget General] Wh1t3Rose:
Check out Media utilities. Go through it's settings. Out does everything you asked for in combination with Zooper :)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Runner1409:
I have a Samsung GT 2 7" (p3110) and i am a bit disappointed with the way things are working. I have rooted the tablet and i have managed do optimize it a bit but it still burns through the battery like crazy.

In any case... here are my questions:

1. I know there are no "best" roms and it is all up to the user, however, what would you recommend for a user that watches movies, plays some games and surfs the internet?

2. Changing the version of the Android OS will optimize performance?

3. Are there any stock Roms that have only the basics installed (no crapware) and will allow me to install whatever i need without having to worry about performance?

Thanks and i am looking forward for your response.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jak978:
1. izerHD has good quality for audio etc, btw currently only for p3100

2. yes

3. indeed izerHD has sony apps crapware, so you might like slimkat, the slimest rom for now.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] tim_programmer:
man it's been a little while since i properly redid my phone!...this sites become pretty disorganised now!

i wish to upgrade to 2003se (wm5 is not an option due to my need for backpack)

now i see there is 2 versions.

2.06WWE - native english, doesn't seem to be riddled with too many problem

2.20 CH translate to EN loads of people moaning about this that and the other and many also suggesting its much better than 2.06

so what is the major differences (aside from wmp10 (i dont care as long as mp3s play))

what needs to go in the ext rom...there are lots of things about font fixes and button mapping. mms etc... is there a recommended ext rom that should deal with all the hassles.

what radio rom is recommended .19?

thanks alot

ps if someone can give me some decent details on it ill write it up in the wiki
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] xxorianna:
I'm using a Canadian (Rogers) 1337M and I've never had any experience with rooting at all. The most I've done with non-stock stuff is using different launchers. Can anybody please help me with a step-by-step guide to rooting and installing with Cyanogenmod? This is probably the millionth post like this, but all the guides I've found just seem to confuse me

EDIT: I have a Mac, and I'm on 4.4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
This is the best guide you're going to get

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
Also, if you need to set up adb

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Florad77:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2293800

For the canadian s4 this is what you need. I used it too and it worked perfectly.
[Nexus 4 General] jmouf:
Hello, I'm interesed in some pics and also with the proximity sensor issu that i'm facing to... Thank you very Mutch from a french Guy with a poor N4 (GPS ans proximity issu) :)
[Nexus 4 General] boltthrower56:
I'll make the pictures on Monday. I'm going on a short vacation now. If you want i can also help you on skype when i'm free.

Cheers!
[Nexus 4 General] jmouf:
OK thanks. No problème for the wait... I'm already waiting for 6 month ( when i changed my broken screen!!)

I use proximityscreenoff app for now.
[Nexus 4 General] jmouf:
GPS

Hi!

So, i manage to fix my proximity sensor with the "black ruber" method but if you can show me how to fix the GPS that will be pretty cool !

Thanks in advence
[Nexus 4 General] egori4:
Same problem here!

I also have exactly the same problem. Waiting for the photos of your work! Thank you for your post! :good:
[Nexus 4 General] TopazUser1:
I bought my Nexus 4 the day it came out. I was one of the lucky ones. Since then ive had an attachment to it. The only problem is that the gps stopped working after fixing the LCD. Hopefully we get the images soon so I could fix my GPS as well. You sir are amazing :good:
[Nexus 4 General] sakeser:
I'm also patiently awaiting a response too!

I bought my phone used and the GPS was probably always wonky, always losing its fix and taking forever to get a lock. It's really annoying when you're driving using the GPS and it loses GPS signal and then I get lost lol!

The GPS works sometimes but not very well, which makes me think there is something wrong with the GPS receiver.

I'm guessing the previous owner replaced the screen (the bezel was a bit weird around the screen, made me think it was replaced), so that would explain it... I'd rather try to fix this myself though.
[Nexus 4 General] boltthrower56:
Sorry boys , i had a crapton of work to do , i didn'T have time for pictures or anything. I made a picture for you now , it's not my phone but i marked what i did.

1. You have to make sure that your digitizer has this aluminum shielding or else it will cause interference.

2.Don't over-tighten the screws around the proximity sensor which are marked.

3. Below the middle cover is the proximity sensor , which i marked. Insert a paper shim there to make sure it is in position.

4. If you make the foil antenna , avoid other antennas AT ALL COSTS! It will not explode or anything but the other antennas' signals will degrade.

5. Make the antenna very narrow so it doesn't interfere.

6. Place the antennas on top of gps contact points and make sure they don'T touch each other.

7. Antenna material has to be conductive.

8. You cannot possibly brick your device with these instructions. So , if you brick it , it's totally your fault.

The picture :

http://postimg.org/image/m06morc2v/

Good Luck.
[Nexus 4 General] Pef35:
Hi !

Thanks for the help and sharing your tips.

I have a similar problem : I replaced my Nexus 4 broken screen but also the battery one week ago.

After the replacement, a GPS problem shows up: the GPS is taking a few seconds (around 20 sec) to fix for the first time but the signal is very weak (low accuracy on GPS tester app) and eventually the fix is lost after 30-40 seconds, recovered for 30-40 sec and lost again etc. When the weather is cloudy, it's even worse : the GPS can't keep the fix more than 5 seconds. It's acting like the GPS antenna has an issue.

I have tried to reopen the phone, to check if the aluminium shielding was here and it was. Just in case, I wrap another aluminium tape around the Digitier's IC with no result :(

The replacement screen seems to be a genuine one, everything is working fine (proximity sensor for example) except the GPS.

I haven't tried the antenna mod yet but I think that it should be working fine without it.

Does anyone has another idea to help me ?

PS : sorry if my english is wrong, I tried to do my best ;)
[Nexus 4 General] cbkitt1011:
Try this attachment... It will fix it

Try this attachment... It will fix it
[Nexus 4 General] Pef35:
Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

My Nexus 4 is not root so I can't change these configuration files.

My GPS was working fine before the screen (Lcd + digitizer) and battery changing, I used it every day on my road to work.

Now, it's just impossible because of these weird fix losses and I can't figure out the reason :(
[Nexus 4 General] Pedrau:
Any news ? GPS find 0/23 satellits but isn't locking at all after replacing my n4 screen... tried everything described in the OP, can't get why the GPS doesn't work anymore after screen replacement, truly annoying!
[Nexus 4 General] yOtAh:
Hey! Pictures are not showing up, could you up them up somewhere?

Could you also clarify the use of aluminum foil? Not sure I understand "make foil antenna", "make the antenna very narrow" part of your to-do? I'm having no GPS issues after screen replacement so I'm sure this will fix it just have to figure it out how :)

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] dr_eos:
Hi, I also have these issues after I replaced my display with a 45$-product from AliExpress. Mine comes with an aluminum tape. I wrapped another tape around it with no effect. Any other suggestions?
[Nexus 4 General] MajinJoko:
Dear all,

I spent the last two days working on the problem, trying the fix suggested by the OP.

My replacement screen came with an aluminium shield on the digitizer's IC, but I still suffer from the problem reported here.

What I tried was to put some insulating tape around the digitizer's IC's aluminium shield. The GPS signal got better but still far from how strong/fast it used to be.

The addictional foil antenna was an epic fail for me.

Thanks to boltthrower56 for his precious help.

I'm still wondering whether is possible to fix the weak gps signal in some other way.

post scriptum: I'm so disappointed with LG (the Nexus 4 wasn't really meant to be easy to open/repair) and with these chinese sellers who sell very low quality screen (again, blame on lg, for the replacement part I was asked 140€!!)
[Nexus 4 General] sms6737:
nexus 4 gps fixed

...
[Nexus 4 General] kriko:
I got a nexus 4 with a broken screen and repaired it (only the front screen with digitizer - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-LCD-T...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item5668d16af2). The screen seems to be fine, very clear picture etc, but it came without the foil around the digitizer.

I've tried adding insulating tape to both sides to a strip of kitchen aluminum foil (to prevent conductivity) and wrapped it around digitizer, gps works like crap compared to my old Xperia NeoV, signal is at minimum and it is accurate to about 60 feet at best.

Is there a difference between kitchen aluminum foil and that tape? I'm not sure what else it could be, contacts on back case seems to be ok and pressing on it doesn't change the signal. Maybe it is the new front panel on the screen that is interfering (though I'm not sure if that matters, since antenna is on the back)?
[Nexus 4 General] KcLKcL:
Hi, I'm having a similar problem with yours.

The difference is, I've never replaced my screen, so I'm very certain that I have the Aluminium Foil in the Digitizer (It's the one that you marked "Al. Shield" in the picture, right?)

I'm quite busy with exam right now so I can't tinker with my phone.

I remember that I dropped my phone hard few days or weeks ago, that could probably the cause

Will removing the back cover and checking the conductivity help? I can never get a good GPS signal anymore, it's always inaccurate by like 50-100 ft and it loses signal frequently.

And also, I could not understand your "foil antenna" mod(?), in your picture there was no foil at all. Should I put a foil between the GPS contact or what?
[Nexus 4 General] kriko:
What did you replace then, do you still have a broken screen?

Maybe it's the back cover. I've soldered a bit my contacts but that didn't help at all.
[Nexus 4 General] KcLKcL:
No, my screen is fine, but I'm having problems with my GPS. It won't get an accurate fix and can get wonky at times. Even if it's connects to 7 satellites it'll only give me like 50 ft accuracy. And I have a very clear view of the sky.
[Nexus 4 General] sms6737:
nexus 4 gps

Fixed GPS by raising pins slightly once. After too much fiddling I accidentally snapped both GPS pins completely off. I bought some inexpensive circuit board wire and coiled it around a paper clip to look like a compressed spring. I laid the coil down parrelelI to the board made it thin enough to slightly protrude through the shield no tape needed, with even height to the other pins. The GPS still functions fine.
[Nexus 4 General] kriko:
I've got some copper shielding tape foil from ebay and wrapped it around digitizers chip.

GPS now locks and works fine.
[Nexus 4 General] boltthrower56:
The internal antenna is very short and ineffective by itself. Active antennas correct this problem by using an algorithm to clear up and boost the weak signal. That's why you consume a lot of power when there is low cell reception. Your phone has to process the signal and make it better at the cost of juice. By comparison your most huge TV dishes are passive and require no electricity to operate , active antennas are smaller but require power. Lesser the signal , more power it requires. Smartphones have active antennas because of the small form factor.

There are a lot of unused space on n4's back cover. We take advantage of that to install a longer antenna which should increase both the battery life and signal quality in theory. (Also , in practice in my case)

Also , should you decide to use the foil antenna mod , don'T forget that foil tapes are covered with a layer of adhesive. Most adhesives are bad conducters. So , if you're going to use the adhesive side to make contact then you should rub the adhesive layer off with some sand paper or any other alternative method that is at your disposal.

Sorry it took a long time for me to respond but for some reason i didn't get a notification. Any other questions , i'm here currently and will check regularly.

Edit : I checked the pictures i uploaded , they work fine now.
[Nexus 4 General] OzZy_HH:
Can you or someone else post a picture with applied antenna mod on the back, so that we can get a better impression? Would be glad :)
[Nexus 4 General] amarprat87:
Can you detail this with pictures. would be nice to have better reception and battery life
[Nexus 4 General] ErioL the Mariner:
Solution

Hi guys, this is how I solved my GPS problem after changing my Nexus 4 screen.

I bought my screen on ebay and it came with the aluminium foil around the digitizer chip, also the antenna pins on the back cover was working fine.

What I was missing was a good GROUND CONNECTIONS between the mainboard and the metal midframe.

My new screen in fact was provided without the little conductive pads that connect the mainboard with the midframe. They are those small soft metallic adhesive squares, you can't miss them.

I carefully detached them from the old midframe with an xacto blade and put it in the same positions on the new midframe. The small adhesive remaining on the pads will be good, mainboard and screws will help to keep them in position. You can also replace them if you know where to buy new conductive tape.

In the attached image I marked the position of the ones I can remember, sorry but I don't want to reopen my phone before I really need it. Don't miss the long one under the SCREEN FLAT (or miss it, I'm not a technician).

The GPS antenna is the original one, and it's working fine.

I hope to have helped you, have a great day!
[Nexus 4 General] fullpampers:
Dude this actually worked! thanks! Apart from the two big stickers, all of the others either ripped when removing them, and/or wouldn't stick. But it's still working! i got some copper tape coming in the mail. If i feel like it i'll do the other spots.

And from what I can tell you got all of them from memory, I didn't see any more on the frame.

Thanks again!
[Nexus 4 General] kriko:
Time to try this and enhance gps reception. I have some copper foil tape, will try it instead of those pads.
[Nexus 4 General] fullpampers:
Mines back to not working again... Something must have moved... But it did work when i switched the tapes. I seem to be getting a read, because i'm getting some coordinates in gps status right above looking for gps position (used to be 3 dashes). Yesterday i got 6/20 satelittes, today stuck on 0/0. I will try the copper tape when i get it
[Nexus 4 General] kriko:
I've reopened my N4 and added conductive copper foil tape in layers to designated points.

I used my old frame for reference, the only point that mismatches your picture is the top area where the earphone is, there is no conductive gasket on that one.

Now after first boot I got GPS fix in seconds.

So if you're going to repair a screen on N4, you have to get one with right plastic mixture so that signal goes trough well, it has to have shielded digitizer shield and those grounding gaskets need to be in place.
[Nexus 4 General] fullpampers:
How many layers did you do?
[Nexus 4 General] kriko:
Just a few to emulate the old conductive "sponge" thickness. Use your old frame for reference.

First I've trimmed it to match the targeted gap width then I proceeded to roll it into blocks that fit by height also.

It was approx 3 or 4 layers, but that would differ depending on the original copper tape one layer thickness.
[Nexus 4 General] spaniard88:
The grounding thing worked!!! I couldn't find the tape at my electronics store and couldn't get the contact pieces off my old frame, but I used a conductive paint instead of tape on those contact points to make the ground connections better, and right away the GPS is picking up, getting 17/21 satellites according to GPS test.

The new screen and frame from eBay definitely was missing these ground points.

Prior to this it was only picking up 6 or 7/21, and sometimes it would say 0/0.

Thanks for figuring out this grounding issue. Now I can use Waze and Strava again. My phone is back to normal
[Nexus 4 General] webguruu:
Thanks. Resolving the missing ground solved the GPS lock issue for me. I got my screen replacement done from a phone repair shop recently and didn't have the contact pieces or any kind of previous reference.

Also I think a better way of doing this may be to look at the motherboard/daughter board for ground contact points and then either affix conductive "pads" or simply scratch the body of the frame so frame metal below the protective coating is exposed and makes contact.

I have attached an image which identifies the ground points on the motherboard. I didnt take any pictures so I am annotating an already available picture of the board from ifixit teardown website. To make conductive pads, I carefully folded and cut kitchen aluminum foils into rectangular shapes and placed them in the rectangular indentation in the frame (for points 5 and 6 in the image) and glued only the corners of rectangle with superglue applied with a needle tip to the frame. For the remaining contact points identified in the image, the board already makes contact with the frame, so I just scratched the frame with a screwdriver to remove any non-conductive protective coating and then positioned the motherboard and daughterboards and tightened the screws up.

Also, I think if one manages to get most of the ground connectivity (if not all) to make contact with the frame, it should still be fine.

I tested GPS lock fix and it locks almost instantly now and stays locked.
[Nexus 4 General] Spooky_b329:
Thanks guys...my GPS was pretty much unusable after I fitted a new screen, however I didn't really make the association for a month or so.

I had some sticky back foil and wrapped the chip (leaving the backing on the foil over the topside of the chip) and 3-5 folds of foil on each of the conductive pad points and my phone has now picked up 5 satellites (inside) in a matter of seconds whereas earlier it couldn't get a fix on any.

However, don't get complacent on the second opening of the phone...I missed the headphone connection and the phone won't get past the boot screen with that disconnected! And remember the front camera needs connecting to the board as its easy to just lay the board over it and miss that one.

As an aside, my cheap new screen is fine but the silver bezel is already scruffier than the two year old original which is a shame!
[Nexus 4 General] J0seph:
help me

Can any one post vedio for solving this problem and mentioning the plasaes and the way

Thank you :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] boltthrower56:
I recently had to do another n4 sceen replacement. The protective magnesium coating on n4 is already conductive , so there is no need to scratch that. The problem is , contact points can't touch the frame by themselves. So , you need some kind of elevation. They used conductive sponge pads that are wrapped with a perforated aluminum sheet on the original. Since you probably wouldn't be able to find that , you can use conductive tape. Copper preferably.

And a treat for you guys , i've traced the grounding for the gps antenna , turns out the contact point just below the front camera is the one you're looking for. If you install the pad just on that , the gps will instalock with my mod. The beautiful thing about it is , you can reuse the original tape on that. The others are small and come apart but this one (just below the front camera) is big. You can just lift it with a small flat screwdriver and tweezers. I'll mark the position (in red) on the frame since you'll be installing the tape on the frame rather than the board.

Other points for grounding serve other purposes. The two at the bottom of the device where the charging port is located is responsible for GSM and possibly Wi-fi. I couldn't trace Wi-fi there must be a component in between.

Good luck.
[Nexus 4 General] dgo68:
Dear all,

thanks to this thread I solved my problem with the gps.

Two months ago an unofficial service center has replaced my broken screen (with a LG original screen), and since that day I started to have problems with GPS (no fix).

After a careful reading of this thread and after viewing several videos on youtube on “how to disassemble the nexus 4”, I decided to practice your tips.

Once I open the phone, I noticed the absence of the conductive "sponge" thickness and the “nakedness” of the digitizer chip.

First, I proceeded to roll into a block a few layers of kitchen aluminium foil and inserted it in the contact point (for grounding) just below the front camera.

Second, I covered the top side of the digitizer chip with a small piece of insulation tape (to avoid bad contacts) and then I wrapped the chip with a few layers of kitchen aluminium foil.

Third, I tried also the addictional foil antenna.

Once I finished, I tried the gps outdoor and… nothing. Very very poor signal (no Fix).

Then, I removed the additional foil antenna (that probably I had built bad) and . . . ta-da! The gps fix in a few seconds (12-14 satellites).

Very thanks to boltthrower56, kiko, ErioL the Mariner and all other guys who shared their tips.

And sorry for my English.

Bye

Diego
[Nexus 4 General] ssturmann:
Thank you @boltthrower56. I fixed my GPS using just several pieces of foil. I just want to add photos of display+frame (my previous, broken) where GPS works fine. Just pay attention on places where the foil is located and put little pieces in the same places if your new display+frame have missing foils.
[Nexus 4 General] General ID:
Thank you very much. Finally solved my months old unusable GPS! Seems like the small square underneath the front camera is the culprit- added folded (~10 layers) kitchen aluminum foil and glued it to the chassis with a touch of super glue at one corner. Apparently, once the contact works again, the GPS connectivity is fully restored and stable! :good::good: