***The Official LG Nexus 4 Thread***
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Noddy question alert 
Just got a Nexus 4 16GB as my new work phone - can you set time windows for peak/off-peak sync windows for Exchange accounts? Can't find anything in the account settings. I hope it's there, even my 4+ year old E66 can do it!
Just got a Nexus 4 16GB as my new work phone - can you set time windows for peak/off-peak sync windows for Exchange accounts? Can't find anything in the account settings. I hope it's there, even my 4+ year old E66 can do it!
Guys,
I need to get this space back!
Whats the simplest way of deleting ALL data on the phone and putting PA back on it? I need all the data on the emulated SD Card wiped as this is where the data has gone missing.
Can i do it via ClockwodMod -> Boot into Recovery -> Wipe all data/factory rest -> Delete cache -> then install PA again? Kind of like how i flashed it the first time?
I need to get this space back!
Whats the simplest way of deleting ALL data on the phone and putting PA back on it? I need all the data on the emulated SD Card wiped as this is where the data has gone missing.
Can i do it via ClockwodMod -> Boot into Recovery -> Wipe all data/factory rest -> Delete cache -> then install PA again? Kind of like how i flashed it the first time?
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go into the menu where it comes up with the format options.
format sd card, format system, format everything.
make sure you have PA downloaded on your PC, then plug phone into pc, move over the zip file and flash it.
Excellant!! Thank You.
What would the operation be if i wanted to just remove EVERYTHING and want to put stock android back on (to see if the space problem existed on stock or not). This might be better as then i could see if i still have a problem with missing storage on stock.
BTW, which menu and what format settings? In which program? I dont see those format options anywhere in ClockwodMod
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in recovery, go to mounts and storage, you should now see an option to format at least 4 or 5 different things, format them all, then install PA, but you will need to load PA onto the phone after formatting, because formatting will wipe everything.
if you want to go back to stock there is a nexus 4 toolkit on xda which has a 1 click option, in fact i have no idea why people use anything else apart from this toolkit, all you do is select an option from the menu, read and select what you want to do and boom it automatically does it.
rooting, unlocking, locking, installing recovery, reverting to stock, it does it all
I used that tool to unroot. I was going to use it but the only option i see to go back to stock is "Flash Stock + Unroot". Thing is i just want to go back to stock without unrooting...
Unroot first, then root again. Simple as that.
BTW, there's a Wipe Script by Awesome on XDA that wipes everything on the device, including the internal SD. could be handy when wanting to do a clean ROM install without unrooting.
As soon as you update OTA, you will have to root it again.
It's usually better, faster and safer to update using a toolkit anyway.
I had a problem with backing up using CWM, it would save the backups in a weird place. I had to search the xda for ages to find where they were kepted.
Right I'm going to get into kernels with this when it turns up..
Am I right in thinking I can just flash kernels via CWM without upsetting whatever ROM I'm running/wiping etc etc?
And am I also right in thinking the main changes you get with Kernels are battery related? Such as overclocking or underclocking etc?
Any if so, can anyone suggest a decent Kernel to extend the battery life without killing the performance?
Thanks!
Am I right in thinking I can just flash kernels via CWM without upsetting whatever ROM I'm running/wiping etc etc?
And am I also right in thinking the main changes you get with Kernels are battery related? Such as overclocking or underclocking etc?
Any if so, can anyone suggest a decent Kernel to extend the battery life without killing the performance?
Thanks!
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just install PA, it has it's own kernel, it's also the best ROM out there, and the new calibrated screen kernel is amazing, my wife also has the same phone, when i showed her the same wallpaper on both phones in gallery, she saw my screen looked a lot better than hers and said "I want that on mine", i told her well you should have let me unlock your phone then when you got it, now you will lose all your data, so she said forget it, but the difference is night and day.
PA is the best ROM and Kernel combo available imo
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lol, you do know you do not have to use the phone in tablet mode right?
there are 3 modes - normal, phablet and tablet, you choose whatever one you prefer.
i prefer phablet, basically makes both menu bars smaller. i also like to use extended mode in combination with phablet at times.
the dominant element is you can tweak any app to run in any mode, but you do not have to do so, you can just leave everything as stock if you so wish. it is entirely up to you.
personally i have all apps running @ stock, and only the phone in phablet mode. but you can force youtube for example to run in tablet mode, meaning only that 1 app will run in tablet mode.
the best thing though about the rom is phablet mode with pie controls and the new calibrated screen, but you can use it in phone mode without pie controls if you choose to do so. nobody is forcing you to run in tablet mode.
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set it to phablet mode (this only effects the homescreen and menu's) no apps are effected, and see if you prefer the smaller bars, if you don't then turn it back to stock.
next press the power button and click enable extended mode, see if you like the phone with no bars (swipe from bottom to get pie controls), if you don't then press power and disable the mode.
next you can open an app, lets say youtube, now press the 3rd button (multi task button) which opens up all open apps, click and hold on the youtube window, you shall see a pop up menu appear, click on Hybrid Properties, this is how you change a single app to a different mode, experiment and se if you like any of the other modes, if you don;t select the default one.
for example, i could have my phone in phablet mode, youtube in tablet mode and gmail in phone mode, etc. the options are endless, different modes change the way the app is presented and even totally change the app so it's easier to use.
Very swish!
I'd just got back into my bloody iphone 5 too.. I fell in love with my S3 but then I went too far and started messing with unstable 4.2 ROMs which wrecked it all for me again. I have basically got the Nexus 4 free though so its worth it for the laugh, just a shame I HAVE to use an iPhone whether I like it or not.
I'd just got back into my bloody iphone 5 too.. I fell in love with my S3 but then I went too far and started messing with unstable 4.2 ROMs which wrecked it all for me again. I have basically got the Nexus 4 free though so its worth it for the laugh, just a shame I HAVE to use an iPhone whether I like it or not.