The Official LG Nexus 4 Thread

Psycho Sonny · 27 Jun 2013 at 21:00

probably worth noting undervolting isn't the only thing i have done to tweak my phone.

custom rom, franco kernel, undervolting and the only apps which get stuff pushed to them are email and whatsapp everything else is manually synced.

smokedog · 27 Jun 2013 at 21:16

tals said:
Yep worth putting greenify on and closing those ones down using it

Greenify is a game changer. Makes a world of difference if you convert Google play service, Maps and Google search to user app and hibernate them.

tals · 27 Jun 2013 at 23:33

smokedog said:
Undervolting will only save you a bit of battery at best

150 doesn't seem a trivial amount, my initial impressions is this has made a huge impact to the battery life. The battery seems far more capable now, however my rider is I have Franco the 150 change and greenify. I'm going to London tomorrow and usually struggle with the battery when i do so that should give a good idea on how much these changes have made

Psycho Sonny · 27 Jun 2013 at 23:57

150mv is a 10-13% saving on all frequencies

i don't know much about cpu power consumption, etc but i would imagine 10-13% less power usage is a significant amount on a mobile device.

smokedog · 28 Jun 2013 at 00:13

tals said:
150 doesn't seem a trivial amount, my initial impressions is this has made a huge impact to the battery life. The battery seems far more capable now, however my rider is I have Franco the 150 change and greenify. I'm going to London tomorrow and usually struggle with the battery when i do so that should give a good idea on how much these changes have made

Its the screen, following by poor recpition and mobile data that uses the most battery.

As long as there's no apps preventing your device from sleeping, the CPU doesn't use much power in standby as its in power collapse mode.

Simian · 28 Jun 2013 at 07:02

Yeah!, I've noticed recently Vodaclone seem to have fudged the H reception round where I work!, I'm lucky if I get a 3G signal, most of the time it's sitting at E and even G.

The phone will get warm and the battery drops!

But when I'm back home, I get a full H signal, and the battery hardly moves in the same time period!

Avathar77 · 28 Jun 2013 at 13:15

I must be very unlucky to have the hissing issue in the replacements as well!
I can't believe no one else is having that much of a fuss about this in here.

Psycho Sonny · 28 Jun 2013 at 20:54

150mv reduction was unstable on my cpu when the battery got down to 15% and less

back up to 125mv reduction for now which was stable

tals · 28 Jun 2013 at 20:59

How did you find it unstable - did it crash?

Psycho Sonny · 28 Jun 2013 at 23:19

tals said:
How did you find it unstable - did it crash?

kept crashing and restarting only to crash again.

the lower your battery power is the power to the cpu gets less i think, therefore when mine hit less than 15% battery the power to the cpu was not enough.

back on 125mv which was stable before so should be now.

will leave it on there for now and see if i get any more constant crashes when the battery goes low.

BYTEr · 2 Jul 2013 at 22:24

Wondering if anyone can help. A few days ago I rooted and unlocked the bootloader on my new Nexus 4 and since everything has been working fine. Reading above about undervolting has made me aware I can't do that with the stock kernel. So I downloaded the franco kernel r161 and tried installing, however following an installation guide about going into fastboot then recovery, when I attempt to go into recovery I get an android on its back with a red triangle exclamation mark.

This is my first android device so have not got a lot of experience with any of this, I've tried googling but haven't really found a simple explanation or solution, any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance.

tals · 2 Jul 2013 at 22:43

I think you have got into stock recovery which I wasn't aware of

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614509

I used Rom manager to handle updating the Rom, using the clockwork mod that comes with that. Franco app will also update as well but you need to get out of what you are in.the link may help.if not Google on the description you wrote and you should get a solution

tals · 7 Jul 2013 at 08:03

tals said:
I'm looking for a reasonably priced <£20 bicycle mount holder for my N4 - anyone got one they would recommend?

It's taken me over a month but finally found one I liked the look ofat a price that was reasonable

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=370806494025

Note there is no access to the power button in the mount so you need a rooted phone and then get touch control for the nexus 4 which allows you to turn the device on from the screen.

Still need to road test but the device fits in the mount (case less).

DiNZi · 8 Jul 2013 at 13:57

Hi all,

I've recently bought a Nexus 4 and I need a headset to go with it. I'm not a fan of the ear buds on the original Nexus 4 headset, you need to buy that separately. I prefer the older type earphones.

I'm thinking of buying this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221169135440.

I'd just like to know what everyone thinks, are they a good set of headsets? They seem to have what I need, Volume Rocker, Microphone and Call Answering.

Please advise, thanks!

rossk26 · 8 Jul 2013 at 14:34

You can get much better IEM than the ***** apple ones. And for cheaper too.

DiNZi · 8 Jul 2013 at 14:38

rossk26 said:
You can get much better IEM than the ***** apple ones. And for cheaper too.

Please recommend me some that come to mind. I just thought that they seem to look ok, and most people use them with their iPhone's. But, if there are better out there I'd love to have a browse around before committing to it.

R0B75 · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:08

Curious.

The original Nexus 4 headset? Did they even come with one, because mine didn't?!

secondly, do iPhone headsets even work with Android phones? Infact are there any decent remote headsets that do work fully (volume, play/pause, track select etc) with Android phones. They all seem to be Apple only.

DiNZi · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:11

R0B75 said:
Curious.

The original Nexus 4 headset? Did they even come with one, because mine didn't?!

secondly, do iPhone headsets even work with Android phones? Infact are there any decent remote headsets that do work fully (volume, play/pause, track select etc) with Android phones. They all seem to be Apple only.

Your right. Mine didn't come with the Nexus 4 headset either. I heard that the microphone and call answer will work but Volume Rocker will not work on the Apple headsets with the Nexus 4.

Matteysan · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:32

No nexus 4 came with a headset.

DiNZi · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:34

Mattey1 said:
No nexus 4 came with a headset.

Any recommended headsets for the Nexus 4 at all?

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