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Not all apps will run with ART enabled. If an app that you find indispensable has not yet been upgraded for KitKat, you can easily change the Android runtime back to Dalvik by selecting Settings --> Developer options --> Select runtime --> Use Dalvik and allowing your Nexus to reboot and rebuild...

Download the stock 4.3 image from Google at https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamjwr66y. Make sure you have Wugfresh v1.75 or download and install the latest version from [Toolkit] Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit v1.7.5 [Updated 11/08/13]: Nexus 4 Thread - xda-developers. When they...

Try entering a random PIN multiple times until you get the message "Try again in 30 seconds" then click OK. At that point you should see "Forgot PIN" at the bottom of the screen. Click "Forgot PIN" to log in using your Google account. Your phone must have an Internet connection for this to work...

Google syncs all the apps you install from the Google Play with your Google account. If you want to keep an existing Google account separate from your phone for some reason, you can create a new Google account when you setup your Nexus and your apps and any purchase you make from the Play Store...

There are a number of Android 4.3 ROMs available for the Nexus 4 on XDA at Nexus 4 Android Development - xda-developers and Nexus 4 Original Android Development - xda-developers. Before flashing a 4.3 custom ROM, however, you will need to download and flash the makoz20i bootloader and the .84...

Select Settings --> Accounts --> Google, press on your gmail account, place check mark in the box to the right of Gmail

Download the appropriate radio from the xda link at [REF] [RADIO] Mako modem collection - xda-developers. If you have installed Clockworkmod or TWRP recovery, boot the phone into recovery install the radio from the zip file. Otherwise, extract the radio image from the file zip file and use...

XDA has a very thorough guide to unlocking the bootloader and rooting the Nexus 4 at Nexus 4 Guide-Unlock Bootloader, Root, Install Custom Recoveries & Custom ROMs/Kernel - xda-developers including links to the various files you will need to download. The entire process is described in complete...

The few issues I have encountered have been app related (force closes) and have been addressed by updates within hours of sending bug reports to Google. If you can't wait for the update, you need to inform developers when you encounter problems so they can be fixed. If you need a bug free...

Apex Launcher v2.05 does work with Android 4.3. Earlier versions of Apex Launcher will force close on start up when using Android 4.3. Also make sure you have rebooted Android since upgrading to 4.3.

Make sure you have sufficient storage space for the backup (nandroid backups on the Nexus 4 require ~1 GB of space) and backup the system, data, and boot partitions; and be sure to wipe cache, Dalvik cache, and system before restoring a nandroid backup.

Although there is a long discussion of this issue at [Q] Nexus 4 randomly turning off, intermittently not being able to restart - xda-developers, there does not seem to be a permanent fix as yet. However, the Safe Charge app will prevent your phone from entering deep sleep when the phone is...

I got the white Nexus 4 which is currently available through T-Mobile with a free wireless charger for $0.00 down and $17 per month over two years ($408 total), making the total cost of the 16GB Nexus plus wireless charger about the same as buying both through the Play Store while paying over...

In order to activate the phone, it must have a Sense based ROM. Sprint cannot detect whether or not the phone is rooted but their servers do interact with Sense during activation. Simply boot into recovery, make a nandroid backup, flash a Sense based ROM, reboot the phone, and proceed through...

To determine whether your phone is rooted, power the phone off completely. Next boot into the bootloader by pressing and holding the Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously. When you get to the bootloader screen, look at the top line. If it says LOCKED, your phone has not been rooted...