Nexus 4 has died ....... again ?!?

[Mark Reed3]

This is the 3rd time this has happened now.

The phone has died and will not turn on. When I hit the power button a white light pulses at the bottom of the screen.

I left it plugged into the wall charger and forgot about it last time. It decided to turn back on last time for no reason.

I have left it plugged in again hoping it will have a change of heart.

Any idea what the problem is?:-\

 

[CoMoNexus]

Try holding down the power button for about 15 seconds. Mine used to have a similar problem, and that always turned it on.

 

[srkmagnus]

Let us know if CoMoNexus' solution gets the phone turned on.

 

[Mark Reed3]

I held the button down for 30 seconds then let go. Then hit the power button again and it came on. OMG !!!!!

Now I have a bed pulsing button at the bottom of the screen.

Any idea whats going on with this phone?

Thank you CoMoNexus for the advise.

 

[CoMoNexus]

Glad that it powered on.

You might wind up having to do a hard reset. I had a problem where the phone would go dormant: the screen was dark, and incoming calls didn't wake it up, nor did pressing buttons. But I knew the phone was on because the LED would pulse white every few seconds. I had to hold down the power button for ~15 seconds to force a reboot. I did a hard reset, which appears to have resolved the problem. I say "appears" because the reset was followed a few days later by an upgrade to Lollipop, so the new OS might have squashed the bug.

 

[Mark Reed3]

Thanks for that. My volume buttons don't work so a hard reset in impossible to initiate. I will probably have to live with this annoying habit.

Cheers

 

[CoMoNexus]

You should be able to do a hard reset from just the screen, too. Go into Settings, then look for an option with a name such as Backup and Reset. Once you've clicked on that, it should have Factory Reset as an option. That's what it is on Lollipop, and as I recall, it's a similar set of options on previous versions.

Let us know if that works.

 

[CoMoNexus]

I had a problem where the phone would go dormant: the screen was dark, and incoming calls didn't wake it up, nor did pressing buttons. But I knew the phone was on because the LED would pulse white every few seconds. I had to hold down the power button for ~15 seconds to force a reboot. I did a hard reset, which appears to have resolved the problem. I say "appears" because the reset was followed a few days later by an upgrade to Lollipop, so the new OS might have squashed the bug.

Unfortunately the bug is back. It must be a hardware problem.

 

[neanderth4l]

I've had the same thing happen to me several times now, where it has a blank, black screen and is completely unresponsive to anything; calls, power button, being plugged in or anything. I have held the power button for ten to fifteen seconds and had no response, and other times I've held it for a few seconds and it came right back on.

This is really aggravating.
Battery life has become a joke too. I'm not a power user, using the phone at lunch (30 mins) to play music on the way to and from work (1 hour max) and maybe a 20 minutes interspersed throughout the day. I'm lucky to get to the end of the day with any charge left. I have had to resort to carrying a portable battery thingamajig in my car to power me up for those days when I go straight from work to rugby practise.

I really want to get the Nex 6 but I can't abide the large size. I might have to just get a Moto X instead

 

[CoMoNexus]

Battery life has become a joke too. I'm not a power user, using the phone at lunch (30 mins) to play music on the way to and from work (1 hour max) and maybe a 20 minutes interspersed throughout the day. I'm lucky to get to the end of the day with any charge left. I have had to resort to carrying a portable battery thingamajig in my car to power me up for those days when I go straight from work to rugby practise.

I really want to get the Nex 6 but I can't abide the large size. I might have to just get a Moto X instead

I could have written that. Battery life is horrible, which is saying a lot because it never was great to begin with.

I'm leaning toward the X because Motorola currently has a $140 promo code that can be used for it. I have to decide by Saturday.

 

[neanderth4l]

I could have written that. Battery life is horrible, which is saying a lot because it never was great to begin with.

I'm leaning toward the X because Motorola currently has a $140 promo code that can be used for it. I have to decide by Saturday.

Care to share?

Edit Nevermind. Googled it. Found it. Didn't register in time, but there is $100 off till Feb14.

 

[CoMoNexus]

My main concern about the X is the battery: It's not much bigger than the N4's, and it's not easily removeable.

 

[ManuxGR]

Not big thing to worry about. If you fully charge the phone to 100% only when is empty you will extend the bettery life.