Me too, exactly.
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Nexus 4 |OT| Quality for everyone
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Um, the only thing I have that can take a picture worth a damn is my N4... =(
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
GoldenEye 007
Member
Wouldn't a good screen/body protector plus bumper offer a similar level of protection versus that case?
Might be a possibility.
Those of you holding out getting the bumper, I can't tell you how much it's probably saved me from having to send it in for repairs.
I've dropped it 3 times since I put the bumper. One was literally from 6 feet high. I had my phone in hand but I was holding my work bag too and I was standing next to my bed when my dog out of excitement pounced in the air hitting my hand sending the phone flying up and then down onto my marble floor. My heart stopped and I thought that's that then...cracked screen for sure.
Picked it up and not a single scratch or dent...
The other drops were from charging on various ledges and charger cable getting pulled.
Anyways the bumper is the absolute shit!
I've dropped it 3 times since I put the bumper. One was literally from 6 feet high. I had my phone in hand but I was holding my work bag too and I was standing next to my bed when my dog out of excitement pounced in the air hitting my hand sending the phone flying up and then down onto my marble floor. My heart stopped and I thought that's that then...cracked screen for sure.
Picked it up and not a single scratch or dent...
The other drops were from charging on various ledges and charger cable getting pulled.
Anyways the bumper is the absolute shit!
Yes, that might be a good alternative. Right now I'm just using a bumper/pouch combo.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
For what it's worth I had the Poetic Bumper as a birthday gift and I'm very happy with it. Fits snuggly, the matte finish on the top/bottom provides extra grip when you hold it and as a bonus now the phone is raised off surfaces the speaker isn't muffled when playing music. And it was a lot cheaper than the official bumper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281050130515 (other colours are available)
And I no longer have to worry about the phone sliding off surfaces that aren't perfectly flat. Which is nice.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281050130515 (other colours are available)
And I no longer have to worry about the phone sliding off surfaces that aren't perfectly flat. Which is nice.
GoldenEye 007
Member
That's what I'm thinking of doing to finalize my Nexus "protection plan" as I hate standard cases.
I just don't know what the definitive screen/body protector is that's out there.
Mercury Fred
Banned
NYC Tmobile and still waiting for the OTA. *grumble*
Yep, I have the Poetic too. Pretty awesome.
If you're rooted, you can flash the 4.2.1 radio and retain LTE functionality. I did it, no problems
BertramCooper
Banned
I finally got the update this morning by clearing the data in Google Services Framework.
There seems to be a small bug with the swipe keyboard in 4.2.2. It often fails to automatically add a space after a completed word. It never happened in 4.2.1.
There seems to be a small bug with the swipe keyboard in 4.2.2. It often fails to automatically add a space after a completed word. It never happened in 4.2.1.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Oh really? That's disappointing. Glad I haven't ordered it till now, $25 saved!
What's better, the official bumper or the poetic one?
Has anyone used the GenX hybrid bumper? Any good?
Australia sucks. No stock of OEM bumper, amazon won't ship Poetic, ebay charges crazy shipping and mobile accessory websites have everything selling at high markups.
Mercury Fred
Banned
Ah, thanks for the tip. This worked like a charm for me. Hoping this beefs up the battery life a bit.
Killa Sasa
Member
Thought I was going nutty about the no space thing. Oof.
Battery seems better though.
I've done this twice now, to no avail. In Canada, for the record.
BertramCooper
Banned
It's doing the same thing on my Nexus 7.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
For $15, it's not too bad, but overall I agree and I'll be returning the case. I think I'm going to go with a dbrand skin plus a bumper. Are the Poetic bumpers ok? There's a lot of complaints about peeling on the Amazon page
Supposedly the first couple batches were busted but they will send you a replacement pretty much no questions asked. Poetic bumper, back xtremeguard (grippy), front (bestskinsever).
Long press toggles?
TheLaughingStock
Member
That's pretty good. I'm usually 20-30% on 4.2.1. Still waiting for OTA.
huh tell me more! or link me somewhere. please!
edit:
don't mind. just started reading yup on it.
I got it. Battery life improvement seems like two fold.
Got it here. Everything feels the same.
Toronto, got it yesterday
Steriletom
Member
It has probably shipped.
Hmm. I reset the cache for Google Framework and everything. Oh well. I'll just wait it out.
So glad to hear about the improved battery life.
Canadian and have it sitting waiting to be installed here. Popped up yesterday.
I don't actually think your cell phone company matters at all for this, for the record. It's just random and slow distribution like *every single other update yet*. Every time people come up with these weird tricks that probably don't do anything other than make it check again if you've been released for it. Probably if it works you'd have gotten it whenever that cache expired an hour or so later.
Back with the galaxy nexus samsung had a specific release channel for updates that was managed by your country's Samsung subsidiary (yakjuux vs. yakju) and was horribly behind. Flashing it to the yakju channel was a smart move with it. It doesn't seem to be the same way for the Nexus 4.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Yes, mine was also charged on the day I placed the order and shipped the very next day.
Cellphone provider has nothing to do with it, since I received the update and I have not even plugged in a sim card till now.
Hey guys. I've been on metro for a while but i'm thinking about switching to a pre-paid gsm phone and might sell my g3 for an n4 since they seem to be readily available now. How are the rates for prepaid gsms? Can virgin work on nexus 4? I'm currently on a 40$ plan with metro which isn't too bad.
criesofthepast
Member
lol yup. I notice no difference whatsoever. Battery still sucks.
Okay well...one thing about the battery that I hate is how it goes from warning "13-14% battery left" to dead in like 10 minutes. With my old 4S I knew when I hit 20% that I had a good hour of screen time left.
Another thing I notice about the battery which I like is when the phone dies completely, you can plug in your charger and it will start right back up. With the iPhone the phone wouldn't turn on again until it was charged around 5-10%.
I think the nexus (or all android phones?) are shutting off with a bit of a battery reserve. iPhone stays on till its completely dead.
Undeniably Me
Member
Did you go to "Location Access" in settings and switch it off? Simply clearing the framework data alone would not do it for me either.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Same here, you got to have power saving mode enabled for that. I set it to 20%.
On my phone I had location access off but it's on for my gfs N4. No biggie. I barely have the time at the moment as I'm renovating my bathroom. I'll play around with it in a few days.
Power saving mode?
motley's just released a kernel today for 4.2.2, flash away people.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
The Ringke clear fusion case is pretty ideal. Gives the phone a solid weight and the protection is good too.
How about the buttons?
My Nillkin case shipped last Thursday, no idea how long it will take to get to the UK, but I'll try and post some impressions/pictures when it arrives. It seems quite thin which is one of the main things I wanted from a case.
It doesn't show off the back of the phone, which is the main reason I was interested in the Fusion, but now I hear that doesn't do a particularly good job either, I'll probably leave it.
It doesn't show off the back of the phone, which is the main reason I was interested in the Fusion, but now I hear that doesn't do a particularly good job either, I'll probably leave it.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
Volume's good, power needs a little firmer press sometimes.