Nexus 4 battery bloating
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Nexus 4 battery bloating
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#2The devices of concern are stored in a cardboard box on a wooden bench? Noting the risk of combustion is low, hopefully that bench is not near any combustible materials in that wall.
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#3They ought to cover that unsightly box with some oily rags.
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#4The video of the battery catching fire is a little distressing knowing that I carry one of those in my pocket at all times.
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#5I'm a Nexus 4 owner and for the last few months, opening Snapchat has made a really weird analogue clicking noise. The clicking noise has progressed over that time and now my phone will constantly make the same loud clicking noise whenever I touch the screen. It sounds very similar to "sparking" two wires.
I can reboot my phone to make it go away (for about day, but after that the clicking comes back). I've never dropped or scratched my phone.
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#7Why wouldn't you just replace the battery and back cover? A new battery can be had for as little as $6 and a cover is cheap. I've replaced two puffy batteries in my Nexus 4 without any problems and the phone runs fine. It's not having a great time keeping up with the current generations of cell networks but it's still a pretty stellar device.
Some day soon I'm going to really have to try and hunt down a ~4" handset to replace this one... :(
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#8Nexus 4 received bad press in the past years after customer disappointment: overheating, camera issue (making the phone crash - warning about this bug in Snapchat), horrible battery life... This article is just another example.
Very disappointed to hear that it happened with a Google backed device - I hope Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 are more stable better. Not sure if I'll buy another Nexus phone in the future after reading all that.
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#9Interestingly enough, my beloved Nexus 4 just died this past month. I noticed it getting extremely hot, and then one day started a boot loop that I could not fix. I figured some hardware broke. My uncle also picked up one around the same time, and is going through similar problems - overheating and rebooting, though has no boot loop issues. I will warn him of this battery issue.
On another note, I just purchased a Zenfone 2. I accidentally dropped it from about a foot (getting out of the car) and cracked the screen. I noticed most other Zenfone 2 phone that has a cracked screen appears to have it crack in a very similar spot (top right). I guess all phones have their weaknesses. Though, my nexus 4 looked like it went to war and back having been dropped (at excessive heights), and never broke.
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#10Sounds like you have a bad battery. This can happen with any device with a li battery. You shouldn't need to quarantine all of the devices.