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Struck89 said:
Oh, thanks, I am new to the version 4 of android, and I thought all this configurations where in the general settings place. I noticed I could change the settings of a lot less things than in my previous CM 7.2 (android 2.3.7).

It says:
TTY disabled
TTY full (<--I don't have it in English, but I think it's the good translation, this one is selected)
TTY HCO
TTY VCO

I will disable it, thanks for the advice. But.. why has my phone the TTY enabled by default???

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I wouldn't know why it was enabled by default. Perhaps one of the settings triggered it? I'm just guessing. Mine is off so I don't worry about it. :D

Flowed and Tapped from my Nexus
 
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Custom Rom boot loop

Hi I need some troubleshooting advice. I have been running the franco kernel with the stock rom for about a month. Last night I tried flashing AOKP, it installed, I went to reboot and it bootloops stuck on the Nexus load screen. I rebooted again, tried wiping cache and dalvik before and after installs. I went back to the stock kernel from franco to see if that would help but it didn't, although it still flashes a new kernel no problem. I tried the same thing with CM10.1, and paranoid android, and they all just bootloop after the google screen. So I can flash kernels but not an actual ROM, and I'm just kind of stumped on where to go from here. I verified all the ROMs were newest proper Mako
stock JB4.2.1
TWRP 2.4

Thanks
 
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Custom wallpaper

Hi, planning to buy a Google Nexus 4 real soon but some phone reviews pointed out that u cant change d homescreen wallpaper of d phone other than those provided by the phone....so

1. Is it true that I cant use other pictures that I want as my homescreen wallpaper ?
2. If yes, how can I use my own picture ?? (Rooting ? what is currently the best/popular/stable custom ROM for Nexus 4 ?)

Thanks in advance. :angel:
 
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haige said:
Hi, planning to buy a Google Nexus 4 real soon but some phone reviews pointed out that u cant change d homescreen wallpaper of d phone other than those provided by the phone....so

1. Is it true that I cant use other pictures that I want as my homescreen wallpaper ?
2. If yes, how can I use my own picture ?? (Rooting ? what is currently the best/popular/stable custom ROM for Nexus 4 ?)

Thanks in advance. :angel:
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I'm not sure where you get that. Of course we can change the homescreen wallpaper of the phone. Just go to settings -> display -> wallpaper. Maybe what you mean is "app drawer" wallpaper? As far as I know CM, AOKP, and Minco is popular. I don't know for sure as I'm still on stock ROM.
 
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milk79 said:
Hi I need some troubleshooting advice. I have been running the franco kernel with the stock rom for about a month. Last night I tried flashing AOKP, it installed, I went to reboot and it bootloops stuck on the Nexus load screen. I rebooted again, tried wiping cache and dalvik before and after installs. I went back to the stock kernel from franco to see if that would help but it didn't, although it still flashes a new kernel no problem. I tried the same thing with CM10.1, and paranoid android, and they all just bootloop after the google screen. So I can flash kernels but not an actual ROM, and I'm just kind of stumped on where to go from here. I verified all the ROMs were newest proper Mako
stock JB4.2.1
TWRP 2.4

Thanks
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Steps to flash a ROM

- Wipe Cache 3x
- Wipe Dalvik cache 3x
- Factory reset 3x
- Wipe System 3x
- Flash ROM
- Flash gapps (If needed)
- Flash Custom Kernel (If wanted)
- Reboot

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haige said:
Hi, planning to buy a Google Nexus 4 real soon but some phone reviews pointed out that u cant change d homescreen wallpaper of d phone other than those provided by the phone....so

1. Is it true that I cant use other pictures that I want as my homescreen wallpaper ?
2. If yes, how can I use my own picture ?? (Rooting ? what is currently the best/popular/stable custom ROM for Nexus 4 ?)

Thanks in advance. :angel:
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1. You can use whatever pics u want as your wallpaper there is no restrictions

2. You don't need to root u just need to add the pic to your gallery. Then long press your home screen choose Wallpapers choose gallery then choose your wallpaper.

* Some good stable ROMs are Cm10.1 or Paranoid Android


Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

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LTavaress said:
Will I still be able to receive google's official updates after I install CWM on my device?
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You may receive it but u need to have stock recovery to get the update to work. But don't worry we will have a flashable version of 4.2.2 within 24 hours of its release for the N4

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I'm not sure where you get that. Of course we can change the homescreen wallpaper of the phone. Just go to settings -> display -> wallpaper. Maybe what you mean is "app drawer" wallpaper? As far as I know CM, AOKP, and Minco is popular. I don't know for sure as I'm still on stock ROM.
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1. You can use whatever pics u want as your wallpaper there is no restrictions

2. You don't need to root u just need to add the pic to your gallery. Then long press your home screen choose Wallpapers choose gallery then choose your wallpaper.

* Some good stable ROMs are Cm10.1 or Paranoid Android
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Thanks guys, seems to me that I just read a bad review.... thanks again,, got the answer I wanted.:D
 
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Missing data?

So on my phone I flashed a custom rom on it and when I deleted the data I basically lost 3 gb of data. I'll post an image showing what I mean but I think the cause of this is from my google play music. I first did the basic you know delete data bla bla bla but when I had the rom flashed I had 9 gigabytes free of 13 with less than 100 mb in all the data catigories, after going through and deep searching my phone (its rooted btw) I couldn't find anything that would be causing this... I had about 3 gigabytes of music on my Nexus from Google play. I asked google about it and they said to do a factory reset which I did but now this is my storage statistics... Please any help? Google said something about contacting my warranty about it but it was void when I rooted my device. Any way I can get around either of these?

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I actually found a fix by myself while looking at all the options in cwm I just reformatted my SD card. Wont be too much of a downer for me since I backed up my apps and stuff to my computer (hope this helps anyone with the same issue)
 

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I want to know how to install a zip MOD without the use of CWM. I googled it already and didn't really get it... Does anyone have a useful link?
 
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Nexiboyyy said:
I first did the basic you know delete data bla bla bla but when I had the rom flashed I had 9 gigabytes free of 13 with less than 100 mb in all the data catigories, after going through and deep searching my phone (its rooted btw) I couldn't find anything that would be causing this... I had about 3 gigabytes of music on my Nexus from Google play. I asked google about it and they said to do a factory reset...
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It sounds like you've encountered a common bug among people who reflash--your phone is the 16GB model but thinks it's the 8GB model. See this thread for fixing instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
The important thing is to use the STOCK recovery (don't worry, you can put your custom recovery back afterwards if you want).
 
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bassmadrigal said:
1. Yes, you can run a recovery without actually flashing it using fastboot. Just run fastboot boot "c:\location\to\recovery.img". Doing this would allow you to flash the root package and retain the stock recovery. But you could always reflash the stock recovery as well.
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Sorry for bothering you guys here. I'm a big noob when it comes to the more difficult things about android.

Can someone maybe give me a quick instruction how I can root my stock untouched N4 without installing a custom recovery or show me the thread(s) where I can read how it works? That would be awesome ;)


Or is it easier to just root and install CWM recovery on my N4 and when an official Google update comes out, to just install it via a .zip file through CWM?


EDIT:
I just saw this thread [[NEXUS 4 TOOLKIT V1.3.0] Drivers, Backup, Unlock, Root, Flash, Mods + MUCH MORE] from mskip. Is it possible to just use this program to perform my desired actions? That would be great, a program for dummies ;)
 
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3l_P3sc4d0r said:
Sorry for bothering you guys here. I'm a big noob when it comes to the more difficult things about android.

Can someone maybe give me a quick instruction how I can root my stock untouched N4 without installing a custom recovery or show me the thread(s) where I can read how it works? That would be awesome ;)


Or is it easier to just root and install CWM recovery on my N4 and when an official Google update comes out, to just install it via a .zip file through CWM?


EDIT:
I just saw this thread [[NEXUS 4 TOOLKIT V1.3.0] Drivers, Backup, Unlock, Root, Flash, Mods + MUCH MORE] from mskip. Is it possible to just use this program to perform my desired actions? That would be great, a program for dummies ;)
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Another stickie right under this thread ;)
 
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Another stickie right under this thread ;)
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Thanks for the hint, but I just installed the LG Google Nexus 4 ToolKit of mskip. It made a very good impression to me. It's quite noob-friendly :D

Can someone tell me which option I have to take when I just want to root my N4 (stock android) without changing the recovery?
Is it option 1? (I don't understand half of the words...)

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3l_P3sc4d0r said:
Thanks for the hint, but I just installed the LG Google Nexus 4 ToolKit of mskip. It made a very good impression to me. It's quite noob-friendly :D

Can someone tell me which option I have to take when I just want to root my N4 (stock android) without changing the recovery?
Is it option 1? (I don't understand half of the words...)
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Any of the choices will require the recovery to be changed, just root it normally, forgetting about the recovery and then flash the stock recovery later on if you wish
edit: I'm not 100% sure about the recovery requirement, but this method will work 100%
 
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Re: [HELP THREAD] Nexus 4. Ask any question.

I am going to buy nexus 4 today.
Can someone tell me how is battery life as i got mix responce on google+ group.
My use is 1hr of subway surfer in morning,
Than on standby till i leave office at 6;pm and then 2 hrs of music playback and 1 hr of gaming and than 9to 12 chatt on nimbuzzz.


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---------- Post added at 08:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 AM ----------

And can someone tell me how much free storage do i get on 8gb version? Does it support usb otg?

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rjunraj said:
I am going to buy nexus 4 today.
Can someone tell me how is battery life as i got mix responce on google+ group.
My use is 1hr of subway surfer in morning,
Than on standby till i leave office at 6;pm and then 2 hrs of music playback and 1 hr of gaming and than 9to 12 chatt on nimbuzzz.


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It mainly depends on clock speed, UV, ROM optimizations, and display brightness. That's a pretty hefty day. How bright do you think your gonna have the screen? Also, will this be on stock, or are you gonna flash into a world of wonder?

Connor Baker
 
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Re: [HELP THREAD] Nexus 4. Ask any question.

rjunraj said:
I am going to buy nexus 4 today.
Can someone tell me how is battery life as i got mix responce on google+ group.
My use is 1hr of subway surfer in morning,
Than on standby till i leave office at 6;pm and then 2 hrs of music playback and 1 hr of gaming and than 9to 12 chatt on nimbuzzz.


Sent from my Spice Mi-355 using xda app-developers app

---------- Post added at 08:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 AM ----------

And can someone tell me how much free storage do i get on 8gb version? Does it support usb otg?

Sent from my Spice Mi-355 using xda app-developers app
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5.67 GB storage on the 8gb

I get 4 to 4.5 hours screen on time on every charge I'm running Rootbox ROM with Harshs kernel.



Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
 
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    Linaro is not only in the kernels, I believe it is a compiler and it's "hot" with new roms right now. There's a feature with Google Talk, if you use Talk as your voicemail, you're able to play the voicemail in the call log screen without going to Talk app. Linaro breaks it due to audio libs or something alike.

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