Hi guys, first time posting in Nexus 4 thread.

I have a serious problem, this week my N4 got hit by the battery overdrained, blinking red LED problem.

Been trying all the button pressing combos but nothing is working.
Will try to remove and reattach the battery as adviced by XDA forums over the weekend. If that still doesnt work, I'll probably try to get a replacement battery for that and try again.

If still cannot....

Anyone been through this problem and managed to fix it? Need some confidence booster...

This post has been edited by Fawndell: Jun 20 2014, 12:27 PM

How how?? Teach me please sifus. Step by step on how you did it?

Been pressing the buttons til my fingers also pain every night.

The thought did cross my mind to replace it if really have to. Thinking of either the Nexus 5, LG G2 or HTC One E8.

Tbh, would prefer my N4 over them. #fanboy

I followed this Nexus 4

Yeap. I followed that too but after I plug in the charger, only red blinking LED. Do I keep holding it til boot screen comes out or when LED comes on, try again? How long to hold the buttons before trying again?

Wow. 3-4 mins? Don't think I tried to hold it that long before. Will try again when I get back from work. Thanks!

Did a battery pull over the weekend and got some response from the phone, ie light blinking in a slower rythm than before but still no other signs of life from my N4.

Thinking of maybe getting a battery online and replacing it, not sure if that will work.

Should I try that or give up and get a new phone instead?

Charged it over night and then the whole of today as well and still can't turn on.

ONE MONTH?!!?
Okaaaaayyyy.. If that's the case, think I'll get the new battery then. If still cant, it just means the heavens wants me to get the N5

This post has been edited by Fawndell: Jun 23 2014, 10:29 PM

Really? Sure thing, I'm normally around Klang or Sunway on the weekends, maybe can arrange for a meet up.

Hi guys,

I posted a couple months back that my Nexus 4 got the RED LIGHT OF DEATH and since then have been trying everything I can to get it fixed. 2 weeks ago I received my replacement battery to swap out with the original hoping that it would solve my problem but still nothing. Only thing I can say is that instead of getting the usual 11 red light blinks everytime I try to revive it, I get different red blinking sequence now.
Maybe the phone is getting a little responsive??

Right now the only option that I have not tried is the first post on this thread in XDA. Mainly because I dont have experience working with exposed wires and scared I will blow up the battery, sounds very dangerous so dont wanna try it at all.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/ge...-death-t2250454


Anyone knows anywhere reliable and not too expensive to get this problem fixed?

This post has been edited by Fawndell: Sep 2 2014, 12:11 PM

Is there any other way to verify that it is a problem with the mainboard? I dont know anyone with a wireless charger so I cant really charge it up and see if it drains out.
Right now I'm thinking it could be a problem with the charging port. Being very optimistic about this. Heh.

Thanks.. Shall try looking around then.