How to repair and revive your Google Nexus 4 - LG E960

Hello everybody.

This article is for owners of Nexus 4 who have had big problems lately with their smartphone.

Symptoms:

- the phone loses signal randomly;

- using camera related apps the phone turns off or reboots;

- using wifi network with weak signal the phone turns off or reboots;

- CPU intensive requests make the phone to turn off or to reboot;

- other issues related with above problems.

I concluded that all these problems are due to faulty battery the battery life cycle ended and must be replaced. As you see in the image below, the battery was swollen inside the phone, forcing housing to crack open. 

 

The solution is simple and you can fix Google Nexus 4 yourself, just follow these steps:

1. Buy a high quality replacement battery For LG Google Nexus from Aliexpress.com for only 9.73 USD with free shipping.

2. Follow this tutorial to replace the battery.

3. Follow this tutorial to upgrade your Google Nexus 4 to KitKat 4.4.3 without waiting for OTA Update. You also can unlock and root the phone.
4. If your Nexus 4 is already on KitKat 4.4.3, then unlock and root it with Nexus Root Toolkit 1.8.3 and then calibrate the battery, installing 'Battery Calibration' application, free from Play Store. 
5. Use this tutorial to maximize and optimize battery life on Google Nexus 4 - LG E960.

The new battery

 

 

 

The old swollen battery

 

 

 

Now the phone is working just great, as good as new... 

Enjoy, share is love!