I've found these instructions helpful, notably taking off any case: http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-4/312151-solved-nexus-4-wont-turn-charge.html
-mt On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Pat McGowan <[email protected]>wrote: > The Nexus 4 will do this when the battery gets extremely drained. In some > cases they can be revived by plugging into wall outlet with the original > charger (higher current) and after a time press and hold the power button > for at least 20 secs, to hopefully see the red light, then allow to > continue charging. > > Failing that, there are instructions available on how to open the phone > and remove and reinsert the battery, for a hard reset which should lead to > a red light and ability to charge. > > Pat > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Kurt Hodgin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Phone was off this morning, had 75% to full charge last night. Dead in >> the morning tried to charge for 3 hours. No red charge light no battery >> animation, no boot logo, nothing. Adb won't list it as a device so how can >> I go about flashing it again.......or did I obtain a brick over night. >> >> Tried some Google foo but came up flat. I seem to remember something >> about Ubuntu touch dying and causing problems. >> >> Nexus 4 running r194 last I checked, any help will be appreciated. >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- -mt
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