If your LG Nexus 4 starts experiencing problems, you should not panic! Just before you start watching for fussy concerns in the Android os, you can also try to perform a Soft and Hard Reset of your LG Nexus 4. This adjustment is generally elementary and will often solve problems that can alter your LG Nexus 4.
Just before performing any of the task below, understand that it truly is important to create a backup of your LG Nexus 4. Even if the soft reset of the LG Nexus 4 will not be responsible for loss of data, the hard reset will delete all the data. Make a total backup of your LG Nexus 4 with its application or alternatively on the Cloud (Google Drive, DropBox, …)
We are going to start with the soft reset of your LG Nexus 4, the least difficult solution.
How to Soft Reset your LG Nexus 4
The soft reset of your LG Nexus 4 will permit you to solve small errors such as a clogged application, a battery that heats, a display that stop, the LG Nexus 4 that becomes slow…
The technique is very easy:
- Simultaneously press the Volume Down and Power key until the LG Nexus 4 restarts (approximately 20 seconds)
How to Hard Reset your LG Nexus 4 (Factory Settings)
The factory settings reset or hard reset is undoubtedly a bit more radical alternative. This technique will delete all your data of your LG Nexus 4 and you are going to find a cell phone as it is when it is created. You have to backup your essential data such as your photos, contacts, messages, videos, … on your own computer or on the cloud such as Google Drive, DropBox, … prior to starting the hard reset procedure of your LG Nexus 4.
To restore all your data just after the reset, you can backup your documents to your Google Account. For that, go to:
- Settings -> System -> Advanced -> Backup
- Activate the backup
Now that you completed the backup, all you must do is:
- System -> Advanced -> Reset options.
- Erase all data (factory reset) -> Reset phone
You will be required to type your security code (or PIN) and once it is completed, choose Erase Everything.
The LG Nexus 4 will erase all the data. It will normally take a little while. Once the process is done, your LG Nexus 4 is likely to restart with factory setup.
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About the LG Nexus 4
The dimensions of your LG Nexus 4 is 68.7 mm x 133.9 mm x 9.1 mm (width x height x depth) for a net weight of 139 g. The screen offers a resolution of 768 x 1280px (HD+) for a usable surface of 68%.
The LG Nexus 4 mobile phone works with one Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor and one Krait 200 (Quad-Core) with a 1.5 GHz clock speed. The following mobile phone does not have a 64-bit architecture processor.
Related the graphic part, the LG Nexus 4 takes advantage of Qualcomm Adreno 320 graphics card with 2 GB. You can actually use 16 GB of memory.
The LG Nexus 4 battery is Li-Polymer type with a maximum power of 2100 mAh amperes. The LG Nexus 4 was launched on October 2012 with Android 5.0 Lollipop
A problem with the LG Nexus 4? Contact the support: LG Support