14 DAY TRIAL // Nexus 4, the latest smartphone out there to have been released as part of Google’s popular smartphone series, has started to receive a new OS flavor last week, namely the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean platform, and it seems that users have begun seeing some issues with their devices following the upgrade.
Some of the affected Nexus 4 owners claim that the handset is overheating following the update, while others report failures to start properly.
Some of the users affected by this problem claim that the Nexus 4 will only show the Google screen and then the X screen in an infinite loop, a recent article on phonesreview.co.uk notes.
Others say that their smartphones no longer ask for the pin code after boot, and that the homescreen button no longer works.
Other issues reported by users include very slow performance, unresponsive touch, and problems with unlocking the device (the handset does not offer the option to enter the unlocking code).
Furthermore, some suggest that apps have disappeared from their Nexus 4 units, and that signal strength is a mess. For some users, the Android 4.3 update brought along a continuous series of crashes, while others claim that some of the photos in the gallery are no longer there.
Some of these problems are said to be fixable through a factory reset, though it is clearly not the most welcomed workaround for many.
However, not all Nexus 4 units are affected by such issues, that’s for sure. In fact, many users report that their smartphones are running smoother following the update, and that the overall performance of some applications has been greatly improved.
Given that there’s a chance that things won’t go as planned with the update, users should consider backing up their data before kicking off the process, provided that they haven’t got the chance to upgrade their devices already, as SlashGear suggests.