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[Daniel Drennan ElAwar <drennan@xxxxxxxxx>]

The same exact thing just happened to me. 

I researched other phones until I found out it is possible to buy replacement screen/digitizers for the Nexus 4, as well as the replacement adhesive strips for it. 

I found mine on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Teseko-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Assembly/dp/B01JU42V76/ref=pd_cp_107_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01JU42V76&pd_rd_r=MBDXK5RPEP00PJ0G0SN1&pd_rd_w=FKIRt&pd_rd_wg=d0tMN&psc=1&refRID=MBDXK5RPEP00PJ0G0SN1

https://www.amazon.com/Pre-cut-Double-Side-Adhesive-Sticker-Digitizer/dp/B00L3JU430

https://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Touchscreen-Digitizer-Professional-Tweezers/dp/B00YA3DKVO/ref=sr_1_4?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1484757689&sr=1-4&keywords=adhesive+cell+phone+repair

Much cheaper than a new phone; I really like my Nexus 4 and will refuse to upgrade until I am forced to. #Nexus4Life, as they say!

You can find a million "how to" repair videos on YouTube. I watched a few of them until I had an idea of the whole process. It's pretty straightforward.

Good luck!

Daniel

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On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:10:55 +0000, Unix One wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Few days ago I dropped my Nexus 4 which rendered the bottom portion of 
> the screen to no longer recognize swipes. I use my phone as
> 
> - my main phone (email, phone, contacts, texts, RSS, music including 
> bluetooth, podcasts, etc.)
> - development device for casual development (I have 1 small app)
> - tethering device for my laptop (USB tether)
> 
> I also enjoyed relative stability and bleeding edge combination by being 
> on rc-proposed channel but now I can't use significant functionality of 
> many apps because of the broken screen.
> 
> Should I:
> 
> - get another Nexus 4
> - get Nexus 5
> - get Meizu MX5 android version
> - wait to see if there are any announcements during MWC in February
> - give up on Ubuntu Touch device for now
> 
> I'm in the USA, using T-Mobile network (so not sure about Meizu). What 
> would you recommend - what would you do?
> 
> Request: please don't turn this into another roadmap discussion thread; 
> I'm genuinely curious what people would suggest I do.
> 
> Thank you!