Galaxy Nexus problems

I have been having problems with my phone lately and I have had to search internet for information on how to fix them. I do not have a phone from any operator, so they cannot help be fix it per se. Also I have had my phone for almost 1,5 years, which means that the guarantee is closed (it was for one year). How am I not surprised that once the guarantee closes the phone starts to break. 

So first problem that I have had for few weeks now maybe closer to month is that one of my chargers (which I use with PC) is not working with my Nexus. It works fine with other phone. So I have had to change the cord; luckily I have three of them. Continuing on this problem few weeks back my phone started to show that it is still charging while it actually was not charging. I had to take my screensaver away as it ate my battery. I have noticed that the phone does still keep coming alive showing my slide to unlock screen; sometimes it comes alive every minute and sometimes once in a while. Don't know what is causing this. 

Second problem is that when I reboot my phone it eats a  lot of battery. I have seen once that it went from about 50% to 11% and I had to recharge it again. Then when I went to see the report [on Battery app] it showed that once I had hooked it up it went up to 50% and continued to charge from there. I was out and about yesterday and my phone went from 100% charged to 0% in about 3,5 hours. The discharging is most likely caused by the first problem or some background process. Online I have found in few places that the reason might be a hardware problem and that you cannot fix it yourself. Some say that you can fix this with an app. Others say that it is because of the mini-usb thingy is a bit loose and you can FIY with a knife. I have tried to jimmy the little tongue up a bit, but it has not brought a definite fix. Maybe slowed down a bit the blinking. So still an ongoing process.

Third problem is that sometimes when I close my phone (shut it down I mean) it restarts by itself. There is no way the phone should be doing this, but somehow it is. I have fixed this by taking the battery out and putting it back in. So my conclusion is that there has been a background process that has forced the phone to open up again. 

Fourth problem is that the phone stays unresponsive. This can happen if I am using the phone or when it has been idle for awhile. The start/close button is useless in these cases and I have to take the battery out to be able to use the phone again. Sometimes it takes time when it has been in idle mode to wake up and even my computer does not recognize the phone. For this I read that someone who had had the same problem had to choose the screen brightness not to be automatic. Something in the automatic process jams the phone. So I have not chosen the half bright option. Lets see if that helps at all.

Fifth problem is that the top area (where the camera is) warms up occasionally. I am not quite sure what causes it. It might be that it is because of the first problem i.e. the flickering screen. Which my phone just started to do again. This time twice a minute. Well almost twice a minute. Just blinking. Oh, now it stopped, no it didn't. Well anyway I think that blinking takes so much energy that it heats up the phone. Usually if I watch something or have been talking with someone for a long time the phone heats up, but it is more that the whole phone is warm. Now only the top part of the phone is warm. *Gosh! Stop blinking already*

Maybe sixth problem. This actually is most likely a problem with the operator and not with the phone. I tried to call my sister and the phone did not carry any voice over to me. My sister however heard me loud and clear. I tried my other phone where I have my finnish connection at the moment, and it did not work with the Wind connection. Bummer. It did work on my work phone, but the same problem still stayed.

So it seems that I might need to buy a new phone. I had hoped that I could use my other phone, but as the Wind connection is not able to use it that option is out. I am just thinking what kind of a phone should I get. I am not happy that the phone only lasted this little while. I am used to keeping my phones for years and not changing them after a year. Oh, well it is a smart phone so I can't expect them to last long. The only thing is that if the phone dies, and I start using my work phone as a backup, then I am not able to use WhatsApp or Line. Annoying to have phone problems.