Nexus 4 Owners:

[Skinleech]

theres a widget that does it better than the notification bar anyway.

Yeah, I suppose there is. It's just getting out of the habit of what I was used to doing plus it seems like a pointless series of taps needed for something so basic.

[Agent]

The way Cynogen does it is perfect for me. Immediate access to toggling the wifi, data and lots of other things. No need to go to other pages.

[watercooled]

Pull down the notification bar with two fingers for immediate access to the quick settings panel then *hold* things like the WiFi button to toggle on/off.

I left the cover on the back, got a case and went with a Clarivue screen protector which I'm happy with. The bevelled glass at the edge of the N4 screen means protectors will either not fully cover the screen or will peel up at the sides, the Clarivue does the former, but the case I chose actually wraps round near to where the screen protector ends anyway.

[bytejunkie]

Pull down the notification bar with two fingers for immediate access to the quick settings panel then *hold* things like the WiFi button to toggle on/off.

good tip that.

[Notorious544d]

I have Paranoid Android on my Nexus 4 and I love it.

Regarding your questions though, I've owned my N4 for a good 8 months. I don't use a screen protector nor a case (I use a pouch). In terms of battery life, I get a full day with 4.5 hours screen on time, but that's on Paranoid Android with Greenify (great app btw). I can't comment on stock since the first thing I did when I got my N4 was root it.
I do remember there being lots of unnecessary plastic when I unboxed my phone, so I think the back thing is supposed to come off. I don't remember there being an IEMI number though...

[watercooled]

Yeah the back cover is just packaging, like the front one, but there's no harm leaving it on.

[Notorious544d]

I guess so, but the plastic dilutes the beautiful N4 back. Glass has a nice cool feeling to the touch.

[Ciber]

theres a widget that does it better than the notification bar anyway.

I bought the switcher app for that.

[tincaman]

Just took delivery of a wireless charger from here
http://www.ahappydeal.com/product-137289.html worked out at £16. Took 10 days to arrive to the UK. My N4 is currently sat on it and charging happily, which it needs more often after the 4.3 update

[ik9000]

i got this case from Amazon - it's robust but isn't too large that it feels much bigger than the phone itself. And it doesn't ruin its looks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Google...dp/B00B7QGT6U/

Does anyone bother with orbot / orweb? Is it worth it?

[Ciber]

charging happily, which it needs more often after the 4.3 update

My battery life got much worse after 4.3 as well and I don't know why. Also Skype video calls now crash my phone every time. It just turns itself off and on again mid call.

[Mehta23]

Probably a bit too late, but media devil do a great set of screen protectors.
And with my experience of 'battery saver' apps, it's better to just control everything yourself. I found that it just turned off settings that I could do without something running in the background and doing it.

[watercooled]

TBH those battery saver apps tend to do the opposite of what they claim anyway, or have some sort of placebo effect. There's not much they can do besides reducing the wakelock frequency of supported apps, the OS will use low power states where possible anyway, and an app isn't going to have that sort of access.

[directhex]

(Nokia charger doesn't work with Nexus 4)

[AJRDLawrence]

I've not had any problems with battery life on my Nexus 4 since Android 4.3 JWR66V or even JWR66Y, but my WiFi range / power took a big hit. On 4.2.2 I can get a full 72Mbps link speed in my bedroom (my Asus RT-N66U router is downstairs) but after the update at best I get 24Mbps and at worst around 12Mbps. Re flashing the Occam 4.2.2 JDQ39 Factory Image cures that particular problem.

I am also unable to connect to any 5GHz WiFi whether it be dual band or an isolated SSID, but prior to 4.3 JWR66V I could connect to my old router in 5GHz only mode just fine. Flashing either JDQ39 or JWR66Y does not fix this problem though WiFi scanner apps still see the 5GHz SSID's albeit at a very low power so I suspect the premature 4.3 JWR66V release may have caused some permanent damage to my Nexus 4's radio.

[watercooled]

I doubt it's permanent and it will probably be patched in 4.3.1, but the 'change it for the sake of it' crew seem to love breaking things both on Android and Google's Apps.

TBH I'm not sure having *teh latest* version of Android is all it's cracked up to be - MFRs like Samsung/HTC/etc probably actually bother to do some testing before releasing updates. The stock releases seem to get pushed out far too aggressively to be given the title 'stable'.