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Why wouldn't you just replace the battery and back cover? A new battery can be had for as little as $6 and a cover is cheap. I've replaced two puffy batteries in my Nexus 4 without any problems and the phone runs fine. It's not having a great time keeping up with the current generations of cell networks but it's still a pretty stellar device.

Some day soon I'm going to really have to try and hunt down a ~4" handset to replace this one... :(