Thanks for the reply...

I am by no means saying the n900 is faster, or that the battery lasts longer than the nexus 4. Far from it. It's dog slow, and has half the battery life at best. But the n900 just works (except for the annoying ringtone bug pali is working on).

I am not computer literate anymore when it comes to Android, but it feels as if the entire java vm just craps out once in a while. Nothing of the kind ever happened to my N900.