G33k3r, Rohan32 and others at XDA-Developers may just save us from camping at the Google Play storefront through a new software hack.

ENGADGET: Rough hack converts an Optimus G to a Nexus 4, minus the constant sellouts

As it just so happens, a few lucky individuals have already done just that, and to prove it's momentarily possible, they've shared their success within the forums of xda-developers.

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