maxheadwound
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Looks like dust under the screen or dead pixel or crackling rear speaker.
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Nexus 7 2013 |OT| No SD card edition
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Looks like dust under the screen or dead pixel or crackling rear speaker.
friskykillface
Banned
I thought someone said you could watch amazon instant video on the amazon site.
it doesn't work for me.
it doesn't work for me.
Schrade
Member
As far as I know there's no app that works currently.
I can use it from Firefox + using Flash Plugin though.
sparky2112
Member
What dictates whether an existing app shows up on the Play store? I read all my magazines via Next Issue, and I can't find it on the store. Is this a 4.3 thing? Does everything have to be resubmitted in order to appear? I'm confused...
AngmarsKing701
Member
What is Next Issue? I can't find it on the Play store (using S3).
I finally get my 16gb tomorrow.. I hope I don't have any of those issues. The one that I was testing for a co-worker did have a trapped dust particle. When I showed it to her, she couldn't see it at all and thus didn't care. I'm pretty picky, so I don't know if I could tolerate it...
GPS seemed to be fine, and I only managed to lock it up once after hours of usage (in settings).
GPS seemed to be fine, and I only managed to lock it up once after hours of usage (in settings).
Just in time for the UK launch, obviously to make up for making us wait.
Schrade
Member
That sounds like a stuck pixel. Look for stuck pixel exercisers in the play store.
Basically, they'll either place a block of cycling colors on the screen, you move it to where you need a pixel exercised or it'll just do the entire screen. You can also try to massage the spot a little bit with some pressure once in a while.
Some people can get lucky and unstick a pixel. Depends on how badly it's stuck.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Every time I see this thread I expect an LTE Nexus announcement. 
Downside: it no longer automatically goes into landscape mode even if you have orientation locked.
Schrade
Member
It does for me, it just doesn't have the video fullscreened by default.
fatigues_gasolini
Member
Got mine today and had no issue with pixels. Haven't had a tablet in a while, but this is way better than my Xoom
Well yeah, that's what I really meant.
hemtae
Member
I was going from las Vegas to the grand canyon and the gps cut out before I had left Vegas and didn't come back on when I had reached the Grand Canyon.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Oh ok, mine doesn't have that problem thankfully.
I did the dead pixel test and no dead pixels either.
The first day I got it I did the same test and everything was perfect, but just yesterday I checked again and saw the red pixel.
I used a fixer app, and it flashed a bunch of colors very quickly for 30 minutes, but it's still there. I'm doing it a second time.
So does this mean it will most likely stay stuck? Will this get worse over time if I don't get it fixed?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
No issues here so far though I haven't tried wireless charging.
surrealist
Member
I had to do yet another factory reset after receiving the Nexus screen of death. I am asking Amazon for a return. My old Acer Iconia has never had any issues.
It's unfortunate, because overall it's a nice device. Too bad Sony refuses to make a competing 7 inch tablet.
It's unfortunate, because overall it's a nice device. Too bad Sony refuses to make a competing 7 inch tablet.
sparky2112
Member
Next Issue is an app that basically lets you read any Time Inc., Conde Nast, (and others) magazines for $15 a month. It's the Netflix of magazines, basically. iOs and Android, but I can't find the Android version, which is nutty. I'm watching my wife use it on an older Samsung tablet, but can't find it on the Nexus.
At this point this is my only gripe with my Android devices vs my older iDevices. That said I'm using them so they drain anyway so it isn't much of an issue for me.... It makes it harder to recommend to lighter users.
I have not experienced that at all. I've let my tablet sit all day while I am work for 8-9 hours, and when I get home it has only lost maybe 3-5%.
Most of the time I only charge the tablet once every three days or so.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Is the 16GB good enough for you guys? It seems most of you got the 16GB but I figured 32GB would be more popular with how little a bump in price it is to double the storage.
I was going to get the 16GB model but I know it wouldn't be enough, and yeah, for £40 I'm not going to risk running out of space.
Schrade
Member
Here's the link to Next Issue on the Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nim.discovery
It says it's incompatible with my Nexus 7 (2013)
The way I see it: it's enough for 12 hours worth of HD video, which is basically enough for any international flight.
Has anyone bought the Slimline Poetic, Moko, or any of the other highly rated cheap cases on Amazon? I think I'm going to need something that offers some pretty decent protection as I plan to be doing some traveling. I see there's a Seido Active case on there that looks solid but it's like $45. I'm trying to keep the added bulk down while still giving some decent protection.
Bought my rooCase Origami version for 99 cents plus shipping. Love the versatility.
Hrm...looks interesting but covers a lot of the face, which I'm not a big fan of.
sparky2112
Member
Didn't it take a few more days for the 32 to hit stores? But, yes, when even my own wife said, '$40 for double the storage? DUH.'...
Btw, after one week, I LOVE this thing. I'm still stunned by the screen when it's side-by-side with my iPad 1.
Well that's what the bezel is for
Plus it's more secure than just having it clipped to the edges which has potential to pop out when dropped, seen it happened a couple times with my fiancee's phone.
battery life?
seems fine to me.
I am getting similar results. Half of the time is spent video streaming, but I do have WiFi set to off when it's inactive. Though when I had WiFi set to always connect, I think I would probably lose like 5%-%6 in like 10-12 hours...
I've been so busy with work that I actually haven't used the tablet much at all. I checked last night and I believe it was at at 3.5 hours of screen time at 55%, after being on for over 2 days. I had streamed video for an hour before I went to bed. So pretty much it's consistently 6-7 hours on screen for me with medium/heavy usage
A major factor in battery life is going to be the brightness the screen is set at - I keep mine at 10% basically all the time, and the battery life is fantastic (about 2 days of which includes ~20 hours of idling on IRC with occasional use, ~1 hour of email/web use, and ~1.5 hour of video watching). I find that brightness to be more than sufficient, and anything above, say, 40 I would find eye searingly bright in any indoor condition (that doesn't involve open/clear roof, anyway).
My daughter is getting the message, "Can't connect to the camera," when she tries to take a picture. I've googled around and found mentions of the error, but no solutions. Anyone else get this? A major feature just turned itself off.
Edit: and how do you check for the "GPS bug". I've heard of this but don't know what it is.
Edit: and how do you check for the "GPS bug". I've heard of this but don't know what it is.
I tried multiple pixel fixer apps, but it seems that it only got worse. Now I can see the red dot on blue backgrounds on top of the black background initially.
I think I'm gonna have to contact Amazon for a replacement. I'd be okay if this was on the corner, but it's more in the middle of the bottom half.
EDIT: Does anyone know if watching videos for a prolonged period of time have an effect on getting stuck pixels? I'm trying to figure out how this happened, because I know when I got it early this month it didn't have this.
I think I'm gonna have to contact Amazon for a replacement. I'd be okay if this was on the corner, but it's more in the middle of the bottom half.
EDIT: Does anyone know if watching videos for a prolonged period of time have an effect on getting stuck pixels? I'm trying to figure out how this happened, because I know when I got it early this month it didn't have this.
Welp, it's been three weeks since I bought my Nexus 7 and last night I ran into my first problem. I turned it on and the thing was stuck on the X logo screen. It wouldn't load past it. I restarted it and tried again and even let it sit for about five minutes, but it wouldn't go any further. I wanted to see if I could get it replaced at Staples where I got it, but I was past the 14 day refund/exchange period.
So, I tried the factory reset using Recovery mode and wiped it clean and it worked. I'm just afraid it's going to keep happening until it completely craps out.
So, I tried the factory reset using Recovery mode and wiped it clean and it worked. I'm just afraid it's going to keep happening until it completely craps out.
How far past the 14 days were you? Did you get it at launch?
Hopefully just a one time thing.
Google will exchange no problems.
Battersea Power Station
Member
Are there any LTE rumors?
It's been 23 days now. It's working now that I did a reset, but it can always reoccur like others have said.
I didn't buy from Google though and I read someone say they will not replace it if it was bought elsewhere. I'm going to ask Google anyway to make sure.
rohlfinator
Member
Mine's been okay, except a couple of times some app has glitched out and just killed the battery overnight. Usually Pocket or MediaServer. It seems like there's a bug that keeps it from going into full standby all the time.
My roommate picked up the slim Moko case and it's kind of disappointing. Build quality seems a bit shoddy and the latch doesn't close all the way. I had the same case for the original Nexus 7 and that version was a lot better, this one just seems rushed.
Here's what I'm talking about.
1. go into currents and disable sync
2. Turn off google now if you don't use it
those things will improve standby battery life. Same as the OG N7, and every other android device.
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