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Nexus 7 2013 |OT| No SD card edition
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FallingEdge
Member
OK thanks, I didn't understand half of the jargon but at least I know it's an option.
So you don't get the speaker hiss/crackle?
I went through two models with it and threads on android forums tend to call it a common thing, bit if there are models without it I might try to exchange again.
A hard reboot didn't do it, but I'm going to try again in the morning. If that doesn't do it, I'll try to do some research, then look into returning it.
So I sold my iPad 2 today and went back to the nexus. I had the 1st gen Nexus 7 before selling it to go try out iPads for awhile. Well I got tired of living in Apples closed little world and lugging that huge fucker everywhere. So far I'm loving the HD screen, and I like being able to tinker with the OS again! So far so good, hope it stays that way.
Schrade
Member
I could never understand how people can stand having to use iTunes to do everything with their device. Stuff like that makes me feel uncomfortable heh.
Yeah, that was a huge pain in the ass. Just putting movies on it was a chore.
maxheadwound
Member
I am using itunes for all my media and do not have any problems with it. I enjoy having one program that can do my music, podcasts video and audio, movies and tvshow. No chore here
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Anyone in the UK received their n7 thus morning? Any issues with it?
maxheadwound
Member
Would be good to get some feedback from the guys here in the UK
maxheadwound
Member
Cool, awaiting your feedback...
Battersea Power Station
Member
You know one thing I haven't seen discussed much and I'm unclear on is how the multiple users things work. Can you set it up for two people so that when a person signs in, his respective Google account is logged in to all the apps? Or is it just to restrict app usage to users?
I got it about an hour late, but whatever, it's here.
So far, so good. No screen issues at all. And my God what a screen it is, it's beautiful. So far I've got her rooted which was a piece of piss even for a first timer like myself. I haven't had much time with it but it's good so far, I'll give some proper thoughts on it later.
I use the 7 as my primary tablet currently but prior hadn't had to use iTunes for anything other than importing my Amazon bought music into Match for prob almost 2 years.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Dammit Google, hurry up with the LTE model. I've been tablet-less since selling my iPad a month ago.
EDIT: Never mind, all of the links I were finding were useless.
EDIT: I will say I HATE the volume and power buttons, you can barely feel them and they're a pain in the ass to press, they really should have been more raised.
Oops, I meant to edit my post, not quote you. Sorry.
maxheadwound
Member
Nice one... I am going to give this device a good look at when its in the shops. My biggest thing is the battery. I cannot have a tablet that I need to charge every night as my multi plug is already full with other crap thats charging :-}
Yeah mediaserver was my primary drainer at about 37% usage. Currents and Now were already disabled right away. I'm sure it was Picasso attempting to rescan my huge library. I'm on day three and I can say with confidence that I'm glad I waited for tablets to get truly awesome before making the plunge. Everyone I show it to at work wants one immediately lol.
Edit: nm its just Google music player. Checked battery and mediaserver cuilprit was back again. I have to block that app from starting on its own.
AngmarsKing701
Member
I keep hearing about rooting. What are the benefits? How easy is it for someone who has absolutely no clue what he's doing?
Not sure if anyone's posted this here or not, but Tesco has a ridiculously good deal on the Nexus 7 at the moment.
First up, sign up for Quidco.com. Quidco is a website that offers cashback on various items bought online. It's really awesome - saved me close to £500 over the years.
Access Tesco through your Quidco link. This way, you'll get cashback on your Nexus 7 purchase (mine tracked at just over £8 for my 16gb Nexus 7 purchase).
Then, on Tesco's site, use the voucher code 'TDX-MJGQ' to knock off £20 from the price. I also got double clubcard points since I used my Tesco credit card, so I made £3.58 worth of points clubcard points, too.
In total, my Nexus 7 16gb cost me just over £165. Absolute bargain at that price.
First up, sign up for Quidco.com. Quidco is a website that offers cashback on various items bought online. It's really awesome - saved me close to £500 over the years.
Access Tesco through your Quidco link. This way, you'll get cashback on your Nexus 7 purchase (mine tracked at just over £8 for my 16gb Nexus 7 purchase).
Then, on Tesco's site, use the voucher code 'TDX-MJGQ' to knock off £20 from the price. I also got double clubcard points since I used my Tesco credit card, so I made £3.58 worth of points clubcard points, too.
In total, my Nexus 7 16gb cost me just over £165. Absolute bargain at that price.
1st unit:
no dead/stuck pixel, had gps lock issue until firmware update, wireless charge does not work. too late to return it for exchange so I will probably just open it to fix wireless charge later or send it in to google when I feel like it.
2nd unit:
gps does not work AT ALL and I couldn't get update from Google so I had to unlock it and flash it myself then gps works, 2 stuck pixels, wireless charge works. probably going to keep it just because wireless charge works and the stuck pixels are at corner of the screen.
3rd unit:
arriving today... guess we'll see how it goes...
They need to push the new update out quicker. The fundamental issues it fixes is too important.
no dead/stuck pixel, had gps lock issue until firmware update, wireless charge does not work. too late to return it for exchange so I will probably just open it to fix wireless charge later or send it in to google when I feel like it.
2nd unit:
gps does not work AT ALL and I couldn't get update from Google so I had to unlock it and flash it myself then gps works, 2 stuck pixels, wireless charge works. probably going to keep it just because wireless charge works and the stuck pixels are at corner of the screen.
3rd unit:
arriving today... guess we'll see how it goes...
They need to push the new update out quicker. The fundamental issues it fixes is too important.
Google don't do mass roll outs any more and for a damn good reason. I work for a software company and we do something similar. You don't want to have to deploy on thousands (if not millions) of devices to find out that there's an issue and have to send out yet another update to fix the problem. Staged rolls out stop this as you can control the volume of the roll out. If you're that bothered you could have flashed it yourself without much of a problem.
As for dead pixels? When you've got 2,280,000 pixels to deal with, one or two are likely to show up. Panels are never perfect.
I understand the reason but the experience for first time consumer is terrible without the update -- too many god damn gps, muti touch issues. All the devices do the initial update when you first boot up anyway so push out this new one instead of the other broken piece of crap. This tablet is for my sister, she wouldn't know shit about flashing it herself if it wasn't for me. This isn't iPad where you just click a few buttons in iTune.
In case it's not clear, I bought 3 units to KEEP. I'm not looking for a perfect panel. I just wish all 3 are as perfect as they can be instead of each having its own issue.
maxheadwound
Member
damn thats a good deal. Thanks for posting
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to tablets and Android and I had no problem rooting it at all, I used wugfresh which makes it very simple. If you can read and follow on screen instructions you'll be fine, plus there's Youtube videos that will guide you through it.
So far I'm loving it, I still can't get over the screen. The only negatives so far are the volume/power buttons as I said earlier and the length of the power cable, it's so short it's just ridiculous.
If that is the case I'd be more inclined to get it exchanged if you don't want to go through the hassle of flashing a new factory image on it to test. Potentially it could be bad flash memory screwing with driver/software.
Fortunately, a hard reboot this morning fixed it. She'd done one already, but a second did it. Hopefully it's just a software glitch.
rohlfinator
Member
I've only played with it for a few minutes, but it seems to use separate Google accounts. I set up my old Nexus 7 for my mom to use, and her "user" requires its own Google login to download apps, log into Gmail, etc. Setting up the second user is basically the same process as the out-of-box setup. It doesn't even see any of my original apps by default, just the standard Google apps (though I believe there's a way for me to share my apps to the other account if I want to).
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Nope. I watched Mallrats on this thing last night through the Xfinity app, and I didn't want to bother with my IEMs. I had no sound issues what so ever.
Mediaserver deals with photos/music/videos. Try turning off all the sync stuff for your goggle accounts/facebook and then start turning them on piece by piece. i.e. only sync music, then add g+ photos, then facebook, etc.
AngmarsKing701
Member
What are the benefits of rooting?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Funny as we basically 110% agree if you look at my review. We both love the screen, and have the same minor complaints.
The only things I have sync on for are app data, calendar, contacts, gmail and people. I'll try your suggestion anyway though thanks. I've noticed that Music Player will start on its own every boot. In cached processes only suspect one there seems to be media, but I think that one might necessary.
Not on iOS, no. However he said he doesn't listen to music at all which is usually what makes usage stats on iOS look so crazy good.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Seems to be a symptom of all the current high end tablets. Fast chipset to power super displays means these things get warm. People had the same issue with the retina iPad when it hit.
mine gets like that too, i think it is normal.
That's good then. Wasn't a major problem just wanted to make sure I didn't have some odd launch problem.
The Faceless Master
Member
oh so it's anytime its not idle? or just stuff like music playback with the screen off?
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