Its got a bit more jerky since the 4.2 update. Project butter is certainly not 100% locking things at 60fps. They will get there eventually but its still not particularly smooth. If you have a lot of apps background updating this can tend to cause lag as well.
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Nexus 7 |OT| Google's $199 7-inch tablet by Asus
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Its got a bit more jerky since the 4.2 update. Project butter is certainly not 100% locking things at 60fps. They will get there eventually but its still not particularly smooth. If you have a lot of apps background updating this can tend to cause lag as well.
ThatObviousUser
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More than that. (10 hours web browsing, 300 hours standby.)
Hmm. Something must be wrong with my 16GB. Streaming playback 9-10 hours seem right, but I'll be lucky to last 120 hours on standby.
ThatObviousUser
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Just going by the official Play page.
The Faceless Master
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i'm guessing the standby time must mean on a factory reset clean unit that has been powered on for the first time and has no accounts associated and doesn't sync anything
Alex
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Which are very bloated, the one complaint I have with the device versus an iPad is the battery is much worse. With an iPad I typically got 10-11 hours of web. On the Nexus it's 5-7.
The more I look into the Nexus 7, the more it interests me, but I'm too conflicted right now in determining what I want in a portable device. I've been really interested in getting a Surface Pro, but the N7 and the reviews are making it sound really good. I know the Surface Pro is a fully fleshed out ultraportable laptop type device and the Nexus is a tablet, but they each have their features and I'm wondering if I would just be better off using my laptop for computing stuff and just buying an N7 for stuff on the go, like web browsing, watching videos, reading.
If I end up getting a Nexus, would it be smart to get one around now? Is there a newer version coming up within a month or two I would regret not waiting for?
If I end up getting a Nexus, would it be smart to get one around now? Is there a newer version coming up within a month or two I would regret not waiting for?
No. the battery life actually seems worse to me with the latest updates
Canis lupus
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Any thread for Nexus 10 or isn't that popular?
Canis lupus
Member
Thanks, its a shame this tablet is only available in a select Euro countries.
CountAntonius
Member
Yea project butter has a ways to go. Mine has been locking up hear and there. Like having a PC with really low ram. Could it be the under 6 gig thing? I haven't tried a factory reset cause I don't don't want to have to redownload everything.
I somehow ended up buying this thing. 250 for the 32gb one sounded too good. Just downloaded ff3 and some app that enables YouTube playback in the background. Any must have apps?
My first impressions: surprisingly awesome. I'm not a huge fan of writing with a touchscreen but i guess i get used to this. That's really my only complaint so far, too easy to hit a wrong letter.
My first impressions: surprisingly awesome. I'm not a huge fan of writing with a touchscreen but i guess i get used to this. That's really my only complaint so far, too easy to hit a wrong letter.
I'll try to convert a video from 8 to 10 bit and test it for you.
edit: I tested 1080p@10bit with DTS audio. It kinda works...
MX Player with H/W decoder for 10bit works, but the video was choppy... so 720p COULD work!
The audio (DTS) however did not work at all/is not supported.
Hope this helps.
goo.im OTA told me that SmoothROM has an update!
xda link for those who want to try it: [ROM][Dec 15][4.2.1] SmoothROM v4.2-Smoothest ROM, Deodex/Zipalign, Tablet UI Support
xda link for those who want to try it: [ROM][Dec 15][4.2.1] SmoothROM v4.2-Smoothest ROM, Deodex/Zipalign, Tablet UI Support
VindictiveGnome
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ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0
pm.sleep_mode=1
I typed those two pieces of code into my build.prop on my TF700 to save battery. Will this help if I do this on my Nexus 7?
pm.sleep_mode=1
I typed those two pieces of code into my build.prop on my TF700 to save battery. Will this help if I do this on my Nexus 7?
Cheers for doing this was very helpful
Fuck. I used S/W decoding. It runs PERFECTLY with H/W decoding. 1080p frame perfect.
The only thing which did not work was DTS audio.
edit: Another fun fact: DicePlayer with libffmpeg.so plugin works great with DTS audio, but only uses S/W decoding for the video -> choppy.
I need video from MX and audio from Dice and it would be perfect. :lol
Phoenix
Member
April/May will see some sort of bump.
Phoenix
Member
The Nexus7 or hell even the older Samsung Nexus would be fine for you. In fact I'd say any competent development team would want a nexus phone and nexus 7.
A coworker bought a surface and brought it in the other day. I couldn't find one redeeming feature. It truly is the worst of both (tablet/laptop) worlds.
You can fix it yourself with forever gone from the play store. After that it shouldn't do it again on 4.2.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What's the bug?
Thanks
I believe the N7 will start lagging a bit. I don't think it's a general bug.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Understand that I'm not an IT pro, but I'm pretty sure that Wi-Fi standards are industry standards and you should be OK pretty much the world over.
Hopefully someone will speak up with more certainty, but I'm fairly confident.
The n7 wasn't running TRIM on 4.1. Thus deleted files were effectively taking up space. It's now been fixed but using forever gone gets rid of all the garbage.
Antiwhippy
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OriginalThinking
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The Wi-Fi model will work anywhere in the world without problem.
Hmm, I've not heard of "Forever Gone" before, I'll have to give this a try. And it definitely takes away the lag when getting below 5GB or so? The low-space lag is a major annoyance for me but this app could be amazing if it stops lag.
So the lag is supposedly fixed in 4.21 anyway?
So the lag is supposedly fixed in 4.21 anyway?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The stuff you deleted before 4.2 might still be clogging your system.
Forever gone seems to have worked for me, seeing that my N7 seems to be much smoother now. There was a period where it seemed to have bricked my machine, but it came out fine in the end. Be careful though.
Forever gone seems to have worked for me, seeing that my N7 seems to be much smoother now. There was a period where it seemed to have bricked my machine, but it came out fine in the end. Be careful though.
To be honest, I've filled my N7 up a few times. And ran multiple ROM's etc so I'd imagine there's all kinds of crap that's supposedly cleared. I'll give it a go tonight.
PwnCakes193
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So what settings is everyone using for GTA Vice City? It runs choppy on my 7 and I'm essentially running at max. It shouldn't have a problem running it though, should it? I mean I'm running Faux123 kernel and EOS 4. I have no issues with other games, even N64 ones.
OmegaTreeFish
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I have only played it a bit but I put everything on max and it runs fine. odd frame rate drop here and there but pretty smooth for the most part.
I have the 32gig model with at least half the space free still I think. Also try to not have much running in the back ground.
I think you would still want to run forever gone. As I don't think the update removes all the undeleted files. It just stops it from happening again.
4.2 has brought in lag from elsewhere. It seems like a rushed update.
perryfarrell
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Just picked up a Nexus 7. So cheap. Enjoying it so far. My music and books are on the Amazon cloud--but it's very easy to get that all up and running. In general I think ecosystems do matter, but nowadays you can access different content providers easily from different devices, so it becomes less of a factor in the purchase decision.
I've tried to figure out whether Diceplayer supports .sub extension subtitles, but it doesn't seem to work. Does any other Android videoplayer support that extension?
I've tried to figure out whether Diceplayer supports .sub extension subtitles, but it doesn't seem to work. Does any other Android videoplayer support that extension?
Decided on this instead of the ipad mini for my wife. Couldn't pass on the price and storage size and I got some hands on with the mini and didn't like it all that much. I still need to get some hands on with this, but no store around has them out for display. I checked both Best Buy and Target and they only display the Nexus 10 and ipad lineup. Anyone know what stores typically have them out or should I just keep checking around till I find one.