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Nexus 7 |OT| Google's $199 7-inch tablet by Asus
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The Faceless Master
Member
try removing your google account and making one for them.
No doubt, it can do all of those, and likely alot better than the fire.
rohlfinator
Member
Ah, that may be my problem. I'll have to check the actual numbers when I get home, but those speeds sound more in line with what I'm getting.
radioheadrule83
Banned
This seems to have been very very popular in the UK over Christmas... I can't find one of these for love nor money. Amazon sellers seem to be hiking their prices as well
TangoAlphaLima
Member
This is only an issue with the 16GB version, correct? Not the 8GB or 32GB? I got my mother-in-law the 32GB for Christmas, I'd hate to have this be an issue for her down the line.
Dead Prince
Banned
just install lots of stuff until you reach like 10-15GB left lol.
Try Falcon Pro.
Nicktendo86
Member
Indeed, my mother in law got my fiancé and her husband one for Christmas (after I recommended it). My fiancé took it to work today and everyone wanted to know what is was, tried to order and was sold out. I bwt it sold like crazy.
Buddha Beam
Banned
Is there some magical trick to getting this thing to create a playlist? I go into the default music player app, create a new playlist, a little box at the bottom says it created the playlist, but then... No playlist is there. I've killed out the music app and everything all to no avail. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: or should I just download a new player? If so, which is the best one? Preferably free, but I'm not against paying..
Edit: or should I just download a new player? If so, which is the best one? Preferably free, but I'm not against paying..
Once you've created a new playlist, go find the music you want to add and then click the triangle icon to the right of the track, album, or artist you want to add to the playlist. Click "Add to playlist" and then pick the playlist you want to add it to.
Buddha Beam
Banned
Thanks, that worked rather nicely. Do you know if there's a way to add songs faster? It'd be nice of you could just tap an icon and add it to the playlist.
Fasten your seat belt...
The player has a built-in "queue". It automatically appends stuff to the queue when you ask it to play something. If you haven't been clearing the queue, there is probably already a ton of stuff in it which you've played in the past.
Whenever there is anything in the queue, a play control bar appears at the bottom of the screen (whether something is playing or not). You can bring up the current track in the queue by tapping on the album art in the lower left corner. Once you've done that, you can click the three horizontal bars to the right of the track name and artist to view the contents of the queue (it will position the list at the current track, which might be in the middle of the queue...scroll up if you want to find the earlier stuff in the queue).
You can clear the queue by tapping the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the screen and tapping "Clear queue". Or you can save the contents of the queue to a new playlist by tapping "Save queue".
So, if you want to create a new playlist, you could do the following:
1. Clear the queue (explained above) unless you want to include all the stuff which is already in the queue (probably not).
2. Go through your music and find stuff you want to add. Tap the triangle and tap "add to queue". Keep doing that until you've added everything you want.
3. Go back to the queue (click the album art in the lower left corner of the display) and then tap the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the display to select "Save queue". Type the name of the playlist (might have to be a new playlist...I haven't tried typing the name of an existing playlist to see if it will append to it...be careful because it might do something unfriendly like clobber the old list with the same name).
Hope that is clear. If not, let me know and I'll try to clarify.
If you don't care about creating a permanent playlist, just use the queue and don't bother saving it to a playlist. The queue is basically just a built-in nameless playlist.
Camera.
opticalmace
Member
Is there a way to stream music to the Nexus 7? I'm in Canada, so I don't think I can use the Google Play music thingy.
You'll find everything you need HERE and, well, even what you probably don't need
Honestly, without a proper keyboard, I don't think it would be very effective for taking notes, or only very short ones.
The Faceless Master
Member
nope. sold out everywhere. ebay = not a good price.
you can get the 32GB model for $50 more and no other $250 tablet comes close.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.modaco.cameralauncher&hl=en
well, i'm not in Canada to confirm, but from what i've read, all you need is a US proxy to *sign up* for Google Music, and then you can use it from anywhere in the world.
opticalmace
Member
Ahh, thanks for the tip. I'll give it a shot.
Gamestop
Might as well get a Note II or a Note 10.1.
Using capacitive styli are never good for writing notes. Feels like you're finger painting.
You don't have to sell me. I love this thing.
I just want to give him a link to a $199 16 GB, which is Google's price.
Seems I might have to wait a bit.
Did you charge it to full and use it for a good long while so the battery stat could sync up? Im pretty sure I remember hearing that brand new phones would do that sometimes until they were used for a bit. But maybe Im wrong.
The 32 is $249 in the US.
Yeah, I thought I'd read that somewhere, but figured I was wrong since the OP states it's $249 for the 16GB...guess that hasn't been updated.
Anyway, Amazon won't ship to my address (and they charge ~$275 for the 32GB anyway), so I guess my question still stands: is there a reputable online store that will ship to Australia for a decent price?
Staples, Walmart or OfficeMax. You'll have to be in store though, and call around to check stock first
storafötter
Member
Had mine for a few weeks (bought used) and I am loving it. However yesterday I dropped it from the bed and was terrified (due to the lack of gorilla glass and different reports), but no new scratch except the tablet opening more up on the middle which could be closed easily.
No, I returned the second one, too. Then the seller tried to turn it on and it wasnt working, which was weird, because I could at least turn it on.
They didn't have another one in stock, so I got my money back.....I think the nexus 7 hates me...
MeshuggahMan
Member
Add me to the list of new adopters. I honestly just put it on my list because I couldn't think of anything else to put on my list.. and I've always sort of been against ever owning a tablet. With that being said.... I LOVE THIS THING. I honestly can't put it down with all the games/books/comics/etc. I do with it.
I was curious.. I have a save for dungeon village on my galaxy s3 that I'd like to transfer over to my nexus and continue on there. Is rooting the 7 so I can use titanium backup the only feasible way to accomplish this?
I was curious.. I have a save for dungeon village on my galaxy s3 that I'd like to transfer over to my nexus and continue on there. Is rooting the 7 so I can use titanium backup the only feasible way to accomplish this?
Can you tell if the save is just a file on the storage partition? I used to transfer my RoboDefense save between devices constantly since it was just a file. I was rooted always but you definitely don't need to be rooted to just swap files back and forth.
You can also try MyBackup (might need pro to go between devices). It's a pretty good backup that doesn't lose much functionality without root.
BurritoBushido
Member
Question to any Android hacking experts. I broke my Nexus 7 screen, but it's still operational. Is there any way i can hack/root/jailbreak/whatever a Nexus 7 to use it with external equipment like a monitor and mouse and keyboard? Like a sort of underpowered computer?
Last I read it's not MHL compatible so you're out of luck.
The Tegra3 should support Miracast.
I guess If your TV has Miracast built-in and you use CM10.1 you may be able to stream to your TV.
There is also the possibility of installing ubuntu https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7, but I'm not sure if they support Miracast or something like usb2hdmi.
FunnyBunny
Member
I bought my Nexus 7 weeks ago, but only now have begun to explore gaming on it.
I downloaded a couple of my iOS favorites; Rayman Jungle Run, Mini Motor and Plants vs. Zombies. Performance is great and playing these games on a bigger screen is delightful!
I downloaded a couple of my iOS favorites; Rayman Jungle Run, Mini Motor and Plants vs. Zombies. Performance is great and playing these games on a bigger screen is delightful!
Are there any Miracast devices that plug into a TV via HDMI that would allow streaming video/music from my N7? Pretty much an alternative to AirPlay/ATV.