Introducing Nexus 7 = google android tablet

Patsy fyre

Really loving this device. Fantastic piece of kit. Now if only we could only get skygo working on it.

irishgeo

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Really loving this device. Fantastic piece of kit. Now if only we could only get skygo working on it.

the nexus 8 will be out before that happens, sky are **** at developing.

but they have to protect all the rights.

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

balkieb2002

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Just bought a game in the sale there for 25 cent using my free credit and it worked fine.

You have until Sept 2013 to use the free credit which is good as I still have over $40 left

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

ULMarc

I bought the Sixaxis app yesterday to try it out with GTA3.

The game and android both support gamepad controllers so, WOW, my amazement when all the Playstation controls worked exactly as expected. If I'm doing any travelling over the next few weeks this will be a must!

pedatron

ULMarc wrote: »

I bought the Sixaxis app yesterday to try it out with GTA3.

The game and android both support gamepad controllers so, WOW, my amazement when all the Playstation controls worked exactly as expected. If I'm doing any travelling over the next few weeks this will be a must!

Great to hear. Going to try it later tonight? Was the set up hard?

ULMarc

No, I just just did it kind of intuitively and then after a google realised there was nothing more to do. You sync it similar to how you'd sync the controller to a regular ps3 by plugging it in. Then you can plug it out and use it over bluetooth.

2 things I did was in the settings menu I checked Enable Gamepad. And the app also prompts you to enable the controller drivers as an input device.

There was no in game setup. Nor did I need to set up any profiles in the Sixaxis app

pedatron

ULMarc wrote: »

No, I just just did it kind of intuitively and then after a google realised there was nothing more to do. You sync it similar to how you'd sync the controller to a regular ps3 by plugging it in. Then you can plug it out and use it over bluetooth.

2 things I did was in the settings menu I checked Enable Gamepad. And the app also prompts you to enable the controller drivers as an input device.

There was no in game setup. Nor did I need to set up any profiles in the Sixaxis app

Excellent. Work can't finish soon enough now!

EJ22

Gotta say I'm loving the nexus 7 as a portableish laptop just for writing documents and surfing the web. I currently have a keyboard and USB key connected through a USB OTG cable and its flawless even though the nexus is supplying power to the usb hub.

Probably the best android device I've bought! Also to the above, is the the android version of GTA3 you used or rather an emulator?

ULMarc

EJ22 wrote: »

Gotta say I'm loving the nexus 7 as a portableish laptop just for writing documents and surfing the web. I currently have a keyboard and USB key connected through a USB OTG cable and its flawless even though the nexus is supplying power to the usb hub.

Probably the best android device I've bought! Also to the above, is the the android version of GTA3 you used or rather an emulator?

It's the android version. Sadly I don't have the time to tinker with games and emulators the way I used to :P

pedatron

The sixaxis connection worked a treat!! Can't believe it was so easy! +1 for that anyway!

EJ22

ULMarc wrote: »

EJ22 wrote: »

Gotta say I'm loving the nexus 7 as a portableish laptop just for writing documents and surfing the web. I currently have a keyboard and USB key connected through a USB OTG cable and its flawless even though the nexus is supplying power to the usb hub.

Probably the best android device I've bought! Also to the above, is the the android version of GTA3 you used or rather an emulator?

It's the android version. Sadly I don't have the time to tinker with games and emulators the way I used to :P

Thanks for letting me know tbh gonna go buy it now. Nothing like some GTA to pass the time on a four hour break between lectures

Otacon

If anyone is having issues getting the Playstation Mobile store on their N7, try this guide from Android Police. Worked for me.

cdb

Apologies if its been asked before but are there any issues with buying a Nexus 7 in the States for use here? Warranty, charging, play store type issues...

god's toy

cdb wrote: »

Apologies if its been asked before but are there any issues with buying a Nexus 7 in the States for use here? Warranty, charging, play store type issues...

I did just that and it's working fine over here. Charging works over here but you need an adaptor. Play store is sooo much better over there but after a day of being back in Ireland you get our crappy version.
as for Warranty, suppose you would have to return it to the US but I'm not sure on that as you can but them here too.

Got mine in Bestbuy for $266.

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

Otacon

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Why do you think they didn't tell you?

:pac:

groom

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

There'll probably be a 64gb 6 months further down the line that would make you regret buying the 32gb.

tok9

Otacon wrote: »

If anyone is having issues getting the Playstation Mobile store on their N7, try this guide from Android Police. Worked for me.

Hey Otacon, for me it says it not available in this region. Are you using an american psn account?

Otacon

tok9 wrote: »

Hey Otacon, for me it says it not available in this region. Are you using an american psn account?

No, I'm in the UK. It's possible it may not be available in Ireland.

Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up...

kaimera

Otacon wrote: »

No, I'm in the UK. It's possible it may not be available in Ireland.

Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up...

AAAAAAwwwwwwwwwww

Eircom_Sucks

I registered my gmail account and credit card , how do i see my balance on the play store , i was meant to get €25 free credit. , don't wanna buy games unless i know i have credit

Ive the 16gb and official nexus leather case €289 in all

Otacon

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

I registered my gmail account and credit card , how do i see my balance on the play store , i was meant to get €25 free credit. , don't wanna buy games unless i know i have credit

Ive the 16gb and official nexus leather case €289 in all

If you go to purchase an app, you are prompted before you confirm the transaction to select the payment method [one may be set as your default]. You can then cancel the purchase before you buy anything.

Eircom_Sucks

Otacon wrote: »

If you go to purchase an app, you are prompted before you confirm the transaction to select the payment method [one may be set as your default]. You can then cancel the purchase before you buy anything.

i appreciate this , but so far i've only downloaded free apps , is there a way i can see if my credit has been applied ?

god's toy

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

I registered my gmail account and credit card , how do i see my balance on the play store , i was meant to get €25 free credit. , don't wanna buy games unless i know i have credit

Ive the 16gb and official nexus leather case €289 in all

Did you have the account registered before the time ran out some weeks back?
If so just go to buy an app and you will have the choice of payment.

balkieb2002

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

I registered my gmail account and credit card , how do i see my balance on the play store , i was meant to get €25 free credit. , don't wanna buy games unless i know i have credit

When did you think get the free credit as the offer expired the end of last month.

You also needed to register/set-up with a VPN for the free credit.

Otacon wrote: »

If you go to purchase an app, you are prompted before you confirm the transaction to select the payment method [one may be set as your default]. You can then cancel the purchase before you buy anything.

:rolleyes: ^^ What he said... you just go to pay but don't actually buy anything. If you do accidently buy something you can refund it seconds later!

It should give you the option of your credit card or play store credit.

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

balkieb2002

Small update but at least they finally added home-screen rotation as a feature and not something you had to tweak!

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

Try taking out the charger and lead and reassembling it?

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

Headshot

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

No update for me yet

Anyone else update theirs yet?

Jet Black

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Plugged mine in yesterday and went from 12% to 95% in 3 hours 20 minutes. It could have overheated and shut off charging. I think that's what happened to mine twice. I checked the stats and there was a temp spike and when I turned it on with it still plugged in but it wasn't charging. I posted about it two months ago.

On a different occasion I was using my kindle charger and it was very slow.

god's toy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Are you using the charger that came with it? It's has a 2A output so should only take about 4 Hr

jonski

I was actually surprised at how fast it charges , mine charges faster than my phone .

balkieb2002

Mine charged very slow for first few days... was taking all night at one stage but not it seems to charge fairly quick, normally i switch off the usually battery draining while its on charge to speed up the process or else just switch the device off.

CrazyFish

My first charge took half a day. But now it only seems to take an hour or two.

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

god's toy

Captain Morgan wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

Could be a bug, see if anything is better after the JB update.

CrowdedHouse

god's toy wrote: »

Are you using the charger that came with it? It's has a 2A output so should only take about 4 Hr

For some strange reason mine works much better with the cable that comes with it too.

I was using the charger with a cable that came with my LG phone and it was taking ages, unwrapped its' own cable - got rapid charging.

thomasj

4.1.2 is on the way!

http://www.gsmarena.com/google_releases_android_412_to_the_nexus_7_brings_minor_updates-news-4923.php

god's toy

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

god's toy wrote: »

Are you using the charger that came with it? It's has a 2A output so should only take about 4 Hr

For some strange reason mine works much better with the cable that comes with it too.

I was using the charger with a cable that came with my LG phone and it was taking ages, unwrapped its' own cable - got rapid charging.

From what I understand it's to do with a data feed that's on the cable and supported by the n7 charger. When it's plugged in this data line asks the charger to give the full beans of charge rate. Some cables don't support this and so the charger takes longer to complete its task as it was never told to give all its charge rate.

EJ22

Got my 4.1.2 update bout an hour ago if any of you are still waiting

johnmcdnl

EJ22 wrote: »

Got my 4.1.2 update bout an hour ago if any of you are still waiting

Any way to force the update?

corkie

johnmcdnl wrote: »

EJ22 wrote: »

Got my 4.1.2 update bout an hour ago if any of you are still waiting

Any way to force the update?

A tip from the xda forums is to stop and clear "Google framework services" and then try checking for the update again or you can manually install!

fguinan

corkie wrote: »

A tip from the xda forums is to stop and clear "Google framework services" and then try checking for the update again or you can manually install!

Worked for me!

jonski

fguinan wrote: »

Worked for me!

grrrrr , tried it , didn't work for me ....get off these forums with your happy go lucky things are working for me attitude and don't let me see you here again until something isn't working :pac:

Headshot

I also tried it but no luck. Very frustrating.

jonski

Headshot wrote: »

I also tried it but no luck. Very frustrating.

Looking at the other thread here I am not seeing anyone from Ireland with an Irish N7 that got the update OTA so no need to worry yet .