Nexus 7 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

celticsfan

Amalgam wrote: »

The Play Store is on the cards soon.. it is live in other European countries, so.. it'll either be late 2012, or early 2013 sometime.

My wish is for easy access (say.. Tesco) to Google Play Gift\Top up cards, so I can top up my Google Wallet and kiss 3V goodbye..

Many thanks for you reply Amalgram!!

That would be a great approach with the top up cards in tesco or similiar.. It always seems we get left behind with these technology things lol..

With not being able to download the mags or movies from play store,surely there must be other apps out there to install for these? i know netflix for movies..but duno for mags...

Sorry for the novice questions..i dont actually own an android device myself..

Dcully

Hi guys, im considering getting one of these for myself while lounging around the house and not near my pc.
My windows phone really lets me down as i cant watch live streams from twitch,ustream etc as WP7 doesnt support them.
Im hoping ill have no such issues on a nexus 7, my wifes andriod phone streams fine.
Overall how good is the screen quality on the nexus7?

MuppetCheck

I think the screen is excellent. I use mine a lot for Netflix and haven't had an issue at all.

Fresh Pots

Was also looking at 10" tabs but decided to go with the nexus. Have to say I find it a great size. Great for watching tv shows/movies. Would highly recommend it.

Dcully

Just reading the start of this thread that Abode flash player isnt supported ?
Thats the exact reason i cannot stream twitchtv on my windows phone.
Can anyone confirm if i can stream twitchtv on the nexus7?
Id rather not have to do the workaround as mentioned in the first thread if at all possible.

PogMoThoin

Dcully wrote: »

Just reading the start of this thread that Abode flash player isnt supported ?
Thats the exact reason i cannot stream twitchtv on my windows phone.
Can anyone confirm if i can stream twitchtv on the nexus7?
Id rather not have to do the workaround as mentioned in the first thread if at all possible.

What do you mean? There is no workaround, you just download an apk and install it. It's just not available in the market

Dcully

PogMoThoin wrote: »

What do you mean? There is no workaround, you just download an apk and install it. It's just not available in the market

Fair enough i misread so

one man clappin

I have Nexus 7 and was rooted with stock ROM so I could attach USB device to it.
I installed the update this morning to 4.2 and went to re root the device using WugFresh Toolkit (worked perfectly before for me). Now it just says that it is "waiting for device to finish booting back up" on my laptop and on the Nexus I am getting the screen as per link below.

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae285/onemanclapping/IMAG0025.jpg

Help appreciated.

stevek93

one man clappin wrote: »

I have Nexus 7 and was rooted with stock ROM so I could attach USB device to it.
I installed the update this morning to 4.2 and went to re root the device using WugFresh Toolkit (worked perfectly before for me). Now it just says that it is "waiting for device to finish booting back up" on my laptop and on the Nexus I am getting the screen as per link below.

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae285/onemanclapping/IMAG0025.jpg

Help appreciated.

Which ROM did you use?

PogMoThoin

one man clappin wrote: »

I have Nexus 7 and was rooted with stock ROM so I could attach USB device to it.
I installed the update this morning to 4.2 and went to re root the device using WugFresh Toolkit (worked perfectly before for me). Now it just says that it is "waiting for device to finish booting back up" on my laptop and on the Nexus I am getting the screen as per link below.

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae285/onemanclapping/IMAG0025.jpg

Help appreciated.

Press reboot, it sometimes doesn't do it itself, it will continue on after

one man clappin

stevek93 wrote: »

Which ROM did you use?

I never changed ROM, Stevek. All I wanted was to be rooted so I could attach USB device to watch movies.

one man clappin

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Press reboot, it sometimes doesn't do it itself, it will continue on after

I have done that Pog, TitaniumPro is saying that I do not have root access and when I try to use a USB device it is not showing up as connected.
Thanks for the reply.

PogMoThoin

one man clappin wrote: »

I have done that Pog, TitaniumPro is saying that I do not have root access and when I try to use a USB device it is not showing up as connected.
Thanks for the reply.

You on 4.2? I'm on 4.2 and don't have root, I think the utility needs an update for 4.2

stevek93

Might wait a few weeks to upgrade to 4.2 so, installed cleanrom 2.0 and francos kernel other day have to say there are amazing together my nexus 7 couldn't be any smoother.

one man clappin

PogMoThoin wrote: »

You on 4.2? I'm on 4.2 and don't have root, I think the utility needs an update for 4.2

Yes I just installed the OTA to 4.2 this morning. Thanks for the reply, appreciated.

Raoul Duke

one man clappin wrote: »

I have Nexus 7 and was rooted with stock ROM so I could attach USB device to it.
I installed the update this morning to 4.2 and went to re root the device using WugFresh Toolkit (worked perfectly before for me). Now it just says that it is "waiting for device to finish booting back up" on my laptop and on the Nexus I am getting the screen as per link below.

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae285/onemanclapping/IMAG0025.jpg

Help appreciated.

I had this problem as well. This is what I did to get root back:
Download latest version of Wugfresh Toolkit (don't know if this step is actually necessary)
You have to change the model type of your nexus. You probably had it still set to Android 4.1.2. As 4.2 isn't available yet, change it to Android Any Build.
Click Root and follow instructions.

Tigerandahalf

I am trying to watch a programme on rte player but can't as there is no flash. What do you do about this? Also how do you stop keypad making noises?

stevek93

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I am trying to watch a programme on rte player but can't as there is no flash. What do you do about this? Also how do you stop keypad making noises?

Try dolphin broswer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&hl=en as for the sound have a look at language & input in the settings.

PogMoThoin

Raoul Duke wrote: »

I had this problem as well. This is what I did to get root back:
Download latest version of Wugfresh Toolkit (don't know if this step is actually necessary)
You have to change the model type of your nexus. You probably had it still set to Android 4.1.2. As 4.2 isn't available yet, change it to Android Any Build.
Click Root and follow instructions.

Worked for me, thanks

Tigerandahalf

This is a good link for tips.
http://www.tested.com/tech/android/63025-23-essential-nexus-7-tweaks/

Tigerandahalf

I would say avoid the 16g as I have 5g used already after syncing my apps from my Galaxy S2. There is no SD slot so you can't do anything about it.

Tigerandahalf

Got flash sorted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpn603oZbIQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

stevek93

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I would say avoid the 16g as I have 5g used already after syncing my apps from my Galaxy S2. There is no SD slot so you can't do anything about it.

+1 My largest app is nealy 2GB :eek:

dloob

celticsfan wrote: »

Many thanks for you reply Amalgram!!

That would be a great approach with the top up cards in tesco or similiar.. It always seems we get left behind with these technology things lol..

With not being able to download the mags or movies from play store,surely there must be other apps out there to install for these? i know netflix for movies..but duno for mags...

Sorry for the novice questions..i dont actually own an android device myself..

There is always Zinio for magazines.
Has the advantage of being multiplatform too.
Have a look at what they have on zinio.com

Dcully

Where is the best place to grab myself a Nexus 7?

celticsfan

dloob wrote: »

There is always Zinio for magazines.
Has the advantage of being multiplatform too.
Have a look at what they have on zinio.com

Cheers dloob..a decent selection of magazines on that site,i think you can get them off the kindle app as well..so those,netflix and the ereader function should keep herself happy enough for a while lol..:D

Johnzy Fitzgerald

Dcully wrote: »

Where is the best place to grab myself a Nexus 7?

I picked one up (32GB) a couple of weeks ago in Currys/PC World (Tralee) without a problem.
So if you have a Currys/PC World near you, it might be worth checking out.

killbillvol2

Johnzy Fitzgerald wrote: »

I picked one up (32GB) a couple of weeks ago in Currys/PC World (Tralee) without a problem.
So if you have a Currys/PC World near you, it might be worth checking out.

HMV were €10 cheaper last time I looked (€239).

Amalgam

Raoul Duke wrote: »

..change it to Android Any Build.
Click Root and follow instructions.

Rooted once more with 4.2, Titanium and USB sticks acting 'normally'. Cheers.

marcbrophy

killbillvol2 wrote: »

HMV were €10 cheaper last time I looked (€239).

I got mine for €239 in HMV at summer launch, but I saw a Currys/PC world ad last night on tv that had them priced at €239 in there also!
I can't find it on their website though!

SpionJoe

I seen a 32gb Nexus 7 in Dixons in Blanchardstown shopping Centre (downstairs beside Dunnes Stores) on friday evening for €239.

Personally I think I will hold off until this Friday (Black Friday) and get one from Staples/Office Depot in the US who are rumoured to be selling the 32gb for $229 !!! works out about €180. :eek:

dloob

I noticed gmail on the nexus 7 seems to be working on a fetch basis?
I'll get an email and get a notification on the pc and iphone immediately but the nexus 7 may not pick it up for half an hour if left alone.
Anybody else see behaviour like that?

Chet T16

Between my nexus 7, S3 and pc its the nexus thats gets gmail first

irishgeo

anyone manage to get the new irritating BBC media player working on the nexus 7?

Dcully

SpionJoe wrote: »

I seen a 32gb Nexus 7 in Dixons in Blanchardstown shopping Centre (downstairs beside Dunnes Stores) on friday evening for €239.

Personally I think I will hold off until this Friday (Black Friday) and get one from Staples/Office Depot in the US who are rumoured to be selling the 32gb for $229 !!! works out about €180. :eek:

Dont suppose you have a link to where these might be on sale?

killbillvol2

irishgeo wrote: »

anyone manage to get the new irritating BBC media player working on the nexus 7?

It's working on mine.

corkie

Stickmount update available to make it work with 4.2!

BBC media player also works for me, even thought the playstore says it is incompatible with version 4.2! For some reason you need both the BBC media player and the iplayer for the iplayer to function! Get the apk files of the net.

Here's a link to instructions and one of the apk's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1789385

Tigerandahalf

What is so good about getting this latest update?

corkie

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

What is so good about getting this latest update?

Because the update to android 4.2 cause stickmount not to function correctly.
Stickmount enables you to attach usb stick to nexus 7 via an otg cable!

Tigerandahalf

I am finding rte player hanging a lot. Using Firefox beta. Also how can you turn off autocorrect on keypad. Pain in the ass changing words all the time.

Tigerandahalf

Sorted the autocorrect. Go into Language and Input.

juke

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Sorted the autocorrect. Go into Language and Input.

Cheers, was annoying the hell out of me

corkie

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I am finding rte player hanging a lot. Using Firefox beta. Also how can you turn off autocorrect on keypad. Pain in the ass changing words all the time.

New version of flash available http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

dloob

Chet T16 wrote: »

Between my nexus 7, S3 and pc its the nexus thats gets gmail first

I think it's just the guest network at work.
It must be blocking some ports, google now voice commands don't work while attached to it either.
Seems fine on my home wifi.

SpionJoe

Dcully wrote: »

Dont suppose you have a link to where these might be on sale?

The link will not be up until this Friday (Black Friday) on the Staples/Office Depot.com websites. A quick google will show you the reports of the reduction from $249 to $229 for Friday in these stores.
The only problem is that I think it will be extremely unlikely you can order online form Ireland in these stores.

irishgeo

anyway of getting a HBO GO login, i have the app working and a VPN, but oyu cant watch anything without a login

liamhana

Has anyone found a way of using the nexus for presentations? I saw someone recently hook their i-pad up to a standard overhead projector using a cable adaptor & was wondering if anyone had got cables etc that might make this possible?

stevek93

liamhana wrote: »

Has anyone found a way of using the nexus for presentations? I saw someone recently hook their i-pad up to a standard overhead projector using a cable adaptor & was wondering if anyone had got cables etc that might make this possible?

Unfortunately not

DarkBlonde

Has argos stopped selling the Nexus 7? I can't find it on their website.

donglen

DarkBlonde wrote: »

Has argos stopped selling the Nexus 7? I can't find it on their website.

I'm just pricing these at the moment, they're not on Irish Argos but do feature on the UK site, dunno why.