What are some ways to use the nexus 7 on the go without having a phone for a wifi tether?
Games movies books magazines music. That's a vague question
The simple way is to get a mobile wifi hotspot.I use a small 4g hotspot for the times I need to connect when there is nothing free around.I just use it for checking email,finding address ect. i do all the heavy stuff like loading videos,music and such on my home wifi so it don't take much of a data plan.
As Google Maps can cache areas you can use it offline for navigation, although I don't believe you get turn by turn if it is offline. The GPS will still track you though and show your current location. Listening to Podcasts and audio books are other options.
Got my OTG cable in the mail yesterday and my housemate kindly donated a 16gb flash drive that he found at work to the cause. Loaded the flash drive up with some snes/n64 roms and some movies, and suddenly traveling around with the Nexus 7 has become a lot more entertaining.
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So the Nexus 7 has some super sweet specs for that price point, but the one thing holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot. No, no, no, Google!!!
So I'm wondering if it's possible to work around this by streaming media from my phone (Galaxy S2, ICS + Touchwiz) directly to the tablet via wifi or bluetooth? I.e. the tablet connects directly to the phone, and not via a wifi network.
If not then I might have to pass on this tab, which is a damn shame because it looks so nice...
Hipster Dashie said:
So the Nexus 7 has some super sweet specs for that price point, but the one thing holding me back is the lack of an SD card slot. No, no, no, Google!!!
So I'm wondering if it's possible to work around this by streaming media from my phone (Galaxy S2, ICS + Touchwiz) directly to the tablet via wifi or bluetooth? I.e. the tablet connects directly to the phone, and not via a wifi network.
If not then I might have to pass on this tab, which is a damn shame because it looks so nice...
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I was wondering the same thing. If this had a microSD slot I would have ordered one already.
The other thing holding me back is no HDMI output. Other than the “Q”, how could you stream video to a TV? Is that even an option??? I currently use my ipad to stream MLB.tv to my TV and this is a must for any tablet I own. I want to get rid of my ipad for the Nexus 7 but these two issues are holding me back.
no microsd card makes me glad i bought the tab2 7.0 when it came out 2-3 months ago.
i was planning on selling and buying this if it had it (due to nexus dev community), but that is downright silly not to have the slot.
I suspect you can set up a local ad hoc wifi network between the two.
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I suspect you can set up a local ad hoc wifi network between the two.
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Maybe it would include the wifi direct feature thats in the galaxy nexus. That would connect the two nicely
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Maybe it would include the wifi direct feature thats in the galaxy nexus. That would connect the two nicely
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Probably, but even if not, use wifi tether on your phone, give the tablet internet. then use the cloud.
Also, as I posted in general, use micro USB to USB for more storage
you can use wifi direct or you could set up ftp on phone then mount it on tablet
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Probably, but even if not, use wifi tether on your phone, give the tablet internet. then use the cloud.
Also, as I posted in general, use micro USB to USB for more storage
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The cloud isn't an option for me as I travel on the London Underground a lot. No clouds to be seen down there, that's for sure.
Perhaps use the storage on your phone with WiFi hotspot and XLink to transfer files? I think that would work just fine.
I kind of wish it had more to offer, but then it would certainly cost way more too. So I think the options and alternatives will come, given the mass of people who will get this .
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The cloud isn't an option for me as I travel on the London Underground a lot. No clouds to be seen down there, that's for sure.
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Yeah, I hate it that they didn't at least offer higher capacities. I'd gladly would have paid for a 64GB version. I wasn't going to get one, but then I figured that I may simply use it to read on or play games instead of store all my media. I think it would have been better if they had an microSD slot and included 2GB of system storage and 8GB card for data. That way people could put whatever sized card they wanted to on there. :\
I guess Google wants people to expand their imaginations.... Imagine how awesome your device would be if you had access to wi-fi on your commute.
Wifi Direct Might be an option as stated earlier. I haven't played with it yet though. Also don't forget the NFC Android Beam that was upgraded in 4.1 and also Bluetooth could also be an option. I'm going to head home and test some stuff on my Acer A500 tonight and see if some of this works.
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The cloud isn't an option for me as I travel on the London Underground a lot. No clouds to be seen down there, that's for sure.
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Ok here's how i managed to transfer files from my phone to my tablet without needing to be connected to wifi/mobile data connection - and it's much faster than bluetooth (bout 3-4 min for a 500mb file. I wasn't able to properly stream video, but you can play the file as you download, so it's kind of like streaming only you have to delete the file afterwards.
1. Download FTPserver (free app) from Play onto your phone.
2.Turn off your mobile data connection and then switch on wifi hotspot.
3. Setup FTPserver (user, password, port etc) and make sure you check all the boxes for accepting connections.
4. Connect tablet to the wifi hotspot. Open up an FTP client (es file exporer or whatever) and connect to your phones FTP server. Voila; access away.
If you've already got plenty of space on your phone, it's bypasses the need for wi-drives and the need to carry around an extra gadget.
[update] Using Samba Filesharing (similar setup to above) app on my phone i was able to stream video over the hotspot, only bout 5 secs buffering before it started to play. So pretty good.
[update 2] The built in server on FileExpert allows you to stream - works better than the samba app which was a bit crashy when starting it up.
Bubbleupnp works for me.
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On my home WiFi I use Skifta to stream between the N7, my phone and my PC.
Works very well. http://www.skifta.com/
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On my home WiFi I use Skifta to stream between the N7, my phone and my PC.
Works very well. http://www.skifta.com/
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Working well. Had to connect Skifta to "mobile network" to make nexus see it, but works great! Thanks for the tip!
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When i use bluetooth tethering from my phone to Nexus 7, i can use most of the apps (facebook, newsreader, browser, etc.). But some of them, like gmail and few news apps, don't recognize that the Nexus is connected to the internet. How can i fix this? Anyone having the same problem?
There have been many posts about BT tethering and how certain apps don't work with it. I think I saw where people are having problems with Google apps and Play. Some apps just look for wifi or data and will connect, but not transfer data on BT. Only solution for those apps would be a wifi tether as far as I know.
Its got to be hit or miss with this bluetooth tethering. My gmail works just fine. In fact, I have yet to find an app not working. Streaming Pandora right now too.
I did have issues with a few music apps when I first started to BT tether but fixed those. Those were apps that used, or had an option to use BT. I just installed an app from the store and thats working.
Have you tried to unpair and pair again?
Is there an advantage of tethering via Bluetooth vs wifi? If the battery drain on the phone is slower then I can see a huge advantage.
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i get a better battery life.
In my house, my wi-fi is weak in my bedroom, so I have my old nexus s near the door and that acts kind of like a repeater for bluetooth internet. Cant do that with wifi tethering. (my n7 drops the house wi-fi often)
For streaming music and stuff, my BT does just fine, i get about 1.75mbps up and down so it does pretty good for what I use it for.
At work, I dont have wifi, so i tether with wifi since my phone is on a charger all day. Only reason for this is the N7 will auto connect to my hotspot where BT, i have to go in and check the use as internet option every time I go out of range.
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Its got to be hit or miss with this bluetooth tethering. My gmail works just fine. In fact, I have yet to find an app not working. Streaming Pandora right now too.
I did have issues with a few music apps when I first started to BT tether but fixed those. Those were apps that used, or had an option to use BT. I just installed an app from the store and thats working.
Have you tried to unpair and pair again?
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Yes...tried unpair and pair and still not working.
The same is happening now that i rooted and tried 3g pen. Gmail app doesn't work also with this
ok guys so this might get a little confusing but please bear with me, ive just moved house and with i had to switch from virgin media to BT for my internet which got turned on to day but now i cant update or download any apps from the play store while connected to my internet (i have the new bt home hub 4 if that helps) but if i connect to my neighbors bt open zone all apps download and update just fine?? ive tried rebooting my rooter, removing my gmail account and re adding it and clearing the data from the market too, but it isnt just my t300 it my nexus 7 and my wifes nexus 7 and my htc sensation too, there all doing the same thing.
edit:i just checked my phone and google chrome updated but nothing else so i checked my tf300 and that will update chrome too but no others apps that ive tried will update or download?? any ideas what would be causing this
I think I would go to my neighbor and compare settings. What is a hub 4? Do you have a separate router or is it built-in to the hub 4? Since all your devices work with your neighbor's wifi it points to a router issue on your end. Can you browse the internet with Chrome? Have you tried WPA/WPA2/PSK or no encryption on the router (don't even bother with WEP).
home hub 4 is a router and modem you get from bt when you use there internet, but the internet works perfect for browsing and downloading but just not from the play store and its set up as wpa/wpa2 i might try removing the encryption see if that helps
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Hey,
I am looking for a solution for streaming my music from my pc to my S4. My criteria is that I have to be able to access it from anywhere i.e. not on the same wifi network, I need it to be secure, and I would prefer not to have to upload all of my music to a cloud. I also want to be able to directly stream from the server. Does anyone know of a good solution for this? I would be willing to pay a reasonable price if it has all that I need but of course free is better . Thanks.
well.. I question if you know what that entails. to directly stream music you have on your computer to your phone, would require your computer to be constantly on and it constantly be connected to the Internet at all times, always having a server running in the background. which; in the end is essentially what Google music does for you. the difference being instead of YOU constantly using up all of your own computers resources and network to keep your server running at all times, Google uses ITS (much more powerful, stable, reliable, and polished) servers to keep up that 24/7/365 readily available monster fast connection to fulfil that service for you, letting your internet be freed up, and your computer do something OTHER host a music server 24/7 never shutting your computer down..
you know you can set Google music to just run quietly in the background never doing anything unless you drop music off in your normal Windows 'Music' folder, right? then it syncs it real quick in the background without you ever knowing it happened.
still, if you want to do it yourself, VLC has plug-ins to do so, just make sure VLC never shuts down, and your computer never turns off or sleeps, you may want to upgrade your internet cause upload speeds on most home networks are small, and you probably won't be able to do much else on it, consider 2 home networks, and possibly another computer to actually USE, that hasn't dedicated it's life to being a Google Music replacement, then you can use one of the VLC remote apps from the market to strem your music.
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soraxd said:
well.. I question if you know what that entails. to directly stream music you have on your computer to your phone, would require your computer to be constantly on and it constantly be connected to the Internet at all times, always having a server running in the background. which; in the end is essentially what Google music does for you. the difference being instead of YOU constantly using up all of your own computers resources and network to keep your server running at all times, Google uses ITS (much more powerful, stable, reliable, and polished) servers to keep up that 24/7/365 readily available monster fast connection to fulfil that service for you, letting your internet be freed up, and your computer do something OTHER host a music server 24/7 never shutting your computer down..
you know you can set Google music to just run quietly in the background never doing anything unless you drop music off in your normal Windows 'Music' folder, right? then it syncs it real quick in the background without you ever knowing it happened.
still, if you want to do it yourself, VLC has plug-ins to do so, just make sure VLC never shuts down, and your computer never turns off or sleeps, you may want to upgrade your internet cause upload speeds on most home networks are small, and you probably won't be able to do much else on it, consider 2 home networks, and possibly another computer to actually USE, that hasn't dedicated it's life to being a Google Music replacement, then you can use one of the VLC remote apps from the market to strem your music.
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Well, my computer is already almost always on and connected to the internet, so that isn't an issue. As far as Google Music that is specifically what I don't want to do (upload all of my music to a remote server) I'll check out VLC's plugins since I already have VLC player and see if that's what I'm looking for. Thanks.
I found a program called Tonido that let's me do what I need
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Connected via Hotspot makes it think my connection is metered
I connect my Nexus Player via a HotSpot on my Samsung Note 3 N9005, but Play Store will not download "large apps", just giving the message "Waiting for network". Internet is working for all other apps, including YouTube, Play Movies and Play Music.
Smaller apps will download from the Play Store. Other units i connected was working fine, my Nexus 7 2013 marked my connection as Metered, but i turned that off.
The Player is running on Android 5.1.1 48J and is rooted, stock recovery. The problem is: compared to normal android-units, the Player is not exposing any settings relating to this. I also have unlimited data on my 3G, so no worries about cost.
Is there any way to change my WiFi from metered to "normal" by editing anything?