I been playing around with couple version of custom kernels available and I noticed my N7 is having some issue with indexing files/directories the sdcard mount. Whenever I use Root Explorer to drop stuff into directories here, I cannot see the file when I connect it to USB in Windows. After searching around on the web, others seems to had similar problems which they attribute Media Scanner service as the problem. I tried flashing different kernel and even wiping and reverting back to stock but the problem persists.
Is anyone else having this problem or is familiar with a fix?
i am having this issue as well. it seems that files are not immediately visible in windows over usb, but after a while, like restarting nexus 7 and waiting a bit, they become visible. did you find a fix?
I do not have any issue? Maybe it is because I installed the nexus 7 driver from Nexus 7 Toolkit?
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there is actually an app called sdrescan that is used for this exact issue... annoying
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I didn't want to make a thread for this specific issue but after searching I can't seem to find a definitive answer!
Does anyone else suffer from constant buffering with HD playback on the YouTube app and is this something that can be fixed??
Firstly I have a 60Mb/3Mb connection with a good strong wireless signal. We have numerous wireless devices around the house and none of them seem to be affected by this problem. I can have my Nexus 7 within 1 metre of my router and i'm lucky if I can get through 10 seconds of HD playback without it buffering, my laptop however will happily stream 1080p whilst i'm sitting in the garden!?
The Transformers movie on the play store has no problems at all, it plays smoothly no matter where I am in the house. It can even handle me skipping through sections and resumes playback almost instantly. I'm convinced the problem is with YouTube but don't really know how/if i can fix it. I have tried clearing the cache, reverting to a previous version and completely removing it and reinstalling yet the problems persist. SD playback is vastly better but it still has it's problems from time to time.
My device is completely stock running 4.1.2 (upgraded earlier today OTA). Apart from this issue I love the Nexus and don't really have any desires to root at present. I'm 31 with 2 children and my own business so I don't have the time to put into learning it all and keeping up with everything, 10 years ago things would have been very different!
Any help would be greatly appreciated as this was one of the main reasons I bought the tablet.
I have the same problem. It's very embarrassing when you try to show off the tablet to friends :-\
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I also get this on most of my devices, seems like a YouTube problem.
Same here
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Just glad I'm not the only one. Thought it was my connection.:what:
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I also have experienced this problem. It only happens with the YouTube on the N7. It doesn't happen on my iPhone or my laptop. I wish there was some way to fix it.
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i have the same problem it really sucks
Look at post #267. A combination of SmoothROM and Bricked Kernel, both of which I've used in the past and are great, resolved the issue for one user.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32738522
It's somewhat comforting knowing i'm not suffering with this alone. . . This can't be right though surely!?
Whilst trying to fix the issue last night I did manage to stream a full HD 10 min video with no buffering, something that hasn't happened for a while. Strangely it worked right after using the speedtest.net app to test my connection. I don't even know if it's possible for one app to affect the other but the same video had buffering issues minutes before I ran the test. It's probably just a well timed coincidence but I thought it was worth mentioning.
I guess now we have to hope that Google get their act together and fix the site/app. They certainly receive enough in ad revenue, which always play flawlessly
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It's somewhat comforting knowing i'm not suffering with this alone. . . This can't be right though surely!?
Whilst trying to fix the issue last night I did manage to stream a full HD 10 min video with no buffering, something that hasn't happened for a while. Strangely it worked right after using the speedtest.net app to test my connection. I don't even know if it's possible for one app to affect the other but the same video had buffering issues minutes before I ran the test. It's probably just a well timed coincidence but I thought it was worth mentioning.
I guess now we have to hope that Google get their act together and fix the site/app. They certainly receive enough in ad revenue, which always play flawlessly
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I'm on stock 4.1.2 after a full reinstall, I can't recreate the issue. Out of curiosity can you go to settings > apps > all > youtube and clear the cache, does it help at all?
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I'm on stock 4.1.2 after a full reinstall, I can't recreate the issue. Out of curiosity can you go to settings > apps > all > youtube and clear the cache, does it help at all?
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It's no different after clearing the cache unfortunately, that's one of the first things I tried. I'm guessing the next step is a full reinstall too. I'll have to look into backup options without root, which i'm guessing is pretty limited?
First world problems eh? :laugh:
Same Problem. I noticed the only way to get the vids to move is to toggle between hd and regarding when it freezes up. Very annoying to say the least. I just use the browser now. No probs.
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I thought that I have problem with my router. Guess not. BTW I found "solution" which works for me. As soon as video starts buffering, turn off the screen, then on, unlock and press play on video and enjoy your video without buffering.
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Anyone figure out a fix for this?
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no solution, but the same problem. Bugs the hell out of me. My workaround has been to switch to SD which of course is a bit crap. When I get within reach of a wifi connection I'll try clearing cache/uninstalling updates etc. Not keen on rooting and installing new Rom/kernel as a solution to be honest.
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no solution, but the same problem. Bugs the hell out of me. My workaround has been to switch to SD which of course is a bit crap. When I get within reach of a wifi connection I'll try clearing cache/uninstalling updates etc. Not keen on rooting and installing new Rom/kernel as a solution to be honest.
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Running 4.2 now makes no difference I'm afraid. Cleared cache and data, left updates. Still buffers uncontrollably. That said, the tip earlier tint he thread of turning off the screen, turning it back on and unlocking, then playing the video worked very well. It played HD video for 3 minutes straight with no buffering. Then a small/short buffer (acceptable) and now buffering again for the remained of the video @ 7 minutes. does this lend any information to lead to a root cause? Willing to work for a solution .
I wanted to update my situation seeing as I started this thread.
I recently moved home and changed internet provider and all of my issues with YouTube have gone away. I have gone from a 60Mb down / 3Mb up fibre optic service with Virgin Media (where I had nothing but issues). Now on a 4Mb down / .3Mb up ADSL service with Sky.
HD YouTube videos play flawlessly from everywhere I want to use my Nexus! It's not just YouTube though as pretty much everything that works from the internet is running a lot faster on my device now. I wish I could offer more of a solution but I can only say that I don't think it's a problem with the Nexus 7/YouTube app.
Yep. I found solution in some other thread. You gotta change modem or update firmware on it. I called my ISP requesting modem firmware update, they came and put new modem instead. Even better. Wish I knew about this solution before I bought new router. Oh well...at least now I have dual band so its not total waste of money.
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So was the problem your modem, router or actual ISP? While my VDSL2 modem is capable of being a router, I have it setup in pass-through (bridge) mode to my DLINK DIR-655 router which handles everything. What exactly in the firmware is causing the slow-down just for youtube on the N7 (and not other computers)?
Hi.
I'm new to Nexus 7 and after a short time using it I began experiencing some strange issue with the it. While surfing the web over WiFi (note that I'm using the first Nexus 7 with WiFi only) after a short time glitching lines appear on the screen (as shown on the image attached) and some loud white noise coming from the speaker. It's stuck like this for about 30 seconds and then reboots. After reboot, everything seems normal, till it comes again. It takes 15-30 minutes of surfing and I believe the time depends on the intensity of surfing. Seems like WiFi modem somehow affects the GFX driver.
Note that I was first running android 4.1.1 and recently updated to 4.2. Updated didn't fix the problem. I've rooted the device with "Nexus 7 root toolkit v.1.5". Note sure if the rooting affected it somehow, as I rooted the device on second or third day of use.
Anyone have an idea of what could be wrong or how I might fix it? Or it's HW issue and I should turn it to Google?
Thanks!
So I'm the first and only one with such problem???:silly:
I could be wrong here but that seems like more of a hardware(warranty) kind of issue. However, I had the speaker issue after flashing a custom ROM (sparks linario 4.2.1) and I had the speaker issue (along with a host of other bugs buts that's beside the point). I flashed stock and unrooted and the problem was fixed... I know it might not help your case but I thought ide let you know. Its possible the toolkit caused the issues and flashing back to stock and rooting with another method may solve your issue (that's what I would try). But if you end up sending it in under warranty for god sakes, unroot and relock your bootloader first! Otherwise Google probably won't honor your warranty.
Good luck friend.
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Does anyone else experience the sleep of death bug (akin to what happened with Netflix) after having connected your HDTV through Slimport for a short while? It seems to happen regardless of what I'm doing on my phone, just having it connected for a short moment will cause it.
This is on stock Android 4.3 (JWR66V), whereas it was working just fine for me on 4.2. My phone is rooted, but there's nothing running that requires root access while this problem occurs.
Also, I'm using the "official" Slimport adapter, i.e. the only one that existed for quite a while.
Would hate having to send my phone back in, but alas that's what I'll do if it's just affecting me.
I've the same issues since 4.3 Everything was fine before with 4.2.2. When i unplug slimport from nexus4 i cant activate display anymore.
This hapepns sometimes after cahring, too.
So i think your device is ok, just an 4.3 fault like many other bugs
Thanks for the reply. So I'm not completely alone with this!
But I do find it odd that I could not find any existing discussion of this topic elsewhere on the net.. are there just not that many people making use of the HDMI feature or is the majority of people simply unaffected by this problem?
I'm not sure. I've the same issue with charging. I misspelled this on my first post. Same situation, unplug charging cable and i can't activate the display. I found a workaround for this issue, I unplug it only when the display is on. The latest OTA doesn't fix it. Maybe we should create a bug report on googles bug tracker.
There is a thread about this issue in Googles mobile support forum. You should post there, too. So maybe we get more attention about this serious problem. I can't post links yet, search for: "After 4.3 Android updated, the Nexus 4 always shuts off randomly !!! HELP!!!"
I'm having this issue with my Nexus 7 II. Very annoying, can't watch a movie without it disconnecting. Any fix for this?
Currently not, I hope that Kitkat will fix this
I'm having the same problem on 4.4
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance
Same here on 4.4 but it only happens when my photo is low on charge.
E.G when there's low charge slimport works o.k but when I unplug it the phone dies and requires me to push the power button for 10 seconds to get the photo to work again.
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Maybe we should dump Logcat to get the reason why it dies. It tried it several times but with no luck. When i received System log ouputs via adb, the phone doesn't die.
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was found a solution for this problem?
Hi guys.
I'm here to share a problem I'm having with my Nexus 6P: it often gives a crash randomly, needing to be restarted by force.
This does not happen because of a specific app and sometimes happens even at boot , when Google logo still not appeared.
I already using the phone about two weeks.
I received him with rom stock 6.0.1 and had the upgrade to Nougat available.
I thought the upgrade to 7.0 would correct the problem, but it was not what happened.
From the update I also felt that the crashes were more frequent when the battery was at a very low level, between 20 and 15% (as commented in a reddit threat that I can't copy here).
Following some recommendations that I found , I formatted the Nexus 6P with the factory settings to see if the problem returned.
Yes, it happened again.
I formated again and was gradually installing my apps to check if it was not a specific app.
I did it at last three times.
On these occasions, apps like Google Keep, Duolingo, ES File Explorer, Google Fit, Podcast Republic and even the Play Store gave the crash.
I formatted again and installed each app one by one again to try to identify a culprit and had the same results.
To try to work around the problem, I decided to go for a clean install of the entire OS with the latest build using the SDK (adb and fastboot).
Even with the flash of the latest build I continued to have this crash problem.
So I decided to go for custom roms.
I installed Pure Nexus and Sinless, and continued having problems with crash.
I tried to install the CyanogenMod, but failed. After flashing the rom, GAPPS and vendor image, the device crash in the Google logo.
My last attempt was to go deeper and replace the kernel as well.
I installed ElementalX (7.0) and Pure Nexus as ROM.
In the beginning, I still had many crashes, so decided to make some changes in the kernel ElementalX.
In a desperate attempt, I decreased the CPU clock all to minimum (1248 MHz).
Interestingly the crashes started to occour less frequently, but they still happen randomly and unexpectedly.
I have no idea if this reduction in CPU speed had any effect or was placebo.
What matters is that I'm still having crashes and I wonder if anyone has any idea of this solution to my problem.
Thank you guys!
PS.: the return of the phone is not an option. I'm in Brazil.
PS2.: sorry for my bad english.
Wow you have exhausted every idea... Return sounds like all that's left unless you wanna try putting the phone in the oven to see if it's just bad solder.
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I'm thinking you've got some damaged or corrupted internal storage there.
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Hello.
My friend got a nexus 6p one year ago. One month ago he started to have problem. He was on stock rom
-First when he pressed the touch screen he heard small weird noises (hard to describe)
Then progressively :
-Speaker stopped working
-he could not play youtube video in you tube app : a weird error message (every time different) appeared. Gallery videos don't work as well
-But weirdly enough video played in the web browser including youtube videos, works, still without sound.
-He cannot make calls
-Jack plug doesn't works either, but he can use his Bluetooth headphones
We tried to install a custom rom (lineage os). We succeeded, but the above problem appeared again.
Then we flashed the factory image [url]https://developers.google.com/android/images[/URL] for nexus 6p. We also succeed but the above problem appeared again.
Thanks in advance for your help
ilininja said:
Hello.
My friend got a nexus 6p one year ago. One month ago he started to have problem. He was on stock rom
-First when he pressed the touch screen he heard small weird noises (hard to describe)
Then progressively :
-Speaker stopped working
-he could not play youtube video in you tube app : a weird error message (every time different) appeared. Gallery videos don't work as well
-But weirdly enough video played in the web browser including youtube videos, works, still without sound.
-He cannot make calls
-Jack plug doesn't works either, but he can use his Bluetooth headphones
We tried to install a custom rom (lineage os). We succeeded, but the above problem appeared again.
Then we flashed the factory image [url]https://developers.google.com/android/images[/URL] for nexus 6p. We also succeed but the above problem appeared again. Thanks in advance for your help
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The 6P has two speakers, and they wouldn't both fail at the same time. Sounds like he's damaged the phone somehow. The audio jack and speaker output both not working seem to back this up. I've seen the headphone jack part available separately, and there are guides available to replace it. Before flagging it as a hardware issue and opening the phone up, you want to make sure you wiped the phone completely by formatting the partitions (system, userdata, cache) and use the flash-all.bat included with the full Google image. There is a remote chance it is software related, but I doubt it.
You could always flash a custom kernel, use a kernel manager app to turn off the large core cpu and see if the problems go away. If they do its related to the build problem that causes the 6P to boot loop but those particular symptoms aren't familiar. It's still worth a try if flashing the stock image doesn't fix the problem.
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You could always flash a custom kernel, use a kernel manager app to turn off the large core cpu and see if the problems go away. If they do its related to the build problem that causes the 6P to boot loop but those particular symptoms aren't familiar. It's still worth a try if flashing the stock image doesn't fix the problem.
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You mean disabling the big CPU ?
ilininja said:
You mean disabling the big CPU ?
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Yes. You can always turn it back on but turning it off apparently fixes the permanent boot loop problem on the Nexus 6P. If the problems you are describing are related to the same build problem then turning it off might make them go away. Sometimes people's phones would start acting odd before going into the permanent bootloop. That phone could be on its way there.
this is purely a guess but the problem may be hardware related with the headphone jack. it could have a physical short somewhere. if thats the case the device may think a headphone jack is being used and wont play through speakers because its being told its plugged in. But wont play because of some physical short or an open.