Update coming????? - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I hope google is working on a update to the 4.1.1 to the n7 to clean up the current bugs. Any inside if its coming?
thnx
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What bugs?

Screen flickering ,random lags when accessing settings or apps.
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I've seen none of those problems at all. No screen flickering, no lag, nothing.

brianjr1 said:
I've seen none of those problems at all. No screen flickering, no lag, nothing.
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Got a source for the upcoming update?

U must be the lucky one, I been searching and seems many have this problems. Do u use the Google services like all the sync features??? What about drive?
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Chrome seems laggier than it should be, hope there is some issue there than can be fixed to improve performance.
Every Nexus 7 I've had so far (that'd be 4) have all had washed out looking greens and yellows and over saturated whites. Hoping that is something a patch can fix.
Tegra 3's Prism smart dimmer feature causes the screen to look over exposed while and after videos play (fades away after a few seconds). I've disabled the smart dimmer, so it's okay for me, but seems like an issue that needs a patch.

I have seen nothing in JB 4.1.1 that would require an update at this point.
Might as well expect an update for dark pixels.

guinnes.s said:
Screen flickering ,random lags when accessing settings or apps.
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Screen flickering is a known hardware issue

Mine lags bad from time to time. I wonder if it has to do with google now because my galaxy nexus lags just as bad if not worse when i tap the google now search bar. I was trying to find and app (shazam) and thought it would be faster to look for it through now, but it lagged and lagged and lagged. By the time I got the app open, the song was over and I couldn't tag it.

My Gnexus is great, fast ,no complains at all,Google now is quick I got no lag, but on the nexus 7 it becomes a problem to the point that I have to switch it off and use the browser.
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Cryingmoose said:
Screen flickering is a known hardware issue
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I thought this was in relation to auto brightness?
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The 4.1.1 update is already out... When I picked up my nexus on Tuesday it have me the update that night.

guinnes.s said:
U must be the lucky one, I been searching and seems many have this problems. Do u use the Google services like all the sync features??? What about drive?
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I use dropbox which is pretty much the same in terms of resources. I have play movies, music, currents, books. I have pandora on there, google now, generally everything you could need. I've done this on both stock 4.1.1 and on Paranoid Android (every iteration). Literally NO lag. Even being slightly underclocked.

Skrazz said:
I thought this was in relation to auto brightness?
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Nope, it's from a poorly soldered wifi chip, that is drawing power away from the screen when wifi is low.
I had this issue, and called Google personally for support, and the person confirmed that the screen flickering was hardware, not software.

Toast95135 said:
The 4.1.1 update is already out... When I picked up my nexus on Tuesday it have me the update that night.
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That's what I thought he meant, but I think he means 4.1.2 to fix any bugs (that I haven't noticed) in 4.1.1
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guinnes.s said:
Screen flickering ,random lags when accessing settings or apps.
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Never had any of that so I doubt its a "software issue". If it is its likely something you installed.

quick update about the lag on the nexus7:
i used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.5.2 to root and install recovery about 4 times ,and in all this times i had problems with lag ,so two days ago i decided to restart again and root the n7 with Galaxy Nexus ToolKit v2.0 but without installing the custom recovery.
now it very quick and as no lag at all,and yes i loaded the identical apps all the previous time.
ideas???

guinnes.s said:
quick update about the lag on the nexus7:
i used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.5.2 to root and install recovery about 4 times ,and in all this times i had problems with lag ,so two days ago i decided to restart again and root the n7 with Galaxy Nexus ToolKit v2.0 but without installing the custom recovery.
now it very quick and as no lag at all,and yes i loaded the identical apps all the previous time.
ideas???
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I think most of the lag is because of a bad app or a setting somewhere. Glad to hear you got it sorted out. I'm just looking forward to the update that fixes the bootloader issues with accessing recovery without the usb cable or using terminal commands/adb/apps.

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[Q} Play Store Lag-Am I the only one?

On my nexus 7 the play store lags a ton only when our are looking for apps, it really sucks, and I also have some weird lag on this tablet which is pissing me off.
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Probably you just have a ****ty Internet connection
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Shano56 said:
Probably you just have a ****ty Internet connection
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i dont think it is that ****ty, whenever i am browsing for apps on the play store, there is some kind of stuterring or "lag" as i like to call it, but then i again my device has had some very strange lag that i havent seen before.
I don't see any lag so far.
lovenokia said:
i dont think it is that ****ty, whenever i am browsing for apps on the play store, there is some kind of stuterring or "lag" as i like to call it, but then i again my device has had some very strange lag that i havent seen before.
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Maybe a defect. What firmware u on
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I haven't experienced any lag. Try clearing the data and the cache from the app settings. Settings>apps>all
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Shano56 said:
Maybe a defect. What firmware u on
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I have ****loads of lag in the entire os too
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Maybe a defect. What firmware u on
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build number? kernel version?
build number-JRO03D
Kernel version-3.1.10-g52027f9
No lag. Dream experience so far!
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Beta Max said:
No lag. Dream experience so far!
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the xda app on my nexus 7 is lagging like a bomb, i am gonna go crazy, i hope someone can help me
lovenokia said:
the xda app on my nexus 7 is lagging like a bomb, i am gonna go crazy, i hope someone can help me
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Turn on force GPU rendering in the developers options from settings.
lovenokia said:
the xda app on my nexus 7 is lagging like a bomb, i am gonna go crazy, i hope someone can help me
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XDA app lags bad with any device on Jellybean.
Questions go in the Q&A section
dwang said:
Turn on force GPU rendering in the developers options from settings.
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Are you sure it will work?
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dwang said:
Turn on force GPU rendering in the developers options from settings.
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It did not help too much sadly, so what are my options and how can I even return it to the play store?
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Seems like I just have a lemon, will have to try and return it then.
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Sounds like a troll here. Want lag? Try an xperia play with an ics rom.
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No lag here. I second the ****ty internet connection theory.
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i get lag maybe once in a blue moon. I have 7 mb internet which is pretty solid
What I've noticed on my N7 -- and what I think might actually be the issue, here -- is that the WiFi is somewhat fiddly. On my VZW-provided Actiontec junker, it's just fine. On my Asus (irony!) N-16 running TomatoWRT, on the other hand, it's less than happy; data connections hang, which shows up in the Play store as difficulty pulling up assets (images, pages, etc) -- which looks kind of like really nasty laggyness.
I haven't had the opportunity or the urge to diagnose yet, but the first thing I'm going to do is try changing the channel on the router, followed shortly by probably changing every other setting. Then I'll curse for a while because I'll have borked the router config without having made a backup. Because that's how these things work.

Why does this thing lock up all the time?

This device is blazing fast most of the time, but it will inexplicably lock up, completely, for a few minutes at a time for seemingly no reason. Right now it's frozen on a youtube video and I can't turn it off or use the screen. The device is also unusable really when installing apps, and will lag heavily in Google Now sometimes.
Is this just me? Or 4.2.1?
Just you. My N7 is still operating at warp speed and doesn't lock up..
Faux kernel / paranoid android
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Are you stock? If so I heard people saying turning off the sync for currents will help, for Google now lag I feel its performs better if you turn off the hot word in setting. But with that you can't say Google and start voice search
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I'm stock 4.2.1 and don't have those issues. I do have currents (and various other apps) disabled, so like previous response said try that. Otherwise maybe go with a factory reset.
When my gnex updated to 4.2 it's performance suffered until I factory reset, now it's been much better.
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My best guess would be you have installed an app that is not compatible with 4.2.
How about posting a list of what you have installed, if you use multi-user, and if you are stock (not rooted), and we can give comments.
I agree. I'm running PA and rock solid. I was also rock solid on stock.
I've never had it lock up. I flashed a Trinity kernel once that caused sleep of death... but it was a known issue.
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95Z28 said:
I'm stock 4.2.1 and don't have those issues. I do have currents (and various other apps) disabled, so like previous response said try that. Otherwise maybe go with a factory reset.
When my gnex updated to 4.2 it's performance suffered until I factory reset, now it's been much better.
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I have currents disabled. Which others do you have disabled?
rmm200 said:
My best guess would be you have installed an app that is not compatible with 4.2.
How about posting a list of what you have installed, if you use multi-user, and if you are stock (not rooted), and we can give comments.
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I have a pretty decent amount of apps installed. I'll post them in a minute, but no, I'm not multi-user, and I'm stock. I'll root and put a new rom on this thing if it's worth it, I figured it'd be fine the way it came.
btw, here are my androbench results. Are these slow?
apps:
These are what I disable.
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These are what I disable.
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thanks, I'll try disabling those.
Over 100 apps in total, my andronbench write speed is clearly an error so just compare read and app open macros.
My apps open much faster than yours, which I'd put down to PA ROM and kernel. Maybe your write speed is a bit slow?
Can you download "forever gone" from market and try a full fill and delete? Apparently helps reset the memory controller to improve performance.
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Mungulz said:
Over 100 apps in total, my andronbench write speed is clearly an error so just compare read and app open macros.
My apps open much faster than yours, which I'd put down to PA ROM and kernel. Maybe your write speed is a bit slow?
Can you download "forever gone" from market and try a full fill and delete? Apparently helps reset the memory controller to improve performance.
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I did forever gone earlier today.
bump.
I just want to know if I should restore, root and flash a new rom on this thing. Can someone check out my androbench scores and tell me if they're normal?
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last bump
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Slow Nexus 7..

For some reason my Nexus 7 is strangely slow lately idk why, but I want to know if anyone else has seen there Nexus 7 lagging? And if anyone knows how to speed it up? Posting screen shot of my system info.
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Exactly the same here. Typing's hard work, and tapping icons or buttons can take a couple of tries before it registers. All updated and tried a reboot.
You should upgade to 4.2.2, make full wipe and start from scratch. Then you will see if lag is still there.
grisoxxl said:
You should upgade to 4.2.2, make full wipe and start from scratch. Then you will see if lag is still there.
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Did that and it was even more laggy. Idk what is going on.
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OliverHaslam said:
Exactly the same here. Typing's hard work, and tapping icons or buttons can take a couple of tries before it registers. All updated and tried a reboot.
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That's what mine is doing. When I first bought it it was running super smooth, and I just want my fast nexus 7 back
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Read this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285328
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Try to have more than 5GB free space then run forevergone (free) many people facing the same problem (include me) but after did that and restart once you'll be wonder what happen.
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why always me said:
Try to have more than 5GB free space then run forevergone (free) many people facing the same problem (include me) but after did that and restart once you'll be wonder what happen.
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I got 17 gb free
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Try lagfix(fstrim) anyway it free and took only a few seconds to finish it's job. Even you're already have more than 5 GB free but in the old kernel seem to have a problem with nand flash controller.
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Just disable auto-brightness (not joking, it works).
CreepyDroid said:
Just disable auto-brightness (not joking, it works).
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Don't use auto brightness.
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Simpsons Tapped Out

I'm running stock rooted and since day one with this phone, the Simpsons game has been choppy and crashes often. I've sent quiet a bit of reports once it crashes, but I was wondering if anyone else had this problem?
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bigdog_nick said:
I'm running stock rooted and since day one with this phone, the Simpsons game has been choppy and crashes often. I've sent quiet a bit of reports once it crashes, but I was wondering if anyone else had this problem?
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Mine is choppy (low frame rate) occasionally - it was more noticeable during the recent halloween event. Seems ok now since the thanksgiving update.
It does crash quite frequently though - maybe one out of every three or four sessions.
I play daily and it crashes at least once every time I play it. Used to have sgs4 I337 running gpe Roms and it wouldn't work at all. Warrantied a bad headset speaker and here I am. The new sgs4 AT&T sent me had a locked boot loader and no root android 4.3. I didn't want a galaxy phone so sold it for 400 bought the nexus 5.
Level 37 now. Same as zulugod stated was laggy with Halloween update, better now.
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In 37, it does have fps lag and crashes like six times before I can assign everyone to tasks
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Ok glad it's not just me. I'm hoping in the next play store update, They'll fix it or something.
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Every time it crashes I send the report. So I'm sure someone will eventually take a look and issue a small patch.
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Same
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Every time it crashes I send the report. So I'm sure someone will eventually take a look and issue a small patch.
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Here is the new christmas update and nothing changes same **** with crashes(((
SOPUN said:
Here is the new christmas update and nothing changes same **** with crashes(((
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I installed a different kernel and haven't had an issue yet. I'm using Francos Kernel its in the original android Dev thread. I understand that some people don't want root and modify googles pretty work but this is a fix for me.
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Thx
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I installed a different kernel and haven't had an issue yet. I'm using Francos Kernel its in the original android Dev thread. I understand that some people don't want root and modify googles pretty work but this is a fix for me.
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Hi i'm totally newbie in such tipe of thing. i used to have only iPhones since 2007) and that is my first android phone))) (i also used to have Blackberrys) So it's totally stock, i am actually in love with it as it is. Maybe someday i will try to root or mod it or kernel( i even donno what does it mean)))))

KOT49E Discussion thread.

Open thread to discuss this new update.
Did anyone noticed any Youtube improvements? (stuttering / 1080p playback)
The static noise that was present at low volume disappeared for me, so as a result, clearer audio.
The transparent bars in landscape and portrait mode for the lock screen (I think this was not present in 4.4)
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The static noise that was present at low volume disappeared for me, so as a result, clearer audio.
The transparent bars in landscape and portrait mode for the lock screen (I think this was not present in 4.4)
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Yep static noise is definitely less audible at low volume. Nice fix.
Anyone still get the random reboot issue after this update?
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Matrix_19 said:
Yep static noise is definitely less audible at low volume. Nice fix.
Anyone still get the random reboot issue after this update?
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I have my tab only for 2 weeks but no reboots so far..
can't wait for the OTA, sideload updated already and will observe
Can someone please post the update or factory image?
linuxthinker said:
Can someone please post the update or factory image?
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/06/download-android-4-4-1-kot49e-for-the-2013-wifi-nexus-7/
linuxthinker said:
Can someone please post the update or factory image?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380113
One of the first threads in this section...
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First reboot on 4.4.1 so I guess it's not fixed
Matrix_19 said:
First reboot on 4.4.1 so I guess it's not fixed
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that's discouraging.
Has anyone else noticed the date doesn't show up on the bootup initial lock screen, but reappears once you unlock and relock, also with the translucent bars they've corrected the spacing in the displayed date, in 4.4 it didn't have spaces.
Performance in Asphalt 8 seems to dropped also, maybe a placibo effect but it feels like the fps has gone down 10 frames
So there is no listing anywhere of a changelog or what all this OTA involves, fixes and changes?
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So there is no listing anywhere of a changelog or what all this OTA involves, fixes and changes?
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shure
https://funkyandroid.com/aosp-KRT16M-KOT49E.html
updated already and now will observe if the random reboots are still occurring.
didn't see any immediately visible change. for instance on the homescreen, the transparent status above and home keys below weren't translucent like that of Nexus 5. on the lockscreen though, the status bar became translucent.
To those people with random reboot:
-Did you check your apps first? Try booting in safe mode and use your tablet for a day; if there is no reboot then that means some of your apps did that.
-Did your disabled any of Google app sync? Try enabling the sync again.
Personally I have never experience random reboot on this tablet. On my N7 2012 there were countless times the reboot occurs but that was definitely due to lack of ram.
Just updated to KOT49E. Video performance has improved. My Beweather animations aren't stuttering anymore.
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stfudude said:
To those people with random reboot:
-Did you check your apps first? Try booting in safe mode and use your tablet for a day; if there is no reboot then that means some of your apps did that.
-Did your disabled any of Google app sync? Try enabling the sync again.
Personally I have never experience random reboot on this tablet. On my N7 2012 there were countless times the reboot occurs but that was definitely due to lack of ram.
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My tablet can reboot twice a day and then no more reboot for 1 week... So it's very hard to make any test.
About 2 reboots on 3 is when the tablet is not in use and the screen is closed.
If I was almost alone with this issue... I could test some installed apps, however since many people is having the same issue, I don't think it is related to any "installed" app.
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They changed the keyboard sounds to be similar to the rest of the OS sounds. Much better!
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My tablet can reboot twice a day and then no more reboot for 1 week... So it's very hard to make any test.
About 2 reboots on 3 is when the tablet is not in use and the screen is closed.
If I was almost alone with this issue... I could test some installed apps, however since many people is having the same issue, I don't think it is related to any "installed" app.
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I expect many other nexus 7 users have installed any app you've installed. The fact that this impacts multiple users doesn't rule out a problem with installed apps.
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