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New N7 user.

I have bought a 32gb nexus 7 from best buy in canada and wondering is it all the same ? Just don't want to end up whit a brick or anything
First 4 hours of use impression : it came preloaded whit 4.1.1 its snappy if you ask me but sometimes in application we can see some small lag but great tablet for its price !
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shahkam said:
I have bought a 32gb nexus 7 from best buy in canada and wondering is it all the same ? Just don't want to end up whit a brick or anything
First 4 hours of use impression : it came preloaded whit 4.1.1 its snappy if you ask me but sometimes in application we can see some small lag but great tablet for its price !
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They're are all the same do don't worry about that. Glad you're enjoying it!
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Mac of York said:
They're are all the same do don't worry about that. Glad you're enjoying it!
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Sweet ! Looking forward to this phablet now time to go on reading to get root and etc etc... Also how does the charging works first time ? Drain to 0% and then 100% ?
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Makaijin said:
With every electronic gadget using Lithium-ion batteries nowadays, it doesn't really matter how/when you charge it.
Some would argue to make sure to allow a full discharge from a full charge from a battery calibration point of view, so the battery meter is more accurate. It wouldn't affect the health of the battery itself either way.
Things like memory effect doesn't apply to lithium-ion. How often you charge it and how much you charge it (full or partial charge etc.) doesn't affect it much either. The only 2 things that can potential kill a lithium-ion is high temperature and letting it discharge far too low to the point that it cannot be charged up again. Note that all electronic devices will power off way before it even reaches this threshold.
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Read this in a different thread when i was unboxing my nexus 7, i let mine sit for a while on the charger before i turned it on, but it came charged already. So far i have not let my nexus drain to 0% and the battery life on it is great, it can go for a entire day.
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inkredible973 said:
Read this in a different thread when i was unboxing my nexus 7, i let mine sit for a while on the charger before i turned it on, but it came charged already. So far i have not let my nexus drain to 0% and the battery life on it is great, it can go for a entire day.
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Thanks for letting me know ive drained it to 0 charging all the way to 100 can't wait to start tinkering whit it
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I too just got one. May be came out of the box with 4.2. After I signed in I checked for an update manually, and it immediately upgraded to 4.2.1. I then rooted immediately! Battery has been impressive so far.
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annoyingduck said:
I too just got one. May be came out of the box with 4.2. After I signed in I checked for an update manually, and it immediately upgraded to 4.2.1. I then rooted immediately! Battery has been impressive so far.
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No luck for me i guess it shows that there is an update it downloads it and boot into recovery attempts to install but then an android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears ?
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Sounds like it may be a corrupt download. Unless you plan to remain on the stock ROM just unlock/root it and then install what ever ROM you like.

DarkSankaku said:
Sounds like it may be a corrupt download. Unless you plan to remain on the stock ROM just unlock/root it and then install what ever ROM you like.
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Will re download yeah it was only 80mb and it took like 20 seconds i think to download?
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shahkam said:
No luck for me i guess it shows that there is an update it downloads it and boot into recovery attempts to install but then an android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears ?
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shahkam said:
Will re download yeah it was only 80mb and it took like 20 seconds i think to download?
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It happened to my device yesterday too. But after that upgrade disappeared so i can't get update. Did you redownload it? If you did, can you tell me how can i?
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I found website for to redownload way (i can't share url because i haven't 10 post) and i have tried twice but every time android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears and i can't update. Can someone know why it is happened?

Nexus 4 booting up! HELP!!!

OK! Yesterday I use the GPS maps, drive 4 hour trip everything good! On my way back the phone boot up by itself... Between yesterday and now the phone boot up couple more times... Why did that? And how can I fix it please!!!
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How can we help you if you do not provide details about your rom, kernel, app etc?
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The phone is stock not root it... First Android phone so I don't know what details you asking???
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You mean it's turning itself on or it's rebooting on its own?
Oh and, welcome to the wonderful world of Android! Our cookies taste better. Customizable, too!
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shadrage said:
You mean it's turning itself on or it's rebooting on its own?
Oh and, welcome to the wonderful world of Android! Our cookies taste better. Customizable, too!
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If I keep using it for like 30 minutes (hard use) it reboot... How can I do a factory reset? Maybe that fix it...
PS: I notice when reboot it get really hot! I don't know if that is part of the problem..
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monchy36 said:
If I keep using it for like 30 minutes (hard use) it reboot... How can I do a factory reset? Maybe that fix it...
PS: I notice when reboot it get really hot! I don't know if that is part of the problem..
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You just answered your only question.

zephiK said:
You just answered your only question.
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So? A factory reset will fix it? That's the way I use to fix my iPhone... I don't know if nexus is the same???
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monchy36 said:
If I keep using it for like 30 minutes (hard use) it reboot... How can I do a factory reset? Maybe that fix it...
PS: I notice when reboot it get really hot! I don't know if that is part of the problem..
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You said your phone shuts off after hard use, and you said it is really hot when it shuts down. This sounds like a hardware problem. When the processor gets too hot, the device kills power to protect it from frying. Almost every computer has a similar last-resort power-off feature to protect its hardware.
Now the real question: What is making the device overheat? Most likely this is a hardware problem, but there is a remote possibility that the problem could be a rouge app.
A factory reset will remove the apps you installed. If there is an app running an infinite loop in the background, a factory reset might fix the problem. (I remember you said you are running stock without root, so there are no firmware issues. The only possible software issues are with your apps.)
I am sorry to say that you might have a defective board.
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KlipperKyle said:
You said your phone shuts off after hard use, and you said it is really hot when it shuts down. This sounds like a hardware problem. When the processor gets too hot, the device kills power to protect it from frying. Almost every computer has a similar last-resort power-off feature to protect its hardware.
Now the real question: What is making the device overheat? Most likely this is a hardware problem, but there is a remote possibility that the problem could be a rouge app.
A factory reset will remove the apps you installed. If there is an app running an infinite loop in the background, a factory reset might fix the problem. (I remember you said you are running stock without root, so there are no firmware issues. The only possible software issues are with your apps.)
I am sorry to say that you might have a defective board.
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But why start doing that after a month of using it? The only new I did was using the maps app for more than 4hours... A friend toll me to clear cache on map apps...
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If the problem really is hardware, it was a defect that made it past quality control. It's the same reason why a new hard drive might fail after a week of usage--infant mortality. Infant mortality is quite rare, but it does happen nevertheless.
Fortunately, Google's replacement procedure is quite nice compared to most other companies. If Google sends you a replacement, you can keep your existing phone until the replacement arrives. This way, you are not left without a phone temporarily.

Update! Did a factory reset and root it and it's good now! Looks like an app was causing the rebooting... Thanks for the help!
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monchy36 said:
Update! Did a factory reset and root it and it's good now! Looks like an app was causing the rebooting... Thanks for the help!
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Cool! I'm glad you got it fixed. Have a happy new year.
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Had Enough.

I am totally stock and never done nothing to this bloody thing, done the update yesterday, andddddd it still takes about 30 seconds to turn on and it is still dropping the Internet connection. Let me ask you something, if you bought a brand new car, took it home and from then on it takes over 30 seconds to start it and while driving the engine cuts out now and again, what would you do.
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stormwizard1968 said:
I am totally stock and never done nothing to this bloody thing, done the update yesterday, andddddd it still takes about 30 seconds to turn on and it is still dropping the Internet connection. Let me ask you something, if you bought a brand new car, took it home and from then on it takes over 30 seconds to start it and while driving the engine cuts out now and again, what would you do.
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Let me ask you something, if you bought a WiFi router that doesn't work through lead walls and also doesn't cook you bacon what would you do?
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stormwizard1968 said:
Let me ask you something, if you bought a brand new car, took it home and from then on it takes over 30 seconds to start it and while driving the engine cuts out now and again, what would you do.
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I would join a support forum and whine about it. That always solves the problem.
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stormwizard1968 said:
I am totally stock and never done nothing to this bloody thing, done the update yesterday, andddddd it still takes about 30 seconds to turn on and it is still dropping the Internet connection. Let me ask you something, if you bought a brand new car, took it home and from then on it takes over 30 seconds to start it and while driving the engine cuts out now and again, what would you do.
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I would first make an intellectually dishonest analogy. Totally.
Seriously, this takes the prize for the most unrealistic and unreasonable complaint of the month. The audacity of a consumer electronics device taking a mind-numbing 30 seconds to boot into the operating system. It should be as instantaneous as simply applying 12vdc to a starter motor despite the fact that booting an operating system is nothing like starting a car.
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30 second boot time is decent. Mine takes like 90 seconds on a fresh install, stupid PA 3.0 screwed my filesystem over
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stormwizard1968 said:
I am totally stock and never done nothing to this bloody thing, done the update yesterday, andddddd it still takes about 30 seconds to turn on and it is still dropping the Internet connection. Let me ask you something, if you bought a brand new car, took it home and from then on it takes over 30 seconds to start it and while driving the engine cuts out now and again, what would you do.
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First, a car & a tablet are two different things. Second, it takes my N7 OVER 30 seconds to boot. So what's the big fuss?

Rma and get another n7. Sounds like its defective

IRX120 said:
30 second boot time is decent. Mine takes like 90 seconds on a fresh install, stupid PA 3.0 screwed my filesystem over
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Stupid PA... I'm running it now. PA is nothing but amazing development.
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stormwizard1968 said:
I am totally stock and never done nothing to this bloody thing, done the update yesterday, andddddd it still takes about 30 seconds to turn on and it is still dropping the Internet connection. Let me ask you something, if you bought a brand new car, took it home and from then on it takes over 30 seconds to start it and while driving the engine cuts out now and again, what would you do.
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30 second boot time is normal. Mine has always booted in 30 seconds and I don't have a lot of apps on there, and the device itself is extremely quick.
It's only 30 seconds. Find something valid to complain about.
Also if your routers reception is poor, it's not the tablets fault. Mine doesn't get a good signal from my bedroom because my router is in the living room. One thing I don't do about this situation is come to XDA and complain about it. Why? Because I am not 12 years old.

Why not stop acting like an 8 year old princess. Life will be better.
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Maybe your unit is defective, or maybe you should stop thinking everything is perfect, you choose.
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Try changing the channel on your router, that helped me with dropped signals(just don't turn off the tablet and then you don't have to worry about the 30 seconds)
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So I have to return my n7...

Once a day it freezes and won't boot to save my life... Went into recovery and erased all data but that is only a temp fix... I thought this tablet was amazing but I've had nothing but issues the past 4 days... In afraid to exchange it and then it mess up on me after my 30 days is up and I'm stuck with a broken tablet.
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It is called a warranty. That is what we use when we have issues. They repair or replace it, and then you are good to go again.

acdcking12345 said:
It is called a warranty. That is what we use when we have issues. They repair or replace it, and then you are good to go again.
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Do I really want to go through the hassle of getting a new device here and there
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hegemytouch said:
Once a day it freezes and won't boot to save my life... Went into recovery and erased all data but that is only a temp fix... I thought this tablet was amazing but I've had nothing but issues the past 4 days... In afraid to exchange it and then it mess up on me after my 30 days is up and I'm stuck with a broken tablet.
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Read my post and follow the advice I was given. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2408989
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hegemytouch said:
Once a day it freezes and won't boot to save my life... Went into recovery and erased all data but that is only a temp fix... I thought this tablet was amazing but I've had nothing but issues the past 4 days... In afraid to exchange it and then it mess up on me after my 30 days is up and I'm stuck with a broken tablet.
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The only fix I've found is to reflash the stock image (or CM).
Something is wrong with the stock image which is why wiping isn't fixing it. It reboots and eventually bootloops one day.
Flash CM or download and reflash stock. You'll be amazed. I've got 4 guys who've done this and all are good now. I'm over 200 hours on CM and 180 before I manually rebooted.
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LoLz. Link above is one of the guys who fixed their tabs. I also made a thread about it to make it a little more obvious.
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Nexus 4 shutdown everytime

Hi guys, there's a nexus 4 of my friend that shutdowns every time I try to turn it on. It's all stock, not rooted and bootloader locked.
I tried a factory reset and it worked for some days but it started again this noisy shutdown.
How can I try to restore it?
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smoza said:
Hi guys, there's a nexus 4 of my friend that shutdowns every time I try to turn it on. It's all stock, not rooted and bootloader locked.
I tried a factory reset and it worked for some days but it started again this noisy shutdown.
How can I try to restore it?
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Flash the factory images. Should clean it up.

smoza said:
Hi guys, there's a nexus 4 of my friend that shutdowns every time I try to turn it on. It's all stock, not rooted and bootloader locked.
I tried a factory reset and it worked for some days but it started again this noisy shutdown.
How can I try to restore it?
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How old is the battery, do you know how many charging cycles did it have?
What apps do you use? Do you feel the phone heating up before shutting down?

karoli said:
How old is the battery, do you know how many charging cycles did it have?
What apps do you use? Do you feel the phone heating up before shutting down?
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I'm not the owner of the phone, but I think that he changed the phone (it was on warranty)
Thank you guys
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smoza said:
I'm not the owner of the phone, but I think that he changed the phone (it was on warranty)
Thank you guys
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Well, this isn't much info...

Battery problem