Google nexus 7

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Baron Greenback

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Sunday 1st September 2013
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Fletch79 said:
i was having a problem with the toolkit .. but i figured it out

it said take it out of MTP mode, but i didn't put it into camera mode ... even with the right ADB drivers installed it wasn't picking it up!

Go there now ... I'm gonna stay stock, just want root for a couple apps
What the benefit of rooting? What the apps you wanted?

Baron Greenback

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Friday 6th September 2013
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Yah at last bbci player allows android to download at last took them long enough! Shame that they have forgotten to include radio channel.

Baron Greenback

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Sunday 29th September 2013
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Don't forget there is a lot more screen at higher resolution and a lot more processing needed. Have you load of widgets on the screen and live background on. Can't justify selling old for the new version.

Baron Greenback

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Tuesday 1st October 2013
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This one is the best I found so far https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.... plays Your m4v plus loads of others!

Baron Greenback

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Saturday 23rd November 2013
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Wish they got rid of the 2 vertical lines on the desktop. As above much improvement in general practice but have found one site the movies not working but OK on mobile version.

Baron Greenback

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Wednesday 27th November 2013
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Dam thought I had a battery problem as wasn't charging but realised that the cable was in but not charging. Now have to put it in very precise position to charge it! Screwed up the connector inside not the cable! Repairable?? Could get a docking station but have case permanent connected dont want to keep on undoing it to charge! Microusb socket very easy to damage!

Anyone played with the docking station? I presume most can not use with case?

Baron Greenback

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Wednesday 27th November 2013
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Hehe original cable for me lasted 2 weeks! Think it fell of bedside table when turning off alarm!

Baron Greenback

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Saturday 30th November 2013
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One thing I don't like about kitkat is the flash doesn't work in Firefox unless I root the N7!

Baron Greenback

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Friday 16th January 2015
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Anyone upgraded to kitkat 5.0 upgrade, I have just got upgrade come through! So far the tablet is working fine but I hear horror stories!

Baron Greenback

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Friday 6th February 2015
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Cobnapint said:
Not liking Lollipop.

I don't like the colours used for the volume slider, or the swipe down menu from the top, they are not as crisp.

The small battery indicator symbol isn't as clear either, and the N7 now seems to take ages to charge up.

And whats with the white background on the keyboard - gonna do wonders for battery life that isn't it ?
Agreed, I went swift keyboard straight away! I cant get any good sound from ear phones on the tablet. I believe i need to do a rebuild but not the end of the world! It is slow on boot up so I may do it this weekend! Would the software delete be enough, I tried the power and volume button but to no effect?

I believe my motoG will go kitkat asap, not looking forward to that!

Baron Greenback

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Friday 6th February 2015
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JonRB said:
Baron Greenback said:
I believe my motoG will go kitkat asap, not looking forward to that!
Are you sure you mean KitKat? The Moto G has been running KitKat (4.4.4) for ages and is very stable.
Aye I mean lollipop 5.0 or 1!

Baron Greenback

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Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Very mixed report on how people like lolipop! Dont mind it so far, taking a while before the apps catch up!

Baron Greenback

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Thursday 26th March 2015
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Tis wierd this review of the Nexus 6 seems like an improvement and a half!

http://www.itproportal.com/2015/03/25/nexus-6-revi...

My orig 7 has also good and bad days! I think the apps are cause of some the problems in the programming quality. I cant get BBCIplayer working atm!

Baron Greenback

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Sunday 5th April 2015
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Elroy Blue said:
The only thing I've got on my Nexus 7 now is a Kindle App. It takes 10 minutes to start and then I'm lucky if it will actually open the app. Never again.
You probably have done a hard reboot using the power n volume button! Your memory in the N7 may be screwed and any reboot may not make any difference but worth a try! It does sound wierd! I here the Nexus 6 has great reviews I blame android and app writers make software for modern super cpu not good writing!

Baron Greenback

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Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Just been offered a update to 5.1.1 I may update after a quick Google!

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http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/05/04/android-5-...

mmm going for it!

Edited by Baron Greenback on Tuesday 5th May 17:20

Baron Greenback

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Sunday 3rd January 2016
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My version 1 of N7 won't go to marshmallow, so I went and bought nvidia shield k1 for £150 and is so my better than a N7. Very happy.

Baron Greenback

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Sunday 5th June 2016
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I've gone from from N7 to Nvidia K1 which awesome compared to the N7!