Nexus 7 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

muffler

droidman123 wrote: »

You could try wiping the cache partition or factory resetting it. You should see an improvement. There are known issues with the 2012 model since the lolipop update unfortunately.

Factory reset I could probably do as Im sure its just finding a link for it in the settings somewhere. Are there any problems with doing this or a downside to it all?

Wiping the cache partition Im lost at unfortunately, no idea what it is or how to do it Im afraid.

droidman123

muffler wrote: »

Factory reset I could probably do as Im sure its just finding a link for it in the settings somewhere. Are there any problems with doing this or a downside to it all?

Wiping the cache partition Im lost at unfortunately, no idea what it is or how to do it Im afraid.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2012/337072-guide-nexus-7-2012-2013-cache-partition-wipe.html


It might look a bit daunting but its fairly straightfoeward. Any hassles just let me know

muffler

droidman123 wrote: »

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2012/337072-guide-nexus-7-2012-2013-cache-partition-wipe.html


It might look a bit daunting but its fairly straightfoeward. Any hassles just let me know

Good man, thanks. I'll get a look at that later this evening

ThisRegard

Finally got around to flashing a KitKat version of Cyanogenmod to mine. Should have done it sooner, it's become usable again. Worth a go if you're at the end of your tether and don't use yours anymore like I was.

croo

droidman123 wrote: »

You could try wiping the cache partition or factory resetting it. You should see an improvement. There are known issues with the 2012 model since the lolipop update unfortunately.

Did that recently and found it made an initial improvement but it soon slowed down again ... the best improvement I got when I followed the tips in the link jonski provided.

jonski wrote: »

Just to update , I found this and it seems to have made a difference .

Though it's still not perfect. Perhaps the cyanogenmod route is the only real solution.

jonski

croo wrote: »

Did that recently and found it made an initial improvement but it soon slowed down again ... the best improvement I got when I followed the tips in the link jonski provided.



Though it's still not perfect. Perhaps the cyanogenmod route is the only real solution.

Well isn't that a bit of a coincidence or voodoo/witch craft , I brought the charge/usb lead downstairs with me this morning as I plan on giving cyanogen a shot today . It's either that or it'll go through one of the windows some night.

jonski

jonski wrote: »

Well isn't that a bit of a coincidence or voodoo/witch craft , I brought the charge/usb lead downstairs with me this morning as I plan on giving cyanogen a shot today . It's either that or it'll go through one of the windows some night.

"Your Firmware Is Not Supported By This Installer"

So much for the CM installer .

ThisRegard

Follow the directions on the CM Wiki about unlocking the boot loader etc, it's pretty straightforward. I never used the installer anytime I've flashed unless CM was already on the device. Once it is you can install whatever version you want from the installer. 10.2 apparently is the best version for the original Nexus.

jonski

Either I'm getting too old or it's very complicated ( and I'm willing to accept that it's me getting too old ) . There seems to be a lot of steps .

ThisRegard

Is this what you're following ?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_grouper

Once you get started it's not too bad, easier than the first time I did it a few years ago anyway.

jonski

ThisRegard wrote: »

Is this what you're following ?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_grouper

Once you get started it's not too bad, easier than the first time I did it a few years ago anyway.

Yup .

I thought it would be as simple as using the Wugfresh nexus root toolkit but it started getting a bit daunting with the " make sure your pc has working fastboot and adb." , it didn't , I went to get them and got " oh you have to install Java " something or other ............. and I thought ok , installed that got it running but tbh didn't understand what I was going to do from there so instead I just went back to the nexus root toolkit and flashed 4.4.4 for now while I try and get my head around CM .

ThisRegard

Yeah, the hardest part is getting your machine set up, but it's a once off thing. Once it's done you can download ROMs and flash away to your hearts content from within the settings on the Nexus, no need to hook up to a pc again.

jonski

Ah yes, now I remember why I didn't like 4.4.4 , WiFi problems . Tablet won't connect to anything this morning .

ThisRegard

At least you can switch ROMs easily now though to play around.

dealhunter1985

I just downgraded to Kitkat and my device is alive again.
Absolutely flying it.. Wish I did this sooner.
I used the instructions from here :
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-downgrade-android-5-0-android-4-4-nexus-devices-1486023

The Kitkat image I used was this one : https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-ktu84p-factory-2c6e4d6f.tgz taken from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

marko93

Just dug this out of the press, gonna try that last post and downgrade it or just try to load a custom rom. Literally want it to watch a few videos and read a few books. Hopefully it still can.

(if it ever turns on)