Nexus 7 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Press reboot, it sometimes doesn't do it itself, it will continue on after

I have done that Pog, TitaniumPro is saying that I do not have root access and when I try to use a USB device it is not showing up as connected.
Thanks for the reply.

Might wait a few weeks to upgrade to 4.2 so, installed cleanrom 2.0 and francos kernel other day have to say there are amazing together my nexus 7 couldn't be any smoother.

one man clappin wrote: »

I have Nexus 7 and was rooted with stock ROM so I could attach USB device to it.
I installed the update this morning to 4.2 and went to re root the device using WugFresh Toolkit (worked perfectly before for me). Now it just says that it is "waiting for device to finish booting back up" on my laptop and on the Nexus I am getting the screen as per link below.

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae285/onemanclapping/IMAG0025.jpg

Help appreciated.

I had this problem as well. This is what I did to get root back:
Download latest version of Wugfresh Toolkit (don't know if this step is actually necessary)
You have to change the model type of your nexus. You probably had it still set to Android 4.1.2. As 4.2 isn't available yet, change it to Android Any Build.
Click Root and follow instructions.

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I am trying to watch a programme on rte player but can't as there is no flash. What do you do about this? Also how do you stop keypad making noises?

Try dolphin broswer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&hl=en as for the sound have a look at language & input in the settings.

This is a good link for tips.
http://www.tested.com/tech/android/63025-23-essential-nexus-7-tweaks/

Got flash sorted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpn603oZbIQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

celticsfan wrote: »

Many thanks for you reply Amalgram!!

That would be a great approach with the top up cards in tesco or similiar.. It always seems we get left behind with these technology things lol..

With not being able to download the mags or movies from play store,surely there must be other apps out there to install for these? i know netflix for movies..but duno for mags...

Sorry for the novice questions..i dont actually own an android device myself..

There is always Zinio for magazines.
Has the advantage of being multiplatform too.
Have a look at what they have on zinio.com

dloob wrote: »

There is always Zinio for magazines.
Has the advantage of being multiplatform too.
Have a look at what they have on zinio.com

Cheers dloob..a decent selection of magazines on that site,i think you can get them off the kindle app as well..so those,netflix and the ereader function should keep herself happy enough for a while lol..:D

Johnzy Fitzgerald wrote: »

I picked one up (32GB) a couple of weeks ago in Currys/PC World (Tralee) without a problem.
So if you have a Currys/PC World near you, it might be worth checking out.

HMV were €10 cheaper last time I looked (€239).

killbillvol2 wrote: »

HMV were €10 cheaper last time I looked (€239).

I got mine for €239 in HMV at summer launch, but I saw a Currys/PC world ad last night on tv that had them priced at €239 in there also!
I can't find it on their website though!

I noticed gmail on the nexus 7 seems to be working on a fetch basis?
I'll get an email and get a notification on the pc and iphone immediately but the nexus 7 may not pick it up for half an hour if left alone.
Anybody else see behaviour like that?

anyone manage to get the new irritating BBC media player working on the nexus 7?

irishgeo wrote: »

anyone manage to get the new irritating BBC media player working on the nexus 7?

It's working on mine.

What is so good about getting this latest update?

I am finding rte player hanging a lot. Using Firefox beta. Also how can you turn off autocorrect on keypad. Pain in the ass changing words all the time.