Nexus 7 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

stevek93 · 26-11-2012 04:47PM

Dcully wrote: »

No its not locked,I'm posting this on it.

Locked as in the rotation is locked.

Edit: Cool, yeah but was wondering why they didn't just put it on the one drawer.

Dcully · 26-11-2012 05:40PM

Very happy with my purchase, i was going to get a Nexus 10 but the N7 just seemed to suit my needs perfectly.
I cant get over how nice the screen is,especially when i increase the brightness.
Highly recommended to anyone sitting on the fence.

Dcully · 26-11-2012 08:33PM

Is google music not available in Ireland?

PogMoThoin · 26-11-2012 08:41PM

Dcully wrote: »

Is google music not available in Ireland?

You need to sign up through vpn, then it works here

celticsfan · 26-11-2012 08:45PM

Dcully wrote: »

Is google music not available in Ireland?

use tunnelbear,downloaded it last night very simple to use indeed:)

Dcully · 26-11-2012 08:50PM

So can i use it to send music to cloud?

stevek93 · 26-11-2012 10:27PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

You need to sign up through vpn, then it works here

Free 1GB http://www.tunnelbear.com/twitter-promo/

PogMoThoin · 26-11-2012 10:29PM

Dcully wrote: »

So can i use it to send music to cloud?

Yes, I've nearly 30Gb uploaded over the last few months. You just need to use the vpn to sign up.

stevek93 · 26-11-2012 10:36PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yes, I've nearly 30Gb uploaded over the last few months. You just need to use the vpn to sign up.

What about the credit card?

pointer28 · 27-11-2012 12:16PM

Hi all,

I just got a Nexus 7 last night and loving it so far. I'm not into gadgets and other than an MP3 player and my laptop this is it my techy total so far.

Setting up the unit was so simple and everything synched with my facebook, google accounts etc, downloaded some apps and everything was super. It told me an update was available for Android so I installed that as instructed.

Now comes the problem. I can't copy any files from my laptop to my Nexus. I connected the USB cable, it installed the drivers and all looked good.

According to my laptop, the Nexus is connected and working fine. According to my Nexus, it's connected to my laptop as a media device and everything should work fine. However, when I try to drag and drop files into my Nexus I get an error message saying "The device has either stopped responding or been disconnected".

It hasn't been disconnected and I don't know what else to do. I have tried diconnecting it, then switched off the laptop, re-connecting and re-starting the laptop but nothing has changed.

I have googled this issue but can't seem to find an answer that doesn't involve really techy sounding stuff that I don't understand.

Surely it can't be that complicated to copy a few music files and pdf's?

acalmenvoy · 27-11-2012 12:40PM

pointer28 wrote: »

Hi all,

I just got a Nexus 7 last night and loving it so far. I'm not into gadgets and other than an MP3 player and my laptop this is it my techy total so far.

Setting up the unit was so simple and everything synched with my facebook, google accounts etc, downloaded some apps and everything was super. It told me an update was available for Android so I installed that as instructed.

Now comes the problem. I can't copy any files from my laptop to my Nexus. I connected the USB cable, it installed the drivers and all looked good.

According to my laptop, the Nexus is connected and working fine. According to my Nexus, it's connected to my laptop as a media device and everything should work fine. However, when I try to drag and drop files into my Nexus I get an error message saying "The device has either stopped responding or been disconnected".

It hasn't been disconnected and I don't know what else to do. I have tried diconnecting it, then switched off the laptop, re-connecting and re-starting the laptop but nothing has changed.

I have googled this issue but can't seem to find an answer that doesn't involve really techy sounding stuff that I don't understand.

Surely it can't be that complicated to copy a few music files and pdf's?

Get Airdroid. For a quick fix, if you have wireless at home.

pointer28 · 27-11-2012 02:03PM

Thanks acalmenvoy,

That worked, although it still seems pointlessly complicated to me. I had presumed that I would just "drag and drop" files like I do to my MP3 player.

Anyway, I'm a technophobe at the best of times.

Thanks again.

JohnK · 27-11-2012 02:14PM

JohnK wrote: »

Thanks, will give that a go. I've not noticed any lag issue but hopefully this will fix it anyway.

Nope, that didnt fix it. Google Services still accounts for about ~30% of all battery use; I've hardly used it since a full charge yesterday morning and its down at 40% this morning

User name eh? · 27-11-2012 07:24PM

Hi all,
Heads fried trying to order a Nexus 7.
Have tunnelbear running.
Logged into wallet. changed new address to parcel post one listed for the north.
Upon coming to checkout, I add a new payment method which is my irish credit card, irish address with the postal code from the depot up north at the end?
Keeps saying technical error and not it's saying my Card is invalid?
Any thoughts.
Thanks in advance

stevek93 · 27-11-2012 07:40PM

User name eh? wrote: »

Hi all,
Heads fried trying to order a Nexus 7.
Have tunnelbear running.
Logged into wallet. changed new address to parcel post one listed for the north.
Upon coming to checkout, I add a new payment method which is my irish credit card, irish address with the postal code from the depot up north at the end?
Keeps saying technical error and not it's saying my Card is invalid?
Any thoughts.
Thanks in advance

Why you no buy here?

User name eh? · 27-11-2012 07:44PM

I want to get the 3g version Steve. I spend a bit of time travelling. Also do some night photography here in Ireland as well so want to be able to be mobile when stuck out doing landscape photography at all hours of the day/night.
I've friends up north that I could as to order it for me but would like to do it myself. Have tried everything as suggested here on these threads but no joy.

johnmcdnl · 27-11-2012 07:46PM

User name eh? wrote: »

I want to get the 3g version Steve. I spend a bit of time travelling. Also do some night photography here in Ireland as well so want to be able to be mobile when stuck out doing landscape photography at all hours of the day/night.
I've friends up north that I could as to order it for me but would like to do it myself. Have tried everything as suggested here on these threads but no joy.

If you have an android phone you could use it as a hotspot for the tablet using the phone's 3G. Possible solution?

User name eh? · 27-11-2012 07:47PM

Yeah but you're charged for the tethering aren't you?

johnmcdnl · 27-11-2012 07:48PM

User name eh? wrote: »

Yeah but you're charged for the tethering aren't you?

Nope - not that I know off
Well I never was so and a load of my mates do as well and never got charged

User name eh? · 27-11-2012 07:52PM

I've been charged before for it John. I'm with vodafone. Unless they have changed their policy in the last few months?

celticsfan · 27-11-2012 08:06PM

Hi guys,

slowly getting to grips with my new toy lol... in order to to buy mags and stuff off the uk play store using vpn...when creating your google wallet account should you have the home location as UK when registering or leave it as Ireland?

cheers

PogMoThoin · 27-11-2012 08:20PM

stevek93 wrote: »

What about the credit card?

Google Music allows you upload music you already have to the cloud, this is what we're on about. I don't pay for music

ULMarc · 27-11-2012 08:44PM

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Nope - not that I know off
Well I never was so and a load of my mates do as well and never got charged

You're not charged for the tethering. Test it out with your laptop. Also, it would be better to put down 10 euro on an extra few gigabytes on your phone plan rather than having an additional plan for another device.

Just remember though that some apps will treat the connection a bit differently. Some apps might use data conservatively on a mobile connection but go all out on a Wifi connection.

User name eh? · 27-11-2012 09:12PM

Thanks for the heads up. Either ways I'd like the 3g for travel.
Thanks again. Just tried again there to order and no joy. Think I'll create a fresh account and use the mothers credit card. Who'd have thought it would be this hard to part with money :-)

If I do decide to go with the wifi only, wher ein ireland has the best deals/availability
Thanks again

ULMarc wrote: »

You're not charged for the tethering. Test it out with your laptop. Also, it would be better to put down 10 euro on an extra few gigabytes on your phone plan rather than having an additional plan for another device.

Just remember though that some apps will treat the connection a bit differently. Some apps might use data conservatively on a mobile connection but go all out on a Wifi connection.

PogMoThoin · 27-11-2012 10:47PM

Mine just downloaded 4.2.1. Yay, I get December back

blobbie · 28-11-2012 08:09PM

Just received 4.2.1 OTA update.

irishgeo · 28-11-2012 11:22PM

blobbie wrote: »

Just received 4.2.1 OTA update.

is this the december bug fix only?

corkie · 28-11-2012 11:54PM

irishgeo wrote: »

is this the december bug fix only?

Changelog = http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/11/27/changelog-whats-new-in-android-4-2-1-jop40d/
That and addition of HID devices

Mr0 · 29-11-2012 12:04PM

Hi guys/gals,

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the 4.2 (or I guess 4.2.1) jellybean update! My Nexus 7 is rooted with clockworkmod. I've got the message to get a system update around 4 times and each time i accept the update fails! I also tried updating manually via clockworkmod but this fails each time I attempt it too!

Cheers

dahamsta · 29-11-2012 12:11PM

You'll need to revert to a stock recovery. You'll invariably find the details on how to do this in the rooting guide you used.

Nexus 7 Owners Thread - apps, tips & tricks!

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