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Jensen posted:You should train yourself to use the App Switcher button. It's really fast and extremely useful. Definitely this. It does take a bit of getting used to but it's great for switching between a few apps that you know are open without having to go to the homescreen every time. For the menu button thing, that is getting better, it just needs apps to be updated to properly support the new menu bar concept. A lot of stuff is using it now.
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Geez Google. I tried to cancel my 16 GB Play order after finding out Staples Canada had the N7 on Friday. I cancelled early morning and it still hasn't been acknowledged besides that the request was made. My Staples one is now delivered, but I don't think I should be opening it until I'm sure Google isn't sending me one. It's not simple for me to refuse the package because I live in a building with a concierge. $20 cheaper getting it from Staples to on account of not paying shipping.
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teethgrinder posted:Geez Google. I made a cancellation request on the 28th for the 8gb model because I decided to get the 16 instead, and my request never got a reply. I called them a week later and they said they can't cancel hardware orders on the play store. So now I'm getting 2 nexuses. I'm also in Canada, and my card was charged yesterday for the 16gb, so even if they changed their policy for that it may be too late to cancel. I can't find it now, but I'm I'm sure I saw somewhere that cancellations for hardware have to be placed within an hour of ordering, and by phone not email. Edit: here it is: "...you may be able to cancel your order up to one hour after it has been placed by contacting our support team; please call our support team at 1-855-83-NEXUS. Squatch Ambassador fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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oxsnard posted:So I just got my nexus 7 up and running (purchased at staples). I've got what appears to be a row of bad pixels (I'll attach screenshots soon). I don't want to return it yet but was wondering what the feasibility was of keeping this bad tablet until staples gets more in stock, and buying a new one and then returning this one with the defective screen. How closely will they check model or serial numbers? Quoting myself. Any thoughts? Think I can return the broken tablet once I buy a new one as soon as they have em back in stock?
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Jul 23, 2012 19:16
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I've been using my Nexus 7 for a few days now. I also own an iPad 2 and iPhone but I'm really happy with it so far. I like the build quality and the screen is more crisp than my iPad. I'm not entirely sold on the 7" form, mainly because landscape browsing is pretty useless on it, but it's definitely more comfortable to hold. Jelly Bean is great so far and is definitely leagues better than past Android versions I've used. It's fast, but still occasionally hangs up at random times (I'm assuming this will be fixed through updates)- overall, still doesn't seem as smooth as the iPad 2. Overall, I'm just waiting for tablet versions of Flipboard, Spotify, & Twitter and I will feel comfortable selling off the iPad. Oh, and the Google Play store is pretty garbage. I don't know why they can't have an easy way to sort through tablet optimized apps.
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Konjuro posted:I made a cancellation request on the 28th for the 8gb model because I decided to get the 16 instead, and my request never got a reply. I called them a week later and they said they can't cancel hardware orders on the play store. So now I'm getting 2 nexuses. She told me I could refuse delivery and be completely refunded so hopefully I can get the front desk to do so. edit: The email she sent says I can still refuse it within 5 days of it being dropped off. teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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Well, the guy who talked to me after about an hour on hold was cheerful and helpful. maybe. Allegedly I've been escalated to next-level support and will be contacted by e-mail with a link to google wallet and a 16gb nexus 7 for zero dollars and expedited shipping within 24-48 hours. His story was that the glue holding the screen on was insufficiently heat-resistant, but that they have a stock of new-glue 16gb tablets available to ship out to bitchy customers. We shall see. Unfortunately I'm out of town for a week coming up, so I don't know if I want to let it sit in e-mail till I get home then complete the transaction, or which.
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Jul 23, 2012 19:37
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UncleGuito posted:Overall, I'm just waiting for tablet versions of Flipboard, Spotify, & Twitter and I will feel comfortable selling off the iPad.
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Jul 23, 2012 19:49
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For those of you with a Nexus 7, using this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YZI1VW/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00) dual USB charger, it won't work. The stock Asus charger that comes with the tablet is 2.0A vs the 1.5A the Duracell provides. Might be better off going with something like this: http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Travel-Charger-Devices-included/dp/B0073FCPSK/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp
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Jul 23, 2012 19:51
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For anyone needing a N7 case, Toysrus has the Brick sleeve for the Kindle Fire on sale for $5 (it's $25 on Amazon, 4.5 stars, fits the N7 according to reviews): http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12550063 UncleGuito fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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Jul 23, 2012 20:14
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Feedly is a pretty good, tablet friendly, magazine style news reader. Although it has issues on some of the more modern devices, a new version is coming fairly soon that addresses a lot of that. Probably use that instead of Flipboard or Pulse.
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UncleGuito posted:For anyone needing a N7 case, Toysrus has the Brick sleeve for the Kindle Fire on sale for $5 (it's $25 on Amazon, 4.5 stars, fits the N7 according to reviews): A bit TOO colorful for my taste..
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If any of you are DIY types and itching for a good n7 case, you should consider making one yourself from a small hardcover. I decided to try it out this past Saturday and it turned out so much better than I thought it would. I was expecting my efforts to yield a sloppy case that would hold me over until I bought a "real" one, but it's solid enough that I might just use this until it breaks. Literally took me no more than 20 minutes of effort. • With x-acto knife, cut out pages of a small hardcover • cut a piece of black felt to match the cover size • get some black elastic (at any dollar store) and sew it into 2 loops, which you then thread through slits in the felt • with spray adhesive or a good glue, really soak the hell out of the back of the felt, then press onto book
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Freezer posted:A bit TOO colorful for my taste.. Edit: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12550063 UncleGuito fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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Jul 23, 2012 20:57
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UncleGuito posted:I've been using my Nexus 7 for a few days now. I also own an iPad 2 and iPhone but I'm really happy with it so far. I like the build quality and the screen is more crisp than my iPad. I'm not entirely sold on the 7" form, mainly because landscape browsing is pretty useless on it, but it's definitely more comfortable to hold. Jelly Bean is great so far and is definitely leagues better than past Android versions I've used. It's fast, but still occasionally hangs up at random times (I'm assuming this will be fixed through updates)- overall, still doesn't seem as smooth as the iPad 2. I feel like there are very few ways you can get it to hang up. One of them is definitely trying to do anything while an app is installing, another one is sliding through a home screen right as a widget updates (like the youtube flick widget), and the other way I've found is to use a particularly intensive live wallpaper.
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Jul 23, 2012 21:13
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Jensen posted:I feel like there are very few ways you can get it to hang up. One of them is definitely trying to do anything while an app is installing, another one is sliding through a home screen right as a widget updates (like the youtube flick widget), and the other way I've found is to use a particularly intensive live wallpaper. Also, why is there no snap to top shortcut in the browser?
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Jul 23, 2012 21:24
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Yay I got a Nexus 7 from Staples ... And as far as I can tell, something about it just totally defective. It's loving weird, just certain screen elements refuse to respond to touch for a while, while others work fine. Sometimes taps don't work, but swiping does. Or vice versa. Trying to get my Google Account information in was a massive exercise in frustration. Maybe I can just plain return it to Staples and wait on my Play delivery. Piece of poo poo.
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teethgrinder posted:Yay I got a Nexus 7 from Staples ... Download multi touch test and see if it's properly responding.
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Doesn't respond at all. Didn't have too much trouble downloading it, but was stymied trying to unlock the screen for a while. edit: tried three different ones and none of them react. Oddly the menu buttons do just fine. Also managed to crash the launcher twice before after getting my account information in edit2: It's weird, it almost seems like it's either a software problem, or that pushes are getting "stuck" or something. teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jul 24, 2012 |
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Jul 23, 2012 23:54
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teethgrinder posted:Doesn't respond at all. Didn't have too much trouble downloading it, but was stymied trying to unlock the screen for a while. Try doing a factory reset. Some people have complained about it being buggy & slow out of the box and remedied it through a reset.
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No dice. Not only that, there seems to be a complete dead spot on the low middle part of the screen, exactly where the factory reset button sits. I couldn't do it until I unlocked rotation from the status menu and made the button move to a new physical location. It's going back, somehow.
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Lovely! Nice work.
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Does anyone know if Walmart is actually shipping 16 GB units? It says it'll be here between Friday and Tuesday, but with all the media reporting that the world is out of 16 Gig tablets, I don't know if I trust the site.
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Sorry for the post-post-posting! But now after wasting two hours on loving around with this thing it just spontaneously seems to be fine, even the dead spot that has never previously worked. edit: spoke too soon. Got a two minute tease of how this thing is supposed to work  edit2: Found some people with vaguely similar issues: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779652 I'm definitely not touching the screen when waking the device like the original poster, but looks like several other people have symptoms similar to mine. teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Jul 24, 2012 |
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UncleGuito posted:I've been using my Nexus 7 for a few days now. I also own an iPad 2 and iPhone but I'm really happy with it so far. I like the build quality and the screen is more crisp than my iPad. I'm not entirely sold on the 7" form, mainly because landscape browsing is pretty useless on it, but it's definitely more comfortable to hold. Jelly Bean is great so far and is definitely leagues better than past Android versions I've used. It's fast, but still occasionally hangs up at random times (I'm assuming this will be fixed through updates)- overall, still doesn't seem as smooth as the iPad 2. Pretty sure flip board stated they will not make a tablet optimized android app.
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This keeps coming up. Flipboard made that statement before the Nexus 7 was ever even announced. I would consider it highly likely that they would at least think about it now.
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Duckman2008 posted:Pretty sure flip board stated they will not make a tablet optimized android app. I think that was before the Nexus 7 was announced. Perhaps they'll change their stance on that with the popularity of the Nexus 7. edit: Yeah what teethgrinder just said before me, I should have read the full thread before replying.
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I wonder what the percentage of people with faulty N7's is. Between this thread and people I know everyone seems to have some type of problem. One of these days Asus is going to put a quality assurance department in place.
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Kynetx posted:Lovely! Nice work. Thanks! But it's already falling apart. Either heavy strength spray adhesive isn't strong enough or I didn't put enough on. BunLengthHotDog posted:possible screen creep fix As an update, I did this a few days ago and it seemed to work, but yeah, a day later the screen was back up. But we're literally talking a half-millimeter here. If I hadn't read about the defect on this thread I would almost definitely have not spotted it at all.
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thebushcommander posted:I wonder what the percentage of people with faulty N7's is. Between this thread and people I know everyone seems to have some type of problem. One of these days Asus is going to put a quality assurance department in place. As a Canadian who pre-ordered but got hosed due to the stock outage and is due to have his delivered on Thursday fresh from batch #2, I'll update the thread on my first impressions. Off topic, does anyone know when the ASUS Infinity is due to hit retailers such as best buy or future shop? I want to get one for my Mom and Dad before they go on vacation in September so they can watch movies on it on the plane.
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My Google Play N7 is supposed to arrive tomorrow. Assuming I can return my busted one to Staples, at this point I'll eat the $20 delivery fee just to get a working one. This will be incredibly aggravating if I have to go through a month or two long RMA process.
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Polo-Rican posted:Thanks! But it's already falling apart. Either heavy strength spray adhesive isn't strong enough or I didn't put enough on. Does this matter though? A defect is a defect, I would have them fix it.
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oxsnard posted:Quoting myself. Any thoughts? Think I can return the broken tablet once I buy a new one as soon as they have em back in stock? Your guess is as good as anyone else. Since it's so early into the release and with all the problems they have, they'd probably just do what they're doing for others(credit for a new and you return the old when you get the new).
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Is there any way to lock the menu buttons on the bottom of the screen or move them to the top? I'm starting to get used to typing on the n7's smaller screen, but it's impossible type landscape without accidentally hitting the menu buttons.
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powderific posted:Is there any way to lock the menu buttons on the bottom of the screen or move them to the top? I'm starting to get used to typing on the n7's smaller screen, but it's impossible type landscape without accidentally hitting the menu buttons. I had this problem trying to type on a galaxy nexus, it was infuriating. There should be some kind of detection that disables those buttons momentarily while typing. Kind of like on laptops which will disable the trackpad while typing.
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Duckman2008 posted:Does this matter though? A defect is a defect, I would have them fix it. Pretty much this. I probably wouldn't have bothered ordering a replacement from mine if I hadn't read so many reports of the same defect, but I did. It's a fairly widespread issue and Google should take care of it. I just wonder how long the replacements will take to ship, especially since the 16GB model is no longer available from the Play Store.
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I wish there were better cases for Nexus7. I can't find anything that I like. http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Portfo...ic+case+nexus+7 This one looks interesting, but it's not available yet. I'd really like a front only case, since the back of the device is a nice texture. Maybe the Apple Smart Cover patent with magnetic attachment is too much of a risk for someone to make a simliar case. I think, though, and interesting idea for a case would just be a rubberized metal rectangle frame that fits around the tablet that has no back, with a face cover attached to one edge. I could even have a magnet on the edge to secure it closed, but not to the tablet but to the opposite case edge. I've seen some iPhone cases that are hard metal that you have to assemble around the phone's body with hex screws, something like that, but mainly as a means to attach a face cover to the device. Maybe I can email that Goon that makes iPhone/iPad cases with my idea.
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thebushcommander posted:I wonder what the percentage of people with faulty N7's is. Between this thread and people I know everyone seems to have some type of problem. One of these days Asus is going to put a quality assurance department in place. I haven't had any problems with my N7 (knock on wood). Hopefully this is a vocal minority type thing and not a "We shipped with a 50%+ defect rate" thing. I'd like to see the nexus succeed and have more tablets based off this model, than another lovely-mediocre tablet on the market. In terms of rugged cases: Otterbox did eventually make one for the Kindle Fire, I'm sure with enough time it'll eventually come out. I'd love to have some form of protection around my nexus so I can be rougher with it and not worry.
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cbubbles posted:I haven't had any problems with my N7 (knock on wood). Hopefully this is a vocal minority type thing and not a "We shipped with a 50%+ defect rate" thing. I'd like to see the nexus succeed and have more tablets based off this model, than another lovely-mediocre tablet on the market. My Google Play N7 Shipped late and is also defect free as of this moment.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:I wish there were better cases for Nexus7. I can't find anything that I like.
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