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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Any product that makes screen useable on sunny day?

« on: June 27, 2013, 04:05:33 AM »

Is there any product that makes screen useable on sunny days? I mean it is useless outside at the moment, even when it isn't sunny!

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Hotmail no longer synchs with default email client.

« on: May 31, 2013, 08:42:13 AM »

I use the default email client to access 5 mailboxes. It no says unable to connect to server for the hotmail ones (3 of them). All the passwords are correct and I can still contact them from other devices without having to change any settings.

Any ideas?

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / 3rd Nexus and Some slightly different behavior

« on: March 12, 2013, 04:15:21 AM »

I got my 3rd Nexus yesterday (2 cracked screens).

The new one is 32gb rather than 16. Otherwise I assume they are the same.

Fully charged and then updated Android and re installed my apps (in fact a lot less apps, but nothing new).

I then put in my case - which has a way to put Nexus into sleep mode when you close I believe.

Anyway - I read a Kindle book for a bit last night and did nothing else. This morning the charge which was between 90-100% was so low I had to reconnect charger.

Any idea why this might be. Logged at battery and was only screen using much and the nexus goes into sleep mode very quickly (screen goes dark).

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Given up waiting for reasonable replacement screen prices.....options?

« on: February 21, 2013, 02:33:40 AM »

I have 2 x Nexus 16GB with cracked screens. I have searched and searched and all I can find are screens and digitizers that cost almost as much as replacement units and nothing from ASUS except very expensive repairs.

So, I give up. By the time a cheaper option is out we will have more of a price drop, so seems pointless waiting.

My only choice seem to be have nothing or buy a new unit, whether that is another Nexus or alternative device I am not sure.

But I would like some money back from my broken units and seems you can get £40 on ebay for cracked screen units. But mine are not rooted and I am concerned I can't wip them safely and completely if not rooted.

Can I do this and if so how and is there a way to be sure it has worked?
Thanks

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Replacement Screen Availability

« on: December 10, 2012, 08:45:56 AM »

Anyone know if/when replacement screens are likely to be available? I still have a broken nexus I would like to repair at some point.

Sending back cost more than buying a new one (which I have done) so that is not an option, but would like to repair the damaged one at some point.

thanks

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Nexus 7 Wallpapers and Themes / Living Forest and Koi

« on: October 30, 2012, 03:19:50 AM »

...are both beautiful live wallpapers - well worth checking out.

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / "XXXX has stopped working"

« on: October 22, 2012, 04:36:22 AM »

New to Androind - Nexus is my first device (well my third now as two have broken)...anyway, I see error message, very often saying "xxx has stopped working" with options to report or click ok.

Now this bothers me because of the frequency of it...it happens very often and I have gamas that I can't play anymore

It is because Android is a multi platform OS, or is it Nexus related, or have I just been unlucky?

Don't run a lot of backgrounds apps, but do have "living wallpaper".

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Has anyone EVER got a screen protector on without bubbles??

« on: October 12, 2012, 04:14:40 AM »

Just asking! I can't do it for the life of me.

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Broken Screen - Best Options

« on: October 08, 2012, 09:18:30 AM »

Hi,

I have a broken screen on my Nexus. I called ASUS support who were not the best. They said £45 to look at it and then labour and parts. They said they had no idea what the final cost would be and no way of even finding an estimate for me.

The store I got it from said they could repair, but at a minimum of £170 and probably more. As they are £199 I got a new one.

So, I have a Nexus 7 that has a cracked screen and does not respnd to touching the screen, so can't be unlocked.

It is not rooted and I assume I can't do that when it is not screen responsive.

I don't want to sell on ebay with a number of my passwords saved on websites and my email set up in case someone can access them somehow.

Do I have any other options?

Is it best to hang on to it and hope cheap screens will be released for home fixing? Or is it only good for spare parts or the bin?

Thanks

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Any Way to Manage Torrents on NAS Remotely using Nexus?

« on: August 30, 2012, 01:24:42 AM »

I have a ReadyNAS Ultra2 and there is an app for Android called ReadyNas Remote, but when I search the store from my Nexus it can't find it and when I look online it says not compatible with device.

I want to be able to add torrents remotely by logging into my NAS and starting them off through Transmission.

Any ideas if this can be done with any app at all?

I have installed something called Android Transmission GUI, but struggling with that a bit at the moment and I don;t think it does what I want anyway.

Thanks

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Nexus 7 Help / Screen won't come on or auto sleeps

« on: August 17, 2012, 03:23:28 PM »

I had this issue before and it went away. It is back, screen won't come on. If I hold the button for 10+ seconds I see Google sign then blank. Though sometimes can hear noises
Like it is on. I was using a widget at the time which looked like
It had screen brightness button and I pressed that. Help I need the sat nav to get home from France!!!!!!!!

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Nexus 7 Help / Very confused about storage - especially ES File Explorer

« on: August 09, 2012, 05:08:14 AM »

I have installed ES File explorer and a Skydrive browser. I have been able to play films from my skydrive, but am confused as to whether they streamed or downloaded. I also accessed them through ES File explorer.

If I go to Data usage is shows that ES File Explorer is using 2.6GB (skydrive browser only 290 mb). However, my app section says I have no downloads and if I go to the storage section it says Apps are only using 2 gb and think that is mainly maps for a satnav App I have.

Is data usage not related to storage at all? If not - what does the 2.6gb in ES file explorer mean?

Thanks

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Nexus 7 Help / stream films from skydrive

« on: August 07, 2012, 12:59:02 PM »

I have a skydrive and use app "browser for skydrive" which works well and I can access public and private folders and stream my music. So I created a movies folder added some MP4s but I can't stream them. They are 600m.

I have a MX Player installed and can play MP4s over wifi on my LAN from my NAS.

How can I do this from Skydrive? (The reason I wan't to do this is so kids can watch when we are on holiday soon).

thanks

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Nexus 7 Help / Where are my files?

« on: August 07, 2012, 07:09:20 AM »

Hi all,

New to Android and new to Nexus, so please be gentle.

I like my Nexus (except the screen seems loose) and am pretty good with tech, though have usually worked with Windows or Ubuntu.

I have a Nexus now and have downloaded some books using the Kindle App. I also have a film pre-installed (Transformers). However, when I use an App like ES File Explorer I see a load of folders and they don't seeem to have these files. The kindle folder is empty, though I know I have downloaded the book as I can read it all offline.

I also search for files and can't ever find them. Like those named and files for sounds you can select in the Settings menu. The only options are for me to search SD for Local. Interestingly if I set to LAN I can brwose all of my files on my NAS, stream movies etc.

Is there a simple guide to the way the file structrure and naming works? I am a bit of a control freak when it comes to file management! I at least want to understand it.

Thanks for your patience.

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