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  1. RichSz

    Root Restoring Only Stock Recovery

    I rooted this beast early on when the only way got me TWRP as a recovery. My problem with that is I can't take OTA updates. In fact I get prompted every few days and have never been able to get the tablet to take the update. So I need to flash stock recovery. But I can't seem to find the...
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    Wasn't Able To Queue

    I got my Chromecast yesterday and got it hooked up and working with no problem. To test it I installed the Chromecast app on my new Nexus 7 ('13) and started streaming YouTube videos. This is where it got a little weird. The first video came through fine and the quality was excellent! I was...
  3. RichSz

    Thank You Best Buy!

    Yesterday I read on Twitter that people were walking in to Walmart, asking for an N7.2 and suggesting the clerk look in the back room. They would then get their tablet 5 or 6 days before the official release. I thought of doing this but felt it was slightly unethical so I bailed on the idea...
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    Help Can't Download From Google Play (Error RPC:S-5:AEC-0)

    This problem is solved but I wanted to document it here in case anyone else had the same issue. Yesterday, I decided I was too impatient to wait for 4.3 to download on its own so I remembered the trick where you clear data from Google Services Framework and make the tablet recheck the server...
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    Root [Verizon] I Seem To Have Kept Root After The OTA

    I didn't expect it but that may be what happened. I got tired of the nagging about the OTA of a week or so ago (yes, they wore me down) so I took the stupid OTA from the stupid carrier and let it do whatever to my stupid phone. I figured I'd lost root so I didn't even check. This morning I...
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    Dear Samsung

    Dear Samsung, Hi! My name is Rich and I bought a Galaxy S4 a few weeks ago. Overall it's a pretty good phone but nothing is perfect and it could be better. The weak areas revolve around where you try to hold my hand unnecessarily. Holding a new or non-technical person's hand is good customer...
  7. RichSz

    Happy Star Wars Day!

    May the Fourth be with you! It's late afternoon on the east coast and I'm the first nerd to post that? You folks are slipping. :D
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    Help Hot Nexus 7

    I had a weird problem on Friday and Saturday with my N7 which I thought I'd share. On Friday, I installed Verizon Messenger and got it working. Shortly afterwards I noticed the tablet was unusually warm. The battery had drained more that it ought to have for what I was doing (reading with the...
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    Verizon Messages

    I read about a new free service Verizon is offering called Verizon Messages which allows you to get MMS/SMS messages via wifi. You supposedly just need to enable it from MyVerizon and download the app. I thought this would complete my Nexus 7 since SMS is the only thing I'd like to do but...
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    [Verizon] [Solved] Notification Sound Issue In JBSourcery

    I just installed the latest yesterday and am still learning it's ins and outs. One thing I can't figure is why I get and alarm sound then I get a notification. It keeps going until I pull down the notification bar. I thought I covered all settings but I've clearly missed something. Any idea...
  11. RichSz

    [Verizon] Bricked My GNex

    I realize this is fixable but at this point I can't figure out how to get out of it. I decided to install JBSourcery and followed Chief's instructions to the letter. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nugdF8dCvmDxvDcuI2xV_fa8RXLXZdy00U5caIxPKYk/mobilebasic It went horribly wrong. I can get...
  12. RichSz

    There And Back Again, A Nexus' Tale

    I mentioned in another thread my Nexus had issues. The screen's contrast was extremely low even during the boot screen so it wasn't a weird setting or app. I contacted ASUS via web chat and the agent told me it should be returned for repair then gave me the proper URL to get it going. I...
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    As Much As I Love My N7, It Can Be A Pain

    Yesterday something in my display fried. The display went to a very low contrast where the blacks on the screen look much brighter than they ought to. It's like screwing with the contrast on a TV. I'm bummed because I love this tablet but do understand hardware issues happen. That's life...
  14. RichSz

    [Verizon] Boot Animation Won't Change

    I played with new boot animations yesterday, flashed a few looking for one I liked. I installed a Star Trek animation which turned out to be pretty crappy but I seem to be stuck with it. I flashed several others afterwards but the crappy one is still being used. I looked in...
  15. RichSz

    Has Anyone Who Ordered A Case Received Their Tablet?

    That is if you ordered straight from Google. If you ordered from another source, that's a whole other ballgame. One theory as to why some people haven't received their N7s yet is because they ordered a case which is back ordered. I ordered a 16GB N7 with case on 6/27 and haven't heard...
  16. RichSz

    Humorous Unboxing Video Montage

    I think it's funny. :) Montage: Unboxing the Nexus 7 is fun! - YouTube
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    Google's Consumer Ecosystem != Amazon's

    I've read that part of what Google is trying to accomplish with the N7 is to create their own consumer ecosystem like Amazon has done with the Kindle Fire and Amazon Prime. I'm not sure that's going to work. With the KF you get Amazon Prime (not sure if access comes with the KF or you have to...
  18. RichSz

    Think Amazon Will Cause Problems?

    The Nexus 7 is definitely gunning for Amazon's Fire and from what I can tell so far, they've kicked its ass. I wonder if Amazon is going to play games with users of the N7 tablet. They could always list their apps on Play as incompatible with the N7 and screw over us as users. I generally...
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    Google Nexus Tablet Section

    With the rumored July release of the 7" Google Nexus tablet, there doesn't seem to be a section for it. Is the forum creation generally something which happens when it's released or does there need to be a lot of interest first? Maybe a better way to word that is; when do we get the Google...
  20. RichSz

    Help Battery Discharges While Plugged In

    This one is a little weird. Note the attached screenshot. In the upper-right corner it shows the battery is plugged in. Now look below the phone name where it doesn't say "Charging 62%". Though plugged in, the phone just drains the battery away. The details. It's plugged into a wall socket...
  21. RichSz

    Tic Tac Toe (BM) Free

    I moved this to the Application Announcements forum.
  22. RichSz

    Is The Screen Really All That Big?

    I've seen a bunch folks commenting about the GNex battery drain saying something like "what do you expect with such a huge screen?" I've given this some thought and I'm not convinced that's accurate. Let me explain. It has a 4.65" AMOLED screen which is larger than any phone besides the...
  23. RichSz

    AMOLED Observation / Question

    AMOLED screens, as I understand them, consist of separate LED pixels (or sub-pixels if you consider each color) which emit light directly and therefore need no backlight. The key pieces to my point are LED emit directly. Yesterday I was in my car waiting for someone with my polarized shades...
  24. RichSz

    [Verizon] Nandroid Noob

    I'm unlocked and rooted and I did it before the one-click method so I do have a modicum (a tiny bit) of skillz. I would like to back up the whole phone which I believe means do a Nandroid backup. How do I do that? I do have ROM Manager. Thanks.
  25. RichSz

    Logitech's Revue Getting Updated Soon?

    Logitech Revue on sale promising 'new & improved' Google TV with Android 3.1, Market -- Engadget
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