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Hi all, my refurbished tab suddenly decided to stop charging, so I'm looking to see where I can get spare parts for it? Either the battery, the charger, and/or the AC-in port are bad. I already contacted the vendor, and it's still in the 90 day period... but I wanted to have a back up plan.
For argument's sake, The original charger seems dead, I connect it and nothing. I have a car charger, plugged into a DC-AC adapter that starts to charge it briefly, but then it starts acting crazy (it rapidly changes from charging to not charging). I think the AC port might be messed up since there's a faint smell of burned circuits when I sniff the little "port" (was going to use hole )
The tab does turn on, and if I leave it connected to the DC charger it should eventually charge (it charged about 3% with the tab off in about 4 hours).
Ideally I will get a positive response from the vendor (only reason I haven't opened the tab up), but as I said, I rather have a backup plan.
I'm sorry but did you say you kept charging it even after sniffing its (I'll do it) hole and smelling burning? I hope I Mis understood that part. However to offer some kind of help, do you smell anything using the stock charger, and have you wiggled it at all to see if it picks up? Also I would check that other adapter output, 12v and 1.5a iirc. Lower may account for the switching of charging and not, also slow charging. To high may be the smell and you toasting your tablet.
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Yes I did try to charge it after I smelled the burning. I only noticed that the tab wasn't charging when I heard it whine about low battery even though it was still connected. I then tried plugging it in, and out multiple times and wiggling the connector about to see if it would make proper contact. By the time I got around to sniffing stuff, if something were going to happen I'm sure it would have happened, but just in case I haven't pushed the issue with the stock charger, though it's pretty clear it's as dead as a sexually active teenager in a Friday the 13th movie.
I'm actually tempted to buy a replacement charger if I find one around locally; I'm not going to order it online and wait for "X" amount of days.
In any case, I got enough of a charge to restore it to stock ICS, no unlocked bootloader, no root.... *SIGH* these things are really NOT fun in their stock state.
OK...one last thing to check....the charger has 2 parts on the wall plug side. There's a tab you push down and the blades slide off, under that on the plug side will be 2 metal tabs, check those. I don't know if you had to put that on when you got it, but its something worth checking out. Maybe lightly pull the tabs up, don't get crazy just a little, slide the blades back on and give it a shot.
I would suggest checking the middle pin, however it takes a charge from the other charger you tried, so I doubt that's it, but maybe something worth checking anyways.
I know this isn't the point of the thread, but why replace if its a simple fix?
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Hi all, my refurbished tab suddenly decided to stop charging, so I'm looking to see where I can get spare parts for it? Either the battery, the charger, and/or the AC-in port are bad. I already contacted the vendor, and it's still in the 90 day period... but I wanted to have a back up plan.
For argument's sake, The original charger seems dead, I connect it and nothing. I have a car charger, plugged into a DC-AC adapter that starts to charge it briefly, but then it starts acting crazy (it rapidly changes from charging to not charging). I think the AC port might be messed up since there's a faint smell of burned circuits when I sniff the little "port" (was going to use hole )
The tab does turn on, and if I leave it connected to the DC charger it should eventually charge (it charged about 3% with the tab off in about 4 hours).
Ideally I will get a positive response from the vendor (only reason I haven't opened the tab up), but as I said, I rather have a backup plan.
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If you smelt a burnt smell coming from the tablet power port i would not recommend using it and replace it. The charger port is available on ebay as i was searching for other things for this tablet.
Well tried to inspect the charger... the thing looks brand new (well it is only a month old) pins are fine, and the contacts look fine as well. Believe me whenever possible I try to fix things more because I just like tinkering with stuff than anything else, but what I was thinking is that while I'm messing around with that I won't be able to use the tab. I will admit that messing around with power sources/adapters/etc isn't my strong suit... but that makes it even more exciting LOL!
dslayer83, I guess my searching skills have been found wanting. Before posting anything I did some searches but could not find anything through google, or ebay. Just about the only thing I found was the vache's thread where he uploaded the service manual, which has a slew of part #s, but sadly google searches for the parts that interest me don't turn up much.
In any case, I was contacted by the seller today asking if I wanted a refund or a replacement, so maybe I won't have to resort to plan"B". Still curious as to what the hell happened that made the tab go crazy, this is the first time I've had what appear to be hardware related issues with any of my electronics (coming from somebody who owned and abused a 3rd revision PS2, that's quite the statement), so it's all so new. Oh well, guess I'll ignore my curiosity this one time.
Thanks guys.
I would exchange it for sure. Or return, up to you. Aside from battery life and learning to use the screen around that 1 horrid angle, this tab has been amazing, coming.from a nook color to nook tab to kindle fire to a100. For 7" I'm not sure anything comes close for the money.
As for what happened, its hard to say. Could be something stuck in the port burned off, the charger wasn't regulating properly before it died, any number of things. The tab seems alright aside from hole sniffing and charging...anyways if you plan to exchange, make sure you get a new charger too.
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I would exchange it for sure. Or return, up to you. Aside from battery life and learning to use the screen around that 1 horrid angle, this tab has been amazing, coming.from a nook color to nook tab to kindle fire to a100. For 7" I'm not sure anything comes close for the money.
As for what happened, its hard to say. Could be something stuck in the port burned off, the charger wasn't regulating properly before it died, any number of things. The tab seems alright aside from hole sniffing and charging...anyways if you plan to exchange, make sure you get a new charger too.
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Ditto on the return or exchange. Why tempt to repair something that can be replaced. I love my a100 and its the first tablet ive owned and only paid $80 for it. I know i got my money worth out of it already.
pio_masaki, you like this tab more than the Nook Tablet? I don't particularly like the design, but I thought the NT would be the better tablet... then again that just might be because I'm not a die hard Nvidia fan. I know I definitely like it better than the Kindle Fire since I've dealt with those (no SDCARD?... who came up with that?) I do agree though, that for what I paid nothing comes remotely close... though I paid $100 more than dslayer83 (lucky bastard).
Anyways, yeah I'm going for the exchange. If the seller was going to start giving me too much grief I was ready to repair it myself, but they seem to be complying so maybe there will be no need.
It doesn't really have anything to do with me liking nvidia, actually I don't care for nvidia for a few reasons, however the performance and price can't be beat. The nook tablet is just a bootloader locked color with dual core, imo not worth its price. The a100 is a true tablet, cameras, GPS, etc for the same price new.vs new last I looked. Plus now that ics dropped the sources will propel the a100 way beyond the others for performance and rom/kernel deving.
When I had the NT they could only root the stock, no cwm or custom roms available, it may be different now,but for me and what I want from my devices the a100 couldn't be beat. The fire would be second for me, my mom uses it now and it runs fine on ics for the most part.
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Sorry didn't mean to imply you where an nvidia fan, just that I don't really like them and usually go out of my way to evade them, whenever possible. That said, I just think the Ti chips on the NT and the Fire is better than the Tegra2, plus I hear wonders about the NT screen which I will say is the one area that the A100 didn't really feel great (despite me saying that the Ti chips are better I'm in no way complaining about this tabs power, not by a long shot). It looks super indoors but outdoors it's closed to impossible to read; still that's not a biggie.
Tomorrow I'm sending it back to get replaced, so fingers crossed I get a replacement by the end of next week, or sooner
On a side note, last I checked the NT had CWM, CM9 and the whole thing, though CM9 didn't seem like it wasn't at the daily driver level. I think devs were concentrating on porting the 3.0 kernel to it. I was really interested in getting one, but due to it's shape it wasn't a good fit with what I needed.
I completely agree on the nvidia thing, I have quite a beef about their drivers, also a laptop that has burned out 3 $600 replacement video cards, the last took the motherboard with it. That aside, for my money the t2 offered the performance I wanted vs price and.development at the time. I'm glad they cracked.open the NT, its going to be a very tough unit to beat once 3.0 gets going on it.
Im pro TI by far, and my next phone will likely be one sporting their hardware, or rather anything not tegra like my g2x. The a100 certainly fails screen wise, and if I decide to move from my Acer the NT is definitely on the list again.
Back on topic I'm glad to hear the seller is stepping up and handling business in a professional manner, so many stories about sellers flaking on their products makes hearing of a good one kind of rare. If you don't mind, who did you go through? It may help others looking for a good deal and a seller they can trust will do the right thing.
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though I paid $100 more than dslayer83 (lucky bastard).
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Heh, well i work in a cellphone repair shop and we buy and sell as well. I see plenty of knock offs come through the door but this puppy was well worth the buy. Im enjoying exploring what all i can do with it. Already using my Infuse wireless hotspot for its internet when im not around wifi. Might just get a car mount and use it for long trips for gps instead of tying up my phone.
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...Back on topic I'm glad to hear the seller is stepping up and handling business in a professional manner, so many stories about sellers flaking on their products makes hearing of a good one kind of rare. If you don't mind, who did you go through? It may help others looking for a good deal and a seller they can trust will do the right thing.
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I'm also hoping to get a phone using TI hardware in the future, but since I'll probably be going to republic wireless in a few months my options will be limited... *SIGH* In the mean time I'm probably buying a pandaboard at some point, though I'm not even sure for exactly what yet. I'd use it for an htpc, but I'm going to use a Raspberry Pi I'm supposed to be getting in June to run XBMC, maybe I'll just shove the pandaboard, instead of the a100, in the car, so many plans, so little money to do them all LOL!
Anyways, the seller is 1saleaday down side it's not a constant stock thing, they'll have deals for well... 1 day. A lot of the times their electronics are refurbished, but despite that everything that I've ordered has come to me looking not "like" new, but brand spanking new. This tablet in particular was refurbished by Acer themselves according to a little label... and while it did crap out, I'm perfectly aware that "sh*t happens". On the topic of shiesty sellers, my attitude until I heard from them should indicate what I think about most stores and their services, but glad to be pleasantly surprised this time.
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Heh, well i work in a cellphone repair shop and we buy and sell as well. I see plenty of knock offs come through the door but this puppy was well worth the buy. Im enjoying exploring what all i can do with it. Already using my Infuse wireless hotspot for its internet when im not around wifi. Might just get a car mount and use it for long trips for gps instead of tying up my phone.
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Well I'm not hating dude more power to you if you can get cheap toys... still that only further reiterates my previous statement... lucky bastard (LOL)
I'm considering a rpi for the bedroom, but the living room has an atv1 with Ubuntu and a crystal decoder for HD playback and the other bedroom an atv2 both running xbmc, been running since my dash on my Xbox lol. Glad to meet another user. Now if only I could get xbmc for my tablets....
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I'm considering a rpi for the bedroom, but the living room has an atv1 with Ubuntu and a crystal decoder for HD playback and the other bedroom an atv2 both running xbmc, been running since my dash on my Xbox lol. Glad to meet another user. Now if only I could get xbmc for my tablets....
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That would be epic... but in the mean time it's cool using the tab as a control
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That would be epic... but in the mean time it's cool using the tab as a control
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Yeah the tab does make a very nice remote lol
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First off, I think this fits here better than the Nexus 7 thread, but if any mods disagree, feel free to move it.
Anyways, I've had my Galaxy SIII for about a month now and I love it. I came from an Atrix and everything about the SIII is great. But I (like everyone else) got pretty excited about the Nexus 7 release and now that my birthday is coming up, I'm trying to decide if I should get myself a Nexus 7 as well.
I'm really concerned it might just be redundant. After all, the SIII is super fast and has a big beautiful screen. Do I need 2 more inches of screen?
So any SIII owners who have Nexus 7's, do you find yourselves using one more than the other? And what do you prefer doing on your Nexus 7 over your SIII?
Thanks!
Also throwing a poll in, just in case people want to vote without actually replying
I haven't used my Nexus 7 as much as I thought I would ...so now it's in the marketplace. My S3 takes care of everything I need. I even watch netflix on it over the Nexus 7.
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I'll probably wait for the nexus 10.
2.2 inches more actually
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i have not been using my Nexus 7 as much. The only time I use it is when I run out of battery on my SG3. I hate the battery life on this thing...grrrrr it cost me $200 for a tablet I dont need
I personally use my N7 more than my S3 just to conserve my phone's battery. If I want to game or watch a video I'm more likely to do it on the Nexus.
I use TabletTalk via Bluetooth at work and take my Nexus + USB keyboard with me while my phone stays in my office if I get called to another area. I still use both but ultimately the Nexus saves my phone's battery for calls.
If something (like this post) is quicker because the phone is already in my hand of course I'll use the GS3
Also the biggest draw for me was having both allowed me to keep one device in a (reasonably) stable state while I went flashaholic on the other
Got a S3 & Nexus7 here, but the N7 isn't primarily for my use, so I can't make an accurate judgement.
In any case, the plan is to sell the Nexus 7 for a potential Nexus 10 in October or November, since 10" makes more sense for a tablet that stays at home mostly (and the NFC is rarely used). 4-5.5" == very portable; 7" == mehportable with a screen that's not that much bigger.
I might also upgrade my S3 to the Note2, but only if they're not using the more fragile & thin gorrilla glass2 that's in the S3. The Note2 is rumored to be the first device with samsung's flexible "unbreakable" display.
I use my N7 all the time at home. Yeah, it's only 2.2 inches, but trust me, it's night and day. If you got $200 to spare, I think it's worth it.
i using my Nexus 7 less, even when i had my GS2, but we used it a lot during a recent vacation trip to watch Neflix. I prefer to use it to watch MLB games with At Bat app than the phone. I also like it's bigger screen to read on facebook or news. The KEY thing to use the tablet, is to have it next to you all the time. If it is too far, you wont bother looking for it because you have the phone always with you and it does the job as well.
I wouldnt sell it, but i can see selling my wife's (who recently upgrade to an SG3 from an iphone and it is gonna get her N7 today) for her it would be redundant. Let's see.
I bought a nexus 7 but returned it a few days later.. the screen didn't seem a big enough jump from the sgs3 to be worth carrying two devices. And I still prefer to read on old kindle style screen.
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My nexus 7 saves a lot of battery life on my S3. I use my Nexus 7 to play games, read books/magazines and surf the web instead of my S3. Especially when at home. My Nexus 7 has become more of my toy of choice so I don't burn through the battery on my S3. I think its the perfect combo.
Like people say the battery on the N7 is insane, you can easily get 8 or more hours of screen time of hard usage. I use my N7 to read books, browse, Flip board, was amazing for Olympics streaming and other stuff when I'm at home or office. My phone is from when I'm outdoors.
Works perfectly and since they both run Android everything syncs up perfectly
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I have both the S III and N7, on the road obviously the S III at an office, home, coffee shop, etc. I use my N7 more, the N7 gets insane battery life, example on CM10 Trinity Kernel On-Demand/Noop 15-1500 I got 6 hrs of Idle time before my battery dropped from 100-99, had about an hr of screen time before it dropped from 99-98, with my N7 if I'm not driving I don't need to look at my phone, pair it with my S III on tablet talk and I can send and receive txts on my N7 and also pick and make calls with a bt headset from my N7...and if my N7 runs out of juice well I have a TF Prime in the bag, if my S III goes down I have a Nexus if all else fails I have my power bag to charge them all lol...
I love my nexus. Especially if you watch video or play games. May not be a big difference in screen size but its definitely enough. Like some others said if u have the money get it.
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bought it and returned it. just seemed redundant. but the $25 play store crredit and the books and transformers was well worth the time lol.
Running the same combo and am extremely happy. Have tablet talk set up on phone to automatically connect one I get home, and I pretty much use the nexus exclusively while I'm home. Use it for surfing, sudoku, even as my remote controller, it has even gotten me to read more haha on my third game of thrones book! I brought it on a road trip this last weekend and was surprised with how enjoyable watching tv on it was when tethered to my s3. I love this combo!
Coming from an 4s and a asus transformer I would never go back!
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My N7 is my gaming device and a browser. It games like a son of a gun. Even if the s3 will perform just as well I get two things.
1. Don't have to drain phone battery
2. Its more screen real estate for on screen buttons.
I had a long battle on if I should get a tablet and honestly I do not regret the N7 but that is me personally. You have to ask yourself if for what you do it suits your needs. For instance I commute to and from college a little over an hour each way. So for the trip I can watch movies or play games and when I get to school still have basically full battery on my phone for text/voice. An outlet is not always available and sometimes my days are long so that extra battery can really pay off for my needs. Additionally I am probably going to get a blue tooth keyboard and voila a very light weight notepad instead of my laptop. When you take the train every ounce counts. Just my 2ยข
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I have both and the G-NOTE
tomaslxix said:
First off, I think this fits here better than the Nexus 7 thread, but if any mods disagree, feel free to move it.
Anyways, I've had my Galaxy SIII for about a month now and I love it. I came from an Atrix and everything about the SIII is great. But I (like everyone else) got pretty excited about the Nexus 7 release and now that my birthday is coming up, I'm trying to decide if I should get myself a Nexus 7 as well.
I'm really concerned it might just be redundant. After all, the SIII is super fast and has a big beautiful screen. Do I need 2 more inches of screen?
So any SIII owners who have Nexus 7's, do you find yourselves using one more than the other? And what do you prefer doing on your Nexus 7 over your SIII?
Thanks!
Also throwing a poll in, just in case people want to vote without actually replying
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I use them for different things. I love the S3 but reading book and long web pages sucks on a screen that small (I also carry the galaxy note and find it too small to read book on for long periods). Not having WAN on the N7 does force me to use the S3 or the Note to get news update. I find that the N7 is a very nice compliment to the the S3. You just end up using them for different things. Just my 2 cents
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I have both the S3 and N7. I was hoping that I would use my N7 more often but given the largish screen size of the S3 and the convenience of always having it in my pocket, I usually just end up using my S3. If my smartphone only had a 3.5" or even 4.2" screen I could see more usage for the N7. But the S3's 4.8" really does give it enough screen real estate where I often find a lot of overlap in terms of usage models between the S3 and N7. Also, I'm increasingly finding the lack of HDMI or MHL on the N7 to be a bigger nuisance than I had originally thought.
So I now have a Lenovo S2110 10" tablet w/ keyboard dock on pre-order. I got a killer deal on it for $400 including the keyboard dock and it has the same dual-core krait as the Qualcomm phone! Once that arrives I'll just use the N7 as a baby monitor device for my newborn.
I have the N7 and the SGS3; the native bluetooth tethering is awesome and low on battery for both devices -- used when I'm away from wifi. My phone stays in my pocket or bag, when I'm on the bus, since I can tablet-text and interweb connect via bt. I use an app that auto-activates the bluetooth tethering service when the SGS3 boots. I don't ever have to touch the phone to tether with the N7, since it only needs the tablet side to connect.
Also, the screen size of the N7 is, at least for my purposes, far superior to a 10 inch screen, which is just awkward if I'm lying in bed reading. It is proper book-sized. Not iPad-ish posterboard awkward side-reading size.
Since I'm working on my dissertation for a doctorate in English lit (I know, snooze), I use Evernote and Drive/Docs to sync between all of my devices so that I can revise on the fly. The N7 is much better for significant revisions in Google Drive, especially since a slim bt keyboard lives in my school bag all the time.
But Grindr is creepy, with the thumbnails scaled up for the N7 screen size.
I got my first Nexus about a month ago. About 3 days ago the charging port kicked the bucket. I couldn't charge it at all. I called Verizon and got a warranty replacement. Cool. Came in about 5 hours ago. The very first thing I noticed upon powering up the replacement was that it had moderate/severe screen burn-ins. As well as random spots all over that don't match the color/tint of the rest of the screen.
So at this point I'm pretty much heated. My first nexus was a CPO (certified pre owned) as well. I got VZW to swap my Stratosphere for it.
Anyway... I figured I'd download a ROM to install until my next nexus comes in (#3) because I hate being on stock. I get a low battery warning so I plug it in. I notice IT'S DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AS MY LAST ONE. Any little bit of pressure or movement of the charger causes my phone to lose connection and stop charging..... I tried my original charger. I tried my brothers Droid 3 charger and even the brand new charger I bought when my first nexus started having issues. None of them work! So I tried all of those chargers on my brothers and dads phone and they work fine!! No amount of movement disrupts charging on their phones at all with any of my cables. I tried every combo of charging cable/phone as well as using different power outlets on different breakers. I couldn't believe I got a phone out of the box with the exact same problem I'm trying to return my original one for. This is ridiculous!!!
"Sir, all of our certified pre owned devices pass a 100-point inspection" *cough*BS*cough* If you actually put this phone through a 100 point inspection then somebody needs to get fired because it should have failed the moment he looked at the screen. It's that obvious. Unless they don't inspect the screen - at least when it's on (which makes no sense to me).
So I was wondering if you guys had similar experiences? I knew I was sending my replacement I just opened up back - literally seconds after I powered it on.
Anyways now that my rant is over, how many times have you had to get your nexus replaced before you got a good one?
That sounds like bad luck pal. My own GNex is a GSM one I got a couple of weeks ago pre-owned and it is running fine. It does seem a bit of a lottery regarding the build quality. Does the LTE version tend to have more issues than the GSM?
I've had no problems with my GSM Galaxy Nexus.
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Suffering from lose usb port issue here =/ crazy how my almost 2 year old G2. Has taken falls, drops, tumbles, etc and is working flawlessly compared to my few month old gnex that I baby the hell out of. Only cosindering the next nexus is its htc manufactured.. my first samsung phone and I kinna regret it. Smh
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I have no idea. Only ever been with Verizon. I just can't believe I tell them that my charge port died so they send me a replacement with a dead charge port. Plus a faulty screen. Double whammy lol. #3 is being over-nighted to me free of charge. I'll post back some more results about that one tomorrow. I wish I had a camera to take pictures of the screen of my replacement. I'd use my other nexus, but as I said I got it CPO which means I had to buy a battery seperate and only have 1.
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Had my GSM Nexus for two months and haven't had any problems with it, but I've been worrying lately about mot USB port since so many is having problem with it.
Sprint Nexus since March, got a little burn in near the top of the screen, but haven't needed a replacement yet
No problems here. Received mine in January, bought one for the wife in June and all seems to be well.
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No problems for me also.
none mine was great right off the bat
I had the charging port issues with an older nexus.take a small jewellers screw driver and gently pry the small wafer tab you see a hair away from the wall its close to, that will fix it just be very gentle and pull the battery first. I had the same issues until I did that.
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I got my first Nexus about a month ago. About 3 days ago the charging port kicked the bucket. I couldn't charge it at all. I called Verizon and got a warranty replacement. Cool. Came in about 5 hours ago. The very first thing I noticed upon powering up the replacement was that it had moderate/severe screen burn-ins. As well as random spots all over that don't match the color/tint of the rest of the screen.
So at this point I'm pretty much heated. My first nexus was a CPO (certified pre owned) as well. I got VZW to swap my Stratosphere for it.
Anyway... I figured I'd download a ROM to install until my next nexus comes in (#3) because I hate being on stock. I get a low battery warning so I plug it in. I notice IT'S DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AS MY LAST ONE. Any little bit of pressure or movement of the charger causes my phone to lose connection and stop charging..... I tried my original charger. I tried my brothers Droid 3 charger and even the brand new charger I bought when my first nexus started having issues. None of them work! So I tried all of those chargers on my brothers and dads phone and they work fine!! No amount of movement disrupts charging on their phones at all with any of my cables. I tried every combo of charging cable/phone as well as using different power outlets on different breakers. I couldn't believe I got a phone out of the box with the exact same problem I'm trying to return my original one for. This is ridiculous!!!
"Sir, all of our certified pre owned devices pass a 100-point inspection" *cough*BS*cough* If you actually put this phone through a 100 point inspection then somebody needs to get fired because it should have failed the moment he looked at the screen. It's that obvious. Unless they don't inspect the screen - at least when it's on (which makes no sense to me).
So I was wondering if you guys had similar experiences? I knew I was sending my replacement I just opened up back - literally seconds after I powered it on.
Anyways now that my rant is over, how many times have you had to get your nexus replaced before you got a good one?
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never. still on launch day nexus. Dropped it a few times... once into the toilet. Still great.
About 5 times...
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Still on the original, no problems.
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I had the charging port issues with an older nexus.take a small jewellers screw driver and gently pry the small wafer tab you see a hair away from the wall its close to, that will fix it just be very gentle and pull the battery first. I had the same issues until I did that.
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I tried that. It worked only as a temporary setup for my first one. Every suggestion on this forum has been tried and failed for me, sadly.
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A fellow Verizon wireless customer?
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Bought it on march... No problem still today...
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Bought mine begining of July, had issues charging sent it in and came back two weeks later with new port. Strangely before the repair it would charge to 100% and I usually could get around 3.5-4 hrs of screen time and 16+ hours before needing to charge, now with the new port only goes to 92% and screen time 2.5 hrs and about 12 hours sometimes less, haven't changed my usage, really wonder if they borked my battery somehow during the repair. Mine was manufactured march 2012.
Verizon GNex since late April/early May, no issues here.
Once for a faulty charging port at the bottom of the phone
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5 months or so Gnex GSM - no problems
everything is great on this new nexus 7.
but what are the cons?
How about some nice light bleeds in corners, or some dust under screen?
Oh wait, you haven't got them, right?
Here comes an update that kills your touch, hahahaaahahahaaa (said Google in Voldemort's most petrifying voice)
What the #$%@@? your touch is still intact...? well I've got an update that will kill your wifi. How about that huh....?
Doesn't have micro SD slot.
Doesn't have a snapdragon 800.
Doesn't have 4GB of ram.
Doesn't have a 4K screen.
Doesn't come with a chicken... Every top stuff comes with plus a chicken.
Pros:
BEAUTIFUL screen. It is gorgeous and very bright. You can't really say that about many tablets. It almost reaches to the level of my old Transformer Prime at 600 nits (it's about 583 nits at brightest)
Fast. This quad core S600-esque processor is so much faster than anything I've had for mobile. It's one of the reasons I upgraded
Cheap. It's $230 or $270. I got the $270 32GB which is roomy enough for my needs.
Long battery. I haven't had it for long, but I can already tell it is going to last almost as long as my TFP.
Small and can be held in a single hand.
REALLY good wifi reception.
GPS that works very well even inside
It's stock Google and will be updated as soon as KitKat or future Android upgrades come out. Plan for 2+ years of upgrades and support.
Loud stereo speakers
Support for practically any 3G/LTE data connection you'd like in the US.
Unlocked bootloader. You can modify anything inside this tablet.
Grippy matte-plastic back.
Sexy look, IMO
Thin and light.
Bluetooth Smart and 4.0 support. This will increase in popularity with wearable Bluetooth devices.
Cons:
Small screen. I think I would be happier with an 8" screen, but it's something I can live with.
No microSD slot. This is something that I can live with, and if you want, you can get a microUSB to microSD adapter.
Non-removable battery. You won't worry about this unless you are truly a road warrior. It should last you till you want to upgrade or longer.
No micro HDMI port. This, again, can be something I live with. You can use MHL I believe if you need it.
No TouchWiz or other OEM skins. Nothing I lose sleep over, just something for those who find the skinned editions of Android better than regular stock.
No camera flash. Doesn't bother me, I don't plan on taking pictures much with this tablet.
A few launch issues, maybe. It seems to be not too big (there are many users who probably don't have problems than the people who complain about it here) and is being resolved fairly quickly.
No vibrator. My hands miss the vibrations of my TFP, but it's ok.
No longer has a secure element with NFC. This means no more Google Wallet or other NFC-banking apps. You can still beam contacts and such. Not a big deal.
No 802.11ac wifi support. This isn't a big thing yet and is still just starting to get into mainstream routers. With the life time of your tablet, you probably won't see many AC routers until 2 years from now, and you probably won't be missing much. People still use .11g standards to this day.
The speakers apparently emit a hiss at low volume due to some digital volume reduction instead of using an actual amplifier.
swisstourist said:
everything is great on this new nexus 7.
but what are the cons?
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Drop tests show no survivals. Get a case or else, which might increase weight and size.
There is only T-Mobile offering Lte in USA. Verizon clueless on imei. Checking at&t Lte again tomorrow, but no tethering regardless.
Cons. Random reboots
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usb otg support with stock rom?
With NMI, yes.
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Cons. Random reboots
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https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/mG4JXaT-SHs[751-775-false]
And in some cases, even a custom ROM just holds the issue at bay for a while...
For me two things are the keyfeatures:
Price + size. I had an iPad, big tablets are not what I wanted.
owerner said:
For me two things are the keyfeatures:
Price + size. I had an iPad, big tablets are not what I wanted.
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you could get the ipad mini...
swisstourist said:
you could get the ipad mini...
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yea... *price*
I don't think there are any real cons to this tablet. Just personal preferences. Even the speaker hiss isn't noticeable unless you have ear pressed against the speaker. Overall its a very solid tablet.
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you could get the ipad mini...
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And use their locked down OS?!?!?!
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I've had no problems such as the aforementioned dust or light bleeds. Rooted out of the box, put carbon on it, never had a random reboot either.
The only con so far is that I can't use my 8-bitty Bluetooth gamepad. The new Bluetooth stack doesn't support it.
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swisstourist said:
everything is great on this new nexus 7.
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Here are some cons I am experiencing:
1.) BT unusable while connected to a 2.4 GHz WiFi:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/ORce7P9V4qU
I'll sell mine if they can't fix it.
2.) Ugly downscaling from 1920x1200 to 1728x1080 if using slimport/HDMI:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/cgKZEwu4CZg
"Workaround": Resolution Changer (root access req.!) from play store
3) Bad multi-touch behavior:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381123
Apart from the display resolution (that's what I've bought it for) and the CPU/GPU performance (I don't care - I'm not a gamer), my old Galaxy Tab 7.7 is much better.
regards
TrashX
Actually if your lucky like me I dropped mine today actually the screen kinda popped loose a little it cut off my heart stopped lol (literally) but I snapped the screen in turned right on I almost cried lol only thing it did was deleted some apps I had weird but no issues now and still looks new
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I have an original Motorola Xoom and love it, but it is starting to get wonky (the charging plug is loose, it doesn't want to turn on sometimes, etc.). I use it primarily for web browsing and reading articles on Pulse. I tried a Samsung 7 Plus a couple years ago and hated it, graphics were awful and I couldn't make the transition from a 10 inch screen to 7 inch. I don't really play games on it, I may occasionally read on it (I have a Kindle Paperwhite). So, my question is whether the better resolution on the Nexus 7 will make up for the decreased size. It will be a LOT clearer than my Xoom but a smaller screen - how satisfying is web browsing on a 7 inch screen?
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I have an original Motorola Xoom and love it, but it is starting to get wonky (the charging plug is loose, it doesn't want to turn on sometimes, etc.). I use it primarily for web browsing and reading articles on Pulse. I tried a Samsung 7 Plus a couple years ago and hated it, graphics were awful and I couldn't make the transition from a 10 inch screen to 7 inch. I don't really play games on it, I may occasionally read on it (I have a Kindle Paperwhite). So, my question is whether the better resolution on the Nexus 7 will make up for the decreased size. It will be a LOT clearer than my Xoom but a smaller screen - how satisfying is web browsing on a 7 inch screen?
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It was a difficult transition for me. Still doable though. You should go to Best Buy or Staples and give it a go though. You may hate it.
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It was a difficult transition for me. Still doable though. You should go to Best Buy or Staples and give it a go though. You may hate it.
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I went to Best Buy yesterday but the display was a demo, it only allowed you to do what the demo did. I couldn't use Chrome. I may try Staples, there is one on the way home. Thanks.
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I went to Best Buy yesterday but the display was a demo, it only allowed you to do what the demo did. I couldn't use Chrome. I may try Staples, there is one on the way home. Thanks.
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Absolutely. If not, just make sure you can return it within a few days.
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Hm, I never could get the hang of using a 10" tablet myself (1280x800 Chinese tablet with good performance from a RK3066). It was just too large for using it while on the go (I either used my phone or a real 11.6" laptop) and it was too small for usage at home (I have a comfortable desk with a 27" 1440p monitor). Using the 7" at home is great because it is always on and I use it while on the pooper or in the kitchen cooking. I also use it on the go more than my phone because it is LTE enabled with its own SIM card and fits in my inner jacket pocket nicely. Browsing the web (anandtech and some random articles) and using apps is terrific. But I always thought that browsing the web on a 10" tablet was kinda wasted. Most websites aren't optimized for the 10" landscape view and portrait was awkward. So I would always wish to use the browser on one side and something else on the other side the few times I really used it.
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how satisfying is web browsing on a 7 inch screen?
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The resolution is so good that when I'm reading the BBC News website (news.bbc.co.uk) I don't even bother zooming in. Even the small test is readable at the default zoom level.
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Browsing is pretty good I made the transition from the xoom. Plus chrome doesn't crash on this one
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Many pages are optimized for portable
Easy to read small on this tablet.
Like a book.
Best tablet ever.... Love it.
Thanks all! I bit the bullet and bought one this morning. I won't have a chance to play with it until I get home tonight. The Xoom charging plug is loose and disconnects half way through charging and I am tired of it. I did have a chance to try the browser at Staples and I found it easy to read. I got it at Best Buy and was told I have 15 days to bring it back if I decide I don't like it.
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I won't have a chance to play with it until I get home tonight.
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Make sure to report back your view on it as I'm sure it'll help others coming from a similar device.
My first thoughts, after a couple days of ownership - I like the portability, lighter and easier to hold. I have the WiFi version, so I really only use it around the house. By the same token, the larger Xoom wasn't a huge hassle since I wasn't lugging it around with me. It is easy to read web pages as I am browsing, I do miss the bigger view of the page with the 10 inch tablet, though. Lighter means I can hold it longer without fatigue. I would have to say that so far I like it but not love it. It is growing on me though. I still prefer reading on my Kindle Paperwhite over either of the tablets, too. I'll check back in a few days.