[Q] Kindle Fire HDx 7 Help Please!! - Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I bought a Kindle Fire HDx on Black Friday (got a good deal).
So far I really like it, but not having my Google apps is almost a deal breaker (YouTube, Gmail, Maps, Play Books, Music, Chrome, etc).
I read a few posts about how you can sideload google apps.
I did that and I was able to get YouTube, Chrome and Gmail on my Kindle Fire HDx.
But it's really buggy, Youtube won't let me sign in and I keep getting an error randomlly that the Google Play services has stopped responding.
The biggest thing is that the apps I sideloaded look super low res in the carousel next the HD icons. Is there a way to fix that?
I'm really having misgivings about this device. I really love the specs and the screen is gorgeous but not having access to all my Google stuff is tough.
I noticed there is root for 8.9. Will 7 get root access soon? Will that help with some of the issues I'm having?
Any help/advice is welcome!
Thanks!

Newerabs said:
I bought a Kindle Fire HDx on Black Friday (got a good deal).
So far I really like it, but not having my Google apps is almost a deal breaker (YouTube, Gmail, Maps, Play Books, Music, Chrome, etc).
I read a few posts about how you can sideload google apps.
I did that and I was able to get YouTube, Chrome and Gmail on my Kindle Fire HDx.
But it's really buggy, Youtube won't let me sign in and I keep getting an error randomlly that the Google Play services has stopped responding.
The biggest thing is that the apps I sideloaded look super low res in the carousel next the HD icons. Is there a way to fix that?
I'm really having misgivings about this device. I really love the specs and the screen is gorgeous but not having access to all my Google stuff is tough.
I noticed there is root for 8.9. Will 7 get root access soon? Will that help with some of the issues I'm having?
Any help/advice is welcome!
Thanks!
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Google Apps are a work in progress and as you mentioned there are bugs to work out. I would recommend taking a look at this thread for the latest joint progress on them. As far as root is concerned the Kindle Fire HDX 7 has gotten root I would recommend checking out this thread for a simple utility that will allow you root access. Let me know if you still have any questions I'll be happy to help you out.

shimp208 said:
Google Apps are a work in progress and as you mentioned there are bugs to work out. I would recommend taking a look at this thread for the latest joint progress on them. As far as root is concerned the Kindle Fire HDX 7 has gotten root I would recommend checking out this thread for a simple utility that will allow you root access. Let me know if you still have any questions I'll be happy to help you out.
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Thanks a lot. This is very helpful. I'm wondering do you know of there 's a way to make the icons in the carousel HD? Right now the google apps look super low res?

Newerabs said:
Thanks a lot. This is very helpful. I'm wondering do you know of there 's a way to make the icons in the carousel HD? Right now the google apps look super low res?
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I unfortunately don't how to make the icons HD, I have that same problem it's because Amazon expects people to just use their ecosystem apps which all have HD icons, there may be a way to modify the Amazon home launcher code to do so but that would be a lot of work for relatively little gain but might be fun to attempt.

Right now I think that if Google apps are real important to you, you would be better off with a Nexus 7. You trade the better hardware for seamless Googleness.
You have to hope that the Play Store is coming soon, but if the Amazon world isn't enough, then I would make the change to the Nexus. For me, the limited google apps with Fire OS is not a problem.
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Vire Launcher
Newerabs said:
Thanks a lot. This is very helpful. I'm wondering do you know of there 's a way to make the icons in the carousel HD? Right now the google apps look super low res?
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You could install Vire Launcher, which is one the few alternative home screens that work well on the HDX. It eliminates the carousel and uses higher res icons similar to those on a regular Android home screen. It also has its own wallpapers which work on the HDX, unlike other launchers.

zahir32 said:
You could install Vire Launcher, which is one the few alternative home screens that work well on the HDX. It eliminates the carousel and uses higher res icons similar to those on a regular Android home screen. It also has its own wallpapers which work on the HDX, unlike other launchers.
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[Q] Nook for Android and Honeycomb

Hey guys-
I don't think anyone has asked this one yet, and I can't find an answer in the Dev forums. I know that people had been getting the Nook app (the one from the market) to work with NookieFroyo, but has any had any success getting it to work with Honeycomb on the Nook? I tried installing it today after getting version 2 (which was posted this morning, I believe) to no avail.
I get to sign in and everything and I can even download books, and futz with the settings. But, when I go to read a book it either sits there loading forever, or just crashes outright. Has anyone had any success?
Peter
+1 same problem here.
I was about to post this same question. I believe I saw someone in the main honeycomb thread who said they got it working but I can't remember where or who it was. This is really the only thing keeping this from being a daily driver for me.
Same problem for me, but not only does the nook app just sit and spin, but 50% of the time, nook and kindle crash the device every time, and it reboots.
pjjanak said:
Hey guys-
I don't think anyone has asked this one yet, and I can't find an answer in the Dev forums. I know that people had been getting the Nook app (the one from the market) to work with NookieFroyo, but has any had any success getting it to work with Honeycomb on the Nook? I tried installing it today after getting version 2 (which was posted this morning, I believe) to no avail.
I get to sign in and everything and I can even download books, and futz with the settings. But, when I go to read a book it either sits there loading forever, or just crashes outright. Has anyone had any success?
Peter
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I'm in the same boat. I get a FC when it loads.
Using the 2a build.
It works for me just fine.
This is not antagonistic, but what advantages are there between the Nook and Kindle apps? I'm sure people have a preference, but I've never seen a need to move away from Kindle. (Supporting B&N is a good reason, I suppose.)
bartimeus said:
This is really the only thing keeping this from being a daily driver for me.
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+1
too bad, since the nook app is sexy w/ it's animated pages etc.
sixcoronas said:
It works for me just fine.
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And just to be certain, you're on Honeycomb....and you've actually opened a book and gotten text (not just the table of contents)? I'd be very interested in what version of HC you're using. This would be my daily driver if I could get the nook app working. I appreciate any insight you have!
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agarber1 said:
This is not antagonistic, but what advantages are there between the Nook and Kindle apps? I'm sure people have a preference, but I've never seen a need to move away from Kindle. (Supporting B&N is a good reason, I suppose.)
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I have B&N nookbooks so that is why I would like to use this.
im on same bout also running nookhoney v3 get main screen get library and also download books but it hangs on opening book or get a FC. shop opens but havent tried to purchase anything yet.
For me, I use B&N and have friends that use B&N. We use the LendMe feature, which saves me some cash here and there. On the Kindle side, my wife lovers her Kindle, and I sync my Kindle app with her account, and we share books that way.
It's working!!!!
I am running v3 of deeper_blue's HC image and the Nook app works for me. Finally. And I am not sure how or why, it just started to work. I could get to my library before and I could download my book(s). But previously, I would try to open the book and it didn't seem to load, only the never ending circle.
The page loads, I can turn pages, bookmark them, close out, come back to the same page, go to the table of contents, skip to a chapter, etc.
I did change the screen to NOT auto-rotate. I was getting FCs when the screen would flip around between apps, so I shut it off. I am not sure if that helped, but that is one thing that is different now v. before.
(on the other subject: I like all the readers - B&N, kindle, and google books. They are all fine. I like the features that are offered by the NC for the B&N books the best, but they all work fine and read fine )
Great news. I also see that Honeycomb v04 was posted today and it specifically addresses problems with the nook and kindle apps. I'm really glad this is finally fixed. I read quite a bit and the lack of a nook app kept me from using HC as my daily driver.
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The one thing I love on stock NC is the magazine reading experience...those the Nook app offer that?
jtxmobile said:
The one thing I love on stock NC is the magazine reading experience...those the Nook app offer that?
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Nook app definately works in HC v4.
But NO magainzes or newspapers in the app. Very disappointing.
Weird I MUCH prefer the app reader experience with the turning pages, etc. but the stock NC is the only thing I have seen let me access the newspapers and magazines
what about the nook color reader app
Is there any way to get the reading app that is on the internal memory to work with HC? Theat would be ideal and the NC would then be just about perfect!
pjjanak said:
Hey guys-
I don't think anyone has asked this one yet, and I can't find an answer in the Dev forums. I know that people had been getting the Nook app (the one from the market) to work with NookieFroyo, but has any had any success getting it to work with Honeycomb on the Nook? I tried installing it today after getting version 2 (which was posted this morning, I believe) to no avail.
I get to sign in and everything and I can even download books, and futz with the settings. But, when I go to read a book it either sits there loading forever, or just crashes outright. Has anyone had any success?
Peter
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Hi Peter,
Nook app on HC v4 works great for me. It syncs BN library pretty quickly as well.
I tried unmounting uSD before installing it (and several other apps giving FCs) and it worked. Now its my standard ePub reader again.
Good luck m8!

[Q] Android Nook App - anyone resurrect original version?

I'm happy with CM7 on the NC but the Nook Market app is a huge step backwards - it seems designed to frustrate tablet users. In addition to the tiny, unresponsive buttons, the online dictionary is useless when you don't have wifi. Strangely, the iphone Nook app is far more intuitive. This Android design manages to cancel out half the reason to own the thing. I know others have had the same complaints.
So here's the question. Has anyone been able to resurrect the stock Nook ereader software (along with its dictionary) and make it work on CM7? I don't want to go back to a simple rooted Nook or boot from an sd card. To be honest, if I didn't want working bluetooth so badly, I wouldn't have bothered jumping to CM7.
Apologies if this has come up elsewhere - it didn't appear in my search.
Any help would be appreciated.
I second this; I would love to see an actual usable android nook app.
I was just about to post the same thing here, so I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the NOOK app for Android sucks. It's so bad that I would consider buying all my books through either Amazon or the store that Aldiko uses, because those apps are far superior. Everything about the NOOK app is bad, especially when you try highlighting words/phrases and you can't highlight exactly what you want (it jumps around). I want to support B&N because I love the original NOOK and NOOK Color, but their app is so poorly made.
If the NOOK app doesn't satisfy people here, which app/service have you gone with as a replacement?
dustrho said:
I was just about to post the same thing here, so I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the NOOK app for Android sucks. It's so bad that I would consider buying all my books through either Amazon or the store that Aldiko uses, because those apps are far superior. Everything about the NOOK app is bad, especially when you try highlighting words/phrases and you can't highlight exactly what you want (it jumps around). I want to support B&N because I love the original NOOK and NOOK Color, but their app is so poorly made.
If the NOOK app doesn't satisfy people here, which app/service have you gone with as a replacement?
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I actually like the Nook app WAY better than the Kindle app. The Kindle app doesn't do the page flip animation that the Nook one does and it keeps your spot by position numbers not page numbers. Sorry, I would rather see I was on page 22 than position 715.
I do like the native Nook software better than the app though.
There was talk on this before froyo was supported on the NC. It's basically been dropped.
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976270
EDIT: Accidental thank to the OP...oh well.
What is everyone's thoughts about Google Books? I think it's pretty cool that it syncs your last read page in their "cloud," so it'll be at that spot either on your NC, your phone, or their website. The Android app itself has gotten bad reviews, but I kind of like it. Haven't purchased any books through it yet, but it looks promising.
Still not a big fan of the NOOK app.
The built in Nook Reader is the only reason I still run 1.2 rooted... now I have to find something for my Evo 3D.
I am okay with the app if I could just get the magazines to work. I can see the books, but I primarily like to view the magazines. Is anyone else having this issue? If I could get this fixed I would just stay running the CM7 off the sd card to not void my warranty. If not I might just install on EMMC.
fcjr77 said:
I am okay with the app if I could just get the magazines to work. I can see the books, but I primarily like to view the magazines. Is anyone else having this issue? If I could get this fixed I would just stay running the CM7 off the sd card to not void my warranty. If not I might just install on EMMC.
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I looked at Maxim real quick when B&N came out with the update that had magazines working. Worked fine for me. What problem are you having?
When I try to download a magazine it tells me that the file type is not supported. I have tried it with different magazines and I get the same error.
fcjr77 said:
When I try to download a magazine it tells me that the file type is not supported. I have tried it with different magazines and I get the same error.
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Which file type is it?
Is this a magazine bought from B&N? I'm subscribed to both Asimov's and Analog and they work great.
BTW, using an overclock kernel really helps the Nook app speed.
I finally blew away stock and installed to emmc after a few days running OC, makes things tolerable, but I really wish it would resume what I was reading when I open it.
It says it on most of the magazines, like Men's Fitness and GQ. I can run them off the stock but not off the app. I finally installed CM7 on the emmc and tried it then, but still not working. I tried moving it to the SD card to see if that may help, but nope.

Streaming Amazon Instant Video with app pulled from Fire

check out .apk someone pulled from Kindle Fire for streaming Amazon video.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19409230&postcount=10
I am running it on the flyer right now. (I'm on a 4g mifi right now so it is a little jerky, but I'll try at home later).
YOu have to choose a video like you are going to buy it, but then login to your account and it recognizes if you are a Prime member and lets you stream for free.
edit: Can't seem to find a way to pause, but it remembers your place.
Force closes for me. Running the latest honeycomb leak.
Works for me!
Installed and runs just fine on my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0. UI elements on the main page are a little bunched up, but once you get to where you're going, it looks fine. Video is top notch, although you can't bring up the native REW/PLAY/FF controls - you have to back out and go back in to resume.
One thing about logging in - the only way I could figure out to login was to "purchase" something I knew was available to Prime folks and then login. It did not charge me, of course, and remembered my credentials.
It will be interesting to see if Amazon plugs this little jail break since it is a major selling point for the Fire, or opens the Prime membership up to android in general to capture Netflix refugees.
Force closes on my Archos honeycomb tablet as well.
I'll have to try this when I get home
dont work on root
Works great on my Flyer!
I had to pretend to buy something to login and then I went to the prime members section and streamed Lost.
Awesome awesome awesome!
Use ota rootkeeper to unroot temp
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Use ota rootkeeper to unroot temp
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Someone modified the netflix app to not do a device check. Could this be done to the Amazon streaming app?
I have an amazon prime account. It's worth it, just for the expedited shipping. Also cannot run the kindle app. Just gives an error message that says " Your device is no longer configured correctly to play Amazon video." If I try to buy the video after logging in, it says "An error occured."
My device is rooted and did try rootkeeper but did not make a difference. Going to the page directly does work with flash. Some videos are not Instant, even though they may be advertised as Instant. Would really like to get the amazon app working!
read above, need the ota program to disable root when you want to run it.
Got it to work! Had to kill the amazon program, run ota rootkeeper, then everything started. Good find friends
I'm hoping Amazon releases an app with official non-Fire support. Question is, do they make more money selling Fire's or building their overall customer base? They don't make money selling Fire's, so making the app available to entice more people into their ecosystem seems like a viable business plan.
I guess we'll see...
Jeff
Do you guys also have the problem that the video playback is sort of choppy no matter if it is an hd movie or a regular one. I was trying with a wifi connection and it streams fine on a kindle fire but it is really choppy on the flyer, still watchable but choppy.
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Yes. Seems choppy.
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You actually got this to work on a Nexus One with CyanogenMod?
I followed the steps on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352905
but when I try to watch an Amazon Instant Video (after entering my username and password) I get an error "Your device is no longer configured correctly to play Amazon videos."
OTA rootkeeper doesn't seem to do the trick, no matter if it's before the installation, etc.
Would anyone who got this to work care to outline the steps they followed? Exciting stuff.
How do you login with the app?
(Google Galaxy Nexus)

Official Honeycomb - Apps do not work

If you are on the official honeycomb update, could you please confirm which apps do not work properly. What about gameloft ones, they are notorious for the compatibility.
Asphalt 6 works great on rooted WiFi flyer with the latest honeycomb release
Only one I have a problem with out of my usual ones (list too big) is BBC iPlayer, and that just seems to be down to BBC themselves not adding the HC Flyer on the compatibility list yet.
I have noticed the lack of the old Google News and Weather app but found that in the forum after a quick search http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695349. It also works fine.
Edit: I have noticed that Google Earth has problems. The lower buttons for Look around and Zoom controls are missing, presumably under the new bottom bar! This is probably due to the same problem as in the PocketCloud thread, however they are fixing PocketCloud in next update.
ive found all my "borrowed" gameloft games have been removed by hc drm ,all worked flawlessly on gb.
bit o a bummer,dunno anyway to get round it just yet.
dont seem to be able to buy anything on market,just keeps saying update my cc details and voids the sale.
nothing wrong with my payment details tho.maybe they dont like uk anymore.
the builtin market with the official hc update doesnt seem to find much for the flyer and yet when using ffox,opera etc to go direct to market all the top stuff is there to see.
bit confuddled by it at the moment,wait for a way to root it n go from there i guess.
Couple of app incompatabilities
So far ive found a couple of issues with apps on my honeycomb flyer compared to my honeycomb galaxy tab 8.9.
ADW Launcher EX (see attached image)
1. The app drawer button that should be in the upper left is missing
2. the buttons on the top right for search, add widgets, wallpaper, etc are missing
3. The main app dock does not rotate to bottom of the screen in landscape mode
Astro File Manager
1. App menu bar at the top of the screen is missing, looks almost like its been pushed off the top because of resolution rather than scaling
Im sure there are more, but those are the apps i tend to use the most that are not stock htc apps.
Anyone have any ideas on the ADW launcher issues? i would really like to use that one because of the dock (really miss the persistent shortcuts on every screen like the flyer GB sense had)
Oops, this didn't come up in my search. I started one too, sorry
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431558
Non-working apps after HC upgrade?
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there is little problem.... not much just tat system bar area.... my game screen is cropped... means it hides behind bar so i loose a lil portion of game on bottom side... noticable is hero of sparta
I am not sure how I feel about honey comb yet but I hate that I have so many apps that dont work. Here is my list
These apps I un installed because they kept trying to work. Firefox, dolphin, easy money, be weather, swiftkey, weather channel.
These apps woouldnt launch
dropbox, apps to SD, bestbuy, checkmark list pro, droid crypt, ebay, getjar, keypass, mail droid, mindjet, MOG, Netflix, Pandora, pulse, quora, read it later, rhapsody, seastorm, slacker, swipe pad, teavanna, win amp. weather underground, wapedia, twitter, travel weather radar.
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I am not sure how I feel about honey comb yet but I hate that I have so many apps that dont work. Here is my list
These apps I un installed because they kept trying to work. Firefox, dolphin, easy money, be weather, swiftkey, weather channel.
These apps woouldnt launch
dropbox, apps to SD, bestbuy, checkmark list pro, droid crypt, ebay, getjar, keypass, mail droid, mindjet, MOG, Netflix, Pandora, pulse, quora, read it later, rhapsody, seastorm, slacker, swipe pad, teavanna, win amp. weather underground, wapedia, twitter, travel weather radar.
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You have not done much research before throwing these out there. You can't just install the old app from a GB backup...,
just off the top of my head:
dolphin, weatherbug and swiftkey have tablet version , work on the HC flyer
dropbox, pulse, read it later, ebay and twitter works on the HC flyer
I run these on my HC flyer so your report that they don't work is incorrect
Perhaps you have not done a proper install of HC or the apps.
thanks for the update. When I first saw that there was a update available, I wondered if it was real... I got one that was fake a few weeks ago and nearly bricked my flyer.
Then...in the.notes for the updates I didnt see anything to tell me that I needed to uninstall anything. Perhaps it is a well known thing that you have to do that.
I haven't been able to get MC3 to work on my View (3.2.1). Or most Gameloft games for that matter.
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For anyone having trouble with Pulse, try switching to dark mode, and back (or vice versa). For some reason that brought back the text in the articles for me...
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
No idea what you are talking about, honestly.
If you are going from GB to HC all of your apps should have been wiped. Don't try to reinstall from a Titanium backup of GB , that will cause all sorts of havoc on your HC , just install apps from the market fresh.
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No idea what you are talking about, honestly.
If you are going from GB to HC all of your apps should have been wiped. Don't try to reinstall from a Titanium backup of GB , that will cause all sorts of havoc on your HC , just install apps from the market fresh.
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I've never used Titanium backup, and completely wiped data before the HC upgrade. All installs were fresh from the market.
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
Can't get Grand Prix Story by Kairosoft to download for some reason on Honeycomb.
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I haven't been able to get MC3 to work on my View (3.2.1). Or most Gameloft games for that matter.
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this was same with GB also... not all gameloft games are compatible with flyer... dunno y may b some resolution stuff... but other games sega , konami , EA works fine
The Gameloft stuff is kind of cheeky. I got Backstab from that awesome Ten Pence Google Sale and it only works on my Samsung Galaxy SII.
Plus the stuff I bought in the past via their wap site doesn't even show up in the Android Market.
AVG antivirus pro doesn't work. Very frustrated because they haven't updated the tablet version in months, that's why I used the normal version. Now I feel vulnerable only using the free version...
Wave launcher as well...
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AVG antivirus pro doesn't work. Very frustrated because they haven't updated the tablet version in months, that's why I used the normal version. Now I feel vulnerable only using the free version...
Wave launcher as well...
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AVG? really? The reason they don't update it is that there are virtually no viruses out there and it really useless unless you are downloaded black market garbage.
Yep. But it's not just an antivirus app. It has app backup functionality. Also scans for spam texts, safe search on web, & a phone locator. I used AVG because I use it on my laptop. I prefer pro versions of any app, even if its just to remove ads.

Anyone without performance issues?

Hello all. I've had the nexus 7 and was pleased with the consistency of the tegra 3 but it was old and outdated. Oposite of the 7, I've found that the 10 is crazy fast yet so inconsistent its ridiculous. I'll be impressed by how fast it is. Then all of sudden I'm frozen and have to hold down the hard reboot buttons. I love the nexus 10.... But the tegra is by far more consistent.... Anyone without these issues?
My Nexus 10 is better than your tablet. Hah.
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Hello all. I've had the nexus 7 and was pleased with the consistency of the tegra 3 but it was old and outdated. Oposite of the 7, I've found that the 10 is crazy fast yet so inconsistent its ridiculous. I'll be impressed by how fast it is. Then all of sudden I'm frozen and have to hold down the hard reboot buttons. I love the nexus 10.... But the tegra is by far more consistent.... Anyone without these issues?
My Nexus 10 is better than your tablet. Hah.
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Hi,
Ive never had any problems with my Nexus 10 so far. I never had random reboots (AFAIK) the only reboots I had was on Firefox Beta trying to run some flash videos but so far thats it. Its been smooth sailing for me. :good:
Since I turned off Google currents background sync and switched from chrome to AOSP browser I've found performance to be pretty much perfect. I've found a few specific apps that don't work well on the n10. ITV player is probably the worst one, just locks up the n10 and stops the lock screen from working properly, either have to reboot or start up Google now from the lock screen and kill ITV player from there. But most other stuff seems to work really well, even games like GTA Vice City run at max settings (which I know others have had problems with) without a problem.
Mine runs perfectly pretty much 100% of the time. Fastest tablet I've ever used. Pretty much flawless. I've also disabled Google Currents and I'm using Ocean Browser (which is essentially AOSP but you can install it from the Play Store and on non-rooted devices).
Quonith said:
Since I turned off Google currents background sync and switched from chrome to AOSP browser I've found performance to be pretty much perfect. I've found a few specific apps that don't work well on the n10. ITV player is probably the worst one, just locks up the n10 and stops the lock screen from working properly, either have to reboot or start up Google now from the lock screen and kill ITV player from there. But most other stuff seems to work really well, even games like GTA Vice City run at max settings (which I know others have had problems with) without a problem.
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Is there a guide to install the AOSP browser somewhere? I'd install CM 10.1 but wiping will be a pain and I don't really need any extra feature right now (I'm already rooted)
Fidelator said:
Is there a guide to install the AOSP browser somewhere? I'd install CM 10.1 but wiping will be a pain and I don't really need any extra feature right now (I'm already rooted)
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There is a flashable zip in this thread
Ditto... Since ditching Chrome for AOSP, I really have to work hard to get this thing to flinch, specifically. It did get pissed OCed to 2100; very stable from1700-2000. On craigacgomez AOSP+.
Throw cm10.1 on that puppy. Bye bye daily hangs and reboots.
I've had the same experience with Chrome
I've loaded Dolphin and Firefox and those work fine. Chrome just occasionally hangs and if I don't close the offending tab soon enough, I have to hard crash the tablet.
digitalrelic said:
Mine runs perfectly pretty much 100% of the time. Fastest tablet I've ever used. Pretty much flawless. I've also disabled Google Currents and I'm using Ocean Browser (which is essentially AOSP but you can install it from the Play Store and on non-rooted devices).
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Yup.....
None here at all, I've got both the N10 and N7.. I also disable stuff like Currents I don't use thru settings and fix permissions both are absolutely smooth and a pleasure to use
NeoMagus said:
None here at all, I've got both the N10 and N7.. I also disable stuff like Currents I don't use thru settings and fix permissions both are absolutely smooth and a pleasure to use
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I like the matching wallpapers man. Nice touch.
My Nexus 10 is better than your tablet. Hah.
I've so far turned the currents thing off. I really like chrome sync so I'm gonna stick with chrome... Anything else to help performance? I'm not really interested in doing any kernel installing or such.
My Nexus 10 is better than your tablet. Hah.
I've had 2-3 daily reboots at varying times (not just Chrome, also play store, pulling down a notification, opening google maps), but they've all gone since I changed my wireless router and disabled location requests. I'll turn location requests on in a few days and see how that affects things, I had another tablet (Archos spit spit) which used to crash a lot on a certain wireless router and never on another so I'm not discounting the wireless router being involved.
b4silver said:
I've so far turned the currents thing off. I really like chrome sync so I'm gonna stick with chrome... Anything else to help performance? I'm not really interested in doing any kernel installing or such.
My Nexus 10 is better than your tablet. Hah.
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Why? A kernel is you best fix for performance problems.
You can also not use Live Wallpaper, as that can cause lag in games.
Another thumbs up for ocean browser. I've found it to be much faster than any of the other browser's I've tried.
JPW1 said:
Another thumbs up for ocean browser. I've found it to be much faster than any of the other browser's I've tried.
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Same I use ocean browser as well no problems.
EniGmA1987 said:
...You can also not use Live Wallpaper, as that can cause lag in games.
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This. I was actually pretty amazed to find this out; kind of figured the wallpaper to not impact system performance at all... when it wasn't being shown. But alas, that's not the case... Had some horrible FPS in NFS:MW, but after disabling my live wallpaper, FPS shot right up
EniGmA1987 said:
You can also not use Live Wallpaper, as that can cause lag in games.
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A live wallpaper is a type of service which is started when your home screen is showing. It is only consuming CPU resources until you switch to another app, as the service is halted at that time.
caveat: it's possible that some n00b developers don't stop drawing in onVisibilityChanged, if so, for shame
ZanshinG1 said:
A live wallpaper is a type of service which is started when your home screen is showing. It is only consuming CPU resources until you switch to another app, as the service is halted at that time.
caveat: it's possible that some n00b developers don't stop drawing in onVisibilityChanged, if so, for shame
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The Live Wallpaper I was using was Lonely Tree Live Wallpaper. If the developer isn't stopping drawing, I would hope it's a somewhat easy fix, or at least toggleable option.
Edit: I sent the developer an email, and got a response:
Some users have been reporting higher CPU usage than there should be. I think you might be right about it not shutting down properly.
I'll try to get it fixed ASAP. I think i know what change may have caused it.
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