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Just bought a Nexus 7, worth rooting?

I just purchased a Nexus 7 and was wondering if it's really worth rooting and installing back custom ROM. I mean the tablet is already running the latest version of android, so would a custom ROM with a few extra settings and an overclocked kernel really be worth it?
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I'd just root it using the exploit so you still have your warranty. The nexus 7 stock is good and stable. Just need rooting
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Root it now because you might not need to flash custom ROMs at the moment but you might want to in a month or 2 and then you will have a bit hard time backing up your data as unlocking bootloader wipes everything.

Worth rooting or worth instilling a custom ROM? I think rooting is a good idea, but haven't seen a compelling reason to install a custom ROM.
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It's a Nexus device. Basically a developer's toy. Of course you should root and unlock this bad boy. You're missing all the fun. Have you seen the loads of roms and kernels for this thing?

Off topic: Is it normal to have one dead pixel straight out of the box?
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I rooted mine and all the roms are aborted when i try to install. I have no idea why.

Zombienaut said:
Off topic: Is it normal to have one dead pixel straight out of the box?
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If I were you, I'd go crazy and get a replacement. I don't like getting a brand new device and seeing a flaw before I use it.
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DroidOnRoids said:
If I were you, I'd go crazy and get a replacement. I don't like getting a brand new device and seeing a flaw before I use it.
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It's hardly noticeable. I only notice it when I'm watching a video in landscape mode. It's very small as well.
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Zombienaut said:
It's hardly noticeable. I only notice it when I'm watching a video in landscape mode. It's very small as well.
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RMA it. You won't be without a tablet and you get a new one.
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I just bought 5 days ago and root it because i need it to connect to my usb modem and my advise you have to root and unlock this bad ass.. until now i havent decided which rom is suit with me.. hehee tooo many rom but i likee itt
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Zombienaut said:
I just purchased a Nexus 7 and was wondering if it's really worth rooting and installing back custom ROM. I mean the tablet is already running the latest version of android, so would a custom ROM with a few extra settings and an overclocked kernel really be worth it?
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I rooted mine the first day I got it and it's totally worth to root it. Also flash a custom rom while you are still messing with your device.

Yes I rooted and unlocked mine first day,
you can unroot and lock Bl if you need gurantee.

im so lucky to bought a second hand with no problem at all no dead pixel no bat prob etc..
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a) yes, root it. might as well before you have a bunch of data built up (since an unlock wipes everything)
b) no, the dead pixel is not normal. get a replacement.

jphilippon said:
RMA it. You won't be without a tablet and you get a new one.
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Does one dead pixel result in future dead pixels?
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What about unlocking the bootloader? I'm thinking of rooting mine for basic SU privileges such as blocking ads. I don't plan on running a custom rom as I think stock is just fine.

Mine is rooted and unlocked from the first day i'm buy it.
To me it's more than worth I can't live without ad-blocker, expanded desktop and pie.
And another reason is i'm spoiled by my nexus 4, the nexus 7 stock rom and kernel is not smooth enough for my liking I don't even able to scroll through facebook feed smoothly but with some good custom kernel and rom combined I can.
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I bought it a few days ago and after a hour it was unlocked, rooted and with a custom rom (cm10.1) & custom kernel (M-kernel) and i'm loving it).
My tablet before the N7 was also running cm10.1

Does anyone else have WiFi issues? Both my phone and laptop pick up signal perfectly from my room upstairs, but my Nexus struggles to load even a 420p video.
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Clockwork Mod Recovery for N900a?

Is there a Clockwork Mod Recovery out for the N900a yet?

Dude, dont we wish!!!!! Ive been checking on here daily myself.... Cant wait!! I get my note 3 wednesday and I'm hoping for a bootloader miracle!!!!
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i honestly just dont see a need to flash roms anymore. android has just has gotten that good. i can see some people needing root which we have. but flashing roms is long gone for atleast me. just tired of it i guess.

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wttisme said:
1 word: Nandroid
I went through 3 different Note 3s because of various quality control issues and the ability to make a nandroid would have been amazing since I had to setup everything 4 times after rooting 2 different phones. Other than that, I don't really care too much about custom roms, unless they offer some benefit in addition to the Xposed framework modules and debloating I did.
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What type of issues?
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Yea what issues and what do you need to nandroid that an app or kies couldn't save?

TouchWiz is crap, Id flash a Hello Kitty ROM if someone would dev one....
Cyanogen is always ahead of Sammy (and everyone else) when it comes to new tech, for freeeeee!
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wttisme said:
The first N3 kept an Edge data signal most of the time and would never lock onto and LTE signal for more than 10 seconds. The second one, and about 6 others I looked at in the store, had issues with the home button getting stuck under the glass. It was just during regular use, not trying to force it. If I tapped on the button off-center, it would get stuck under the glass, and constantly make the task manager pop up. The manager tried to call my bluff until she repeated the same when using the phone normally, instead of holding it horizontally and letting the weight of the phone release the button each time. I felt like it was back in the Hot Wheels days of searching for Treasure Hunts. I got one that doesn't seem to have any issues so far, aside from my E-mail FC, but I'll figure that out.
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Good to know. I'm not too fond of the home button swimming around. I'm having mic issues. I have to hold it to my mouth for the phone to register.
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Bottom line is there is no custom recovery and from what I understand there won't be unless the boot loader gets unlocked.
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Tenacious--M said:
Is there a Clockwork Mod Recovery out for the N900a yet?
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You can get n900a-cwm-recovery.tar from: http://d-h.st/mVG
However, bootloader of N900A is locked. You cannot flash it with Odin.
What we expect is Unlock bootloader.

[Q] Speaker Turns on when making call

Hey all,
I recently (2 months ago) got a brand new HTC One. It's been great so far, love it.
Only issue I have is last week it started going to Speakerphone mode when making calls and receiving them. All I have to do is turn off the speakerphone to get it back to earpiece but it's slightly annoying.
I've tried resetting the device to no avail.
I'm running on the Rogers network in Canada running Kit Kat.
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks!

Basttrax said:
Hey all,
I recently (2 months ago) got a brand new HTC One. It's been great so far, love it.
Only issue I have is last week it started going to Speakerphone mode when making calls and receiving them. All I have to do is turn off the speakerphone to get it back to earpiece but it's slightly annoying.
I've tried resetting the device to no avail.
I'm running on the Rogers network in Canada running Kit Kat.
Any ideas would be great.
Thanks!
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I had the same problem...it eventually got to the point where only speaker would work and not ear piece...now..the only thing that works is if I have it connected through headset...cyanogenmod fixed all my problems....any sense romss I try to use, give me the same problem...if u don't mind changing tons..jus install cyanogen...but if u find a solution, let me kno, cuz I can't find any info about it or a solution

Try deactivate chome browser and see if it solves the problem.
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jonas111sanoj said:
Try deactivate chome browser and see if it solves the problem.
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I tried that...didn't work, but may I ask why you think that?...Or some info onto why u think that

Still goes to Speaker phone even with browser deactivated. Arg. It's still under warranty but I'm nervous the ****ty refurbished phone they send me will be worse than this one.
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i'm having this same issue...i looked all over the call settings and don't see a toggle that i might have accidentally switched on...anyone figure out a solution to this yet?
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Everyone experiencing the issue have a custom ROM? What is it if so?
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100% stock for me.. Issue happened randomly it seemed after coming back from a trip overseas
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I'm having this issue at the moment, occasionally I ring people and the speaker phone is automatically on.
First time it happened I didn't notice and someone answered as I put the earpiece to my ear, nearly burst my bl00dy eardrum!
I'm running ARHD 51.0.

Having the same issue since about 1-1.5 weeks or so. Using ViperOne 5.5.1 with latest FW and Elemental X 13 kernel.

Freakadude said:
Having the same issue since about 1-1.5 weeks or so. Using ViperOne 5.5.1 with latest FW and Elemental X 13 kernel.
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Same here after upgrading to 4.4.2 with sense, never happened on GPE

oksagi said:
Same here after upgrading to 4.4.2 with sense, never happened on GPE
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The weird thing is that i have been on 4.4.2 for a while now via ViperOne and this issue has just recently popped up (or so it seems to me). So not sure if this is related to sense based rom running 4.4.2. or something different.

Well I do feel slightly better that I'm not the only one. But also wished I wasn't part of this so special group. Ha!
After a little googling people seem to think it might have something wrong with the docking mechanism.
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Basttrax said:
Well I do feel slightly better that I'm not the only one. But also wished I wasn't part of this so special group. Ha!
After a little googling people seem to think it might have something wrong with the docking mechanism.
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Mentioning the dock makes me wonder if those who've looked thru the call settings have looked thru the dock settings to see if there is an option there to open with speaker phone on? Or in the headphone or bluetooth settings. My feeling for looking in these places is that if for some reason the device thinks it's connected to one of these devices that could be changing it's behavior? Anyway, I don't think I'm having this issue but I rarely get calls and usually when I do I use speaker phone, but I'm also pretty sure that I'm having to turn it on also.

HTC replied to someone on Twitter to boot into recovery and clear cache who also had reported the problem...they showed instructions on how to get into stock recovery and do it. I'm wondering if anyone can try that. Either stock or custom recovery.
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I'll give it a try today and get back to you on the results.
I know a full reset doesn't do the trick so it's worth a shot.
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gustav30 said:
HTC replied to someone on Twitter to boot into recovery and clear cache who also had reported the problem...they showed instructions on how to get into stock recovery and do it. I'm wondering if anyone can try that. Either stock or custom recovery.
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So far so good. Tried calling home and my voice-mail and it didn't happen. It doesn't necessarily start up right away however so I'll have to keep an eye on it. I'll respond back here when/if it reappears.

Basttrax said:
So far so good. Tried calling home and my voice-mail and it didn't happen. It doesn't necessarily start up right away however so I'll have to keep an eye on it. I'll respond back here when/if it reappears.
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And vola! It has returned. So we can wipe the "wipe the cache" fix off the board.

I have the problem randomly just satarted after 4.4.2 update. Stock unlocked phone still have it after yesterday's update.
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qayak said:
I have the problem randomly just satarted after 4.4.2 update. Stock unlocked phone still have it after yesterday's update.
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So i guess this is a general sense 4.4.2 issue then and not custom rom, kernel, other specific. Strange that it seems to only start after a random amount of time as i deffinately did not have this issue for quite some time after upgrading to 4.4.2 based rom.

XDA app and Amazon app get stuck?

Has anyone else noticed that the XDA app sometimes loads a thread immediately and then other times it gets "stuck" where it can take a very long time to load? When it gets stuck, I can click back and then click the same thread again, which sometimes will load it quickly. I notice the exact same behavior in the Amazon app when clicking a product. It happens on both WiFi and LTE and has happened with every version of android so far on the N6.
I use XDA and Amazon all the time so this is a particularly frustrating issue for me.
UPDATE: here is a video demonstrating the problem with the Amazon app:
Amazon App getting stuck on Nexus 6: https://youtu.be/bjDayQJVV3g

Which XDA app? Theres like a million of them. One of the tapatalk versions?

I'm using the XDA premium app.
I'm not convinced that it's an issue specific to the app though because I didn't notice this on my Nexus 4 and the exact same issue happens in the Amazon app.

TheSopranos16 said:
I'm using the XDA premium app.
I'm not convinced that it's an issue specific to the app though because I didn't notice this on my Nexus 4 and the exact same issue happens in the Amazon app.
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XDA premium is based on Tapatalk and Tapatalk has problems on this forum. Its specific to this forum too, because taptalk works fine on other forums I use. I think the API on XDA for Tapatalk is outdated and since XDA are working on their own new XDA app (XDA One), they're probably not going to be too bothered to fix it.
Not sure about Amazon

Tapatalk has gone into the toilet over the years at this point I would honestly pay to go back to an old version. The iOS version is such a monstrosity and just so horrible its at the point of being unusable. if the thread I want actually comes up and displays I feel like I've won something.
Sent from my Google N6 on VZ

Thanks for the replies. Seems like this might be something a new XDA app could fix.
Here is a quick video I made showing the Amazon issue:
Amazon App getting stuck on Nexus 6: https://youtu.be/bjDayQJVV3g
The first 2 products open fast and then the third gets stuck. I click back and re try 5 times and on the last try, it opens fast like the first 2 did. Anyone else have this issue with Amazon?

Yes you are correct ..Those are the worse two apps to get "stuck".. Only other app is WWE SUPERCARD..Every other app is fine..I do believe it is app issues not phone related.
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Popping and distorted sounds on notifications.

Hi all, I used to have a Nexus 6 when it was first launched. Now I am contemplating buying a Nexus 6 as a 2nd phone and wanted to know if the sound distortions that would appear when sending messages through hangouts and messenger has been resolved with 6.0.1. It would also distort the notification sound upon receiving messages or emails.
If I remember correctly, the sound would also be apparent when locking and unlocking the phone. This used to drive me crazy. Anyways, I just wanted to know if this has been fixed. Thanks.
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Henrock11 said:
Hi all, I used to have a Nexus 6 when it was first launched. Now I am contemplating buying a Nexus 6 as a 2nd phone and wanted to know if the sound distortions that would appear when sending messages through hangouts and messenger has been resolved with 6.0.1.
If I remember correctly, the sound would also be apparent when locking and unlocking the phone. This used to drive me crazy. Anyways, I just wanted to know if this has been fixed. Thanks.
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yes.. this was also my issue before with lollipop.. now it seems to be fixed... with 6.0.1

reyscott1968 said:
yes.. this was also my issue before with lollipop.. now it seems to be fixed... with 6.0.1
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Now that you've had 6.0.1 for a while, have you noticed these sounds reappear at all? I really want to get this phone again but really couldn't stand those popping and crackling noises. I was always pretty sure it was a software issue but want to make sure the last update fixed it.
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Henrock11 said:
Now that you've had 6.0.1 for a while, have you noticed these sounds reappear at all? I really want to get this phone again but really couldn't stand those popping and crackling noises. I was always pretty sure it was a software issue but want to make sure the last update fixed it.
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not anymore..

Henrock11 said:
Now that you've had 6.0.1 for a while, have you noticed these sounds reappear at all? I really want to get this phone again but really couldn't stand those popping and crackling noises. I was always pretty sure it was a software issue but want to make sure the last update fixed it.
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Been running 6.0.1 for a while now and I get that little distortion/ducking when receiving a notification. Some do, some dont, maybe unlucky devices......?

madsurgeon said:
Been running 6.0.1 for a while now and I get that little distortion/ducking when receiving a notification. Some do, some dont, maybe unlucky devices......?
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previously it was bugging me but i was on 5.1 that time.. this was way back october.. but now, not anymore..

I also have this issue, but I'm running the newest cyanogen nightly release. So that might be the issue
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