Recent content by Claghorn

I see rumors already of the Nexus 6 phone. So, if google makes another phone after the Nexus 6, I wonder what they'll call it? Nexus 7 is already kinda taken :-).

For what it is worth, I have some comparison pictures taken with the new and old Nexus 7 cameras if anyone is interested: Nexus 7 Cameras I tossed in screen shots as well.

It would be nice to be able to mount network filesystems on my new Nexus 7. Anyone know if the kernel has cifs or nfs support built in, or if the modules are available to add to the stock kernel? Or better yet, if there is a fuse implementation of cifs with android support?

So, now that I have an old and a new Nexus 7, I was thinking I should be able to do cool stuff with NFC, like uh, uh, what exactly? :-). It would have been nice to copy all the custom settings for various apps from the old one to the new one. Is that possible? I wanted to transfer some...

Another weird item: The new Nexus 7 (mine, anyway) won't notice a charger being plugged into the USB port. This is a strictly charge only cable, having only power and ground connections plugged into the dedicated charger gadget the cable came with. When I plug in any other device I have, they...

Is there some new mysterious security BS in android 4.3? I've been setting up my new 2013 Nexus 7, and I'm trying to get rsync to work to backup the files Titanium Backup stashed on the sdcard, but it says "permission denied" when I try to copy them. I can't find any problems with any...

When I turn off my new Nexus 7, the screen image collapses to a line in the middle then fades out. Since I'm pretty sure there aren't electron beams and magnets back there, I'm guessing this is just a deliberate effect someone with too much time on their hands came up with. Is it an effect...

Used my old notes from my old Nexus 7 and the same procedure (modulo picking the right recovery image for new model) worked: Nexus 7 Hacking

On the new nexus 7, my habit of just hitting the "back" button (the curly arrow on the left) to get all the way out of an app no longer seems to work. Is this a 4.3 change? Will I have to train myself to use Home instead now? Update: I've decided this really only happened after getting a batch...

I read in the google specs that the new nexus 7 has Qi wireless charging built in. Then I read random notes on the internet about how flaky and incompatible some Qi charging pads are with some devices. So, has anyone tried any particular charger with the new Nexus 7 and had success? It would...

I got the new Play Store on my Galaxy Camera, but not on my Nexus 7 :-). I like it: There is finally an "Update 1" button available when there is only one app that needs an update, so you can one click update a single app just like the old store let you do when there was more than one app...

Here is a silly web page I build from a script to tell me what episodes of Doctor Who I've downloaded off my TiVo: Downloaded Doctor Who Episodes Does the entry for Journey's End show up in a larger font for anyone else (when looking at the page on your Nexus 7)? Is this a chrome bug...

I've just switched my Nexus 7 back to using automatic brightness now that I'm on 4.2.2 to see if it is working any better. Has anyone else tested auto brightness on 4.2.2?

I got the OTA 4.2.2 update earlier today, and I was just plugging in the USB cable to flash the latest TWRP recovery and reinstall Super SU and I noticed that "adb devices" always says the nexus 7 status is "offline". Yes, I have USB debugging enabled (if I disable it, adb doesn't see the...

The storage organization of 4.2 is confusing the heck out of me: I see that /sdcard is no longer a mountpoint, but a symlink to /storage/emulated/legacy. I've been backing up /sdcard, if I start backing up /storage/emulated/legacy instead will that get all the same stuff backed up...