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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PissPot:
Its random so it doesn't matter. You may have C90 and still have all the problems described here or have a C70 and expense none of those.

It's just the luck of the draw unfortunately.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toyeboy:
I haven't had any problems with mine. I don't think the audio Jack is supposed to do that mine doesn't.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaSauders:
I'd bet my car this is a software issue. As a result, I wouldn't expect newer Nexus 7's to fix it, but moreso Android 4.1.2 to 4.2.0, etc. Just my 2c though.

Were you able to get this resolved? Perhaps by holding down the power button long enough for it to shut off, give it a few seconds, then fire it back up? Very curious about this one...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Were you able to get this resolved? Perhaps by holding down the power button long enough for it to shut off, give it a few seconds, then fire it back up? Very curious about this one...[/QUOTE]

I noticed that if i turn the nuxus off and have it charged the back light will stay on once I take it off the charger. I'm guessing that is the reason my battery drain. And since my device isn't on. It doesn't show up in the battery graph.

I was able to duplicate. Lesson learned... just don't turn the device off. No reason too.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtpepper64:
I've had two so far, going on my third tomorrow.

The first was completely fine. Except for the processor or GPU, made staticy colors and a white noise from the speaker and would reboot randomly.

Second one doesn't have that last problem, but has a bright spot near the middle of the screen, some screen lift, and a distorted speaker.

Hopefully third time's the charm.

These are all from a couple GameStops in Central Jersey. Bad batch that slipped past the good QC inspector I'm thinking... :confused:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahmgwapo:
So which batch to avoid and not to avoid?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahmgwapo:
Srsly even with the latest batch?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NMonster69:
I am on my second one. Just check it out good and use the hell out of it. I had GPS issues with my last one. Found it after 5 days. New one is perfect.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powerdoesntrun:
Does anyone else have this issue where sometimes, and only sometimes, I get a notification and instead of playing a sound, the speaker just pops for a split second?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbop:
Make sure that the WiFi is configured to be off when the device is sleeping. You need to go into the WiFi setup, select Advanced and make sure the 'keep WiFi on during sleep' is set to never
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonycr:
Anyone know what this issue is?

Here is a video of the gray static screen that shows up when I turn the screen on before it shows the lockscreen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBL1mnGDyAc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonzer2u:
Picked up an N7-32gb from staples yesterday, everything was cool until I used some earphones, the connector is jacked.... Will exchange today, glad I bought it local......
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielreloaded77:
My screen issue - what can i do?

Ok i dont have much light bleed from the edges of the screen, i dont have (so far) screen separation, but on the other side, i have one weird issue with the screen, this issue just started about 4 days after purchase. Now I see some light (you read well) coming in the form of two little filaments, very short about a quarter of an inch, separated by black, now these light filaments are on the left side of the screen about in the middle, But they do not show where the screen is, they are on the black bezel, in vertical fashion, aligned to the screen about halfway from where the screen ends and the side begins, right smack in the middle of the black bezel, i believe that is the right word.

My question is obvious, what could this be??? ps. i know it is light coming from these cracks or whatever they are because when i turn up the brightness these spost appear brighter as well.

I am not sure i have explained the problem too well, taking pictures might not help....this is my issue, im asking you all for you help..

Thanks guys

Daniel
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Miyagi555:
Exchanging mine for another today at Sam's club. The color is washed or compared to my old 16gb... the speaker seems softer too.

I asked about the crossing axes problem but I didn't understand what the person tried to explain meant. Can some one classify what it means?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jumping2:
this is the first time I've jumped on the net to read about the Nexus 7... I'm surprised!

I've not had a single issue with mine... I have nothing but praise for it! Maybe I just got lucky!!?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chismay:
ok not sure i this helps anyone out. but thought it might provide info for someone.

my google nexus,

screen lift.. = checked before i left the store......no issue there

reboots = 10hrs 38mins and no probs

google now FC'S= no problems at all

apps ive installed:

predators

gta :3

need for speed most wanted

facebook

dead trigger

sas3

skype

camera ics

dropbox

=no probs

all other software based features running A+ as expected:good:

edit: bought yesterday (10/11/2012) at carphone warhouse london wimbledon center-court shopping center.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craiigman:
I'm looking to pick one of these up coming into Christmas. Do the defects still exist or have Google fixed a lot of the errors? Currently have an iPad 2 in the household and I have had not 1 issue with that since picking it up all that time ago.

But newer iterations are not worth it in my opinion. 7" Form factor of Nexus 7 is what I'm looking for and price is excellent. But if it's going to break on me, then i'd rather pay more for a cruddy iPad Mini that will be more reliable.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidstech11:
No issue or problem with my 32GB model
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mchu6am4:
Mine has stopped charging...Just about to manage to keep screen on with charger plugged in...charge level remaining at 0% !:mad:

I have custom ROM installed and would like to restore to stock so I can return it!

Any ideas/advice would be much appreciated...

Sent from my Galaxy SIII on Omega ROM & motomoto00 theme!!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cammykool:
Seems my headphone jack just went to the dogs it keeps jumping from normal to mono to very VERY faint audio in the left headphone speaker this will be an RMA I use my n7 for music more then anything
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greenwire:
Screen Issue - Thin red line left side of screen runs top to bottom.

Got my Nexus 7 from Walmart 4 day ago. Now I have a thin red line over the left side that goes vertically from top to bottom of the screen. :( Will have to return it. Not sure if I should get a replacement or wait out for ASUS to figure out all defects before buying another.

Its a C60 batch.

Picture attached... sorry for the crappy pic.. couldn't get VolumeDown+Power to work to take a screenshot.

Update...

I returned my C60 batch Nexus and picked up a new Nexus 7 16GB from Staples its a C9O batch and I haven't seen any obvious issues.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fspeech:
Do you see this on your nexus as well?

I just bought my Nexus 7 and am really liking it. However I noticed that in Adobe PDF Viewer I get faint greenish blocks in what should be the white background from time to time. The blocks borders are very geometrical and my family all can see them so it is not an optical illusion. When I scroll the blocks move with the scroll so it is not a screen issue. If I zoom in enough the green disappears so it s not the PDF files. I am wondering if this is a software feature or a hardware problem with my Nexus 7. If the former I'd think some of you must have noticed it too, in which case I will just wait for a fix or switch to another app. If this only happens to my Nexus that could mean a hardware issue. I am thinking maybe a GPU problem, but all other apps so far work normally -- meaning I don't see the same greenish blocks in other apps like the Chrome. Games work well too.

Thanks for any help.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbrfabio:
Both the Nexus 32gb two weeks ago and I probably have the screen lift the left side.

At the center is "even" with silver edge while on the right is a little bit down. It's evident when you touch those points at the same time (yeah, who does that anyway...)

I hear some cracks only, and not always, when I squeeze on both sides near the volume\power buttons but I was wondering if that is normal considering because there are buttons there...

There is always warranty (2 years in Italy) so I don't care much if the screen will lift much more later. It will be just annoying to deal with Asus and wait for who knows how many days\weeks and hope there won't be any issues (or more issues).

For now, in my opinion I don't consider justifiable to change it\send it to Asus because basically there is no problems.

The sad thing is that probably it was there the all time and I wouldn't notice if I didn't read this thread. Oh well, too late now :p
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] repma:
I bought the device couple of months back in UK, and noticed 2-3 weeks ago that the left side of the screen was a bit higher than the silver lining around the screen. Didn't pay attention to it too much since the device was working fine and was about to take it back to the retailer now, but just out of curiosity popped the back cover off and found out that 3 screws were totally missing from the left side.

When I have a change I will unscrew one and go to an electronics store to see if they have the same ones.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noxxle:
I've read that the screws were intentionally removed by Asus because they were contributing to the screen lift. Don't ask me how. You might want to do a bit of googling before tighting anything on that side of the bezel.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haizum74:
Going to take my 32gb N7 back to PC World as the USB cable keeps slipping out of the USB port. Its gradually got worse over the past couple of weeks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] repma:
Thanks for the info noxxle. Did some more research yesterday and found out the same. Some said it got better by adding some screws and some said it didn't. When I was taking the back cover off it was very tight on the side where the screen has lifted. After I put the cover back the screen is now almost at the same level as the bezel, but still a bit above the bezel. You can still easily feel that the bezel and the screen are loose, unlike on the other side.

I think I'll just take it back and see what happens.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noxxle:
I got to play around with a nexus 7 yesterday for the first time. I was struck by how unsturdy the device felt, contrary to many reviews. If I held opposite ends of the nexus and twisted with just a tiny bit of pressure, I could hear creaks and parts jostling. I didn't notice any serious screen lift. The left side near the top was ever so slightly raised, but not above the bezel.

I think the cause of screen lift is that the only real support is the aluminum bumper. The plastic with a perforated texture on the bottom is flimsy and does little to stabilize the bumper. Very slight contorting/jostling of the bezel over long periods of time will almost certainly cause screen lift. More of a design defect than manufacturing issue.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craiigman:
Just ordered a 32GB model from Google directly. If I have any problems are they good at getting you a replacement?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greenwire:
Nexus 7 C9O, looking good

Picked up Nexus 7 16GB from Staples, its a C9O batch. So far no issues that I can immediately notice.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steelhunter:
screen.....again

Hello! Just bought my tablet, it is C8O one, very minor screen lift in the midlle of left side exists but it isn't noticeable at all.

no other known bugs for now,except one thing: the color shades in games/setting menu/wallpapers seem like 16 bit instead of 24, i dunno how to explain that, there is a photo of tablet running Angry Birds HD, pay attention to the planet orbit, it's shading, more noticeable live that on photo. Is this normal or shall i return it? Have anyone had the same problem?

Also color seems not quite vivid, and brightness is not very bright (shots are taken on max. brightness). Is this normal too?

I'm running stock 4.1.1 (OTA from 4.1)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
This 32gb Nexus has no defects but my original 16gb one had bad screen lift on the left side.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperxguy:
Bought 1 16GB locally (july 2012 C60 @microcenter $279). Just received a new 32GB C90 (from buydig ebay $229). Both are perfect.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tagilso:
Ive already posted in q&a but no one seems to considerate. I tried recording video and audio using camera and third party apps from playstore, and i can hear a low background noise on audio, like some sort of whistle. It's not so disturbing, but its there and can be heard especially when there is silence. Any feedback on this?

Note: i watched some test recordings on youtube and noticed same noise on two of them
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidtrucker:
my wife got mine from Walmart as my anniversary present and installed Copilot Trucker, when i got out on the road i realized so far 1. the volume doesn't get louder than a whisper, 2 its picky about charging will only charged plugged into my power inverter will not work with a 12v dc charger it wont even maintain it loses charge unless plugged into a wall socket or the power inverter, and the auto brightness doesnt work either, so soon as i get back home this week im taking it back and getting another one
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dehsA:
Bought a 32 GB from Electronic Express and there were two faint grey lines/smudges under the screen. One is a thin and long vertical one running down the center of the screen and another is near the left edge of the screen closer to the bottom. Once I noticed them, they were always there...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tipkaros:
I don't have screen lift on my 32gb version but I've noticed that the screen isn't completely "even". When I run my finger from the top left to the bottom right, I feel the slight unevenness and line-like "bumps". Also when the screen is off and I look at it from an angle to check for smudges, there are dark spots surrounded by fingerprint smudged area and those spots are "unsmudgable". I'm not sure if any of this is a defect, just thought I'd put it out there.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greenwire:
Yup I can see them too, can be frustrating..hope you can exchange the tablet.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crunchienuts:
purchased my c70 16gb nexus 7 roughly about a month ago. screen lift started occurring a few hours into use. upon removing the battery cover i found 3 screws missing down the left side of the screen. i decided i would attempt to fix the issue myself on the chance that i might exchange my otherwise perfect nexus for another defective unit.

attempted replacing the screws, adjusting them and even modifying my rear cover slightly to fix an apparent manufacturing fault. no luck with those methods & didn't even bother with the washer method. i ended up taking the plunge and used 5-minute epoxy and glued the left side of the screen. I can report that this has fixed the issue completely for me and it's going 2 hours strong with no lift!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phoneman09:
I guess it could be a stuck pixel? All I look for is a red, blue, or a green dot correct?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nexcellent:
Hearing a bit of creaking now on the right side!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semantics:
I have a theory too, nothing in life is perfect, or pristine. Even the hottest super model gets a pimple on her ass from time to time, and I wouldn't ship her off just because of a blemish. No company makes a perfect product, and people, due to an irrational OCD with electronics want it 100% perfect, and as long as people are assembling these products, there will be imperfections. The sad part is, the vast majority of the things people return electronics for do not impact the use of the product, and are barely visable to the naked eye. We love to put everything under a microscope, though. Gotta have something to freak out about, I suppose.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TauxiC:
Soooooo everyone should just be happy with their defective N7's because a product working 100% the way it is supposed to is too much to ask for?

I pre-ordered mine from the Play Store on the 28th with the case. I have received no word or email or nothing yet on when/if mine is being shipped. Not a peep. Though it does bring a tiny sparkle to my eye to see all the people that bashed Google just because Gamestop was giving them out so early, only for so many of the GameStop ones to have issues thus far.

I hope mine is flawless. If it has lightbleed issues, Ill return it depending on how severe. If it has flickering issues, those wont bother me unless it is severe and happening with just about every page refresh etc. If mine has a little separation from the back of the device, I'll first try to push it back in place, if that doesn't work, I will throw my cover on there and see if that helps with the issue. If not and the squeaking becomes a nuissance from just normal use rather than being a very very occasional thing, I'd probably return it.

For me it all depends on the severity of the issue I may encounter if it is worth the trouble of having it replaced.

But my original point: It is not unreasonable for every single person that ordered a Nexus 7 to have a completely defect-free device.

So your "not everyone or everything is perfect!" argument is just flawed and invalid.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oukiva:
If you decide to wait you may have to wait a very long time... until 2013?

Acording to an Asus seller in Bangkok we will see nearly no Nexus 7 here

because the demand is way more high in USA than first expected by Google

and the 3 millions units ordered to Asustek for 2012 will not be enough...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NavySpark:
Thanks for the tip, i'll give it a shot. I am a fan of the auto brightness and can deal with the flickering, i like not having to adjust every new area i take the tablet.

I am with you, willing to try things before returning it but i have tried pressing it down, tried forcing the side in a little and even considered pressing it down and then applying a little adhesive around the edge to hold it down.

The problem is it spreads over time, a good 35% of the screen is "lifted" now so you can hear it creak when i press down until i press it to get the adhesive to stick again which is a temporary fix.

I have talked with the manager of my local Gamestop and he is real receptive, he is not 100% sure when they are even getting more and he said if by Tuesday one of the pre-orders does not pick it up, he will let me exchange mine for that one. If not i don't mind waiting and he said he would allow it to be a "late" exchange if for some reason they don't receive more within 30 days.

I put in another "pre-order" to at least reserve one i can exchange with. I am hoping its just isolated problem and not a widespread issue.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobandriod:
Okay, after thorough testing mine, it is perfect. No dead pixel and no noticeable back-light bleeding. Well at least I didn't notice it like when I first got the nook color. Color, viewing angle, and brightness is awesome for the price, of course not as good as my bro's new iPad retina screen though but that was expected. Performance-wise it has been great. Web, YouTube, movies, and games has been good so far and hopefully it stays that way. I do wish there are more apps at the play store.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoMagus:
So far so good with the C6 I picked up today from Gamestop. Panel is good, no creaking, wifi/bt/gps is great way happier with how this turned out compared to my 201 I should have never got it and got 2 N7's
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgie13:
The left side is raised and feels like it going to pop out on mine. I'll try to exchange it on Monday.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr1ncred1ble:
I did almost exactly the same.There are also two tablets on hold but those people were told a later release date. Both had been called but had not responded by this afternoon. I don't want anyone screwed out of their tablet but the hold policy is 48hrs from phone call, if they haven't picked up by midweek i may be able to get one of those if i want. The corporate expedited exchange thing seems kinda iffy, we'll see.

The manager of my Gamestop seemed pretty confident that he would see more n7's in for pre-orders sooner rather than later. Please post back if you need to and are able to do a late exchange. thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dorilife:
I have not had one issue, everything working flawlessly.:D

Game stop pre order.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr1ncred1ble:
Good, that means mine and others chances of getting a defect free device in exchange are good.

Sent From the Future
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiveOhFour:
Besides the "light bleed" (not sure thats the proper term for what im seeing), in the bottom left corner theres just a spot that is brighter than the rest, not graphics juust pure white light, hard to explain. Anyway besides that there are two other issues im now seeing, neither of which are huge or impact useability, as long as they dont progressively get worse and there of course is the risk and why everyone wants a perfect unit, understandably so. on mine, on the same spot it seems most are describing, the left side at the very middle, on the back of the device where the rubber ends and theres a thin gap between the rubber and the silver, there is a spot in the middle with a larger gap than the rest, if you slide your fingernail around the device you will notice more slides in right there than in other spots, im actually a little shocked by how easily the back can be popped off, i was able to pop the entire back off very easily from that spot going around the "diameter" of the unit. Im guessing that its just one of those things, its the last place when being assemled to snap in and is not as tight a the rest, wouldnt notice if i hadnt looked. Also, directly above there the screen exhibits the same issue others are describing, the glass is raised above the rim of the silver, although its very minor and i havent yet felt any impact like sponginess, over all i could live with it, the only fear is that it may get worse at which point i'd have the nightmare of dealing with ASUS. The screen is perfect though, beautiful (besides that little bleed in the bottom corner), no dead pixels and the flicker issue is minimal. So do i swap w/ the Google Play unit thats set to be delivered monday or refuse that one? I'd hate to swap for a device with more problems or with perfect case and some flaw on the screen where it really matter. Not sure what i should do honestly.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kboya:
You could check the play unit and return whichever is not perfect for a refund?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feelinfroggy23:
Swapping mine for another because I got a sqeeky left side and my micro USB charger doesn't fit in the jack that well. Its wobbly and annoying and overtime its going to bust. I didn't preorder mine at gamestop I just walked in and they had 1. Lucky. Other than that it works great. And by the way I used the voice talk to write this whole reply, pretty awesome and it miss one word.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyFan65:
Also have a very squeaky left side. I can live with it for now but will be returning once new stock is in