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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zc1:
If I hold it in portrait orientation and cover the left side of the tablet (top 1/3) my reception drops 1-2 bars. It increases again when I move my hand away. I noticed this when I was lying on the couch with the tablet resting on my chest in portrait mode, and I had my left hand holding the tablet at the top left side. If I held it on the right-hand side (with my right hand) and moved my left hand away from the tablet then my reception improved. Put my left hand back up, signal strength decreased. This only happens if I'm far away from the wifi source. If I'm close to the source then my hand position doesn't seem to affect the reception at all.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r0zj0k3r:
Not sure if you have had a chance to see the internal layout of the Nexus 7 but that area is exactly where the wifi antenna is located. I have noticed the same signal drop (10–20db on wifi analyzer). It is worse in landscape because your hand naturally rests there. But it hasn't been too much of an issue. I had my router transmitting at 30mW and just kicked it up to 80mW and I am good to go. I remind myself for $200, the Nexus is good but still far from perfect. If you look into the reason this device was built, it makes sense. Its sole purpose is to drum up tablet software developement for android, not so much to be an iPad killer, that is still to come.;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsldsl999:
My N7 wireless is good. I am comparing it with my Samsung Galaxy S2 which is much weaker than the N7 across the whole house. Mind you I am using a good wireless router 7800N from Billion which has got good wireless ratings.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drpepe:
My wifi reception is poorer than both my HTC Desire Z phone and laptops etc, judged by it losing reception in the furthest room in the house (approx 15m from the router, in a pretty solid Victorian house).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsldsl999:
As suggested by other users, I think really worth to install wifi analyzer from Google Play then you can see a direct comparison rather than looking at the bars. Solid walls are not good for wifi and it is only fair if you compare distance base on line of sight. If you are using 802.11n 2.4Ghz then try different channels and also try changing channel width to 20Mhz can improve it but dropping from 40Mhz will reduce the max possible speed to 150Mbps.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MontyQ:
wifi on any asus made tablet I owned has been never as good as other brands....stil works great but never full bars like my laptop or any apple product I own. Maybe its a android thing as my android phones are the same weak wifi. Nothing bad just less bars.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calvinpn:
Depending on the model of your router, you might look into flashing DD-WRT on it (think of it as analogous to flashing a custom ROM on your phone/tablet). There are options to increase range on it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadi703:
The nexus 7 has very good signal strength and I get full bars while sitting 15 feet away from router with no walls. I can't try more than this distance because that's how big my room is and if I go outside of room then the walls comes in between and of course the strength drops.

Screen shot attached with full bars.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thevuman:
Wifi sucks on this tablet
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JNeail:
So far in the week I've had my n7... WiFi is notably weaker than on my laptop or iPad in the same locations so I suspect they've compromised on the aerial during design and construction. I can't determine if it suffers from an apple style 'grip of death' issue but I try holding it in different ways to see if it helps.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] feelinfroggy23:
My wifi is awesome until I try to stream an HD YouTube video then it buffers like crazy. Very annoying. Anyone got a fix??

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krelvinaz:
I've tested my Nexus 7 with 5 access points at the house with great signal and speed, and at work which has a large roving WiFi system with equally the same response.

If your access point is properly configured you should have no problems.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hai Karate:
Make sure the two metal contacts on the motherboard are bent out enough to contact the WiFi antenna on the inside of the removable back panel. I had taken the back off of mine a few times and in doing so I must have flattened the contacts a little so my WiFi reception went from excellent to terrible. Went right back to normal when I bent them back out.

The same applies to the GPS and NFC antennas -- make sure those contacts are bent out enough.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryingmoose:
It could be a bit of both.

I have bad range on my router, however I have had two N7's (sent one back for screen lift and flickering). The one with the defects would average 1-2 bars, whereas my good one gets 2-3 bars in the exact same spot.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saadi703:
Yes this is the fix and I did the same before
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r0zj0k3r:
WIFI is great for me

I definitely would not say wifi sucks on this tablet. I modded my antennas and put, no s** gold springs from an old phone on instead of the contacts that were there. This was out of necessity and not recommened as soldering was not easy, since I broke the contactss off but now my WIFI is phenominal, espicially for a hand held device. I can't remember how good/bad it was before, but I had no complaints.

Xmit power is only 50mw could easily be less. I am in the room (20 ft away) with no direct LOS and the door shut

The proof is in the pudding!

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[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mattish.91:
Hi what type of sgs3 do i have? I bought my Samsung galaxy s3 (GT-i9300) at Siba AB in Sweden and now since the forum is changed i don't have a clue any more... My device is rooted and running ParanoidAndroid 1.5, does it even matters what type i have?

AT&T Galaxy S III

Sprint Galaxy S III

T-Mobile Galaxy S III

Verizon Galaxy S III

My guess is that this is some type of carrier locks?

Whats the differences?

Sorry for being a noob when it comes to this, and sorry for my bad English. :D
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] drksilenc:
none of the above you have the i9300 international which has a different forum
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] antispiral:
You most likely have the international version which has its own section. These are all American carrier locked galaxy s3s.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] antispiral:
As for the difference..international has exynos quad core processor and 1 gig ram whereas American and Canadian versions have dual core and 2 gig of ram. One version of the galaxy s3 in America(Verizon) is also boot loader locked.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] Halmo:
Scroll down a bit further and you will see the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 forum.
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] mattish.91:
Thanks

Thanks, saw that now ^^

Moderator may now please remove this tread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Death&co:
I've noticed that the smart stay feature does not work at all on my phone. I'm talking to the point where it's like the feature is turned off but is actually on. I never see that little eye icon flashing up top and my phone is always locking on me when I'm trying to use it. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a fix for this or do I need a software update? It's really a shame because this was one of the features I thought wasn't too gimicky and actually useful.

I purchased the phone through AT&T's pre-order online.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] id_twin:
Just to be sure, you do have the setting turned on? I haven't used the feature very much myself, I'm on CM10, but on my girlfriends I had to manually go in settings and turn it on for it to work on hers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Death&co:
Yep, have the featured turned on in the settings.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] flonker:
Yeah, like id_twin posted are you sure it is checked?

For me the feature never worked all that great anyways. I just knew when an eye flashed in my status bar it was time to touch the screen because it would be going to sleep. lol.

Edit: Never mind you already answered while I was typing. You didn't change any other settings that could have conflicted with the smart stay feature perhaps? Not sure there is any just throwing it out there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] m4r10:
It needs good lighting and even then it's not that great.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Death&co:
I was starting to guess that. I wear glasses a lot too so I was guessing maybe it had a hard time picking my eyes up from that?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] SiNJiN76:
Are you holding the phone in landscape...and possibly covering the front cam?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] pakxelaos:
The light is the key for me.

In my bedroom, may be 10% working. In Living room (plenty of lights) works every time :good:
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
I would love to see Speck make a Nexus 7 FitFolio Case so I have submitted a request to do so, if you like the idea please go vote for it as per there feedback email the more votes they get the more likely they will be to build the case.

Here is an example of there current FitFolio for Kindle Fire which I would like them to model the Nexus 7 after.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] r3p00c:
I'm looking forward to this too. Speck already confirmed via Twitter that they are making it!
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
Really this is what I got from there team when I emailed them last night:

"Thank you for contacting us. I took a look and there is no word on if we are making a case for the Google Nexus 7 at this time. You can submit your idea for a case for it to our design team! You can submit your idea to our Feedback page found on our homepage on the far left side of the screen. You can submit the idea for voting and the more votes it gets, the more likely our team will be to consider it. Please take a moment to do so!

Regards,

Alex de Cesare | Customer Support Dude

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(＊) speck | 227 forest ave | palo alto ca 94301

T (650) 462-2040 | adecesare@speckproducts.com"
[Nexus 7 Accessories] MWBehr:
Well, if they want you to design it it, I'd personally add in magnectic latching system as well.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
Yea I listed that in my description I submitted :)
[Nexus 7 Accessories] IamPro:
Title is super misleading
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
Sorry that was not my intention
[Nexus 7 Accessories] DarkRyoushii:
It looks quite difficult (read: impossible) to press the physical buttons on the kindle fire version, and with the nexus 7 having the buttons on an angle, it seems like it would be MORE impossible on a model fit for the N7. I do hope they do something about that before releasing one, but I agree that I would definitely hunt one down if they made one :D
[Nexus 7 Accessories] lin013190:
Man, I would get it too. Too bad I ordered the TreeGloo case already :(. It's not coming til Early August. This Speck one if made, would come even later though..
[Nexus 7 Accessories] P1 Wookie:
I'd be all over that in red. I'm gonna have more backup cases than I know what to do with I think. Everytime I buy one something else comes out that I want. Fortunately neither I have bought have cost very much.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] jshamoon:
+1 on the Speck.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Galactic2:
The Speck looks like JUST what im looking for. Hopefully they make it!

If only the cutouts for buttons on the KF case were the same i'd buy it...
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Nicraz:
I just spoke to 1 of their representatives via live chat and she said that they will be available in august. And to check the website later on.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
I sure hope that's true but I'm not holding my breath :p
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Nicraz:
I'm not holding my breath either lol. I'm using my Kindle case for now and just waiting patiently to see what case to get. I saw a Speck for kindle today at Marshall's and it looked nice.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Evo_Shift:
I wonder if the magnet could be used as the closure rather than that strap thing since there is a magnet in the nexus. Then this would be the case i want.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] fobeeguy:
Nice. Another good one other than Marware.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] alecoddlyiv:
Definately the sort of thing im looking for too, did you ask for a slit at the back where the speaker is too?
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
I think they would have to include two different magnets for that since the screen sensor is right above the pogo pins and in order to keep it closed you would want another one on the far side of the tablet at the edge of the cover. It could be done but I doubt they will go that route.
[Nexus 7 Accessories] bdizzel1982:
Woot it looks like it worked I just saw this posted on there twitter feed

"Speck Products ‏@speckproducts

@sbgmag We will be making a Folio style case for Nexus 7. Be on the lookout in a month or two!"
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Navrig:
I am running 4,04 and just getting used to Chrome.

Is there a way to force the desktop version of websites to show rather than the mobile version. The biggest culprit is BBC. I have bookmarked www.bbc.co.uk but it keeps loading the mobile version.

I know I can force it through the menu button but would prefer not to have to do it everytime.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheStickMan:
Search.. There's a billion threads on this.

I have a feeling the answer is, no. Gotta use a small hack. But, I'm probably wrong, so go look.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wing_x01:
I'm waiting for google to fix this too!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamensterms:
I agree with everything youve said - but the way I see it is that the Play store is a work in progress. There have been some pretty significant enhancements made in the last few years (I think I started using android in 2010).

Since then they have made 2 or 3 comprehensive UI updates, added books and movies support (which you mentioned), and the “ALL” apps list is also reasonably new (since Google Play was implemented).

I think within the next year or two you will start to see a lot of the features you mentioned.

Apple’s app store was pretty basic when it first started, now they have a lot of great sorting and display options.

Hopefully Google will step up.

Cheers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IceWolf75:
Yeah, it will be nice if we can install multiple apps at the same time. Well, batch installer, that's what i mean.

Also, i wish i could delete some old apps (that I installed only to test them) from "Other apps in my library". There are lots of apps i never used, only tried them, and this, combined with the inability to sort the apps, make a real mess. I have to mine for every useful app that i need to install.

Or, at least, they should make a "Favorite" option.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Yarman2000:
Hey,I have a problem with this Jelly Bean port: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748851.

When I replace some files from LwW,flash Jelly kernel for LwW,and flash this rom,It's booting,but not completely,because it all time displays the boot animation.

Please,help me,because I very want to try this rom.

PS.Sorry for my English,and sorry,if I post this thread in wrong section.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] codekidX:
I assume you replaced the files from any ICS rom...the files you replaced may not be compatible with the jelly bean PORT ...so it gives bootloops !

WAIT for a stable version of Jelly bean port...its gonna come soon !
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Yarman2000:
No,i replaced it by files from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28960832&postcount=156.

Kamarush make kernel for LwW,and in this post are files to replace,for others it works,but not for me.
[General Questions and Answers] dejiar:
Hi, first of all, my English was not good and if any grammar mistake or broken English, please don't scold me. Secondly, I does not know weather i post in the correct place.

I have a new phone which is custom made by the 4G provider.

The phone is fully custom made to support it 4G connection.

Phone model: Yes Eclipse

The problem is the phone was come with Android 2.2 which is abit too old for me. And I am planning to root the phone and upgrade it.

The 1st problem is, i cant even root the phone. So anyway I can learn how to root? I am willing to learn more.

I googled and found that the phone cant be room in any method

Secondly, i would like to learn making a rom since my holiday is near, i have knowledge on Java coding, but where can I start?

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dyonas:
I was looking through the Nexus 7 manual in the Play Books app and one of the things it says for gestures is swiping up from the bottom on any screen and saying the word "Google" then your search will search for you. I've swiped up and said it, swiped then paused briefly before saying it but nothing works. Is this something that was taken out with the 4.1.1 update or has it always been missing? Failing that am I doing something wrong?

To clarify things I'm not talking about voice search. I can tap the microphone icon and get search results that way but that isn't what the manual says or what I'm talking about.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kboya:
Did you elect to turn on Google Now at the first boot? If not, find it in settings and tick the box
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rovman:
I'm guessing you're not based in the US? Google now is pretty crippled when not using the US version. One of the missing features (at least in the UK) is the ability to activate the voice search by saying Google, also the pretty search results with pictures etc are not there too.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dyonas:
Yup, I liked the idea of it when I heard about it so I enabled it.

This seems to be the problem then. Curses! Thanks for letting me know.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaysus145:
I am US based, and have been unsuccessful with the "say google" voice command as well.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
I launch google now.

I say google, and it starts listening for search and I can talk to it.

Works fine for me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
thats because in the second update on the nexus 7 it was taken out due to the court case!

but heres a fix:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762570
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dyonas:
That's a US court case though and only applies to the US. It's similar to how I can buy a Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 if I want to regardless of what happens in the US. I would hope that Google would leave it in for all non-US countries.

Bielinsk, have you updated? Are you using the stock ROM? If you're using the stock ROM and have updated then something else must be causing it. If you haven't updated then it's clearly been removed.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asovse1:
Swipe from Home button, "Google", "[query]".

Works fine. Hello from Canada.

Sent from my Nexus 7 on the XDA app. GO CANADA GO
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CooLoserTech:
You have to activate it in the settings menu.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaysus145:
Works now, I must have been doing it wrong :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dyonas:
Where exactly in the settings menu? Google Now's settings? General settings? I've looked in all of them and unless I'm missing something it should be enabled.

Same question for those saying it works, have you updated? Stock or custom ROM? I'm on 4.1.1 stock
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kboya:
It worked for me in the UK, but not with the detail of USA
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tremblingwater:
Just a bit of info i have found from research -

If you're in the UK and the pictures aren't displaying, you have to tick - 'search from google.com' in the Google Now settings, and not use google.co.uk.

Same thing stands if you want the cute female voice - You have to change the language to English US

Hope this helps

p.s - the only thing i am stuck with is how to set up 'my locations' - i have enabled this within the Google Now settings but on the Maps app, i cannot add 'my locations', which makes that part of Google Now pretty much useless. I want Google Now to give me prompts to leave, etc etc, its a pretty nifty thing they showed off. Anyone know?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garryknight:
To set your Home and Work locations you have to go to maps.google.com (or .co.uk or wherever you live) on your PC and log into your Google account. You should see the links under the Create Map button on the left.

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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dyonas:
Come on guys.. I've asked a simple question of anyone saying "it works" but none of you are replying. I'm glad it works for you but I need to know if you're using stock ROM and 4.1 or 4.1.1 so I can troubleshoot. Help me out :P
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dch921:
It works for me and I'm running 4.1.1 with the 2nd small "D" update. It also worked before and after the first update to 4.1.1

To turn on the "Say Google" feature open Google Now

Click Menu(3 dots lower right corner) -> Settings -> Voice -> Hotword Detection

Enjoy
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dch921:
Second update on the Nexus 7 doesn't remove any search functionality. I can still search and see results for apps and contacts when searching from the search box. This issue only applies the the Sprint version of the Galaxy Nexus.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dyonas:
Well that confirms it, I have no "Hotword Detection" in Voice. At least now I know where it should be and I can quiz other UK peoples, thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malarcy:
Here's what I have found

UK nexus 7 on stock 4.1.1

Voice language set to English UK

Search set to Google.co.UK

Offline files for voice recognition for UK English downloaded.

No hot word option in menu. No response to "Google"

Change language to English us at Google now. Change search to Google.com exit from Google now go back in Google hot word works menu option there.

BUT voice recognition way off (was almost perfect before)

Change language back to English UK, exit, back into Google now, no response to "Google" no menu hot word option.

Seems to be the language rather than the search that triggers it.

Guess it will come when they have analysed enough voices to get it right. Although it seems a strange thing to leave out given the rest of the recognition stuff works OK.