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[Nexus 7 General] hacksman32:
What a waste?!

I have just got my nexus 7 yesterday, but there were some problems shown up today, okay here is my case, I found a black line across my Nexus

7 screen around lunch time today, then I called ASUS as maintained within warranty booklet, but they told me to call google play instead. and as

always, I called google play from about 2 PM and wait on line until 5PM, it is totally surprised me!there is no-one answer, seems like everyone just

as bored as I do, to wait on the Fkin line and waste my whole Fkin afternoon!
[Nexus 7 General] olivierlee:
Got mine (16 GB) this morning. Enjoying it so far.
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
You should be able to arrange an RMA through the contact section rather than phoning Sydney to wait on hold. Right now the people there are overworked dealing with people's orders, the time should drop as we move on, however ask for an RMA, they will ship you a new one, you then return the old one.

Apparently.
[Nexus 7 General] vcasi:
So far so good! Tried to download the free Transformers movie, and it just left me with less than a GB on my 8GB, the movie is about 3GB in size. Is there a way to transfer the file to an external Hard drive? Planning to stream it from the hard drive
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
i would asume so, check under sdcard/movies, it might be in there.

I cancelled my order with ebgames and placed an order though the play store, i thought i might see if i get it quicker :p
[Nexus 7 General] Barracuda77777:
I got a tracking number 2 days ago which told me to expect the delivery by 5 PM today, I was not going to be home so I called FEDEX to let them know that I intend to pick it up as I am going to be near the warehouse where the Nexus is. after being put on hold I was told that Google Have sent Fedex and Email requesting the device back to Shipper :-(

anyone else have had that happen to them?
[Nexus 7 General] asgard:
Received mine today via DHL nice and quick. Anyone know how to get it to respond with Australian related content and settings for things like i.e. voice search -> "Whats the temperature?" it always gives the correct area but in F not C. There is no English (Australian) option on the settings (yet) :(

Lovin' it so far though - the quality of the hardware, speed, response etc is NOT up to Samsung based Android hardware having owned most of those including Nexus and SGS III but its nice. Turning on force HW 2D drawing in developer options boosts the 2D speed significantly and is worth a tick.
[Nexus 7 General] goku16:
OMG>"< mine arrived and wouldnt turn on even though it's charging, it turn on once and the screen was not response, >"<, and it restart, now it's stuck at google logo >"<

so sad
[Nexus 7 General] kelvin616:
I preoreder mine at EBgames and received a sms saying i can collect my unit today
[Nexus 7 General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
Have you guys gotten the $25 credit? We're not getting it in New Zealand
[Nexus 7 General] asgard:
Thank you sir, great information there indeed :) Once I turned on the Aussie dialect the voice recognition rates went up a lot, much easier to get what you want! Early impressions are good, a little more jerk and stall than the Samsung Nexus/SGSIII units I have been acceptable, although not as 4.1.1 BUTTERY as expected maybe (??) if its even 100% activate and working this way?

The IPS screen is good, and lacks the very slightly visible cross hatching and dead areas of AMOLED technology but is certainly not comparable to those amazing screens in the colour race.

The charger from Samsungs works which is really handy!!!! No need for multi cables for your SGS I/II/III/Nexus/Tab and Nexus 7!
[Nexus 7 General] zetsurin:
Clock up another frustration regarding the 2-day shipping. And why should US folk be the ones to get upgraded to overnight while we are paying more?!

My package seems to have been sitting in HK for 2-3 days. No update at all on my tracking since about 6pm last night. Rubbish.

And why am I paying GST exactly?

And so it begins: people in bricks and mortar stores getting their devices earlier and cheaper than a lot of these so-called 'pre-orders'. Never agin.
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
New Zealand isn't officially allowed to have them. The credit is only for Aussies, seems they base it on location of your account, credit card or something, but as soon as I associated it with my Aussie based account I was credited.

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I will say it again. If your shipment has taken more than 2 days phone the Sydney number on the bottom of the first invoice you got and ask nicely for a refund.

Because Google Finanical Services Pty Ltd, the people we have the relationship with Wallet to buy the device and playstore Applications and books are an Aussie company.

Nicely, because of this GST we get the better consumer protection laws too. Our devices are covered far more than the Americans in terms of warranty. For example if it fails on day 364 we can demand a refund or demand a replacement, Yanks get a repair. There are some nice advantages buying from an Aussie seller like Google Pty Ltd.
[Nexus 7 General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
Where was that said? I got mine from a NZ retailer and not through someone I know in Australia

I wonder if factory resetting it, not setting up google account, sideloading droidvpn then set up Google account would work... I might try that, assuming it's IP based
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
I only just ordered mine on the 18th from google play.... *Sigh*
[Nexus 7 General] glowworm62:
This is what i am basing it on: http://support.google.com/googlepla...&answer=2411789&topic=2451685&ctx=topic#other and here http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2670129

If it's not true then that second link has how you get it.
[Nexus 7 General] ryancoy:
which eb game store did you pre oredered?
[Nexus 7 General] zetsurin:
By all accounts, you should get receiving it before people who pre-ordered on the 27th June, such is the mess that Google has made of this.
[Nexus 7 General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
Obviously I've got a valid Google account and I have my mum's visa linked to Google Wallet, but nothing
[Nexus 7 General] Fish grease:
Ordered mine on the 18th and got it yesterday. Super fast, ordered from play store. Fed ex from hong kong, I was able to track the delivery. Amazing it came a week early.
[Nexus 7 General] sturmeh:
I got mine today, but I can't select the 'English (Australia)' option on set-up. (It wasn't there.)

Anyone else not get that?

Did you find a way to fix it?
[Nexus 7 General] poondog:
I set mine to US

Doesn't really matter to me

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] zziggy:
Nobody gets that.
[Nexus 7 General] zziggy:
My USB OTG cable came today. $3.45 including postage (search ebay) and it works good. Just played an avi movie off a usb stick.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
I'm refreshing the fedex tracking page 30 times a minute, but still not here :silly:

NEXUS 7 : Y U STILL IN ALEXANDRIA FOR 2 DAYS, GET ON A TRUCK DAMMIT! :mad:
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
mine took 2 days to be in transit from Alexandria too, they seem to be a bit slow there. Left Alexandria this morning and should arrive here tomorrow, the wait is almost over!
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
at this rate the screen protector will beat it :D

having worked in "Parcel throwing" aka "Cardboard Rugby" for Australian Air express in Alexandria, I fear for my little defenceless Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] MistaBishi:
Got mine today from Harvey Norman. Had to ask, they aren't on display as of yet. They only had two in the Devonport store.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
I have large amounts of regret "pre-ordering" whilst several of my friends have had theirs for a week :mad:
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
looks like ours was on the same shipment :thumbup:

I'm still yet to order a case, looking for a good start case, with space for portable storage for otg.

I asked around the local area here and no one was selling them yet. Most go on sale either on the 27th orr the 1st here.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
I think I might make my own case, feelin creative :p
[Nexus 7 General] felix_tung:
Anyone notice ghosting your nexus 7?

Leaving transformer tile on homescreen for about 2 to 5 minutes.

And scrolling you will notice some ghosting. Most noticeable when playing movie with black borders and going into settings. Darker shade of grey when in settings. Anyone else confirm?

Got mine from EB Games.
[Nexus 7 General] handfish:
Have been trying to return my nexus 7 ordered on the play store because of light bleeding issue. On the phone with Google customer service for hours and still waiting for shipping details. Talked to a supervisor and basically Google does not know how to deal with Australian customers. Now still waiting for a reply. Not happy. Bought one from jb hifi and it is flawless. Sigh.
[Nexus 7 General] erben01:
Brisbane Got one from computer alliance two days ago, they had over 50 of them. It works well so far.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
Haha i want to buy one, i don't like the magnet showing in the front off the case, and i don't have the time to make anything spectacular.

My nexus 7 is currently sitting at the post office, 1km from me, it arrived late yesterday according to fexEx. Going to pick it up first thing in the morning :thumbup:
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
Mine Still says Alexandria, NSW, today is the twice revised estimated delivery date and I work 50 meters from the post office if they dump it there. :cowboy:

Y U IN ALEXANDRIA FOR 4 DAYS!
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
I picked mine up today! Unlocked and rooted already. It looks like yours is on its final delivery, not sure why it came up twice though.
[Nexus 7 General] smt8544:
I have the same problem on my pre-ordered 8GB from Play Store. Getting it RMA'ed, and that shipped from Hong Kong yesterday.
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
Also, did anyone get an Aussie wall charger with their nexus? Mine came with a uk 2 prong POS, have to charge it via usb for the time being which is painfully slow.

Ignore this, i didn't check the box thorough enough, seems there was another part to the charger i was missing :p :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] juz4:
Mine came with the Aussie charger. Something like this should do the job for you.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
Snake Valley sounds like a badass place to live, though I would have thought it would be easier and faster to get to Newcastle from Alexandria, considering its 2 HOURS DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD! http://goo.gl/maps/jQny3

Also, I paid for "2 day" shipping, because it was the only option on the google play store, and this is NOT 2 day shipping, this is more like "1 week" shipping, so I wonder if I head-butt Google or FedEx over this?

Also from what I can tell, it looks like the location is not updated past alexandria, I doubt from the looks of your tracking page that it went back to Alexandria when you were not home :D
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
YAY JUST ARRIVED! charging her up to 100% now :D
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
Yeah such a bad ass place ha, a small country town. I was always home, just no letter box here, all mail goes to the local post office. It would of fine to ballarat first but that didn't update on the FedEx page, most likely because it was handled by a third party.

Ha nice, you should of just picked it up at Alexandria though lol. I haven't even given mine a full charge yet, but I've got work so it should be nearly done when i get home. I've barely used my phone since having the nexus though, i had only %12 battery drop in 8 hours on my SGSi9000 this morning :D i usually would of already been charging my phone again by now...
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
aaaaaaand bricked :crying:

well not totally, this could take some xdaing though.... word to the wise, don't use an app to change dpi
[Nexus 7 General] Huey85:
replacement unit received today to replace my faulty 2 dead lines of pixels b!tch of a unit. charging her up now but haven't noticed any faults so far.. more thorough testing after getting home from the gym tonight.
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
Good start lol. If you have cwm installed, boot to recovery, adb pull build.prop, edit the DPI, then adb push it back with a chmod.

adb pushed from my nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] wmoore:
Got mine from JB HiFi a couple of days ago and am very happy with it. First thing I did was root it, then set it up with my Google account. I was surprised to get the $25 credit, I thought that was only for online orders from the Play Store :)

It does look like there are still issues with JB compatibility. As others have noted, lots of apps are not showing up in the store and say not compatible if you try, I've been copying APKs from my Sensation (on ICS) and side-loading happily. Also got my Wired! Magazine subscription from the US, so all I'm missing from my iPad right now is the AFL Record. I'll live with that until September but hopefully the AFL sort it out for next year.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
and I'm back :D

not sure what happened to the system but the app totally stuffed something, I had to use this method to factory reset it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1781250

couldn't even load a custom rom, and I foolishly did not have a nandroid backup (guess what I am doing right now)
[Nexus 7 General] wmoore:
I did the same on opening the box. "Why are they giving me a bloody US plug? Grrrrr ....... oh wait, here's the Aussie adapter :D"
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
luckily I read this thread, and inspected the box carefully, it is a mystery why all the parts couldnt come out of the same opening in the box though, I can see how people missed it originally, theres no weight to the second peice and if you only open one end you would never see it heh, lucky nobody has just thrown it in the bin!

I'm happy, so far the USB charger I embedded in the dashboard of my car is acceptable as a charger for the nexus, I havent found a usb port that wont charge it so far, don't know what all the fuss about charging is :confused:

I've managed to brick, factory reset and reunlock my tablet so far, hopefully this time when I change the DPI, it wont end up bricked... do not wish to go through that again :silly:
[Nexus 7 General] xperiax10.awesome:
Hi Guys,

How much NEXUS 7 costs in Australia (8GB/16GB) and is it easily available?

How much it will cost (approximately) to ship it to Singapore?
[Nexus 7 General] wmoore:
I paid $317 for the 16GB at JB HiFi. In the Play Store, they are $249 for 8GB and $299 for 16GB, plus postage. Check the Post Office web site for shipping costs. It looks like $15 for no tracking air mail up to $70 ( :eek: ) for the top express service.
[Nexus 7 General] MistaBishi:
Well, this sucks.

Mine was returned to Harvey Norman today for a replacement. Speaker blew on it this morning. They sold the other one they had in stock, so I have to wait a couple of days for a new one to come in from Burnie (30 mins away from here). Should be here Monday I would have thought, surely it doesn't take long for an item to travel 30 minutes right? Tempted to just go pick it up myself haha.

Quite disappointed, thought I had a flawless one too until I had this happen.
[Nexus 7 General] wmoore:
They sending a koala out on foot to collect it for you?
[Nexus 7 General] MistaBishi:
Apparently so. I could go pick it up tomorrow after work (2:30), but I'm not 100% sure if its worth it. Maybe I should just be patient :p
[Nexus 7 General] scuba156:
There's only one shipping option available from the play store, 2 day shipping for about $17. Going to cost a bit extra to ship it back out of Australia though.
[Nexus 7 General] wmoore:
He would have to get it delivered to 'a friend' in Australia, then that friend courier / post it out.
[Nexus 7 General] lathanub:
Got mine from Harvey Norman for $308, really loving this tablet. I was a little reluctant to get it at first as I bought a TF101 a year ago and hardly used it but I've used this more than that already in the small time I've had it in comparison.

Also, because I had a Galaxy Nexus phone I though "why would I buy a slightly bigger version of what I have minus the phone calls?" but it has it's uses... no more reading forums/news in bed on a smaller screen! Woo.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
That is probably the #1 problem I have with having an android phone and an android tablet, finding the line between

1) stuff I only use on the tablet

2) stuff I only use on the phone (work owned, not allowed to root or get a spanking, not really supposed to use my home wifi)

3) stuff I use on both, and keeping the settings in sync.

oh and sometimes really anoyingly this decision is made for me

4) stuff I would really like on the tablet, but is "incompatible" or the interface looks like garbage in the tablet UI for some reason that is beyond me :D

I do really like that any software I buy is licensed for all of the android handsets/tablets I have, this leads me to buying a lot more software instead of just side-loading pirated APK's :laugh:
[Nexus 7 General] Riimez:
Anyone else a bit bummed about the Australian tablets laking features?

No buying movies/tv shows, no google music, no google voice, lack of google now options.

Thinking of moving to USA
[Nexus 7 General] kelvin616:
for google music, you just need to activate the service via VPN and then you can use it without problem :)
[Nexus 7 General] jeromepearce:
Not really. I moved here to get away from all that 'we'll run your life for you' stuff and be a bit more free. I also chose Android over any other phone (and now tablet) for roughly the same reason. I can actually manage my own music and film collection.

I guess I would like Google music because I like a rare few modern songs and like being able to buy them one at a time. As nobody except Apple seem to let me do that unless I pretend to be in the UK or US (and I refuse to use iTunes ever again), I get the same content anyway from our Russian friends. I would be happier paying for it, I agree.

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Is true? How can I do that?
[Nexus 7 General] vcasi:
Just use any proxy website (e.i. www.kproxy.com) open music.google.com and sign in your account details... Enjoy Google Music :o

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I bought mine from the Play Store and paid with card, however I was charge an extra $5.19 as a foreign transaction fee. I was told by my bank that Google was using a UK based account although the price is in AU$.

Anyone experienced this on the Play store?
[Nexus 7 General] jeromepearce:
Thanks for that, I'll try. Those proxy sites tend to be a bit invasive on my PC (and since I use mine for development I cannot afford to take any risks). I'll try it with a VM, though.

As for the international fee, I have not found that with any Play store purchases. I guess the Nexus must me different. Quite frankly I am sick of the 3% charged by CWBA for every foreign transaction . I am moving to Citibank who do not do this. I will also use Amex where possible, as they do not do it either. Vote with your wallets to tell these greedy sons-of-bachelors that we will not put up with it any more!
[Nexus 7 General] MistaBishi:
Just got a replacement today, this one is flawless also, here's hoping the speaker problem doesn't rear its ugly head again.
[Nexus 7 General] vcasi:
Yeah got mail from Google regarding these cross-border charges, and there is nothing they can do about it as these are the bank's charges. I used Mastercard from NAB... should have used Amex on this.
[Nexus 7 General] wmoore:
Maybe. You have to understand that the issues are not with Google here though, certainly for movies and TV shows anyway. There are serious restrictions on this for anybody wanting to sell that stuff online here - and to a degree for music too. Voice may be similar, though there are certainly a lot less restrictions there. I suspect that is to do with cost. Phone calls in the US have always been very, very cheap compared to here.

I'm hopeful that Music and Voice will come here soon. Movies and TV may not come for a while until the industry gets its head out of its **** and realises that online sales should be embraced, rather than beaten down.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
If you want copyright reform for TV shows movies and music in Australia, join the pirate party :P

Otherwise there is nothing google can do, they are at the whim of the studio's/distributors and their licencing, online sales of Movies and TV shows are tied up by Foxtel/Telstra and music is tied up by the distribution networks :silly:

So whilst they all fight over who is allowed to sell it, we continue to rely on the russians :good:

So far my N7 is going great guns, I am curious about the 4 exposed contacts for docking, I wonder if a "case" could take advantage of charging the unit from an extra battery in the case like some phones have, through the extra prongs allowing you to utilized usb OTG as the microusb port would not be in use for charging any more...

I also so saw on eBay they have MHL adapters selling for the Nexus7, I was pretty sure the N7 couldn't do that...
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
noticed that my screen is starting to flicker, not all the time just sometimes, I started noticing it a lot when trying to read a book on it :(
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
resolved my flicker problem by putting sticky tape over the grounding contact of the wifi Arial inside the back cover, I know weird fix, but it actually works, leading me to beleive a lot of our problems are relating to the back cover :silly:
[Nexus 7 General] handfish:
Can you post a picture of where to put the sticky tape? Thanks.
[Nexus 7 General] munirshah77:
Really owesome.really like your work
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
is this clear enough?, if you look closely on yours it actually has WIFI ANTENNAE written on it.
[Nexus 7 General] zziggy:
I just realised something. On my SGS3 with ICS I have installed the hacked Google now app. Its cool that I can just say "hey Google" to wake it up and wondered why it doesn't work on the N7. The answer is that your language has to be English (us) not English(Australia)

. Bummer. I'll put it in post 1.
[Nexus 7 General] MistaBishi:
Onto my third N7, also which has issues. Has screen lift :(
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
Well I've issued an RMA for my device, the flickering was getting annoying, plus my wifi signal wasn't that great and I had the grounding multitouch axis crossing issue :eek:

All stuff that could be lived with but I figured what the hell.

Went here, http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/request.py?contact_type=contact_policy

Put in my phone number, they called me back in a matter of seconds

and now I have an RMA, and I have to live without $300 for a few weeks... That's the tedious part, I don't have credit cards :(
[Nexus 7 General] poondog:
Guys make sure you're looking at the build date and number of the tablet before taking it if you're at a store

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[Nexus 7 General] MistaBishi:
What should we be looking at? Any numbers that aren't faulty?
[Nexus 7 General] poondog:
The SSN number, on the bottom of the box, you don't need to open it its right there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846358

The first batch that start with C60K have a lot of faulty units, mine is C70K and is perfect so far (touch wood)

Easy to do if you're in a store, I am sure you are allowed to refuse a C60K model

the number IIRC is the month it was made in, eg C70k made in the 7th month, July (I think its the 7th month :)

If you happen to take a C60K one home, I would advise to NOT unlock the bootloader right away

I wait a week or two before rooting anything, in case something goes wrong

Okay that might have come out wrong
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
My original is a C60K, I'll let you guys know when the new one shows up from google.
[Nexus 7 General] CasualStarlord:
My replacement Nexus arrived, and it is a C70K, havent openned it I had it delivered to the office and I'll wait till tonight to backup, relock my original one, then unlock and restore on the new one :D