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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpig12:
Hey,

i waited till the release of the 32GB version of the Nexus 7.On the official Google Blog i have read: "Nexus 7 with 32GB and mobile data: $299 and

unlocked

, on sale 11/13 in the Google Play store in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada."

Now my question is, what do they mean with "unlocked"? Fully rooted? That would be awesome!

Hope you can help me!

Greetz
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smirkis:
I'm sure they mean, not carrier specific. its compatible with 200+ carriers worldwide.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpig12:
You think so?

But what do you mean with carrier specific? Could you explain a bit more?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] player911:
It is NOT carrier specific... meaning it isn't LOCKED to any specific carrier... aka it isn't branded... and it doesn't require 2yr contracts to get it for that price.

It means you pay $300 and can pop in any SIM card from any GSM carrier and go to town.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nburnes:
They mean unlocked as in you can use it with whatever SIM card you wanted on whatever network. As long as it is GSM of course. (LTE uses SIM even though some are CDMA based)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillyGi:
If it were "locked" we had to buy it from a mobile carrier as Vodafone, T-Mobile etc including a contract for 1-2 years.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer8297:
Can you make calls with this or are you limited to data only? I'm also assuming this is penta band.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kitsunisan:
Data only, but there's so many ways to make voice calls online.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpig12:
Thanks for every answer.Hope they will get it on amazon.de early as possible.:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MakeW00t:
Does this HSPA+ support Dual Carrier 4G?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luminouche:
Yeah, but easiest way, like a smartphone, would be fine ?

We now have in France, for less than 20€, full plans (3Gb fair use, unlimited MMS/SMS and unlimited phone calls). The right plan to put in a Nexus7 HSDPA !

If the Nexus7 HSDPA has capability to phonecalls like the former GalaxyTab7" or 7,7", i would replace one of my Note1 with this one !
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kearkan:
According to everything I've found, the Nexus 7 is NOT a telephone. If you want to make voice calls you will need to use a voip service like Skype. Jellybean does have a phone app hidden away (for the Nexus 4) But I'm pretty sure if you brought it up on a Nexus 7 and tried to use it, it would either hang or make an error.

You know those portable 3g/4G routers you can buy and put a sim in? It's just like having that built in to your tablet.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iso1600:
My biggest question is how accessable the SIM card is....

I read in a Verge posting that it will ship with your choice of T-MO or AT&T SIM preinstalled (for USA)- does this mean we won't be able to (easily) change it?

T-MO has simple and flexible monthly 4G plan options, for cheap. I don't know what AT&T has in comparison, but the only reason I personally would go with AT&T is wider coverage.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derjyn:
The new Nexus 7 coming out DOES work as a phone. Welcome to the thread.

The radio isn't 4G compatible; more of a "3.5G". It will work with 3G stuff, but not 4G apparently. Kinda strange Google didn't just jump right to 4G, if they were gonna do this at all... still, pretty awesome.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luminouche:
Yeah, but it still would be a great hack !
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiderben25:
Hi, would it be possible to use it to receive and send text messages (SMS) ? I live in France and have a full unlimited plan too.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
How sure are you of this and where did you get the information? I am really curios as i am considering using the NEXUS7 as a phone IF the HSPA version supports it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luminouche:
Curious to know... Source please ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crabguy:
Can't wait to get me hands on one of these... we're still chugging along with a mix of 2G and 3G here in India. So this would be perfect. Our data plans are pretty cheap and contacts with cellular companies are almost unheard of...

Wonder is this will work with all the 3G carriers in India?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
So, to repop the question...Can anyone confirm or deny if the Nexus7 HSPA version has the capability of being used as a phone for making regular voice calls?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iso1600:
i HIGHLY doubt the HSPA N7 will do voice calls.

VOIP, yes. Voice, no.

I'm just wondering how accessible the SIM card is, and if we'll be able to use TMO's $30/mo plan.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyijedi:
Nexus 7 will have a tray for a micro SIM. Not sure which plans will/won't work on it. I'm not that interested in an N4, but if the same T mobile SIM will give me data on both, I may have to buy it.

http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2802869&topic=2811841&ctx=topic
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iso1600:
yeah i just found that too :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H4CK_H0PP3R:
Even i am from india, bit confuse about it whether it will do voice calls/sms or not.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacktrump1974:
What versions of the N7 have this slot?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luminouche:
Up !

Source please !
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddlooping:
Damn, I've already clocked up more than 360mb in credit on a normal size SIM card from Samba Mobile. :(

Hopefully they'll accept to exchange if for a micro one. :fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d0nnie:
I think you are wrong. Just found this: http://www.gsmarena.com/asus_google_nexus_7_cellular-5091.php

Quoting from the top of the page - "Tablet with no support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS."
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ps54321@hotmail.com:
can you send sms to carrier to activate data plan?

some carriers require that you activate a prepaid data plan by sending a text message, can you do this with nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoOneSpecific:
We are 1000% certain it will be a MicroSIM?

We are 1000% certain it will be a MicroSIM? Just ordered my 32G HSPA+ and thought I might get the jump on getting the SIM.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Yes, micro SIM.

According to other threads, SMS works with third party apps, and voice calls don't work at all. Can devs can figure out how to get it working? Only the future knows the answer...

At best it could be a simple hack. Worse, might require a custom firmware that can't actually be completed without source for the GSM stack. At worst, it's conceivable that the chipset is actually designed not to support voice calls.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddlooping:
Yes, 10000%. :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveInLA:
I've only had WiFi tablets but would like to venture to the world of cellular tablets. I think the N7 HSPA+ is interesting, but I'm still not entirely certain how the plans work. I understand that it's unlocked, but it seems that in the US, it can only support TMO or AT&T. I also understand that the N7 doesn't need contracts. So what are the options to use its cellular capabilities on an "as needed" basis?

Currently, my family's cell phone plan is AT&T. There are 5 phones, and only 1 of them is a smart phone (LTE). If I understand correctly, the N7 can share the data plan with this phone (still limited to the same 2 or 3 GB/mo) for an additional $10/mo. Is this correct? If so, can I only pay the $10 on the months I want to use the N7's mobile capability? Now independent of my family's phone plan, what are the plans for the N7's month-to-month data plans? I looked on AT&T's website but didn't see prices. Is there a day-by-day rate? How about TMO? What are their plans/rates? Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iso1600:
Google/AT&T kindly points N7/3G buyers towards AT&T's DataConnect plans. IMO, these are perfect (prepaid/no-contract) DATA ONLY plans for the N7/3G. Options are: 250mb/mo ($15), 3gb/mo ($30), 5gb/mo ($50).

They include a pamphlet and a micro SIM, explaining how to set it up. It was very easy, but for some reason mine wouldn't actually establish a connection to AT&T until a few hours after i set it up.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Yeah, the USA options appear to be:

- AT&T prepaid DataConnect http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html

- AT&T Mobile Share (postpaid)

- T-Mobile postpaid or prepaid http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/mobile-broadband-plans.aspx

(Phone data plans NOT supported on either post or prepaid for either)

And then MVNOs:

- Simple Mobile broadband plans (T-Mobile) http://www.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mobile-Plan.aspx

- Any others?

- Some MVNO phone data plans MIGHT work if the IMEI is not filtered by the parent network but no promises
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tibbz96:
Is the sim tray for a micro sim or a standard size sim card? Don't just say yes or no, need some kind of proof.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eep2378:
It uses a micro-sim! Here:http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-N...-appears-featuring-a-SIM-card-tray_id35526#1-

Read the first paragraph(hint: its at the end) :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tibbz96:
Okay thank you. I've heard that you can cut your old standard sim yourself to make it fit, is that true?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtimoff:
Yes you can. Use scissors for that, lol

No matter if chip is bigger or smaller
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giant22000:
Yes it's true. Sim cutters can be found for cheap on amazon and eBay.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eep2378:
You can, but it may be easier to just go to your local carrier and have them give you a micro :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G405T:
Yup :)

Yeh, there are loads of tools on amazon for this:

(Had to remove URL due to XDA new member rules)

..Or you can be daring and use a decent pair of scissors!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphamale99:
So if someone had an iPhone 5 and hated it they could switch out micro Sims between the two phones without having to go to the AT&T store and having them have to do it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drumist:
iPhone 5 uses nano-SIM, which is even smaller than micro-SIM that the N4 and most recent Android phones are using
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qpinto:
microsim. just go to your carrier and they should give you one. its the same size one as the current sgs 3, htc one, and other phones. you can get an adapter to turn your microsim into a full size sim when you need to via ebay for 2 bucks or so.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cretheus:
If you have T-Mobile as your carrier, just go into one of your local retailers and ask for a micro-sim. I got mine free of charge.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _guzzler_:
Here is from my other post. There is a video by google explaining how to insert sim card:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
Recovery

I made a flashable zip to help the recovery console understand our modification. By default, if you go into recovery and do a factory reset, it is formatting the /data partition on the internal storage. The issue same applies to nandroids. We may be using the second partition of our microSD card for /data, but the recovery does not know this. It will look to the internal /data partition during backup and restores.

This zip does not make any modifications to your tablet or copy any files. It simply updates your recovery mount points. The changes are temporary and are lost during the next reboot. You will need to flash it each time you boot into recovery.

After flashing this zip you will be able to:

1) Wipe data / Factory reset. The /data partition on the microSD will be wiped

2) Backup and restore nandroids. The /data partition on the microSD will be backed up or restored.

3) Choose "Flash zip from internal sdcard" and browse the files on the internal storage

4) Access and flash zips from the microSD storage. Choose "Flash zip from internal sdcard" and notice the !microSD folder at the top. This is a symlink that will kick you over to the microSD storage. This !microSD folder appears on your internal storage after you flash this zip for the first time. It remains unless you delete it. Even so, next time you enter recovery this !microSD symlink will not go anywhere until you flash this zip.

Please report your experience with this.

http://d-h.st/pPe
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
This one too.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Diogenes5:
So this is basically flashable on CleanRom 2.3 right? Only thing wrong is that it doesn't show up in windows over USB? I can live with that as long as apps can read it in the Android OS itself.
[Asus Transformer TF700] clownberg:
can I use flash this on cleanrom 2.3 to diasable journalling on my ext4 partition
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
Nope. This has changes to framework-res.apk which is ROM specific. I will post a CleanROM 2.3 version in a few minutes for you guys. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] clownberg:
Thanks - Appreciate your hard work

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wow that was fast-thanks

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i was getting 6000 with clemsyn -I got low 5000's with this new mod
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
This is not clemsyn's kernel, this is the stock CleanROM 2.3 kernel. I will mod clemsyn's latest kernel and post it for you.
[Asus Transformer TF700] titou00075:
Unable to have it work with cleanrom. Boot loop :confused:
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
Use recovery to wipe the /cache partition. Due to the changes in framework-res.apk this may be necessary if you aren't coming from a completely clean install of a ROM.

I just booted to recovery and wiped my microSD /data partition. I also wiped /cache and /system. I installed CleanROM 2.3 and in the same recovery session I flashed the clemsynTF700ver22GPU650VC-data2sd kernel and it booted right up.
[Asus Transformer TF700] denpri:
May be a stupid question but do you still need TWO primary partitions on the SD card (i.e., first is FAT32 while second is Ext4 and used by the mod)? If this isn't necessary or not possible, should the recovery (i.e., installation) files be placed in internal storage?

Forgot to mention I'm using Windows 7 MTP and CleanROM 2.3
[Asus Transformer TF700] titou00075:
Ok thanks. Will do:thumbup:
[Asus Transformer TF700] jarvik:
Your Awesome, Thank you!
[Asus Transformer TF700] tyfoxx:
cheers

Thanks Gonna try this.

done the work install all three files in the OP, however it is taking a long time to boot....Can someone give me an idea as to how long this normally take onn first bootup after a fresh install?

please advise

tyfoxx
[Asus Transformer TF700] suzook:
Couldyou make one for blackbean? i tried thecm 1029,but it doesnt boot. Would greatly appreciate it.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jaxboater:
Sweet

I just ran every shortcut I could think of:

I used Mini partition tool to reduce reduce my 32 gig fat down to 16 gigs & then created a 16 gig ext4 partition.

Wiped everything in twrp and re flashed Clean 2.3 then the new zip.

All I can say is WOW.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Diogenes5:
Restored everything. Works great no more stalls and stable so far. Hope it stays this way. Now to focus on battery life.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
Glad it's working! I've prepared a little treat for everyone to make our recovery lives a little easier. Need to test a few more things before I post!
[Asus Transformer TF700] JekyllInside:
I'm running CleanROM 2.3 and ClemsynTF700ver22GPU650VC (awesome combo, btw). If I want to use this MOD, should I need to flash first CleanROM-2.3-data2sd.zip and later ClemsynTF700ver22GPU650VC-data2sd.zip, right? Of course, also, formating my microSD using ext4.
[Asus Transformer TF700] stanglifemike:
Awesome work here Mistar!!!! Thank you so very much for this!!! Gonna replace my SanDisk 32gb Class 4 card with a SanDisk 64gb Class 10 before I run this on CleanRom. I'm super excited about this mod!!!!!! Thanks a million!!!!!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Try to get gpart working for 2 reasons, it should able to repair your SDcard and create and format you card correctly. Don't use any other programs, I have tried like 10 highly recommened and ended up using gparted.I bricked one sd card but gparted able to recover. You must tried to install gparted on your Windows that's why you bricked your PC, there is no way you could brick due to gparted. You burn it on a CD and boot to gparted using the CD, everything is using ram and temp cache, shouldn't interfear with Windows.
[Asus Transformer TF700] jodvova:
Mistar Muffin, when will we be able to enjoy a new universal clemsyn kernel with data2sd mod?
[Asus Transformer TF700] suzook:
Will the 2.3 work on clean 2.4?
[Asus Transformer TF700] mike216:
I have my sd card on the way. I see we have to make two partitions. I read the second one is the main one to use. Should I just make the first one 1mb and the second the rest of the 32gb? I'm also running paranoid Android. How could I go about getting this to work on it? I see current CM roms and my favorite Clemsyn's kernel are supported . Thanks guys I'm just a bit confused so any clarification would be greatly appreciated!

Edit. Ok I read it a few more times and see where you said you made the first partition 8mb. I'll do the same. I'm a bit nervous now that we have to alter recovery in order to backup and restore. I'm going to have to read this a bunch to try and understand everything really good before trying this. Thanks I do appreciate the method

Has anyone successfully used this mod and made backups and restores using the modified recovery zip on the newest CWM 6.0.1.5?
[Asus Transformer TF700] FearlessSpiff:
Thanks for this great mod! It feels like a new tablet! CleanRom didn't bring as much as I expected, but with data2sd it really is a joy. I use a 64GB Sandisk SDXC and get around 0.42 random write, and this makes such a difference, :) I think I will buy an even faster card if there will be one...

Now one last thing: can I safely delete everything in /data2? Or could I do a factory reset in TWRP (unpatched one)? Would this be the same?

Thx again

Spiff
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
I suggest you should make 2g as FAT32 to store your backup rom on there. If you have a crash or do a factory reset, all the internal data will be wipe and you have no way to recover.

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just do a factory reset.
[Asus Transformer TF700] mike216:
Wow! Thanks so much for that! I wouldn't have done this! Thanks I appreciate the help!

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Is anyone using this mod on paranoid android?
[Asus Transformer TF700] NaxIonz:
Okay, I am lost as what to do sitting at the GParted UI.

What I see is two rows:

Partition | File System | Size | Used | Unused | Flags

unallocated | unallocated | 16.00 MiB | --- | ---

/dev/sda1 | exfat | 59.46 GiB | --- | ---

What do I do now?

I know I need two partitions, so do I delete the one called /dev/sda1 ?

Then would I create a new one, label it 'data' @ 2048MiB, primary, fat32 ?

And then another one label it 'data2' @ 57.48 GiB, primary, ext4?

(Do I need to label these?)

And if I do that, I can the put the card into my TF700, copy over CleanROM and Data2SD and continue from that point?
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Sounds good. Labels are optional.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NaxIonz:
Thanks _that

Everything in that tool makes sense now
[Asus Transformer TF700] dopebohy:
i do not have a microsd adapter. Is there a way to format my card without buying one? Maybe format it through the tablet?
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
I don't think so, you can't format using the tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Joeful:
So does this work with CleanROM?

Sent from my HTC Rezound
[Asus Transformer TF700] rikkoko:
Anyone else try this with a Class 4 card? I still have yet to buy my SD card so I want to know if anyone else has faster speeds with the class 4 cards...
[Asus Transformer TF700] flumpster:
I'm from the prime forums and have watched this thread for a while. For all the people who are "breaking" sd cards my experience with this is that your card reader is not compatible with your modern card, I'm not talking about whatever full size SD adapter they gave you with the microsd but your actual reader on the PC, even your usb adapter.

If you put the card into a modernish android phone (not the prime) and plug it into your computer after breaking it and mounting the usb card (which might take a few tries at mounting) you should be able to reformat it using your computer with the microsd in your phone.

Your other options is to use a usb adapter that really supports it like this, http://www.mymemory.co.uk/Memory-Card-Readers/Integral/Integral-USB-3.0-Superspeed-Card-reader

These cards do not break just because they have not been formatted correctly or used the wrong programme, they are not being accessed properly.

If you are still stuck please feel free to pm me and I will give you more detailed instructions on how to get it back working,
[Asus Transformer TF700] mike216:
Class 10. 32gb on Amazon for 27$

Class 10 is suggested in the OP. I don't see why a class 4 wouldn't work
[Asus Transformer TF700] NaxIonz:
Okay, I was copying over CleanROM 2.4.zip, CleanROM 2.3-data2sd.zip, and UnLock_Device_App_V7.apk to my newly formatted SD card, and it dawned on me that the versions don't match for the two ROM zips.

I guess I have to wait for a new data2sd.zip?

And in the future, every time a new version of CleanROM comes out, I flash to that only when there is a matching data2sd.zip and I always have to flash both. Right?
[Asus Transformer TF700] Mistar Muffin:
Updates tomorrow.
[Asus Transformer TF700] cctaylor410:
I think file system corruption is occurring while it is in the tablet since journaling is disabled. The few times I had this issue with breaking the SD card came after boot loops. Its an easy fix though. I just pop it into my laptop, fire up gparted, and repair the ext4 partition. No data loss
[Asus Transformer TF700] NaxIonz:
Awesome!! Thanks for the update on the update :victory:
[Asus Transformer TF700] SGPMan:
I finally got around to installing this and I'm mad at myself that i hadn't done it sooner. I was previously on CleanROM 2.3 only and although it was really fast i was still disappointed in the lag. This mod totally fixed it and now my tablet flies. Thanks for your work!
[Asus Transformer TF700] joe1l:
Honestly this has been the single best mod i have done by a long shot. cm10 works much better and I am using my tablet much more now. it is a must do imho.
[Asus Transformer TF700] NaxIonz:
Oh, one more question while waiting on the update:

Once this is set up, is it on auto-pilot? Or do I need to tell apps to go there when I install?
[Asus Transformer TF700] mike216:
I've got a day off today and my card is on its way. Can't wait to get everything set up and running. I've never seen such a wave of positive comments so I know I'll be happy if everything goes well! Thanks guys!

1.Format my card in two partitions. 8mb for nandroids and the rest of the 32 for my data.

2. should wipe data factory reset

3.Flash a rom from the OP

And set up titanium backup as the op suggest?

Did I miss anything. Thanks I would certainly appreciate any confirmation. Don't want to screw myself :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] psych2l:
The files in the OP aren't roms, they're meant to be flashed after the ROM to modify the mount points. If you want to flash an overclocked kernel in addition to that you have that choice as well, just don't forget to actually get CM10, CleanRom 2.4, etc.