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[Nexus 7 General] Rolandh:
The 4.2.1 Update as added Gamepad & Joystick support via a USB OTG Cable without Root, I've just played a bit of Hockey Nations 2011 THD with my USB Xbox 360 PC Gamepad and it's a lot easier to play than using the onscreen controls.

It may not be a major Update but little things like this are cool.

I wonder if Google intentionally left out December in the date picker in the People App to have an excuse to push through the Gamepad & Joystick HID Update?

Rololand
[Nexus 7 General] helloterence:
Doesn't sound like much has changed. Going to continue staying on 4.1.2 personally.
[Nexus 7 General] zolaisugly:
Well I was so hacked off that the update was failing I took the steps to backup and store on PC then went and formatted and installed a new stock IMG. Resent data back to tablet

Have just finished setting everything back to normal.

Memo to self never delete any stock apps/odex.
[Nexus 7 General] Foggy79:
Nope, nothing here yet.
[Nexus 7 General] 3d_jc:
Good (well kind off I guess)

Thank a lot for the information
[Nexus 7 General] Kilek_360:
I hope Google to solve all bugs and lag on this update or to give a 4.2.2 with all solved quickly, I don't want to loose the 4.1.2 smoothness but i want the 4.2 functions...
[Nexus 7 General] andrewdroid:
I tried the OTA update, pretty sure that I would have to reroot and all that. But CWM sort of kicked in and realized that this was going to happen and gave me the option to both restore root and re flash cwm automatically. So that pretty cool.
[Nexus 7 General] AndreaCristiano:
Still nothing here in NJ anyone near here get the update yet?

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 General] erica_renee:
All you need to do is Make a backup with your Fav recovery cwm/twrp... save it off your device CWM Save the folder with the blob files ...

Then you can get back to a nice place with all your apps before your drastic changes... Also freezing the stock apps you do not want with TI Backup pro is a solution....

Good Luck we all learn from our mistakes... Note to Erica Follow your own advice..
[Nexus 7 General] bigfoune:
4.2.1 is here in france
[Nexus 7 General] O_G:
Thread Cleaned​

Please people, this is a development forum, not a chat room to vent personal frustrations. Cut the personal insults and keep it on topic!​
[Nexus 7 General] Foggy79:
You're welcome..
[Nexus 7 General] zolaisugly:
I did all that but in my haste I never checked the files folders afterwards they only copied 1/2 of the data...... Just seen in titanium the option for making a update zip..... going to do that now, but I must move them off the device this bit I keep forgetting.
[Nexus 7 General] alphasports:
Ordered a Nexus 7 32-3G last Wed from the Play Store, they said I'd get it today, and despite UPS' lousy/nonexistent notifications the box arrived today exactly as advertised.

As soon as it powered up it downloaded the 4.2.1 update.

Am in Canada.
[Nexus 7 General] tanoxxx:
Hi,

one question, with this update there is new Bootloader? or is still 4.13?

Thanks
[Nexus 7 General] PembsPanther:
Just had the update flag up here in the UK, is it really worth me doing it and having to re-root? I mean has it solved anything really noticeable or shall I hold on for a more indepth update? I have noticed a definite lag since upgrading to 4.2 has this really been addressed with this 1.1mb update?

Thanks in advance :)
[Nexus 7 General] skylt:
4.2.1 just arrived to my Nexus herre in Finland...

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[Nexus 7 General] PromaneX:
Mine said there was an update, I told it to install it and it rebooted into an error screen. Got a call so put the N7 down to answer. When I got off the phone it had booted back into 4.2 and now says there are no updates. Oddness!
[Nexus 7 General] gsmyth:
Just get ota root keeper from the market, worked for me, installed no problem and everything worked as normal after updating.

Didn't break anything and definitely thought things seemed smoother after and its a quick update.
[Nexus 7 General] AngeleDei:
Not seen anything in the UK for my 3g nexus yet.
[Nexus 7 General] PembsPanther:
Thanks for the reply, I have been meaning to check out these root keepers for a while, I will do some digging tomorrow and install it then.

Thanks again :good:
[Nexus 7 General] andrewdroid:
If you aren't getting the OTA and you are really impatient (most of us are), what you can do is go to settings>apps>all>Google Services Framework> and tap «Clear Data». Then check the System Update area again. You might have to try this a few times.
[Nexus 7 General] AngeleDei:
That worked perfect and I'm now on 4.2.1.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 General] rmm200:
After you do that, make sure Wallet still works, and you can still download from play store.

We don't actually know everything that is in framework cache, and there have been some reports of flakiness after.

I cleared mine to get 4.2 (changes your order in update queue) with no ill effects, but I am just waiting on this one.
[Nexus 7 General] alferret:
Something strange!

I took my n7 off of charge at 5am. When I got home and checked battery level at 6pm it only showed that it had been off charge for only 7:53 not the 13+ I would have expected.

Any thoughts on this?

From my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] AngeleDei:
Ah...I want aware of that. I've just checked wallet and play store. Both work fine and I installed a sample app (sipdroid) with no probs...thankfully...
[Nexus 7 General] AndreaCristiano:
Tried clearing Google framework a bunch of times and nothing

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 General] rmagruder:
Auto rotation: do you have the nVision app installed? Try disabling it, or uninstalling it. I studied logcat and found it to be the thing activating and as you know, it always runs in landscape. I don't know whether it is nVision or Google at fault here, but if you card running it try disabling or uninstalling. That totally fixes it for me.
[Nexus 7 General] SeaFractor:
I just waited. Received the update this afternoon.

Also allows me to read the forums and see what issues others encountered.
[Nexus 7 General] tobitronics:
Can anyone help me? Yesterday i made the update appear by wiping the Google services framework data. I downloaded the ota but it failed to install. I WAF using a custom recovery and kernel back then. I set back everything to stock bit the update won't appear, even when i wipe the framework data. I tried installing it using a zip i found on the internet but the install failed. Everything is stock! What can i do?
[Nexus 7 General] sgtpepper64:
Not yet for me. I tethered to my phone earlier while at work and tried to clear Google Services Framework and check for updates to force OTA, but it didn't go. Probably have to try throwing a reboot in there, I'll try again when I get home.
[Nexus 7 General] kiloo:
Just got the update, live in canada seems fine so far will update later
[Nexus 7 General] AndreaCristiano:
Did the reboot and still nothing. I think I'm just gonna resort to waiting on both the nexus 7 and SGS3. Was about to sell my SGS3 FOR A NEXUS 4 but it seems to have a lot of issues

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 General] sgtpepper64:
Did you clear the Framework and then reboot or just the reboot? I saw an article for the 4.2 upgrade that if you didn't get it by just clearing the Framework, clear it then reboot. That's how I eventually got 4.2.

How do these roll out anyway? Geographically? By Google account? Is there some kind of method to it or is it just random in a way?
[Nexus 7 General] AndreaCristiano:
Cleared reboot and retry nothing. Same as before

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 General] frikakwa:
From Belgium and then I've received it OTA this morning before going to work at 6.00 am. [/My life] :D
[Nexus 7 General] just lou:
I'm in NY. Mine was showing up to date, so I force closed, cleared data, and it was there when I checked for updates. FWIW, the update doesn't appear to do anything except fix the December bug, so don't drive yourself crazy over it.
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
I don't know about Canadia, but in the US, UPS offers an awesome service where you can signup (for free) and get notifications of any packages that are going to be delivered the day before and when they get delivered. I think it's called My Choice. I've gotten notifications for packages I didn't even know were coming, which is awesome.

No, the bootloader and kernel were left alone in this update.

It is trivial to keep or re-root after this OTA update, so don't let that be the reason stopping you.

If you are that impatient, why wouldn't you just download the update and apply it manually? Then you don't need to worry about screwing up your framework.

You are going to need to provide significantly more info than that in order for anyone to help you. What model device? What is the update stopping on - ie: what does the error message say?
[Nexus 7 General] rmm200:
4.2.1 just downloaded - without clearing my cache.

Things I wish Google had done differently:

1) Upgrade identifies itself as Android 4.2, and describes all the great things in 4.2 - even though it is only a 1.1 meg update.

This will freak some folks out, thinking 4.2 is being reinstalled.

2) After reboot, the update re-optimized 126 apps. That seems kind of extreme to fix the calendar unless they replaced a library everyone had to relink with.

All in all, a very clean update.

Android version shows as 4.2.1 now.
[Nexus 7 General] AndreaCristiano:
Just got it and it was weird that it showed only updating to 4.2 with those features listed yet it went smooth

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 General] tobitronics:
Nexus 7 (wifi) 16gb, running stock 4.2 . The first time it gave me an error about the build.prop . I was stupid to think I could resolve it by deleting the prop. It wouldnt boot afterwards (obviously) but i fixed it by flashing the system img. I decided to go all the way sick so i also flashed the stock kernel and recovery. I tried installing using sideload but it after 'verifying update' the installation is aborted.
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
If you reflashed the full 4.2 image for system, kernel and recovery, it should work. This update really only cares about most of system being stock. What error is it failing on now?

I would suggest installing a custom recovery and flashing the OTA update.zip manually.
[Nexus 7 General] tamanaco:
I just tried to apply this 4.2.1 JB update using custom recovery TWRP and the .zip OTA file, but the update fails. I have an unlocked and rooted N7 running 4.2. I think the issue is related to having updated some of the Google apps that reside in the ROM using the "Integrate" function of Titanium Backup to save space. I believe the OTA process checks the system folders to make sure that no files have been modified and aborts the OTA process if it finds them.. In the past I have used OTA .zip files that have been modify so that they can be applied to "modified" custom ROMs. Is there a modified .zip file out there that I can use to apply 4.2.1? Short of having to go back to stock, is there anything else I could try? Thanks.
[Nexus 7 General] AndreaCristiano:
I'm gonna say probably not and a reversion to stock is your only option

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 General] tobitronics:
Flashed twrp, still get error. This time something about a check thay failed to check a file about audio preprocessing. I got beats audio installed, maybe thats the problem?
[Nexus 7 General] miguelca:
After clearing Google Services Framework 3 times I got the 4.2.1 1.1MB update, announced as version 4.2...

Google is definitely not working with pride and determination.

December returned to the calendar and Google Music shows the folders in a kind of 3D way with a cute slide effect.

What I really wanted them to fix is untouched. :mad:

Shame on you Google. Wifi together with bluetooth is essential for someone to take advantage of their tablet or phone.

My Nexus 7 32GB is eagerly awaiting for Google's paid devs to FIX this Monster bug. Tried Skype after updating and I almost went deaf with the distortion and cuts in the sound.

So PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP release 4.2.2 ASAP before I and many other people decide to RMA their devices.

I won't root to downgrade. It's up to Google to fix this without asking users to take unnecessary risks.

Godspeed Google.

Thank you for reading.
[Nexus 7 General] costipl:
2 is a non-issue for me as I only have about 40 apps, but I agree with 1, the patch notes were confusing. The only obvious thing that was fixed is the flashing widget border when unlocking, now it's very subtle and barely visible.

Since this was one of my biggest complains about 4.2, I'm happy with this patch.

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[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
Yes. Did you reapply that mod after flashing system back to stock?

You need to revert any changes made to any of the ~200 files it checks before proceeding with the update.

Contrary to the popular belief that this is simply a "December Update", there are a lot of other modifications it makes. While the kernel and recovery can be left custom in this OTA's case, system will need to be mostly stock.
[Nexus 7 General] miguelca:
Please elaborate... I saw December back in my Calendar and some cosmetic changes in Google Music.

The real hardcore bugs are still there.

Thanks for your help.
[Nexus 7 General] Foggy79:
Cleared the Framework cache and checked for the update. It downloaded the 1.1mb update and he reboots the device...

Problem is, while rebooting he goes to TWRP menu.... When I click restart there he just boots up the device and nothing changed..

Am I doing something wrong here?
[Nexus 7 General] erica_renee:
the optimize apps is re indexing .. it happens even if you flash any .zip or almost anything in recovery.. Its because cache / dalvik was cleared
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
There was a major issue which garnished a lot of public attention about December being an unselectible month for people's birthdays in the Contacts app. That was probably the catalyst for the quick 4.2.1 update. Due to the small size (1.1 or 1.3MB depending on device), a lot of people thought that the December fix was the only one. But if you look at the update itself, it actually patches close to 200 files, including many things related to bluetooth.

If you are using a custom recovery, the update won't be automatic. That only works on stock recovery. It downloads the update and puts it in /cache, so you might still be able to find it there and apply it manually. Or just download it directly from Google to sdcard.
[Nexus 7 General] erica_renee:
The last part of this is Wrong.. I am on stock Rooted 4.2 with the multirom and twrp multi rom version. The update showed up rebooted to the twrp start screen the flashed itself with the recovery rebooted indexed and booted.. NO ISSUES..

I Have ubuntu and cm 10 and secondary boot roms.. NOthing was messed up..

i lost root but the ota rootkeeper fixed that..

Easy simple
[Nexus 7 General] abhi0304:
I am having unlocked boottloader and rooted on stock rom. I didn't received the ota for 4.2.1 so downloaded the file from the OP and tried to flash it with twrp 2.2.2.0. I am getting an error while flashing,

please advise.
[Nexus 7 General] plbelanger:
I just received my nexus 7 in the mail and updated to 4.2.1 and see my auto rotate is not working in anything. I'm not sure if it is the build or the device. I never messed with it till after the update. Anyone seen this?

EDIT: Actually just started working for no reason =\
[Nexus 7 General] rmm200:
See if your rotate lock is on. Drag two fingers down the right edge of the screen to open the dropdown.
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
It's an issue with your custom recovery.

Flash this instead:

http://core.routed.com/CUSTOM_RECOVERY-65880f56b1c0.signed-nakasig-JOP40D-from-JOP40C.65880f56.zip

It is the same OTA update with a slight modification to the updater script as a work around for this issue.
[Nexus 7 General] Semantics:
I found this not to be the case in my instance. Twrp opened, the file extracted itself and just rebooted to system without any need for me to do anything. 4.2.1 installed.
[Nexus 7 General] abhi0304:
Thanks. I am able to update to 4.2.1 now.

Having custom recovery means we can't receive the OTA update or future updates will not work and i need to use custom package for update? Is the case or can i fix my recovery to receive OTA updates?
[Nexus 7 General] mertzi:
You dont need to use two fingers, just one on the right side. Two fingers are for nexus 4.
[Nexus 7 General] MadPriest:
Rooted unlocked stock on Nexus 7

Can't update thru CWM no matter what

OTA and modified zip both end with code 7

o_0
[Nexus 7 General] WasherUK:
Im really struggling with this.

My Nexus will download the update but it wont install it I get an error message.

So I tried to sideload it with ADB and it throws the same error???

It gets as far as verifying update package then aborts.

Android system recovery <3e>

Whats going wrong folks?

As far as I know everything is stock 4.2, I did unlock bootloader, root & install custom recovery but thats all gone now as far as I know.

The only options I have once the update aborts is

reboot system now

apply update from adb

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition.

Please help :confused:
[Nexus 7 General] kieso:
I can't get the update to install. I'm totally stock, unlocked, rooted, and using cwm. Any ideas?
[Nexus 7 General] dmwOtis:
I have CWM and 4.2.1 installed automatically. My problem is that now I can't download from Google Play.
[Nexus 7 General] abhi0304:
Check the post....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34775210

I was also facing the same problem and used the custome update and was able to update :) search custom update for your nexus (wi fi or 3g)
[Nexus 7 General] MadPriest:
I did

Still get the status 7
[Nexus 7 General] adil17:
Have any other major bugs been acknowledged in this update? Like the flickering and battery drain?
[Nexus 7 General] phonic:
Hrmm, well since you and the other poster indicate this to be the case, I guess I was incorrect. I've tried OTA auto-updates on custom recoveries without success in the past. Maybe the newer versions support it?

Glad to help.

The issue isn't with the recovery or the update so to speak. The issue is that the update checks not only the build.prop file for the correct device, but also the recovery. The problem with the N73G is that we don't have a true 3G "talipia" version of CWM or TWRP (AFAIK). We're using the Wi-Fi N7 (grouper) version. This is OK because it's completely compatible. BUT, since recovery is telling the update script that it's grouper and not talipia, it fails. So what I did was remove that system check in the zip file and re-zip it back up. Everything else is identical to the stock OTA update.

So yes, unless CWM or TWRP come out with a talipia version, OR unless Google removes this assert check in future updates, then we will need to use slightly modified OTA updates in the future.

Keep in mind that my modified zip is ONLY for N73G units. It should NOT be used on Wi-Fi models since the rest of the asserts will fail (as they should). It's also only necessary on custom recoveries. In any case, I'm not sure what model you have, but I doubt that is your problem.

What exactly is it failing on? You need to either type out the exact error message or give a screenshot if you want any viable help.

And to ALL other people posting "Update isn't working. Why not?" type posts, this goes for you as well.

This update, while ignoring recovery and kernel mods, DOES care about 200ish files in /system. If you made ANY CHANGES or REMOVED ANY FILES or did ANYTHING to ANY of those files, it will abort. The update abort will explain exactly what the issue is. If you aren't sure how to fix it yourself, provide detailed info here. Just saying it's not working is useless.
[Nexus 7 General] MadPriest:
Attached is the screenshot

I'm on the original Nexus 7 Wi-Fi 16gig

Tried the OTA, tried downloading the file from Google

The error log is not there
[Nexus 7 General] leonardo_m:
I'm erroring out on "Music2.apk" with your zip. I've removed quite a few apps from my /system/app that being one of them. I went into your zip under /patch/system/app and deleted all the P files I've removed and still get the status 7 error. What else needs needs to be done to make this work? I'm using latest TWRP.
[Nexus 7 General] Osiris19:
I tried doing the Google services framework trick and it had worked, and then went to install it and got in error in TWRP, and now I can't get the update to show back up.

I'm on stock rooted 4.2, latest TWRP.

[EDIT] I got the ota again but this time I got signature verification failed and then an error that started with /cache/
[Nexus 7 General] kieso:
That didn't work for me either and now there's a build.prop error also. I never edited my build.prop. but thanks for pointing that file out for me.
[Nexus 7 General] Omar04:
You need to re install Music2.apk flash the zip and then remove it again if you wish.
[Nexus 7 General] Saturny:
11/28.

Got the OAT 11/28 at almost 1am in Ga. Even smoother :D
[Nexus 7 General] Osiris19:
I fixed my problem. I had a custom battery icon that caused it not to install. Reverted it back and now I'm on 4.2.1 now.
[Nexus 7 General] Buckster666:
4.2.1 live in UK, had to clear framework cache
[Nexus 7 General] GallStones:
I have the same issue with patching system/app/music2.apk and I've already tried reinstalling music2.apk in system/app with right permissions but recovery still returns the same error. I notice that also the music2.odex file is missing, maybe is this the problem?
[Nexus 7 General] Cor-master:
I had twrp installed when I flashed the update, it worked i just didn't have a recovery until I plugged it into my PC and used wugs toolkit to reinstall the recovery and regain root
[Nexus 7 General] Casanub:
Should of used Voodoo OTA root keeper, it seemed to do the job for me :) Next time hay.
[Nexus 7 General] zolaisugly:
Yes if there is no .odex then update will fail. I was failing on these two files.... Got so hacked off as nothing was working by my limited knowledge.

Ended up reflashing stock image then update then rooted then using titanium reinstalled all apps and data.
[Nexus 7 General] chismay:
guys i really just want a clear answer to this as i am still not 100% sure

i rooted and added twrp recovery with wugs tool-kit and am still 4.1 i have used goomanager to update to the latest twrp,

now many people say i can just accept the ota update and ill just loose root as twrp now accepts and works with 4.2... but others seem to say i may have problems booting and may have to adb a new recovery in order to boot.

can someone please give me a clear indication as all i think i know to do is un-root with wugs' restore/re-lock but then ill update with everything wiped...? :confused:

im am srry i have asked this question a few times but the thread seems to stop right when i ask lol and i dont seem to ever get a clear answer
[Nexus 7 General] Turbotab:
This happens because Google must have triggered the Davlik Cache to be wiped, which is a good thing, as not clearing the Davlik / Cache partition when updating ROM etc is a major cause of bugs & FCs.
[Nexus 7 General] Foggy79:
Bah still unable to get the 4.2.1 update installed.... It gets downloaded after I cleared the framework, but then it needs to reboot and I get stranded in TWRP mode... I reboot then from TWRP, but nothing is installed...

Tried to install the package manualy via TWRP, it fails....

Any toughts?
[Nexus 7 General] adamhlj:
THank you kind sir!!

Ironically, I got the update notification (which failed during the install the first time) before my N4. Funny :D
[Nexus 7 General] RipRapRob:
Just got it here in Denmark.
[Nexus 7 General] Ather:
dunnow what happened, but when i used the custom recovery provided earlier, my radio was lost... :o , just reflashed the radio using the stock image from google and i still get Baseband unknown, and when i click Mobile Networks in setings, i get a FC
[Nexus 7 General] Bric10:
Got it late last night.

Seems to be working just as fine as 4.1

Sendt fra min Nexus 7 med Tapatalk2