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[Nexus 7 General] :
Speaking of missing custom rom features and options.....not only is gsam an invaluable tool.....it will give you your battery percentage in notification bar with a number. Google/android keeps putting that battery icon that doesn't tell you anything accurately and they gotta wake to and give us a circle icon with percentage on it like every custom rom does now days. :)
[Nexus 7 General] SupaDupaFly24:
Just got the OTA, everything seems back to normal! It is like when I first got the device fast and smooth!!
[Nexus 7 General] Frankie1588:
Hey everyone,

I am currently on Paranoid Android 3.0 and unlocked. I have a backup from when I was stock. Can I just restore that and install the update? Do I need to relock the bootloader? Can I check for OTA updates while I am on Paranoid Android or can I only check for updates when completely stock? Sorry for all the questions but I am new to the Nexus 7 and OTA's.

Thanks guys!
[Nexus 7 General] iElvis:
Wait until PA is upgraded or revert to stock. You can't take an OTA on a custom rom; I don't think it will even show up. If it does, it will fail to install if you've modified anything, because it's a patch. It can't patch unless all the files it's patching are stock.
[Nexus 7 General] :
If you mean a nandroid of your n7 with stock 4.2.1...that is what I did. Worked great! Lost root and recovery....but restored them after.

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 7 General] Bobbyballbags:
Yeah everything is fast and smooth again. Doesn't feel like the poor cousin to my nexus 4 anymore. Happy.
[Nexus 7 General] treIII:
I receive the update notification today. I applied my original software backup using twrp. Then I used voodoo root keeper. I then installed the system update. It went flawless. Also I'm still rooted. No problems at all. I'm in Ohio.
[Nexus 7 General] gianptune:
Are there any measurable improvements for this update? So far, its just a bunch of "yeah, it feels smoother" just like that entropy seeder which is proven time and time again to be BS.
[Nexus 7 General] tu3218:
This is without a doubt a smoother build. I'm completely stock so I never used Seeder. I used it on my sgs3 and stopped within a week. But 4.2.2 is definitely a lot smoother than 4.2.1. I haven't had any lag yet since updating last night. I'm impressed and very happy with this update. Apparently there's a new kernel with this build. Not sure if that's the reason behind the smoothness but whatever it is, glad its there now. Finally feels like 4.1 again.
[Nexus 7 General] khaytsus:
Do the measurements yourself and roll in the Thanks button.
[Nexus 7 General] Frankie1588:
Thanks!!
[Nexus 7 General] rthisp:
I received the notification too...

But when the system asked to reboot, it appeared a TWRP screen.

I just pushed the reboot system button, but now my device doesn´t provide a update anymore (still on 4.2.1).

What I have to do to now ?

PS: my nexus is unlocked and rooted.

Thanks and sorry for my english..
[Nexus 7 General] br0adband:
As I noted earlier in the main 4.2.2 thread, it sure as hell boots faster - I get the Google logo in 3 seconds and the lock screen in roughly 30 compared to 15-20 seconds to the logo with 4.2.1 and 45-60 seconds to the lock screen. 4.2.2 is really consistent so far in testing, at least on my N7 (8GB model) and yes it's definitely snappier and smoother overall than 4.2.1 stock. Apps get installed off Google Play much faster (I do manual reinstalls/updates, I don't have my devices backed up with Google so I notice it when I do the updates and app installs with each new test).

I gave up on doing benchmarks (Antutu, Quadrant, etc) since they fluctuate too much to matter overall. I don't think there will ever be a useful Android overall performance benchmark that proves itself useful so, it then becomes a situation of noticing that some things actually do happen or complete faster on a given build/kernel than they do on others.

Also, I'm using Trickster Mod to keep my stock kernel at 2 cores anyway; enabling all 4 is pointless for the most part and battery life suffers when all 4 are enabled based on my testing (and as reported by others, even kernel developers). Might be a quad core device, and I may find a use for all 4 cores someday but, for the moment as a dual core device this N7 is still pretty freakin' amazing overall and I'm very happy with the performance.

The fact that I paid $25 for it has nothing to do with my happiness with this product.

<obviously that last line is a complete lie...> :D
[Nexus 7 General] Android The Greek:
You needed stock recovery to ota. Look up manual install
[Nexus 7 General] altimax98:
I can say I am very satisfied with what elGoog has produced with 4.2.2. I was rather upset that the SDK had to be updated to enable ADB commands due to the new security protocols, but that's and o well moment. It just takes forever to update sometimes, and they should have mentioned somehow that it needed updating to work.

Otherwise my Nexus 7 has never felt faster or smoother. It boots a hell of a lot quicker too. The bootloader update worked wonders. I actually dropped PIE and PA for it, and I don't regret it at all. AOSP keeps getting better and better.
[Nexus 7 General] kokwei:
Look at this changelog entry of 4.2.2. Looks promising to address some aspects of the lag in 4.2.1 but I myself am waiting for the changes to be merged into CM as I'm too comfortable with some of the CM features which are not found on stock.

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/rs/+/3ea5b9c
[Nexus 7 General] benlc:
Do it. It's the first 4.2 build that looks/feels as fast as some good old 4.1. If performance was holding you back, it's time to update !
[Nexus 7 General] eric-filth:
Inside Config - Battery, here not showing more Screen Time, anyone have this?

Edit, start show again lol

Enviado do meu Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] DaveConnor:
4.2.2 is much better than 4.2.1........although I did not test any games...!
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
In terms of performance/smoothness is the same.

I expected more from this update...
[Nexus 7 General] The Gingerbread Man:
This is more about bug fixes, how 4.2 should have been to start off with. You will see new stuff soon enough when 5.0 is announced

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 General] billykxda:
This is how it should be done...

Here's my experience yesterday on my totally stock N7....

- Got an OS update pushed to me almost immediately after it was released from Google. Amazing.

- Install: Fast. Simple. One click.

- OS Performance: excellent - very smooth, very fast. Looking forward to reported battery saving - too soon to see that.

No muss. No fuss.

Man, I love this thing.
[Nexus 7 General] cnstarz:
Is the apparent wifi bug fixed in 4.2.2? For those that don't know, there are a lot of people whose Internet connection on the n7 will take a **** on them until they toggle wifi off and back on.
[Nexus 7 General] iventura:
I have my N7 rooted and the bootloader unlocked, and I didn't get the update, should I unroot and re-lock the bootloader?
[Nexus 7 General] drpepe:
Not observing any performance improvement, but my device always fine on previous versions...
[Nexus 7 General] di3cbl:
Are u on stock 4.2.1? And try clearing data for Google services framework and then check for the update again.
[Nexus 7 General] iventura:
I've done that, but when trying to install the update I got an error. Tryed again, and it never showed an update again.
[Nexus 7 General] adrian08:
Didn't work for me. :(
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
I dont talk about new stuff. I want smooth scrolling/faster opening of apps like win8 and ios can do with dual core cpu.
[Nexus 7 General] br0adband:
Hrmmm... 4.2.2 is pretty damned fast on my Nexus 7 pure stock, faster and more responsive than 4.2.1 was, that's for sure. And I keep mine running with just 2 cores enabled anyway so I have no idea what's going on with your device.
[Nexus 7 General] Bronto9:
thanks for sharing your experience, i'm going to try it as soon as i can, then i'll report my feelings about the update
[Nexus 7 General] nemrih:
Mine was pretty laggy on 4.2.1, and 4.2.2 feels a lot smoother, though still not perfect. Some widgets (google calendar, BW clock and more) keeps flashing/refreshing after running heavier apps. Better, but as good as I want it to be.
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
Thats the thing u have no idea what is smooth. Every framedrop that normal users dont notice is annoying.
[Nexus 7 General] homemadehitshow:
Lag will also be greatly reduced after your refresh your system (if you did) so give it time :)
[Nexus 7 General] Lttlwing16:
So first reboot today after updating last night and charging over night..sad to say ANDROID OS is still eating the battery. I was down 20% with just 45 min screen on time. I know it might take a few days to even out, but I was hoping they would have crushed the ANDROID OS leak...if it persists, I'll do full wipe and reload 4.2.2....

Anyone else notice ANDROID OS...draining.?
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
Lol, are we speaking about the same Windows 8 that hides it's slowness with stupid animations? Because my N7, and my old Galaxy S1 are both much faster than that pile of crap :)

And in sure iOS has its imperfections too, I might have more experience of that if it weren't for my complete hatred of all things Apple, because of the way that they are conducting their 'business'. F*<k those a55h0l£s.

Windows XP is still the best version to date. Windows vista, crap. Windows 7, better but not an improvement on XP. Windows 8, Microsoft trying to do something about all the market share they are losing. Have you seen their 'app store' lol
[Nexus 7 General] krisserapin:
No joke I saw a commercial the other day for a HP win 8 tablet and the side panel menu stuttered while opening towards the end of the commercial. Pointed it out to my girlfriend and she got a good laugh as well.
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
That was probably the smoothest of fifty takes. The director probably had to get home to let his dog out for a piss.

Edit: sorry for the randomness, I'm a little drunk :)

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I just thought of something. Its quite sad that Windows development has done nothing than go backwards since windows XP was released, which was October 25th 2001 by the way I just looked. 11 and a half years that is. How much money do you think they have spent on development in that time? What a waste of cash. I could have made much better use of that lol
[Nexus 7 General] crash_194:
4.2.2 on the nexus 7 feels good to me as well but yes your right the same old widgets keep redrawing don't they. Still can't fault this tablet for the price though I think its awesome.
[Nexus 7 General] slybunda:
Dunnonif battery is better time will tell
[Nexus 7 General] cnstarz:
im on codefire x's 4.2.2 and haven't noticed any wifi disconnections or loss of internet. yay!
[Nexus 7 General] dilldoe:
noticed that now the home screen is one row less.

was able to fit a 4x4 weather widget and the digital clock on on screen. now can't

had 160 DPI
[Nexus 7 General] markgamber:
Sorry, but there's no way Windows XP is the best Windows to date. Windows 7 ran circles around it and Windows 8 is a bit better than that. I use them all day, every day, and I use the hell out of them. Windows XP needed to be reinstalled at least twice a year because of "resource creep". I never once had to reinstall Windows 7 and Windows 8 has yet to burp even once. I can also report with accuracy that it's considerably faster and more stable on an iMac than OS X. Microsoft's problem isn't Windows, it's their knuckle dragging CEO. I can also tell you with certainty, because I own a couple (I'm a mobile developer) that the Windows 8 tablets are NOT slow. The whole Metro/desktop thing is kind of weird and I know a lot of people who piss and moan constantly about the Start menu but it is definitely not slow. As much as I like my Nexus 7, it's a magnitude less than even the Surface. That having been said, I take the Nexus 7 a lot more places because it fits in my pocket where the Surface and iPad do not and kind of scream "Rob this rich idiot!". I'm not rich and I don't care to be robbed, especially of my test devices. ;)
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
Well we've not really come far in nearly twelve years of development have we? I agree that Windows 7 is slightly better maybe. Not much. But twelve years! XP was the only decent leap forward that Microsoft ever made with OS's.

Each to their own, I hate windows 8. And their half assed app store that I looked at twice or something. I have a Windows 8 laptop. I've just not had the time or I would have formatted it and put xpsp3 on it :) I will say that my nexus tablet does not show me an egg timer half the time when I'm trying to get things done, and my laptop is a few months old and well maintained.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEJTRJY8KEQ&sns=em

No disagreement about my views on apples business plan at least :)

Anyway, we're waaaaaaay off topic...
[Nexus 7 General] DaanJordaan:
A lot of people are saying it's smoother.

Are you guys sure it's not just placebo?

Of course it would be nice!

But is it really that much better?

I'm hoping for the best, but I'll be staying a bit skeptical until a proper changelog.

Which by the way is completely and utterly ridiculous that it has not been officially released!

Thanks for the update Google and contributors, but at the same time, shame on you!

How hard is it to provide a changelog!? And why choose not to deliver one?

Seems weird to me.

Any of you guys have an idea why?

Cheers,

Daan
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
In not seeing much performance wise, but then my n7 has been running very slick for a long time so it would be hard for me to see if it were better, at least with standard use, web browsing, movies, general UI, usual stuff..
[Nexus 7 General] mustbepbs:
Thank you! Windows XP has not aged well. I work in PC repair and XP causes more issues than Vista does now. It's a mess. I can't wait till the plug is pulled on it next year.
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
Android users are used to Android so 90% of them don't notice what is wrong and they don't notice the little things like a framedrop when you scroll some page for example or the topics in Tapatalk. Now don't tell me "oh tapatalk is buggy so...". It's just example. Like I gave example for Windows and you started discuss how laggy Windows is. No point of that. I will have to make a video with slow motion so finally you can see what I'm talkin about. I've used Win 8 RT, iOS and Android and Android definitely has the most problems in terms of performance. They can even make 8-core device and it will be the same. Android code is just that way. And they don't intend to fix it soon.

P.S. it's not my device, it's all android devices. Call me a perfectionist now.
[Nexus 7 General] :
Just curious why you aren't sitting with you're windows or apple device in their forum then? Serious....not trying to offend.

I've had 4 android phones...and an original ipad....and the n7 is the smoothest....best designed....least glitchy device I ever owned. That's been my experience anyway. ;)

Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
You see ;)

Always try to defend Android cuz you don't see the problem. Too sad.

And about your question - because Android is the most open OS and I don't loose hope to fix it somehow, someday.

It's funny you say n7 is smoother than iPad. I can only imagine what Android phones you had before.
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
@jackbarrett I see that the huge problems with android have bothered you so much that you've only had a 7 Android phone history. Been put right off of getting an 8th have you?

And the scrolling in tapatalk thing.. I'm afraid you're just talking total s*!t there. Right off the top of my head take the stock Android browser for example. Why is it that I can go to a big image heavy website and just quickly flick from top to bottom of it, very very smoothly? Yet its a limitation of the Android OS you say and not just tapatalk?
[Nexus 7 General] The Gingerbread Man:
I'm actually wondering if your device is defective personally. Would you care to test if your device is effected by defective hardware by running this test app https://play.google.com/store/search?q=emmc+check take a screen shot then post your results.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
My device is not defective, and nor I had only 7 devices. ;)

It's pointless to argue with you when your eyes don't see the micro lags.

PS. I'm gonna make slow motion video. But if it's true you owe me 100 dollars. And after all if you tell me "meh I don't have this", you have to kill yourself.
[Nexus 7 General] jj03:
Of course, your wrong. Good you see drag the lag argument across all android, when it simply isn`t true. I would discuss this with you, but having read you paragraph, i can see it would be pointless...it would be akin to having a discussion with jimmy saville about the merits of the boyscouts.
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
I think the lag is in his brain.

Edit: 'I could bring 5 of my friends' lol :D he's obviously about 12 years old.. I'm outta here
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
The lag is in your eyes obviously, that you don't see it.

I can bring you at least 5 more of my friends on here and let you know the same.

I don't know how stupid you have to be to argue for something that it's in android.
[Nexus 7 General] The Gingerbread Man:
5 of your friends doesn't matter. Shall we agree to disagree? Just leave it at that cos this is just going to spirel out of control and eventually end up with this thread getting closed. Thanks for sharing your findings with the app btw

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 General] Jack Barrett:
And that's what I'll do. I won't argue with noobs like the guy who said "the lag is in my brain". I will send the reports to Google instead. Cheers!:cyclops:
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
You do that. Bye now lol
[Nexus 7 General] Keydogg1:
My 2p:

Windows 7 is

much

better than XP. As someone previously said, you had to reformat XP once a year because performance wilted.

iOS is still smoother than android. Both comparing my stock SGS3 to iP5 and my Nexus 7 to iPad 3/4. BUT, the gap is much smaller than it used to be, and it isn't noticeable to some people.

Although iOS is smoother, it lacks innovation and features, Android is far superior overall.

I'm on PA 2.99 but very tampted to go back to stock and update to 4.2.2!
[Nexus 7 General] twe69:
My battery is not dieing as quickly as it did in sleep mode as v4.2.1 so am happy with that as the biggest update for me!
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
Omg guyzz android is like soooo much better omgzzz! That's how you sound :)

Lemme contribute to offtopic: I've used win xp a lot, then I switched to vista because of driver issues. Vista blew my hard drive because it was frezzing so much, that I had to hard reset it multiple times a day. I finally installed windows 7 RC and it worked very well, things made sense it looked pretty. I tries 8 when it was still in beta and although was impressed with speed (combine it with SSD and you get a beast) it was full of bugs so I reverted to trusty W7.

Here on xda were always looking into latest latestest versions of android and on PC you use 12yr old system? Would you use Ubuntu 8 because they use unity in latest version? Of course not. Microsoft has made progress since xp and its both 7 and 8. Stop being annoying omgzzz windows 98 is awesome for gamezzz winXP sucksss - remember? I do.

Anyhow, back on topic, I've found audio trough Bluetooth way less stuttering, which gives me nice fuzzy feeling of not wasting 30€ on BT audio adapter. 4.2.1 did get quite laggy at times, it froze quite a lot too, but its too early to tell the difference, we're still full of adrenaline because 'oh yay an update' :D

But srsly guys, arguing about operating system is even sadder then arguing about which football team you support.

Edit: I agree with Keydogg1 that iOS is smoother then android, but it looks exactly the same as first version and its just plain boring. Android brings innovation of course at a slight price of performance, which I don't mind, because its not all that noticeable anymore.
[Nexus 7 General] knuckles1978:
Yeah, but I feel like there's some point to it. Things are progressing, and its not going to take 12 years. Do you ever remember anyone being interested in a new Windows update coming out? :D

I'm not arguing, I'm just stirring, sorry, promoting conversation. :P
[Nexus 7 General] slybunda:
4.2.2. is a step in the right direction, but still no way near as fast and smooth as ios and windows phone os.
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
Hehe no :D except for a service pack, but there is about 3 of those in 12 yrs :)

Have you noticed how when apps update on android, you always read what's new, but when ccleaner or flash get updated on windows you're annoyed and quickly press cancel? :D

I don't know what's up with that.

Has anyone found any major/visible difference in 4.2.2 or is everything just patches on system level?

acctually:
[Nexus 7 General] squshy 7:
Wow we got way off topic here...

Jack is right to a point, but wrong to not look at app developers first. His tapa talk example is perfect, because it's very resource friendly, yet performs like crap. Hint: this is not a problem with Android.

Back to the topic on hand...how's 4.2.2 treating everyone else
[Nexus 7 General] hasenbein1966:
AW: (observation thread) 4.2.2 discussion

Right, many of the lags must be blamed on apps, not on Android.

Since 4.1, Android is smooth (at least if the device is not too underpowered).

We all know of apps that started in early versions as very laggy, then became optimized and now run buttery smooth. Developers must take advantage of the modern features of the OS and make optimizations, else it's no wonder their apps run like molasses.

So the people who get worked up about "laggy Android" here should first look which apps they use (and possibly exchange them with smoother working ones).

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 General] BobKatz:
OK haven't been on XDA for ages but I thought I'd check out the responses to the 4.2.2 but it looks like I've taken a wrong turn on my way here and walked into a school playground.

But the reason I came and it’ll maybe will get you back on topic........ anyone else found the new Easter egg?!?
[Nexus 7 General] :
+1. Was gonna argue back....but what's the point. Just another apple fanboi.
[Nexus 7 General] DaveConnor:
Nope I don't know about any new easter eggs...BTW games are much smoother in 4.2.2 like NFS MW,Shadowgun etc....(did not use seeder).Does anyone else experience a little unresponsiveness in the new boot loader it does not respond to key press for

4-5 sec in the beginning..!
[Nexus 7 General] jaysus145:
I'm curious about the new easter egg too.

And this could completely be in my head, but I swear that the custom wallpaper I am using has lost a bit of resolution since the upgrade... sounds silly I know, but I can't help thinking that it looks different.
[Nexus 7 General] Lttlwing16:
Just an update with this issue...day err 2 after 4.2.2 ... I went through and opened every single stock system app and today my ANDROID OS issue is almost non existent...hope this sticks...

This is versus 30 min CPU awake time and 4hrs keep running time before..
[Nexus 7 General] squshy 7:
They changed how the wallpaper picker works, that's possibly it. On my N10, for instance, the aspect ratio of the wallpaper cropper is completely different.

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Googling doesn't bring anything up, not sure if trolling or if there's a legit new easter egg?
[Nexus 7 General] jaysus145:
Huh, great catch - I just found an old screen print and confirmed that the aspect ration is completely different. Thanks!