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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] theSpam:
Hi Everyone,

I'm looking to increase my minimum CPU clock in an attempt to get ride of the slight lag that I've been noticing. I know about SetCPU (I've been on XDA for a couple years already) but was wondering if there are any free alternatives available.

Thanks :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Craptain Krunch:
Most custom ROMs have a Performance section. 3rd Party apps are SetCPU, Voltage Control, and a few others. KT Kernel has KTweaker packaged with it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hugo87:
You can also try trickster mod. Its free in the playstore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
ROM toolbox
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] KidCarter93:
[SIZE=+2]Nexus 7 (2013) vs any other device[/SIZE]​

I'm starting this thread in an attempt to keep this forum as tidy as possible, for all of us. There will inevitably be quite a few threads comparing the 2013 Nexus 7 to other current devices/upcoming devices. Rather than having a separate thread for each, direct all such discussion into this thread as a way to centralize it all.

Please keep all discussions friendly and even if you don't agree with someone's opinion, at least have the common courtesy to respect what they're saying. Keep the Forum Rules in mind at all times.​
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] KidCarter93:
Anyone got both N7's and would like to compare the 2?

I haven't got my new one yet so it'd be good to see what others have to say in comparison :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
My current overclocked Nexus 7 scores about 16000 in Antutu and 1850 in Geekbench, before it reaches 75 degrees celsius and thermal throttling kicks in. Hoping to get the upgrade this week.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] trssho91:
There are quite a few threads on this, but I can throw in my two cents when comparing it to the n7 first gen and a galaxy tab 2.

First the of n7... I think the new n7 blows the old one out of the water. It is faster in every way, from a boot time several times faster to its raw power where I can even be updating apps while flipping screens. I also noticed the emmc is a lot faster too. The screen in the new n7 really is good as its hyped up to be. I read the news on there a lot and its beautiful. I can go on confirming what all the online reviewers have said, but instead I'll just say I agree with the 'hype'. What I really like here is the better build quality. Its just looks and feels better built and cleaner. My only real complaint is that while the back is nice looking and the device is very thin, this makes it harder to hold on to. Since I use tpu cases I suppose I don't really care that much.

There isn't much to say about the tab 2 7. Its a older tablet lacking a HD screen. Mine is usable with its ROM and oc, but after using a nexus 7 2 its painful to try to switch back. I wouldn't even consider a galaxy tab 2 in this day and age.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] KidCarter93:
I know there's already a few threads but that's why this was made - to try and stop the clutter of different threads cmparing different devices :)

I can't wait to get mine mainly for the screen to be honest. High end games are gonna look incredible on it so I can't wait to see for myself.

SGS2 FAQ | HTC One FAQ
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] trssho91:
The screen really is amazing, but I'm sure there are other things that are going to wow you. The speakers are shockingly good so videos and games are great. There is no doubt in my mind its the best tablet I've had, that's a lot coming from me because its still bone stock and I don't feel the need to put a ROM on it. Its the only stock device I have. ;)

Sent from my SAMSUNG SGH-I747 running CyanogenMod.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] KidCarter93:
I can't wait to get my hands on one now then :D

Initially I wasn't going to bother with the upgrade as my current N7 was working great but as I've had a fair few problems with it recently, I figure I may aswell upgrade it now.

SGS2 FAQ | HTC One FAQ
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] skiwong20:
Agreed I think the biggest noticable things from old n7 to n7(2013) is screen watching nd playing games. Speakers are a huge improvement by me. WiFi ois faster connection time not saying it takes

Long on my old n7
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] zaclimon:
Bring some sg deadzone when you'll get it! :D I want to do a game against you.

Envoyé depuis mon Nexus 7 avec Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] KidCarter93:
That's the first thing I'll be testing the screen for, well apart from a film :)

SGS2 FAQ | HTC One FAQ
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] johnomaz:
I have both and love my new N7 WAY more. I was never satisified with the screen on the 2012 N7, but the new N7 has a gorgeous screen. The sound is great and it is a MUCH faster tablet. Playing Bloons TD 5, my new N7 can handle WAY WAY WAY more baloons on the screen at once. Thats a ton of math and graphics to deal with and it has no issue. My old N7 used to chug along slowly and get down to easily .5 FPS. I can run some benchmarks for you. Both my N7s are on 4.3 and rooted, no ROM. I was afraid it would be like an iPhone 4 to 4S upgrade, but it is much more of an upgrade than that. I'm very happy with my purchase.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
I have already sold my old one and gotten the new one.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] rd350ypvs:
I get 20454 in antutu using 4.4 kitkat total stock
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] ATGAdmin:
Warning this will erase your entire tablet and restore it to the way it was when you first turned it on!​

I'm NOT responsible if you bork your tablet because you can't follow simple instructions!​

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Download and install Win 7 DRIVERS

2) Download and extract Nexus7_2013_KTU84P_Restore.zip WIFI Flo, or Nexus7_Deb_KOT49H_Restore.zip for LTE version Deb, or Nexus7_Deb_KVT49L_Restore.zip for Verizon LTE Model

3) Turn on your tablet, and connect your tablet to the computer (make sure you have USB Debugging enabled on the tablet)

4) Open up folder where you extracted the Nexus7_2013_KTU84P_Restore.zip WIFI Flo, or Nexus7_Deb_KOT49H_Restore.zip for LTE version Deb, or Nexus7_Deb_KVT49L_Restore.zip for Verizon LTE Model

5) Double Click on the "Recovery_Nexus7.bat" and follow the instructions,,,,it really is that easy! (watch video and follow along)

6) If your tablet will not boot and you need to restore, boot your tablet into fastboot (volume down and power) and click the "Dead_Nexus7.bat" file found in the folder.

[YOUTUBE]hectdvR9Y6c&feature[/YOUTUBE]

For those that couldn't find their azzes if a target was painted on it, here's a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hectdvR9Y6c

I'm NOT responsible if you bork your tablet because you can't follow simple instructions!​

FAQ:

1) You will have to relock your bootloader after you restore. Tablet in fastboot and connected to pc open up command prompt in the folder where these files reside and type: "fastboot oem lock".

2) You will be unrooted after this procedure

3) Your bootloader must be unlocked before using this utility.

If you can't handle these simple instructions, pickup one of these.

If you want to use pre-rooted images for FLO download this toolkit (will restore your tablet pre-rooted)

Nexus_7_Restore_Flo_Rooted.zip

CHANGE LOG:

06/22/14:

Updated With Images KTU84P Flo Wifi (Android 4.4.4)

06/04/14:

Updated With Images KTU84 Flo Wifi (Android 4.4.3)

12/12/13:

Updated With Images KOT49H Flo/Deb 4.4.2

11/20/13:

Updated With Images KRT16S Flo/Deb 4.4

11/15/13:

Updated With Images KRT16o Flo 4.4

11/14/13:

Updated With Images KRT16o Deb 4.4

10/13/13:

Updated With Images JLS36i Deb 4.3.1

09/19/13:

Updated With Images JSS15R Flo

09/16/13:

Updated With Images for Deb (LTE)

08/23/13:

Updated With Google Factory Images JSS15Q

08/09/13:

Updated With Google Factory Images JSS15J

08/08/13:

Uploaded new version with updated Bat files so they reflect being in "fastboot" before continuing for the few that couldn't follow a simple video ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] dexgen:
Is that a rooted image that you have linked?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] ATGAdmin:
First sentence in the OP:

"Warning this will erase your entire tablet and restore it to the way it was when you first turned it on!"
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] dexgen:
So it'll end up relocking your device? I didn't see any OEM lock command in the bat files.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] ATGAdmin:
This is to restore your tablet back to the way it was when you first turned it on...just what is it that you don't understand??

I think you want this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2380268
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] 0.0:
thank you so much! now I can get a warranty exchange from Best Buy, since I have 2 black dots under the screen :mad: :crying:
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] munchy_cool:
I guess he is asking will bootloader be locked ?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] ATGAdmin:
And that was answered in the very first sentence of the OP. ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] 0.0:
bootloader will not be locked when using this process. but it is easy to lock the bootloader

in fastboot, type this in the command prompt:

fastboot oem lock
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] androidfr33k:
Is this a windows only command or can I run this on a Mac? I have ADB and Fastboot running on the mac which is how I installed TWRP and rooted.

Thanks
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] ATGAdmin:
Sorry, PC only. ;)

Sent using XDA premium on my Nexus 7 (2) tablet.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] zeroxia:
Then technically you can't say the device is restored to "when it was first turn on". I think fresh devices all have the bootloader locked.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] geoldr:
You guys are worrying way too much about the bootloader. Its a nexus. It takes one simple command in fastboot to unlock it. Again, it's a nexus. Its meant to be easy to unlock so developers can mess with it.

This isn't some HTC or Samsung on Verizon.

Bootloader is not an issue.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] casonswag:
Why in adb it says my device is offline??
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] 0.0:
make sure USB debugging is checked.

if you don't know how to turn on USB debugging, go to settings > about tablet> clicked like 7 times on the build number. it should then say you're a developer

go back and into "developer options" and it will be there
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] casonswag:
I have that checked adb sees my device but it says offline for some reason
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] 0.0:
Mac can use the code

trust me, it isn't hard to unlock and lock the bootloader. it's really, really simple. Idk how to express how simple it is to lock and unlock :p

---------- Post added at 09:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 PM ----------

maybe the cable is bad, or the USB port is bad

I find that using one cable doesn't work and using another one does. so just mess with the cables
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] casonswag:
I tries my other cord and other usb port on my laptop but still saying offline this sucks i used the same chord and usb ports on my first gen n7 and it worked fine this weird
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] 0.0:
did you update the android SDK and drivers? possibly only the drivers need to be updated
[Nexus 7 (2013) Android Development] casonswag:
Yessir just downloaded the nexus7 root zip from zedo max which has the latest sdk files but the drivers im not sure how to do that i went through the steps to manually find the android_winusb file but its not letting me install it
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CWalkop:
Hey all; I, along with many others, am still waiting on the Android 4.3 OTA update for the Nexus 10. For those that have it, or who have flashed it, I have a few questions that I'm sure we're all curious about.

First off, the butter. Of course, I'm talking smoothness. The Nexus 10 is obviously a powerful device, and it can power this display for sure. However, it does stutter and lag from time to time. The Google+ timeline stutters, scrolling through the comments stutters (only sometimes, strangely), and I see some general scrolling lag at times. The home screen does this too, but rarely. The gesture typing on the keyboard also drops frames at times, especially in some apps (Google Maps is the chief offender). It lags, drops behind, etc. Generally it works well, but as mentioned especially in Google Maps it drops frames and acts slowly. Are scrolling and similar tasks improved with 4.3?

Second, RAM usage. Currently, I'm sitting around ~560MB free After a couple hours of varied usage, as you can see in the screenshot attached. On average, the most I see is 600MB unless it's after a fresh reboot. I am one of the users who experiences the random reboots, also, so this drops eventually until the tablet crashes on me. Has average free RAM increased with the addition of the Surfaceflinger leak fix in the latest update?

Thirdly, and finally: homescreen redraws. Whenever I press the home button after being in an app for a few minutes, the entire homescreen has to redraw. On a device like this, I expect that this shouldn't happen. It interrupts the experience. I love the Nexus 10, I just want it to be more perfect for me than it currently is! :D

Thanks for those who read, thanks! I look forward to the conversation.

~Walkop
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CWalkop:
I feel like this needs a bump. I'm still quite curious, and this page has a lot of views since I posted it.

Therefore: BUMP! :D
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
Well the home screen redraws can easily be fixed by using apex or nova and choosing keep in memory. Also I'm quite happy with 4.3. It was more of a behind the scenes fix up stuff update which is a good thing. It's a lot smoother and the tablet just runs better overall. No major changes besides some small things like camera redesigned and miracast support added, etc.

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiggy2012:
To answer your first question, the 4.3 rom is undoubtedly smoother than 4.2.2 was. In fact, 4.3 stock is smoother than 4.2.2 was with the tablet overclocked to 2.1ghz/720Mhz. Chrome is much more usable, and animations almost never stutter. I don't recall ever seeing the Maps app slow down either. I haven't really tried the play store or G+ apps too much, I'll give them a go tonight and let you know.

The homescreen redraws are still there. I haven't tried the fix suggested by abdel12345 as it doesn't really bother me much.

Free ram usually hovers somewhere between 200 and 400MB, but this is fine. It amazes me that despite so many explanations, people still don't understand how caching works in Linux! :eek:
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rirere:
In fairness, although most modern operating systems now have this behavior (with regards to memory usage), none of them are designed to have a built-in process fail to free it until the system keels over. ;) Personally though, I haven't had any SurfaceFlinger-related issues, so I can't say too much about it.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiggy2012:
Very true, though older versions of Windows do make me wonder! :laugh:

Point I'm making is that whether there is a memory leak in a process or not you, should not be seeing more than a few hundred MB of "free" ram, unless by free ram you mean free+cached.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rirere:
Granted. But considering how much effort people pushed in peddling RAM-freeing solutions, it's not surprising that many people still want "free" RAM (which is ironic, because you're not getting any use out of that RAM you bought by keeping it free...).

Memory management took a huge leap with Windows 7, but much of the underlying improvements actually came from Windows Vista. That operating system is actually a lot better than people give it credit for. More than anything else though, Vista was shot in the foot by OEMs who needed to sell out their inventories of the "budget PCs" that were really in at the time-- machines with yesteryear's specs that could just about run Windows XP nicely, but that were forced to run Vista so as not to appear "dated." You know the end result of that.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
Touch responsiveness is better.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 10 usando Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CWalkop:
Thanks for the reply!

Glad to hear browsing and animations are much better. It sounds like a fantastic improvement (being relative, of course- the Nexus 10 is already the smoothest Android 10" tablet experience around). As for redraws - oh well. I may swap to Nova or Apex (I have full editions for both, IIRC). As for RAM, I actually agree with you there. I just didn't expect that they improved caching performance - on 4.2.2, I sometimes end up with 400MB for no reason whatsoever after clearing all recent apps, instead of 600MB-750MB that I get on a fresh boot with a couple recent apps. More used RAM, if there isn't a leak, is a GOOD thing!

Anyway, I'm still waiting on the OTA. A family member's Nexus 10 got it today, so I'm hopeful!

Interesting. Hopefully it will pick up those quick bezel-swipes more accurately from now on! Sometimes they don't register for me.

Totally agreed. I had an old pre-fab Compaq with Vista before I got the custom build up and running that I use today (SSD+Windows 8 = WIN). It ran Vista - and it worked great for me! UAC was a pain, at times, but I never really noticed it until I saw complaints on forums. Either way, Vista was a relatively solid OS. I never ran into any bugs or issues, and it performed well.

8 is definitely a massive improvement over 7, though. Boot-up times are much faster, interacting with the entire OS is just a much more fluid experience. 8 isn't just about Metro (or whatever they call it now) - it brings a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehobster:
Not happy

Serious noob here, so, my thoughts:

Was trying to stay stock on the N10, so I upgraded to 4.3 OTA today. The screen times out in ~ 5 seconds now, and the only fix I've found is to factory reset. I called support, and the rep said I need to factory reset (surprise). I've done this twice now, and nothing's changed.

And I can't find a video player that doesn't crash. I used to use Dice, and it won't work. I made the mistake of uninstalling to see if a reinstall would fix, and now Play says it's incompatible and won't install. I tried a couple others, and they crash too.

I wished I didn't upgrade. It's not bricked, but it's not really usable either. I generally used it to take notes at work and play videos at home. I can't really do either at this point.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3DSammy:
Right now (Jul 30th) we are all in a hold pattern waiting for our favorite HW accelerated player to be updated. You are not alone.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehobster:
I did say I was a N00b, right? I discovered the sleep setting which I thought I'd set had no value at all following the factory reset. So maybe the upgrade to 4.3 unset the value or there was really a screen timeout problem. But now that it's set to something the problem is gone. Sheesh I'm an idiot.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joakim_one:
For video, try the VLC beta. MX Player doesn't work for me either, after the 4.3 update, but I watched a movie on VLC just fine last night. It will even play codecs that other players like MX Player won't play, like the dts audio codec.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4405529:
DicePlayer has received two updates yesterday. Now its back in playstore for our n10. So far works fine for me.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehobster:
Yep - installed and working fine. Whew.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amiga4ever123:
DicePlayer working excellent!! :)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c1oud:
Mx player updated and seems to be working on 4.3. Someone to confirm this?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amiga4ever123:
Should work fine. It's official info about support android 4.3 :)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4405529:
Yep. Just watched an video with hw+ decoder for half an hour after receiving the 1.7.16 ARMv7-neon update.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amiga4ever123:
I always used Mxplayer, but I I noticed that diceplayer hiding status bar and bottom navbar. Display is on fullscreen:) Mxplayer has both black bar :( Diceplayer win in my eyes
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabil alami:
Will the i9500 ever get an aokp rom? I would ask developers to please make an aokp rom for it since that is an amazing rom.

If anyone knows any information about this please do but without spamming :D

Stay Cool :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .xxx.:
Samsung doesnt release the source code for its exynos processor. So, till now there hasnt been a cyanogenmod rom yet. But it is in progress. First cm, then aokp because aokp is based on cm roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] taislice:
Currently stuck at the "Samsung Galaxy S II" logo during boot and it won't go past that. I can't seem to get into recovery mode, but I can access download mode.

I was using Shostock v3.0.2 (latest) and the Jeboo 1.3b Kernel.

SuperSU had an update and I accidentally pressed "twrp/cwm" instead of "normal" which made my phone reboot and has been stuck at the Samsung logo at boot up since then. When going into download mode, it shows that the current binary is "Samsung Official".

Would I have to use Kies to restore the phone back to factory or is there any other workarounds to get it to work again?

Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You don't have to use Kies, but since it won't boot into recovery, you will have to load stock firmware. Your options are Kies if it will restore the phone, or, since you can get into download mode, flash the stock firmware with Odin.

If it were me, I would flash 4.0.4 UCLL6 plus root from the development forum using Odin3 v1.85, and then install Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro, and flash one of the custom kernels that are linked in the OP of that thread. Then you can load and flash SHOstock 3.0.2 again if you want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] taislice:
Alright I will try out your recommendation and let you guys know how it turns out. Thanks for the quick reply. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] taislice:
Alright I was able to flash back to stock 4.0.4 using your thread/guide. Will flash a custom kernel now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] taislice:
Back to SHOstock again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lemortede:
I had the same thing happen to me today.

I had to clear the cache on the phone and factory reset it after installing the 4.0.4 UCLL6 from creepyncrawly's sig.

It took 5 minutes or so after I did that of it sitting at the AT&T logo before the phone came up.

It sucked.