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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] FormeriPhoney:
Just had a NIGHTMARE returning an online staples order in store for defect.

Almost knocked out the smart ass manager. It got so bad, the staples.com supervisor was writing him up. :banghead:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Jayrod1980:
Sorry for you guys that have bad tablets. I am on my second which is a record for me! I end up getting every jacked up nexus device in existence it seems. My first of these was great except wouldn't charge wirelessly. The second seems even better but without the charging problem.

I fully expected to get loads of dead pixels and light bleed but both tablets from best buy have great screens. I think the failure rate might be higher with online sales vs brick and mortar. Perhaps ups is playing soccer with the packages or something but my play store track record is much worse than best buy.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] downwiththebanksters:
I've only seen one mention here in this thread of screen flickering, but it, flickering, does have a smallish thread of its own. My buddy is having flickering on his NYC bought at BB. He's not a member yet, so I'll post on his behalf. I told him to take it out of auto brightness, which he did, and he says it still exists.

Anyone have screen flicker??!?!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] L1lyksd@ddy:
I also have screen flicker on my best buy unit:(
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Fulbring:
No hardware issues so far, I am quite satisfied with the purchase so far. Will update if anything Hardware/software come up :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Sleepy!:
OP updated. As people say in the other thread, it's probably best to get the unit exchanges if it flickers at brightness level <30%.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] FormeriPhoney:
Happy to report that my 2nd unit is flawless.

Unlocked, rooted and running
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] th3taman:
Actually on my 4th unit, not sure why I said 5 earlier. Guess I began to lose track. Anyway, tested wireless charging in store and the screen as well. All seems good so far. :fingers-crossed:

When I went to exchange the girl at Best Buy questioned if it had wireless charging and if it would work with my Samsung Qi charger since I didn't have a Samsung tablet. I said I had two previous other ones that charged fine, just had bad screens. She shut up after that. :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] rogerquake:
Picked it up from BestBuy the other day. Huge lines going down the entire screen! Going to exchange tonight :(
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Sleepy!:
LOL :D

She must not have been a member of the Geek Squad :p
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DanielNTX:
Either Qi wireless charging or NFC not working, because the contacts that connect the antenna coils are not properly connecting to the system board. I had to clean gunk off of the contacts and lift the connection spring for both to actually work. Plenty of others in the wireless charging thread have had the same problem.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] klov:
That looks awesome - can I ask what app/setting gives you that data on the screen (time, tweet count, etc.)?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aooga:
Dashclock.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nurik.roman.dashclock
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] johnchad14:
First purchase vs replacement. Whites are so much whiter on the first one, but the screen dust/blotch kills it...both have some bleed, too. Unsure what to do with replacement. The difference in white tone is much more apparent than I can capture in the pic.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Jayrod1980:
I would totally say to not settle but if you go nuts comparing every model together you will never be happy... Take from some one has exchanged dozens of nexus and android devices. It will drive you mad. Just try to get one functional with no dead pixels/dust and that has working sensors. Color temp will be harder to get perfect.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Gomfedj:
Purchased two Nexus 7(s) FHD (2013 what ever ya wanna call em) one from Best buy (16gb) and one from staples on-line (32gb)

The best buy one is perfect, ran a touch screen test program, no studdering/losing of touch locations, light bleed is there but not that bad even on a solid black, and no stuck pixels.

The staples on-line 332gb is great on the touch screen and about the same on the light bleed, and no stuck pixels, there is however a hair under the screen near the bottom left side, it is tiny i can spot it when there is a solid color in that area, and looking at it with my jewelers loop it looks like it is about 10-15 dots/pixels long and black in color (as if that matters :) )....

My GF things i should just ignore it, but wonder what others have had under the screen, and how anal you/i should be over it :)

I feel like i should request a new one at staples, but i can already see they are out of stock on-line and in store of the 32gb's also i could just see getting hassled because unless your "looking for it" you might not ever notice the hair/speck under glass :)

No Qi charger so i can't test that on either tablet..
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dan1431:
I am having a strange issue, the speakers seem to cut out randomly.

I was playing a game and the sound just stopped after a few minutes and never came back.

The odd part was listening to music seemed to correct the issue. I then attempted to watch Netflix and no sound there.

Even stranger is that it also seems to affect the headphone jack, I was playing a game Shine Runner and after a few minutes the sound stopped working, so I figured it must be the speakers, so I plugged in a pair of headphones and no sound there either.

Not exactly sure what is up, I will RMA it through Google if this continues.

Dan
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] yourguitarist:
Mine just came yesterday. I have nothing to complain about. :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Bob Smith42:
I got the Samsung QI Wireless charger for $24 with the coupon code in this thread, e.g. Samsung QI Wireless Charger for $24.99 w/ PROMO CODE!!!!

I cut two pieces of thin rubber pad, about 2x1 inches each, and put on each end of the charger. They hold the tablet in place because its a slippery base otherwise. I use an old 2A 5v charger (charger not shipped with Samsung QI) and my new Nexus 7 (2013) is at 100% charge in the morning.

I have heard of other QI chargers that might not maintain 100% charge but the Samsung QI appears to work perfect for me the last two nights.

I have not done any sort of thorough testing of charge rates, but the Samsung QI has a green LED when charging. If I turn my tablet 90 degrees I can see the green LED while tablet sits on the charger. It is possible to slide the Nexus 7 out of position to not charging. The charging LED is very convenient and less error prone than my dock with 1st generation Nexus 7. It might have been a good feature for the original Nexus 7 dock to have a charging LED (hindsight is perfect, lol) when charging via the pogo pins.

Please advise if there is something I can help test on the Samsung QI charger with new Nexus 7 (2013).

I use CPU spy and consistently see deep sleep and 384 MHz as the two most prominent time in state values. Not sure what is 384 MHz but Deep Sleep is good for battery life.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Asadroid:
Just got mine bb presale batch, everything is working as intended,feels great ,touch screen was weird untoli rebooted the tablet,got all the updates.

Asus got it right this time
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DowntownJeffBrown:
So after having mine for a few days I have found one defect. With brightness on about 65% or higher in a black screen about 7/8ths of the way down there is a small cluster of pixels about half the size of an eraser of pixels that look blue. They almost look like lighthouse but they aren't on the edges so I'm not sure if that's possible. I can only see them on a black screen in a lightless room with brightness levels that I'll never use so I'm gonna stick with this unit. It's perfect other than that and I ordered from the play store and I don't feel like going through a RMA dance with them. Cheers and good luck to everyone

>^.^< sent from meow n7 v2
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] RorixRebel:
Got mine couple days ago and im loving it. No complaints.

Awesome battery life as well.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] thatdudebutch:
Have always had to go through multiple units with the nexus line.. sucks :(
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jeffrey1027:
Lucky me first times the charm
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Matt08642:
Any idea when ASUS is manufacturing later batches? Like, how long should I wait before I attempt to get another N7? I loved the form factor and really want one, but after 2 defective units, I can't just go do it this week, I don't want to get another defect!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] eyecon82:
Mine was made in 6/13 and only issue I have is slight light bleed on the top, over 30 models I have seen all have it
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] FormeriPhoney:
It took me 3 to get a perfect one from staples
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] neodata686:
rear defect

Has anyone noticed discoloration on the back of the case around the Nexus logo? It looks like the heat is causing it or something.

I'm a new user so it's not letting me post a link to the image.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cyberprodigy:
Got my 32GB from Walmart a few days ago. Decided to check my screen today. Saw this:

It also has a dead pixel on the left side of the screen towards the bottom.

Needless to say I'm taking it back and purchasing a new one at Gamestop tomorrow. Anyone know their policy on letting you test the product in-store before you leave?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Jayrod1980:
This is the best nexus yet for me... Got a perfect one after only my second one! I went through 14 n7 originals multiple nexus s nexus 4s and 10s before getting an acceptable one. It helped that I could pick this up from best buy instead of going through play store heart ache
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] SecretAgentHam:
I am starting to notice that myself. I thought it was some dried up water and tried wiping it down. But it came back.

Wondering if I should take it back...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] laxinchili:
u wot
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] RubyRhod62:
Ordered mine at buyspry, a little anxious since i'v read all the problems here, and i'm in France, so there's no possibility for me to return it easy if a problem occur.

I received mine yesterday, and no defect on it....Pretty happy. I already rooted it and it works like a charm. :victory:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Nbsss:
What was the consensus on the hard reboots? Software or hardware issue?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] NiallFox:
I haven't had any problems with it really besides battery life maybe, jealous of all these 9 or 10 hours of screen time while I barely get 6
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mbucks911:
Mine is perfect :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] catapult37:
Is this thing supposed to lie flat or not?

There was a thread on this, but it was closed due to people complaining that it was a stupid complaint.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2383729&highlight=flat

The thing is, when I have it on my desk, typing makes it wobble and swiping makes it spin. I can deal but if it's a flaw and not by design I would like to know that. Thanks!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mbucks911:
Why would you need to use it more than six hours a day? That's already close to half of a waking day
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] NiallFox:
true, I don't plan on using it that long in a day but I'm just wondering how they're getting that much battery, it's impressive haha

Sent from my CleanROM'd Nexus 7 of the year of 2013
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mingocr83:
Mine is picture perfect, no issues whatsoever...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] chiikko561:
Mine is mint lol everybody Cry's so much...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] InvaderSkooge:
I can confirm that I have the same thing, mine is the 32gb, I had the 16gb as well and didn't notice it until after I returned the 16 but I don't think it had this same issue. I have tried laying flat on the screen and it's still flat there so it doesn't appear to affect the screen. like most in your locked post I don't know that it will cause a problem since it's in my hands during use but it did make me concerned it was battery expanding or some kind of a design flaw. mine wobbles at the corner where the front facing camera is located.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Ipaqman01:
I noticed a "stain" also. It looks like glue remnants. It is most visible with a little water. However, when I wipe it hard, it mostly disappears.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ogeretla:
the known GPS problem... Won't hold lock. Have tried all the crazy fixes, none of them stick long term. Besides that it SHOULD JUST WORK... there should be a need for crazy fixes... It doesn't work... I am on my 2nd tablet...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] :
Same issue here. Creaking screen top left side.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dcaplinger76:
Just opened mine and I'm having touch issues.. sometimes I have to tap something 3 or 4 times to register.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] eyecon82:
I think with 4.3 jellybean, you just have to hit it in the right place. I also notice this, but I dont have extraneous touches when running the touch test and intersecting horizontally & vertically
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dcaplinger76:
I hope this isn't the case. They don't even show up when I use Show Touches in developers options.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] eyecon82:
I've noticed that you have to hold it a little longer for it to register instead of just a very quick tap. Maybe that's why it is not registering
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dcaplinger76:
Sometimes I even hold down and push fairly hard and get nothing unless I tap it several times.... Typing this though it seems ok, maybe I just need to factory reset even though I barely put anything on.

Other than that my build seems great.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] icase81:
Mine didn't creak but it was separating in the middle of the long non-button having side. Took it back to best buy and they replaced it.

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Are you holding it when it is unresponsive? I've seen/found that if you're holding it, its fine. But if its laying on a desk or table, its a bit touchy. Seems to be that it NEEDS to be grounded better, and is when you hold it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] highfigh:
I have definitely noticed this. Kinda makes it useless when you prop it up to watch YouTube or something. Usually have to pick it back up to get links to respond.

One other odd thing is my 5GHz WiFi is flaky. It just wouldn't show my 5ghz ssid for a few days then this evening it came back and I'm connected to it now. And that's through several ROMs and resets.

One more gripe why I'm at it. It is much easier to get double key presses than any other device. Can be rather annoying sometimes.

Other than that I love this tablet..... :D

Just to make it clear, I do LOVE this tab! I just installed slim ROM and it looks so nice in dark mode with my new black Poetic leather case. Speaking of cases, i ordered 4 different ones off Amazon for 24 bucks. They are practically giving them away!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] holmes6:
Your opinion is totally useless.

You are proud and amused about being randomly assigned a well built device. Your writing is below elementary school level. My advice is to read more and post less.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] chiikko561:
I apologize was out of line and childish

Sent 4rm my Paranoid Nexus 4.3 LTE...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] pheonixav:
I am experiencing issues with the brightness sensor or display. Where if I set the brightness to Auto or Less than 40% the screen will flash black for half a second. In low light situations it feel like the sensor is having difficulty trying to adjust. I tried to get a replacement at Officemax but they were out of stock. :(
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Coronado is dead:
Perfect screen on mine, but just tonight it is starting to miss some touches. Weird as it just started in the last hour. Wiped dalvik and cache to no effect.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aimfire72:
Exchanged mine tonight due to really bad touchscreen issues, this is what I got with the new one, lol. Power and volume buttons sunken in, couldn't even press them. Big 2-3 mm gap along the sides, screen was falling off. Glad I opened in my car, went back in and immediately exchanged. How do these things pass quality control? :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] leonheartx:
Bought mine from Best Buy today.

No issues with touchscreen sensitivity, no backlight leak.

Just ONE SINGLE DEAD PIXEL on the left side of the screen =/

Do you guys think I should go exchange it and hope for a perfect unit, though I may end up with a unit with even more flaws?

Or should I keep it. Best Buy is just a 5 minute drive from my house, but stock levels might be limited and I dont want to risk getting stuck with a worse unit. (Though I could always get a refund and try another location, lol)

I know the obvious answer is "depends how much it bothers you". But I figured I could use a few opinions to help my decision =P
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] swisstourist:
I have one dead pixel on my original nexus. Right in the middle. I can see it only on white back ground.

But it s so tiny that after a few days you don't think about it. I don't look at it, because I don't care. I like my device, I use it every day. I know it s here... But I don't care anymore. I don't see it unless I try to spot it. Other things in life more important than just worry about a dead pixel on a tablet which worths now 100bucks.

If the rest works good, I wouldn't return it if I were you. Use it and be happy.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aimfire72:
Dammit, got light bleed across top of screen! Back to the store for #4... :mad:

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I've had 3 - only the latest one has had light bleed, other 2 had different problems, but no bleed. Back to the store.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aimfire72:
Once you notice these things, they're hard to ignore. It would end up bugging me, so yeah, I'd exchange it.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Linuxslate:
I haven't noticed any problems with mine but it seems to be extremely easy to take a part.

I was mindlessly fiddling with it while on a (wired) phone call. Without even consciously trying, I slid my thumbnail between the case and front.

I had the entire left side (portrait - i.e. long side) un-clipped, and was working around the top before I consciously made the decision to stop.

It's built kinda like a Chinese phone, where the back is soft, and just snaps on.

Notes:

I started at the lower left corner (again, portrait).

I do have particularly tough fingernails. Those with thin/weak/brittle fingernails probably do no want to try this.

It snapped back together easily (not much of a snap either), and there is no damage/markings/gaps. Even under good light, and with my glasses on, I cannot see any evidence of what I did.)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dustindw:
I did notice that mine needs to be grounded better - if it is sitting on the couch or bed at home, it doesn't register. When I pick it up, or even place a finger on the side or underneath, it works just fine. At first I thought it was a more widespread issue, but it never happens when I'm holding the device.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bobloadmire:
Does anyone else have a bit of play in the back casing down by the asus logo . usb port? If i squeeze mine it moves and creaks a bit.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] WilliamG:
Yep. Mine creaks a little occasionally.

The build quality on these really is crap. First one had a hunk of dirt under the glass. My wife's first one had a flaky touchscreen that double-registered taps. My second one had a huge amount of light bleed. My wife's second one has a stuck pixel. My third one I THOUGHT was fine, except the microphone doesn't register any sound unless I yell into it from the side. What a pile of suck.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aimfire72:
Yup, couldn't agree more! Returning my 3rd defective N7 today and getting a Note 8. I guess you do get what you pay for. :/

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dcaplinger76:
Returned my 2nd defective unit today... going with the Nexus 10. My touchscreen was terrible on both.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cazman420:
5mgz problem every once in a while it wont connect. No problems with anything else. 32 gig had for few weeks.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Superpopsss:
Anyone has speakers problems ? When I listen to YouTube videos, speakers are making weird sounds, almost like distortion sounds. When I play music, no such problem.

Any ideas ?

Edit: Fixed my problem.

Sent from my nexus 7²
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
Care to let people know what you did to address the issue?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Superpopsss:
First, I opened my n7 and played the same YouTube video that produced the distortion sound. I was gone with the back removed. If ever had earphones opened you have noticed that if you out your finger on the plastic membrane that vibrates it makes a distortioned sound. That was my case. Thew back case was touching the speaker slightly. When volume was at max the membrane would touch the back case and produce some weird sounds.

What I did is put some foam tape around the contour of the speaker. I don't have the sound anymore. The speaker where making sound mostly when watching YouTube videos and people where talking.

Sent from my nexus 7²
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
Thanks for the info. Are you talking about the back cover of the tablet which you need a shim to remove or are you talking about a case you purchased to protect your N7?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Superpopsss:
The back of the tablet. Yes you need to remove it aka open your nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] coolguy949:
Just now opened N7 #2 and has 3 stuck pixels and noticeable gaps along the sides of the screen. Back it goes. First one had terrible touch response. This one is really good. Ugh. Here's to wasting gas driving all over town finding remaining inventory.

When I returned #1, the best buy employee told me many of them have been returned due to defects. He said it was really odd to see so many returns of a hot item.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] saranhai:
just got my Nexus 7 a couple of days ago from Best Buy. everything's working fine as far as i've tested, loving this tablet.

proof that not every unit from BB is a piece of crap :p
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] anwedr:
Purchased from Future Shop during launch and no issues at all.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bckrupps:
I have the same exact problem
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aimfire72:
Just curious, why didn't you simply take it back to the store and exchange it?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joshjunior:
if i squeeze at the top of my screen it creaks a little bit..its probably the backing no huge deal imo but thought i'd mention it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ZOnikJJ:
I'm on my third Nexus 7. The last one I had was experiencing some issues with the screen.

-Screen light bleeding

-Periodic screen flicker
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Superpopsss:
Look at all the bad devices in this thread. Mine only had the speaker problem. So I said better not take a chance and get a worst one. Took me 5min to do ...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] gunnyman:
I have a creak top left corner. Also the buggy touch screen
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] AceHoodz:
My 6th nexus 7 has a perfect screen. No light bleed, no dead pixels, but it has a bad touchscreen :( gonna wait until Google says if its software or hardware.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bckrupps:
Me too as everything else is flawless other than the touchscreen
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] virtualflyer:
Have a little question, I'm in the us now planning to buy a nexus 7 from best buy. I've seen many people returning it, but I'm here just for a few weeks, so how does it work? If it's defective they would give me a new one right when I ask or what? Is it possible that I check when buying and change it right after when at the shop?

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