yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
to flash a backup rom you must have cwm....if you dont open your bootloader you cant do anything

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
is it possible to unlock bootloader on a bricked phone?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
at flashtool menu there is a "unlock bootloader" icon...if you dont find it then download SE bootloader unlocker (i think you can find it here but better google it...you will find it faster) but you need a number (i dont remember its name) to find it you must have your phones IMEI

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
ok, i unlocked bootloader
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
now you must flash a custom kernel (flash vergeance using flashtool) with fastboot
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
when i try to connect my phone in fastboot mode the red led flickers once

EDIT: flashing kernel worked
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
i think you do something wrong...its vol + and plug in usb....maybe you ran out of battery

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
flashing kernel worked :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
now try to go to cwm

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
now the red led flickers 3 times, i thin i must charge my phone some hours (?)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
yes...your phone ran out of battery...let it 10-20 minutes charging and then try again.....open your phone wait until you see 2 different led colors....first is TWRP and second is CWM...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
still red led...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
why? :what:

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
i charged it for a hour an when i try to boot it, the red led flickers 3 times
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
this means "your phone ran out of battery"

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
yes i know, but i charged my phone for a hour so the battery can't be dead
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
remove battery, put in your phone and try again

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
still doesen't work, i will ask a friend if he can borrow me his batery (he has xperia miro)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
hmm ok....we need a second opinion...

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
ok, can you ask some professional users which you know?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
i dont know....maybe [MENTION=5061057]nishuy21[/MENTION] know something more...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] zzztidurvirus:
Do you have a battery charger? Like those clip-like? Use that to try charge it. If you can, check that battery in another phone. Because you said, it blinks red 3 times. Definitely low battery.

Sent from My Awesome Paradox ST21i
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
i said that too...maybe charger not working...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] zzztidurvirus:
I dont think the phone charger will work if youre bricked. If you can see the charging icon, then its really charging.

Sent from My Awesome Paradox ST21i
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
the icon isn't there, so i will try the ba700 battery of my friends miro

what should i do if the clockworkmod works?
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
full wipe your phone and flash a stock based rom like paradox/gimlo etc...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
i will flash the "xperia z fire" rom
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
ok...your tipo works now? (when you put your friends battery)

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
yes it works, but now i only get in clockworkmod by pressing vol up while booting :D

EDIT: i will flash the new rom in some hours and then i will tell you if it worked
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
now you should buy a new battery for your tipo....transfer to your sd card your rom you want to flash....or flash stock.ftf which i gave you with flashtool...

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
why should i buy a new battery, i just can charge my battery because its impossible to chrge the battery i bricked phones ^^

when the phone is unbricked everything shoul work
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
ok :D

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] eugenashero:
everything is working flawlessly, and the battery is also allright :)

thanks
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] xrhstospro:
youre welcome ;)

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[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] sabya91:
can you tell me how you unlocked bootloader ?

i am having the same problems :/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obveron:
Hi all,

Just wondering if the Nexus 4 with a Slimport 1080p adapter is rendering an Android workspace in native 1080p or is merely an upscale of the 1280x768 workspace to 1080p?

I suppose if it's a mirror output it must be a simple scale, but if it's capable displaying an independent Android workspace on the TV (like "extended desktop" for Windows) it could be native 1080p.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoolApps:
It is actually full native genuine 1080p.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obveron:
How is that accomplished? All apps are rendered natively at 1080p yet still mirrored on the phone at 1280x768? The aspect ratios aren't even the same.
[Nexus 4 General] NexusMobileGamer:
hey guys you know that both of these phones are pretty good.so lets see if the cameras are the same too.

To see the comparison,go here:http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/12/04/nexus-4-vs-iphone-5-camera-shootout/
[Nexus 4 General] The Zel:
The camera isn't that bad and it can only become better, thanks to google's updates
[Nexus 4 General] shadehh:
Okay, i honestly thought the iphone 5 is miles ahead camera wise. Guess i was wrong, comparison makes me more than satisfied with the output.
[Nexus 4 General] :
The Iphone 5 Camera isn´t better, you can´t rely on such comparisons because you could so easily manipulate them in a way you like. After you had both smartphones in your hand you can decide which suites you better. But in the end its a phone which isn´t made for taking hq pics, like all other smartphones as well.
[Nexus 4 General] lokenok:
im just annoyed with the pinkish purple tinting in photos
[Nexus 4 General] atulalvenkar:
Never owned iPhone so didn't know it was so close to Nexus 4 in camera department.

All iPhone does it add punch to certain colors like green to make the photo look good. Nexus 4 on the other hand had more accurate colors. Especially the first photo where sky color was pretty accurate with Nexus 4 where as iPhone have it purplish tinge
[Nexus 4 General] omaga:
I own both phones, iP5 and N4 and the iP5 camera is much better no question about it.
[Nexus 4 General] tvdang7:
I think our camera blows. Only cuz low light is horrible.it's the same as the galaxy nexus.but I can't complain since the price is half an iPhone.
[Nexus 4 General] Fatherboard:
The iPhone 5 suffers from horrible purple fringing when faced directly at the sun (or another source of light). Apple won't come up with a recall, just expect a fix once the 5s comes out.
[Nexus 4 General] Fille84:
The camera on the iphone 5 is better, its one of the best cameras out there on a phone.
[Nexus 4 General] jcnbama:
+1 My wife's Galaxy S4 makes me wanna cry. And to the point about phones not taking HQ pics, today's phones are without a doubt the next generation of point and shoot. We NEVER take our camera anywhere anymore unless we just happened to remember it. Now there's phones coming with 41 megapixel and great lenses. Cameras are becoming more important as we shift to this digital lifestyle. I for one wish we had a little better camera. But it works for me..... For now.
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
sweet I can compare to phone I will nver touch or want
[Nexus 4 General] noobletsausecakebbq:
I think the only reason iPhone camera *might* arguably produce better looking pictures is because of apples software which automatically adds a bunch of effects for the iSheep. I can just take a pic and edit it with default editor and I bet it would look better than iPhone s pics.
[Nexus 4 General] attaint:
I remember having an iPhone and the camera is way better than the current Nexus 4 camera. Still room for improvement!
[Nexus 4 General] gd6noob:
You also have to consider the price of the device out-right... N4 is a much cheaper phone using parts not has expensive as the iPhone5... if you take that into consideration, N4 puts up a good fight..

So if you compare it strickly on hardware without factor in price, there is no comparison the iPhone5 will be a better device...
[Nexus 4 General] seanerixon:
Lots of Apple haters.. Then again it is XDA. Personally, and from a photographer's standpoint, my iPhone 4S took better images and videos than my Nexus. More specifically in low light situations. Can't see how the Nexus would also take better images than the iPhone 5. Because that would mean the Nexus takes better pictures than the Galaxy S4. Either way, I'm not saying our camera on or phone is terrible, but it most definitely isn't in the conversation of being in the top 3, and possibly not in the top 5.
[Nexus 4 General] kzakhar:
As an owner of iPhone 4s, user of iPhone 5s and a new owner of Nexus 4, I'd say both iPhones have superior cameras in terms of image quality and colors. Nexus 4 has seems to have a faster camera though, and while the image quality isn't top, it is still quite good. Why would you expect a better camera on a much cheaper device anyway?
[Nexus 4 General] daglesj:
The issue I have with the N4 is that the pics look good in preview mode sat using up a quarter of the desktop screen but if you go full size...whoahhhhhhhhh. Noise noise noise.:silly:

I've tried several different camera apps (even one that will take 8MP 12MB .PNG shots) and the result is the same for all of them, just noisy full size shots, even in bright sunlight. So the issue with the N4's camera isn't compression at the file output stage it's somewhere earlier in the chain.

Colour balance is good though.

Someone really needs to hack that camera but I fear it may be a hardware limitation.
[Nexus 4 General] MrKaupo:
its behind s4 camera, not even talking about Lumia 920/925/1020. But again any phone looks like toy agaisnt Lumia cameras...
[Nexus 4 General] XxLostSoulxX:
Personally from my experience all Nexus phones have come with crappy cameras. The problem is the company doesn't implement a really good camera for the Nexus which is beyond me. Even though it's an 8mp camera my note 2 takes way better still images as well as videos.

For instance on this phone when recording a video you can't click the screen to focus in on whatever your recording, instead it just takes a picture which is stupid. Quality isn't great.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] blackbeard:
[ROM]AOSP GB 2.3..7 - BroadcomCM​

THIS IS A THREAD FOR HELP AND DISCUSSION RELATED TO AOSP ROM

QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED RELATED TO:

THIS THREAD IS CREATED TO STOP UNWANTED AND NON-DEV POSTS TO THE ORIGINAL THREAD.

LINK TO ORIGINAL THREAD

ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE DEV [MENTION=3862405]SpaceCaker[/MENTION]

FEEL FREE TO POST!!!

I REQUEST ALL MEMBERS TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND PLEASE NOT TO FLAME ON THE NOOBS SINCE WE ALL WERE NOOBS SOME TIME, NO ONE WAS BORN INTELLIGENT​
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] zyn06:
Can you tell me the proper way of making INT2EXT work in aosp?

I flashed it already but it lead me to bootloop.

Or

There is other method of giving more internal memory in aosp ?

thanks for the help
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] datvui2211:
Yep, there 's another better way

Gửi từ Galaxy Y bằng cách sử dụng tia X truyền từ mặt trời!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] l0lh4rd:
Flash INT2EXT+ and before rebooting wipe dalvik-cache.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] zyn06:
how to do this?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] speakdroid:
Here's just 2 small bugs that needs to be fixed to make this rom perfect

1. Status bar clock/notification text (the text in status bar, not in notification painel) it's too big

2. Music player needs to be resized to ldpi (maybe you can try extract aosp music player from optimus l3 rom and make it work [i've tried but i got fc])

thats all :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] datvui2211:
I think I 'll write a topic about this!

Gửi từ Galaxy Y bằng cách sử dụng tia X truyền từ mặt trời!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] burak144:
dude, ive ext partition. is it a2sd? can u give link?

Galaxy Pop Plus'ımdan Tapatalk 2 ile gönderildi.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] l0lh4rd:
Try A2SD++
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] datvui2211:
No, just some skill with link2sd and root explore!

Gửi từ Galaxy Y bằng cách sử dụng tia X truyền từ mặt trời!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] zyn06:
how do you make link2sd work in aosp?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] l0lh4rd:
Link2SD works in AOSP and search google and XDA, you'll find guides about Link2SD extreme!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] san122:
Is usb tethering fixed guys??
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] datvui2211:
Not yet, but Percy_g2 will fix it in next RC
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] san122:
Okay thanks for the reply.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Raya4ever:
Hi, I was able to use link2SD for the AOSP GB2.3.7
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] markmellarpes:
did you tried to use foxfi?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Raya4ever:
Normal Link2SD works for me!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Kurajmo:
Hi i have one question.

This AOSP works with another kernel? U have Murrik kernel V 2.0 on my Galaxy S5360, i want test this rom, but dont want change kernel.

Is this possible?

Wysłane z mojego Samsunga Galaxy S5360 (rom Evolution X4)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] dnzdeniz:
You must use percy's kernel, if you dont you cant boot aosp.

But aosp with percy's kernel is much faster compared to custom rom with merruk kernel
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Fired334:
I have just unlocked the Bootloader, and now I am trying to install TWRP recovery. I have tried the manual method through the command prompt, and also through Hasoon2000's toolkit. I just receive this error:

sending 'recovery' (7912 KB)...

FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))

finished. total time: 0.005s

I've tried reinstalling drivers, but that doesn't seem to solve it. I've also tried different USB ports. Has anyone encountered this error? Does anyone have a solution? Thanks.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Sloth:
Did you reboot your PC after uninstalling the drivers? Are you using a USB3 port? Win8?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Fired334:
I didn't reboot, I'm gonna do that now; and yes, it's USB3, so probably gonna move to USB2? I'm on Win7.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Sloth:
Yeah USB 3 ports are kinda finicky sometimes also have you updated your android-sdk files lately there have been quite a few updates the past couple weeks including drivers.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Fired334:
No I haven't. I wasn't keeping up with the HTC One; I just received it. (Moving over from GNex) :p
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Fired334:
Okay, I uninstalled drivers, restarted PC, used a USB2 port, and the TWRP flash was finally successful. :victory: Thanks. I should've known to do those steps.

sending 'recovery' (7912 KB)

OKAY [ 1.099s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.639s]

finished. total time: 1.740s
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Sloth:
Cool glad you got it enjoy :D
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Fired334:
Thanks, looking forward to using my awesome-looking One.:D
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Keshar Singh:
how can i uninstall adb??

getting the same problem
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chudy_85:
Hi all

my friend install rom from n8000 on n8010 and we have problem to install orginall rom

can any body now where is install bootloader because when we install orginal rom n8010 we have this info on Odin

this is log from Odin

Enter CS for MD5..

Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

Please wait..

KIES_HOME_N8010XXUCMD2_N8010OXACMD2_805288_REV00_u ser_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

Leave CS..

Added!!

Odin v.3 engine (ID:15)..

File analysis..

SetupConnection..

Initialzation..

Get PIT for mapping..

Firmware update start..

boot.img

NAND Write Start!!

recovery.img

system.img

cache.img

hidden.img

sboot.bin

FAIL!

All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

i tyr use flash with pit and i have this info

Odin cant do Re-Partition on tab

i want do it cwm zip pack to install old bootloader but i dont now where this file put

sboot.img

tz.img

this is updater-script from s3 downgrade bootloader

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "dd", "if=/tmp/sboot.bin", "of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1");

run_program("/sbin/busybox", "dd", "if=/tmp/tz.img", "of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2");

can any body help me????

Thanks for info
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elitata1:
Hi.

I have similar problem.

I flashed my GT-N8010 and i made a mistake.

I "put" ROM for GT-N8000 (N8000XXCMF1) to bootloader mode in ODIN and flash my device.

Now is stuck. Working, but with GT-N8000 firmware only.

In ODIN MODE:

PRODUCT NAME GT-N8000

CUSTOM BINNARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (2 counts)

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

I can't re-flash to GT-N8010 in ODIN (PC) to not any stock N8010 ROM - odin fail.

When i re-flash in MobileOdin:

In ODIN MODE:

PRODUCT NAME GT-N8000

CUSTOM BINNARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (4 counts)

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

What's happend?

Could you tell me?

What shall I do?

Thank you for interest my problem.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Service centre paid for repair as warranty is void .

jje
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elitata1:
Thx man.

But... this is all what can i do?

Nothing to do myself?

Only warranty option?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetf1:
Hi,

I have exactly the same issue -- again I also had tried an earlier n8000 rom.

I was only able to install n8010 roms by manally manipulating the flash archive - removing tz.img and sboot.bin

I went right back to the stock 4.1.2 UK rom, and tried to flash that -- but it failed too, and I tried to manually just install the n8010 bootloader (sboot.bin) but that too failed. Kies would not flash the device at all.

Since N8000 roms work, as do hacked N8010 roms I'll just go back to how it was, but I had hoped to be able to get back to official, stock configuration

Has anyone succeeded in fixing this? Since I've never manually modified PIT I'm a little confused as to why I can't get back - can anyone explain? or is there a way to fix this?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esgie:
Playing with bootloader is the only way where you can really hardbrick your device (only help: using jtag at service centre).

If your devices are not dead at all then service center is not the smartest idea.

As the n8010 lacks of some networking features the rom won't work on n8000 without issues (ie no 3g connection).

This is so-called modem partition (modem.bin file i believe).

The modem is included in not every new firmware, but from time to time only.

Anyway, you may want to look for a firmware/custom rom which include modem.bin for your model; everything related to networking should b back to normal then.

You can find full roms at samfirmware.com

You shall use ODIN - not KIES - to flash those, at it is able to flash both bootloader and modem along with regular stuff on demand. KIES is not.

ALTHOUGH I'm not sure what shall be the effect of improper bootloader combined with proper rom.

And read my first sentence carefully again; I shall take no responsibility if you'll brick your device or do any fatal harm to it. Confirm my information with the xda and internet...

Anyway.

Afair bootloader is located at /dev/block/mmcblk0p1. Don't sure about tz thing, it may be on mmcblk0p2. Not also sure if playing with tz may do irreversible brick, but it shouldn't as it is holding some drm stuff (i.e. hdmi and allshare cast transmission will not work) and you may be able to flash it in the future. But I'm not sure.

Bootloader (sbin) is not included in every firmware, too. Look for further information on the internet.

In final: find a firmware including both sbin and modem. Flash it with odin (you will have to point to the firmware file in PDA field, but also im Bootloader and Modem. You may want not to touch PIT, as it will cause further problems.

And you are back to life.

Btw if your system is turning on, you may try another method of flashing bootloader, using terminal emulator - if you are rooted.

The command is:

dd if=/sdcard/sbin.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

Ofc using wrong path to sbin file or wrong sbin file will result in ABSOLUTELY dead device after restart.

Above is also possible with adb and windows/linux pc.

Once again: confirm all of the above with the internet/xda; this answer is only for telling you what are the clue words that you may want to earch for.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetf1:
Thanks.useful info.I should probably put up with the 8000 roms.the device status even shows as official. Only annoyance is no signal icon and no ability to flash 8010 Rom without modification.

all otherwise seems fine
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raducux:
any solution yet? i was anxious of tasting the kitkat leak of n8000 and now im stuck with its bootloader too... any way of recovering the n8010 bootloader wthout sending to waranty ?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuktukscotty:
After reading about so many people with this n8000 bootloader problem, I am so glad I resisted and waited for the n8010 firmware. Just wish I could have air command fully working with stock n8010......
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raducux:
yeah.. i got carried away . that sucks. i hope someone is kind enough to investigate the restoring of the bootloader for us .
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] olmos.lalo:
Hi I'm facing a dilemma. For some reason I really want to buy a N7, I mean I always wanted a nexus device with fresh goodness from Google. However, now that I got the cash for one, I'm having second thoughts. For some background I owned a fire sale HP touchpad for about a year before selling it. I enjoyed the tablet, albeit had many issues it was my very first tablet and I enjoyed the broken android experience. The biggest thing that I believe is holding me back is what exactly will I gain from owning a tablet? I currently have a GS3 whereas with the touchpad I had an Optimus S , so a tablet was of much more use back then. Can anyone sell me this tablet? (Salespeople anyone?)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] vinay427:
This may not be the most effective marketing, but here's why I bought one. I'm currently in college, and the majority of the time my (rather aging, at this point) laptop is used to type notes and documents, and I would much rather get something more convenient like a small tablet with Bluetooth keyboard for this purpose. In addition, the media consumption aspects of the Nexus 7 are great, because it allows for a bigger display than my Android smartphone while not having a 10" display so that this can be used virtually anywhere including while lying down. Hope this helped at least a little!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] michaelg1030:
No one "NEEDS" a tablet (OK maybe a very few actually need it for work or something). I wanted one, that's why I bought it. Sure I have a PC, N4, nook color, and a laptop, but the N7 is convenient as its a device that can do all the things the other devices can do, albeit the other devices can probably do it better, if that makes sense.

No one is going to sell you on the device. Buy it, use it for two weeks and decide after that if its something you want/need. If not, return it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Matrix_19:
Short answer that you want me to tell you : yes you need a N7

:)