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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Philaphlous:
I get tons of random reboots, about 2 a day on average. Even under clocked it. I feel its an issue with unlocking it, either busybox or supersu.... I'm gonna flash back to stock this week in preparation for 4.4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] arby80:
You know I think this thread alone shows that there is a problem with the device. My device was working fine out of the box. However it died 3 days later unable to mount the internal system. I was not even using it when it died.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] kenyee:
Mine had that issue within a week of buying it...and I was on stock rom.

If your N7FHD is working after a week w/o reboot or random battery drain issues, please post the build date...but w/ the complaints I'm seeing, it seems even the new ones have issues :P

Seems like a flash write race condition/timing bug combined w/ a bad battery level readout IMHO. The internal flash gets corrupted sometimes and gets you into a reboot loop. And the random shutdowns seem to be when it thinks it is out of power....
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sl8125:
How do find out the build date?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Mentalist_:
16GB wifi here for 2 weeks, no problems.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] danvee:
On the tag on the box..
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] CSM:
Hand raised for new Nexus 7

My 32GB Nexus 7 (2013) worked perfectly out of the box.

[Handraised] ME [/Handraised]

My original Nexus 7 is still working perfectly for my university aged daughter.

http://xdaforums.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mgleed:
I suspect it's more than a 5% failure rate. I've received two from Amazon with serial numbers pretty far apart and they both have the same touch screen issues where there are areas that will not register touches if you aren't holding it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] swisstourist:
No problem here.

Build in 08, got it beginning September. 32 gig, Switzerland.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] danvee:
No way to know, and Google/ASUS can't ignore the issue quickly or thoroughly enough - so you're not going to get an answer there either.

Some members have been through 5+ before finding a 'good' one.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] spiral777:
me 3

[Handraised] ME [/Handraised]

32g flo

no issues
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] kingsway8605:
-3 took two tries to get one that worked. First one had a defective power button. Second one has screen lift (even on a 2013 model). Third one had glue all over the back.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] pgzerwer:
Mine seems to be perfect from date of purchase about one month ago. Every device I have ever owned, there is a very vocal group that will tell everyone that the thing is garbage and the company that makes it is run by corporate thugs that eat boiled puppies for breakfast. Always very confusing, especially for noobs.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] danvee:
True.

And, you know what stops that?

Fix the problem, take care of the people who bought defective products, and they all shut up.

Amazing.

Used to be called Quality Control and Customer Service. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] elspanish88:
All working perfect here, won mine through the KitKat competition as well
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] havoc999:
picked mine up 3 days ago - so far so good (incredibly good!)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] pyrced:
I had a stuck pixel on my 2013 nexus 7 lte it developed touch screen issues within 2 weeks. It was too late for the retailer to consider replacing it for me so is currently being repaired by Asus under warranty. Very frustrating as I've used it for a month and it's been in repair for a month and counting. Last year my first nexus 7 had a dead camera but the replacement was fine, i later upgraded to the 3g and it was fine also. I can't say I have faith in Asus anymore, A windows 8 tablet i purchased had touchscreen issues out of the box and needed replacement, I've had nothing but bad experiences with the quality of all Asus products I've purchased and have learnt the hard way their warranty repair service is pathetically slow. I really wish that google would step up and make a better quality nexus tablet even if it does cost more as I would happily pay a premium for a nexus 7 with better specs and build quality like some other products out on the market.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] orlandoxpolice:
All good!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] tsavoN7:
Mine required a factory reset right out of the box due to hard crashes. It's been fine ever since, though now the screen and back is starting to squeak in the top left corner, and in the bottom right. It's not the end of the world though, so I won't seek a replacement. Asus QA is like Bigfoot...a complete myth.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] firepower9966:
All good ☺:)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Johnny_Fever:
No problems here!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] stanglifemike:
Zero issues with my 32GB from my local Best Buy bought 2 days before the official release date

SwiftKey'ed from my '13 Nexus 7 FHD using XDA Premium HD
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] zelch:
Preordered the 32G from BestBuy, and it's been working perfectly.

I don't think I've plugged in the charger it came with once though, I have a ton of the Touchpad 2A chargers, and now I've got a Samsung Qi base.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] stvmac11:
I picked a 32gb up at Office Depot. Top speaker sounds like electromagnetic interference (buzzing with volume all the way down) when I scroll in apps and wireless charging DOA. Time to return and try again
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] lwfb:
No issues on my end. I got one of the first batches from my local best buy a few days before the official launch.

I got the 16GB to replace my 16GB N7 (2012) and I've been more satisfied with the new one than I was with my old one.

The first one was good, this new one is excellent. I had minor light bleed and the screen was raised a bit on my '12 but it wasn't too bad. My '13 was perfect right out the box. No GPS issues, no multi touch issues, no screen issues. Excellent battery life on stock rooted.

Only issue I have is my fiancee is still wondering why I needed a new one. My only explanation is because...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jonmanson:
Mine works perfectly. 32GB
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] OneBlueSky:
Mine worked perfectly out of the box. No issues at all and we've been using it almost non - stop. Much improved over the original and we have no complaints!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] criptix:
Mine is still working with no issues
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Poser:
32gb, no issues
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dillinjer:
Good to go here.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] alexchro93:
This is the second day with my 16gb and I couldn't be happier. It has been working great. I'm very glad I upgraded from the iPad2.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] daraldf:
Hand raised!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] narffran:
No problems here. Got it at BB before it was released.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] vcallas:
Thanks for posting this, on initial testing the seams to have helped me as well though I used faster fix to point the North American server as the time.gpsonextra.net I still froze after about 15 minutes. I am doing a long 300km drive tomorrow so will report back then.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Migamix:
"oh oh mista cottah" me too,

I'm happy with it.. Bluetooth works (had to do the rename trick to get my new Bluetooth keyboard to work)

GPS was flaky at one point, toggled Bluetooth while it was trying to search.. been good ever since from my use standpoint. (I'm using the "GPS status" app, that may be helping me, not sure)

new device will have growing pains, its just sad so many are wanting there to be problems so they can go back to best buy 4 times possibly due to a crappy app they keep installing.

any problems I have had are due to some developers banging the rocks together so we have recoveries and some patchwork fixes, and I still applaud them for their work.

(16G-Grouper(hardware-ER3)-TapTalk2)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Semantics:
No issues here. GPS locks fine, no multi touch issues, no reboots, no dead pixels, minimal light bleed, everything working as intended.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TheWerewolf:
While I applaud the *concept* to this post - and I actually would love to see a meaningful statistic showing how common the problems are... the problem with this is that you may be giving readers not only a false impression that the problems with the N7(2013) are marginal, but that the people having the problems are just complaining for the sake of complaining.

For example, just yesterday I bought a new 32GB N7(2013) and stood outside the store to check the GPS. Sure enough - had the problem. Went back in and exchanged it - same thing. The store finally accepted that there's a problem and refunded me. They only had around 10 of them in stock - that's a 20% failure rate (and it might have been higher - we only tested two)..

Before someone comes up with a massively complex 'fix' that kind of works - when you buy a device, it should *work*. The user shouldn't have to jump through hoops to fix the mistakes of the manufacturer. You wouldn't expect to get a file and spray paint and do the final touch up on a new car, right? My Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Note 10.1 simply don't have these issues. The Note can see all the satellites including GLONASS in seconds and gets a lock in a few more - even if inside a building.. and it never fails. I've never heard of anyone having a problem with those.

If this was the first time for ASUS and if they had a good rep for quick and responsible service and replacement - cool. These things happen. But this is something of a trend with ASUS and they offer poor to non-existent service and sometimes borderline fraudulent actions. (Like declaring the GPS on the Prime 'not intended for commercial uses' and then removing it from the box and pretending they never had it.)

Even with all that - if Google at least kept us informed as to what's happening and whether a fix is in sight, that would help... but neither Google nor ASUS is talking to anyone.

It's important that potential customers know the risks of buying a product that potentially has several serious defects occurring often enough that the odds of getting one are relatively high compared to other manufacturers - and that if they get one, they may have a very hard time getting it replaced or returned.

In short, you're not really helping anyone other than ASUS (and to a lesser degree, Google).
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Semantics:
What exactly are we supposed to do, lie and say our units aren't working perfectly? I haven't had a single issue that's been mentioned here in the weeks I've owned the tablet. You surmised that 20% of the nexus tablets have a fail rate, using a sample size of 10 units. There is not nearly enough data in a sample that small. People who have problems with their gadgets are way more vocal about it then people who don't. If I was in the market for an N7 and read this site first, you'd think there wasn't a good tablet to be found.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] subnormyle:
Zero problems with my 32gb.

Sent from my Nexus FLO
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] davidstech11:
Zero issues so far with my 32GB Nexus 7 (2013)

Sent from my HTC One
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
I think he is suggesting this post could have been rewritten as a poll asking for both people with and without problems to respond.

If you pose the question as "Post here only if you have no problems" and let's say hypothetically you get 500 posts saying no problem. Someone reads the thread and says wow, so many no problems.

If instead you pose the question as "Have you had any problems out of the box" allowing for both people with and without problems to respond, then let's say hypothetically you get 500 posts saying no problem and 500 posts saying problem, would that change the perception of the issue?

Well the point isn't how many respondents in the hypothetical case. The point is the way this thread is designed, you can only get one side of the story.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] LiveFaster:
Did I make a mistake buying from Craig list? I don't seem to have any issues yet, but I'm afraid if I will soon. I got it new in box, do I have some type of warranty from Google? Since I didn't get it at a retail store

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] aimfire72:
If you're not having issues, don't worry about it then.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] freeza:
I find it funny how everyone who has a "N7FHD working with no issues out of box" is explaining how many exchanges it took to get to that point lol.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] freeza:
Couldn't have said it better. Kudos.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Hnk1:
I couldnot agree more. People are too busy enjoying their tablets if it works flawlessly and if it doesnot work, they try to find solutions on the internet and come across sites like xda and complain about it. You will notice that mostly people who are complaining are "New Users"
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] CocoBuzz:
No issues on my N7 16GB :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] church:
The purpose of this post was to show another light vs the numerous threads on here with problems. Not saying there is not one problem with this device but I just wanted to see how many bought a n7fhd and had no problems out the gate. I for one am happy that my n7 has been flawless from the jump. Its my new buddy.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] windmark:
I have no problem what so ever with my 32gb. It was also the first one I got, so haven't had any reason to exchange it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] MrPhilo:
No issues at all, no lightbleed, dead pixel or what so ever, happy with my purchase :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] mo_danish:
No issues what so ever. I live in Australia and took a risk by ordering from B&H since it's not on sale here yet, not a single issue with my 32gb.

P.s. love this tablet.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TraderGary:
After 3 weeks with 32Gb

GPS solid and perfect

No light bleed

No dead pixels

Touch screen solid

No auto reboots

Very pleased!

Nexus 7 (2013)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] leafcycle:
Raised hand. 16GB version with not a single issue or random reboot. GPS, multitouch, etc. all working fine.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cobyman7035:
big issues, keeps randomly freezes and reboots, i can't duplicate it but it happens with wifi on i think in any app/screen, it'll freeze for couple seconds , not sure if its a RAM/ bad flash/root .img , i was stuck on the boot loop when i first flashed, so maybe its user error = random reboots

i don't think the GPS is great either, take too long to get signal
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Nitin985:
Only problem for me, is 1 dead pixel but I really struggle to notice it
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] larry313:
No issues here!

I picked mine up from a Best Buy a few days before the actual release day. I love it, I have read about all kinds of weird issues but have not had one problem with mine! It has replaced my iPad Mini as my daily driver...I also haven't picked up my Note 8.0 either...

http://www.geekynerddad.com
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cdmoore74:
The first unit I had was a 16gig model and it had no major problems other than GPS. I returned the 1st unit for a 32gig model that I got at officemax for $215. Now the second unit has awful back light bleeding at the bottom right and while typing I was getting double key presses. I could have lived with the back light bleeding but the double taps drove me insane. And it had GPS issues as well which hopefully a software fix will work. Because officemax would not have stock within my return period I flat out returned it. Was willing to try again but I got a refurb like new Galaxy Note 10.1 for $250. And then I realized that the Nexus 7 felt like a larger phone while the Note 10.1 felt like a larger tablet. I wish Google would give the next version of Android multi-screen support for all Android devices. On the Note 10.1 it's like having 2 devices in one.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Mandelbrot.Benoit:
Absolutely flawless 16GB. I am really enjoying the size, speed, look/feel of Google's newest creation. I cant wait for Key Lime Pie!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] flinttownbrown:
16GB. Perfect. Amazon. Ordered first day available.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Semantics:
I'm on my first one, no exchanges, so I guess everyone isn't explaining how many exchanges it took to get to this point.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyddr:
Perfect here... 16gig
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dragonboydbboy:
The first one I had (pre-release from best buy) had a piece of dust under the screen and pretty bad light bleed, so I returned it. Tested 3 units at best buy before leaving, they ALL had dead pixels. The 4th did not, so I left with it. But now I am having multi touch and GPS issues, done tests and it is there. *Sigh gonna test some custom Roms to see if they have the issues (if it is hardware or software) then perhaps do ANOTHER return. This truly is very sucky, on Google and Asus. Get yo **** together! But on the bright side, best buy has been VERY friendly and helpful with all the returns...

Also, is it just me, or does it seem like the 32gb version has less issues?

*Edit

After testing both cm10.2 AND cleanrom, I can confirm that

1) GPS is SOFTWARE RELATED as it works flawlessly on cm10.2 and cleanrom

2) unfortunately, multi touch seems to be hardware related, as the issue was there with with cm10.2 AND cleanrom. Or it is an issue with the latest 4.3 build from Google. But the fact that some people have not had issues with multi touch, leads me to believe it is hardware :(

Hope this helps some people!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jathusanT:
+1
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dxwilliams40:
No issues yet. Had mine for about a week now. Haven't tested gps because I don't use it on my tablet.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ShelbyRacer78:
I order mine the day it was released and running strong!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ramdyc:
My first one had random reboot issues but I exchanged it a week ago today and my new one has been perfectly fine so far. No issues whatsoever.

::EDIT::

3 weeks in I have had 4 random reboots. 2 today, 2 within the last week.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] IXChicharitoXI:
I bought my 32gb on Thursday(two days ago). It rebooted the first time I put the charger plug in. Other then that, it's working just fine for now.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] MidoMMM:
Me , I had my 16 GB version

I think it had no issues
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dirtyfingers:
Dirtyfingers reporting for duty!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Chasroach:
I got the 32 GB from Amazon and love it. The first thing I did was root it but didn't change the ROM. I've had no problems, bought one for my son.

Sent from my Nexus 7 2 FHD Flo (razor)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] digitalexplr:
32gb - no problems!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] claytonb:
Lots of people are saying that they never had any touch screen issues until they performed the OTA update. Others returned their updated tablets for another and didn't perform an update on the new unit and the touch screen seems to work fine. I can't confirm this for my tablet will be here on Tuesday but I've read tons of posts. Google better get their act together soon and fix or address these issues.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Xstop:
Solid

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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Bajanpro:
Got a 32GB two days ago, no issues whatsoever, battery life is pretty great, lasted the whole day with heavy use ! :D
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] xperia64:
In 2 days I get my supposedly "repaired" nexus 7 back from asus. The first one had a cluster of about 15 dead pixels (had to use a jewelers loop to count them). I'm really hoping that the screen on this one is perfect (and that it actually boots).
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] nachtfrost:
*raises hand*

I'm happy because I'm usually one to get the lemons!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] SupWiz17:
Me

I'm glad I did to because my old nexus 7 had every early issue.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] squeeish:
No problems with my WiFi 16GB, but the WiFi does seem to be a little weird...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] spackmanbr:
After initial setup, either restoring data from Google or having both SwiftKey versions installed at once made me get constant force closes and an inability to set any keyboard at all...

But the after factory reset... Flawless. Sometimes it does miss touches, but I think it's more due to calluses on my fingertips right now, because multi-touch and soft parts of my fingers work fine.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
If the missed touches are mostly happening in the top 1/3 of the screen (portrait mode) then it is a touchscreen issue (which might be tunable in software just like the other multi-touch issue). If it is all over the screen, then it might be your calluses.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] spackmanbr:
Cool, thanks. Seems to be all over, and it's not excessive at all.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] dchilljr:
No issues

I have both original and new - grouper and flo. Flo is without a doubt the best tablet I've ever owned. Or used or even heard about. Peace out!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] shinkinrui:
Got mine 7/26 from Best Buy and haven't had a single issue, looks like I'm one of the lucky ones <3 I tested for the touch screen issue and wasn't able to duplicate after about 5 minutes of trying to cross the vertical and horizontal planes of 2-3 fingers at once while the tablet wasn't being held in my hands, no rebooting and current uptime of 220 hours (I know, I need to reboot more), and no dead pixels or light bleed. I even checked for the low-volume static and couldn't detect anything even when holding the speaker directly against my ear. Only thing I haven't really tested is navigating with GPS, I've only made sure my location worked fine.

The tablet has just been awesome for me, everything I expected from a Nexus. I'm a very happy camper, but it's a shame problems with the model seem to be wide spread among others. Hope everyone is able to get one that works like mine. I love this thing.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] baconfly:
I bought Flo on July 29th and it's been absolutely wonderful. I can't recommend it enough.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] PainfulLover:
Perfect tablet, bought the last one at one of the local bestbuy stores on their sneakie-early launch day.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Pouper86:
Perfect for me so far

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Thoraldus:
:good:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bso44:
Pretty much. Haven't had a real chance to test out the GPS on a trip but it locks on just fine when I'm in the house. I didn't buy this tablet for that purpose anyway and I'm guessing Google will eventually fix it with a software update.

But yea...no light bleed, dead pixels or multitouch issues. I love this tablet so much that I'm tempted to get a Nexus 10.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Matty2013:
My first tablet and android device (always been a diehard iPhone user but who knows what the future holds)

Love this device!

Sent from my sweet Nexus 7 (2013)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] norm985:
Issues

Purchased two nexus 7 16GB 2013, returned them, had app. down loading error for updating on Google play, and with the rest of the bugs, now waiting for the nexus 7 32GB from Google play store, hope this one is bug free....Had the 2012 nexus 7 16GB for over a year now with no problems.....cheers
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] thecapitalr:
Got a 32gig the Monday before it was "officially" supposed to be released.

Have had 0 problems in any way shape or form with the device.

I suppose I havnt checked if the GPS works on it because I use my phone for GPS... I am a medical student so I got this mainly for reading purposes.

Stock + rooted. Will put CM on it in a month or so when I am assuming stable releases will be coming out (for me stability is what I need the most).
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Failrunner:
The second one I got in exchange for the first one worked out of the box. Obviously not the first one though. I had the store open it to make sure it worked though.