[Android Software Development] jonalowe:
I got a Sero 7 Pro from 1Sale after waiting weeks for it. I'd never even heard of it until it popped up on 1Sale. I checked the specs, and it was too good to pass up. It was a $90 refurb, but it is perfect, and came in an original box will all accessories. The only way to tell it was a refurb was the sticker on the outside of the box.

I've had a 1st gen 32 gb Nexus 7 for 1.5 years. However I missed having HDMI, a rear camera, an SD card slot, and dual band wireless-n. The Sero 7 Pro is everything the Nexus 7 is, plus all the things I was missing. Just as fast, just as smooth, screen is as good. Very slightly bigger in each dimension, but not noticeable on a daily basis.

I rooted it after initial setup. I activated the Google Experience launcher once the Google search app had updated itself. I also activated "Ok Google" for automatic voice recognition for searching as part of the Google Now app. I then loaded the dopa v1.1 ROM. I also loaded Link2SD. I've since loaded the phab7 0.9 package, and ran into issues. I kept losing the navigation bar. I finally isolated it to the Gravitybox app under xposed. I could get to the xposed and Gravitybox settings, but would have to reboot to do anything since I couldn't back out. After finally isolating the problem to Gravitybox (I could disable Gravitybox and I'd get the navigation bar back), I uninstalled it and xposed, and reinstalled them. Same issue. I FINALLY discovered that Link2SD had moved Gravitybox to the SD card, and Link2SD said Gravitybox was "frozen". I moved Gravitybox back to the main memory, reupdated it, and my problems were fixed. Bottomline, make SURE Linked2SD is turned off for Gravitybox. Delorespark, you might want to mention this in your install instructions. I found mention of it buried in the Gravitybox thread.

My Nexus 7 has KitKat, and my Sero7 has 4.2.1 of course, but with the Google Experience launcher on both, it is difficult to tell them apart. Since Google has moved more and more of the updates to other apps such as Google search, instead of total rom updates, I don't see moving to KitKat as being a big deal.

Gravitybox allows me to change transparency, status bar colors, and the location of the time on the status bar in the Google Experience Launcher. I really like this feature of the dopa rom. I tried the Apex launcher, and while I could get to a facsimile of the Google Experience Launcher by playing around with the settings, I still like the Google launcher better.

One item I'd like to see activated in dopa, is the "Home" setting under "Device" in the "Settings" menu. It exists on my Nexus 7 and allows me to easily switch launchers, but not on my Sero 7. I'm going to have to see if I can find an add-on launcher changer in the meantime.

I bought Nexus Media Importer from the Play market. It works fine in lieu of Stickmount, which I also found would not work on my Sero 7. I need to get a new OTG USB adapter however, as I have to press it to one side to get it to work on both my Nexus and my Sero 7.

I'm very happy with the Sero 7, so much so, I'm going to give my Nexus 7 to my Dad to use. Amazing what you can get for under $100.

Hope this helps someone.

Jon