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[Nexus 7 General] Vyom:
So I just saw the G+ post about providing KitKat update to N7.

Now I have MultiROM TWRP recovery with Ubuntu Touch as dual boot. So does it mean, I can't get OTA?

Do I need to clean install everything for OTA to work? That doesn't sound a good way to me. :(
[Nexus 7 General] AidenM:
So basically, you can have a custom recovery without root.

If you can get the recovery onto your device you can flash the OTA.
[Nexus 7 General] jackthebomb:
Still no OTA 4.4 a few days later. When will I get this god damn update?
[Nexus 7 General] geekygirl74:
I'm checking every few minutes myself N7 2012
[Nexus 7 General] tu3218:
With you guys as well. N7 2012 and still nothing. This is getting ridiculous.
[Nexus 7 General] hichris123:
Same here also with a Nexus 7 2012. Well, back to waiting.
[Nexus 7 General] dgattenb:
Clearing google services normally works ,anyone tried this ?
[Nexus 7 General] luciano.chavez:
Tried clearing framework several times over past couple of days but no luck. :(

Sent from my Nexus 7, "More human than human"
[Nexus 7 General] hichris123:
Same with me. I've tried it probably 10 or so times, but didn't work.
[Nexus 7 General] jpm168:
Why not just download the image from the Google site and flash?
[Nexus 7 General] basicblue2k:
I have tried and banged my head for a couple of hours now..

Got stuck in a situation where the Signature Verification fails.. Not sure what is going wrong, I have tried all possible options. I downloaded the rom from the google website.:confused:

To add further, the bootloader is original from google. I have come to a conclusion that without custom bootloader the sideload will not work with the google supplied ROMs.. you would need custom bootloaders I assume. Correct me if I am wrong.
[Nexus 7 General] khaytsus:
You're wrong.

If you want to adb sideload, you use the OTA file (which is linked various places in the forum). If you want to install from the Nexus images, follow one of various threads which explain how to use fastboot, or just extract the files and read the script, it's pretty self explanatory. You basically just need to flash system, nothing else.

However, if you're on a custom kernel, you'll need to flash boot as well to get the kernel back to stock.
[Nexus 7 General] pete.w:
Just flashed manually on Fedora 19. All is :good:
[Nexus 7 General] kousik:
Did anyone in India receive OTA update notification? I checked a couple of times since yesterday with no joy. Is it recommended to clear the Google service framework data and retry? Did anyone succeed with that method? Did the play store misbehave afterwards?
[Nexus 7 General] dnana_28:
you can always sideload it as i did

no harm in trying to clear google service framework
[Nexus 7 General] MrBelter:
So do I but they are still smaller than they are in GEL, I also have 6 rows of icons on my N5 using Nova but only 4 using GEL.
[Nexus 7 General] nunjabusiness:
Gotta agree. I just am not that patient.

Using Wug's NRT it was absolutely cake. Stock recovery BTW.

Especially after I returned to stock first. :p

Also, khaytsus is right. Get the OTA (which is a zip) and use NRT to sideload it and not the Google image. Different process entirely.

I am loving KitKat. I see a substantial increase in smoothness and the transparency is just classy looking.

Just have to remember if I say "OK, Google now" accidentally, the thing will go ape**** searching for everything I say!
[Nexus 7 General] nigelw:
I updated mine using the toolkit, first time I've tried that method and it works very well.

But I still have a very slow and laggy Nexus 7 (2012 WiFi). I ran the Lagfix utility, and that has made a reasonable difference despite the fact it should not be necessary on 4.3 onwards
[Nexus 7 General] hottweelz:
Sad to say, try a rest and wipe, then restore. That's what I did on my 2012 Nexus 7 and is super smooth and fast
[Nexus 7 General] nigelw:
I unlocked it in August after the lag was getting unbearable. So it was OK for another month or so with a fresh install of 4.3. But lately it's been doing the same, and the upgrade to 4.4 hasn't helped.

Think I'll research the backup, reset and restore you mention. Got to be worth a go.
[Nexus 7 General] hottweelz:
What's nice about the restore (insuring you have the back up option checked in settings) it's that after my reset and restore my wallpaper came back and everything
[Nexus 7 General] pete.w:
Mine is really lagging after playing around for a bit. Flashed CM 10.2 back on it.
[Nexus 7 General] -Liam-:
Had a bit of a game with usb drivers and the laptop not seeing the device in the bootloader. Used Nexus toolkit to sort the problematic drivers and sideloaded the zip without issue.7

Mine seems to be running fine. Sky Go wouldnt work but I reinstalled it and its all good now.:good:
[Nexus 7 General] KevTN:
That is my problem right now. ran eclipes...no matter what I do I can not get my laptop to reconize my device in bootloader. Can you tell me about the Nexus toolkit please?

Thanks...or direct me to where I can get the information...

*****Nevermind...found it...thanks
[Nexus 7 General] -Liam-:
This is the one I used. There is a tool to sort out your drivers, built in.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766475

I tried it on a windows 8.1 machine and it failed but it succeeded on a windows 7 laptop if that's of any help to you.
[Nexus 7 General] clusterchuck:
What are you guys battery life looking like? I only get a pathetic 3 and a half hours with kitkat
[Nexus 7 General] Bronto9:
I got 6,5 hours of on screen time in two days of use.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 General] khaytsus:
Haven't noticed any difference.
[Nexus 7 General] KevTN:
I will be able to report back more after this weekend will it will be given a workout.
[Nexus 7 General] Starphish:
Installed 4.4 from Google's factory images on my rooted Nexus7 (2013), but no new app icons, or GEL? Where is that goodness hiding?
[Nexus 7 General] zPacKRat:
google it, there is a link at androidpolice that provides the GEL, you will need the latest version of search from the play store as well. there is an issue with some widgets in landscape overlapping the search bar though.
[Nexus 7 General] Starphish:
I expected that Google's factory image would be all inclusive... apparently not. I found GEL on another site, but it said that it would not work with 4.4. Go figure. I'll check your suggestion. Thanks.
[Nexus 7 General] FormerSlacker:
EDIT: Nevermind
[Nexus 7 General] Evo_Shift:
Yeah, I have one waiting. My battery is too low to install it ATM. I'm hoping it installs and doesn't wipe out root.
[Nexus 7 General] bshiznit:
YUP! Attaching the zip - URL is http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-nakasi-KRT16S-from-KRT16O.3aad414b.zip

Updating my STOCK ROM tonight! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2533035
[Nexus 7 General] baronvon:
Just got this OTA. What's contained in it?
[Nexus 7 General] Logomotph:
Just got the OTA, too. Seems quite less laggy to me :)
[Nexus 7 General] hgoldner:
Never got the original KitKat OTA, so I adb sideloaded it. Now learned of the latest OTA, downloaded everything I needed to sideload, turned on the Nexus and there's the OTA! Go figure.
[Nexus 7 General] treIII:
Got the ota in Ohio tonight.

Sent from my HTCONE using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 General] Vandam500:
Rofl, that placebo is strong with this one
[Nexus 7 General] waxlabo:
did you get the ota from 4.3 or you got the ota from 4.4?
[Nexus 7 General] treIII:
Got the 4.4 update. Kit Kat. Just received it in Ohio. tonight.

Sent from my HTCONE using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 General] bshiznit:
4.4! Krt160
[Nexus 7 General] waxlabo:
cool! and you were on 4.3 before this ota?
[Nexus 7 General] Logomotph:
lol. I flashed it and it seems less laggy. It used to lag like hell and now it lags less. And the home button delay seems to have disappeared.

Placebo or not, it feels faster.
[Nexus 7 General] ianmedina:
How to flash the update via twrp? I tried transferring it to sdcard then flash it then it fails.. It says something about system app bluetooth.apk...

I need ur help guys. Tell me the step by step
[Nexus 7 General] Sheldor1967:
OTA?

So, I am already 4.4, but just got an update...I had no idea if it would work or not since I'm rooted, but I accepted it...Notice it said, "Optimizing Apps" after it said "Updating Apps". I had never seen that before...Then it says "Android Updating" and it started...Seems to have worked...not sure it's any less laggy yet...will post if I notice...
[Nexus 7 General] tabuser:
Some 20 days after Google announced the Android 4.4 update, and 8 days after they confirmed that the 4.4 ota update was being sent out, and 1 day after Google started rolling out another 4.4 ota update I'm still on Android 4.3.

I'm still scratching my head as to why Google didn't inform customers of the bugs in the KRT16O version to explain to them why they were not recieving the update so long after Google confirmed it was being sent out.

Regardless, I gave up waiting and tried to flash the KRT16S image to my Nexus 7 (2012 wifi), unfortunately what ever I tried I could not get Windows Vista to recognize my tablet while in recovery.

Normally when I connect my tablet to my pc it is imediately recognized by windows. when I connect my tablet to my pc while in adb recovery it will not connect even after clicking the USB driver folders when Windows asks for them.

I've seached xda for suggestions to resolve this, and tried the following:

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, and tried installing latest Google USB drivers as well ast the latest Asus nexus 2012 usb drivers. I also tried with USB debugging both on and off, and with my device in both MTP and PTP, again all without success.

I guess I have to wait another week or more for the ota update.

Thanks Google for not just providing an update link in the Google Play store.
[Nexus 7 General] musjim:
Steps to install Android 4.4 KRT160 KitKat official update on Nexus 7 2013 [For Non-rooted]

Step-1: Download Android 4.4 KRT160 KitKat official firmware for Nexus 7 to the computer. Rename it to update.zip

Step-2: Connect and mount the Nexus 7 USB memory on computer using the USB cable

Step-3: Transfer the update.zip to the SD card of the tablet. The file should be in the SD card root, not in any folder

Step-4: Power off the tablet and enter into the Bootloader Mode. To do so, turn on the Nexus tablet while pressing and holding Volume Up and Power buttons together until the Fastboot menu and Start appear on the screen

Step-5: Follow the navigation instructions on the screen. Press Volume Up for a few times until you see RECOVERY then press the Power button to select it

Step-6: An exclamation mark should appear. Hold Volume Up and Power buttons together again. You should see the Recovery Mode menu

Step-7: In recovery mode, select update from SD card then select update.zip using Power button and confirm installation

Step-8: After the installation is completed, the Nexus tablet will boot and it would take about five minutes to boot for the first time

Happy flashing.
[Nexus 7 General] Starphish:
I flashed the Google image for 4.4 yesterday, and had to reinstall SuperSU to regain root. Today 4.4 OTA arrived on top of my 4.4 KTR16O, so I'm now updating that...

Just finished update and 4.4 is asking for a backup account. Build now shows KRT16S. But, I've lost root, so back to flash SuperSU from via Wug's Tool Kit
[Nexus 7 General] tabuser:
I very much appreciate the input. I have a 2012 Nexus 7 (wifi), not a 2013 version.

When I get into the recovery menu the options are "reboot system now", "apply update from ADB", "wipe date/factory reset", and "wipe cache partition"

there is no menu option for "select update from SD card".
[Nexus 7 General] bobbytomorow:
Do you know how to use adb and adb sideload? You can always choose "apply update from adb" and then on your PC "adb sideload <filename of update.zip>"
[Nexus 7 General] tabuser:
This conversation had its start a number of posts ago where I could not get Windows Vista to recognize my nexus 7 while in recovery no matter what xda recomendations I followed.

The most recent responder suggested an alternate procdure to which you see my response.
[Nexus 7 General] arturooo:
Download file - http://click.xda-developers.com/api...13088e35.zip&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13849803778656

Then go to recovery, choose "apply update from ADB" turn on in CMD adb, and enter command adb sideload <filename.zip>

I just done that steps and it has worked ;)
[Nexus 7 General] tabuser:
Please refer to above post my computer does not recognize my nexus 7 while in recovery.

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Originally Posted by tabuser

Some 20 days after Google announced the Android 4.4 update, and 8 days after they confirmed that the 4.4 ota update was being sent out, and 1 day after Google started rolling out another 4.4 ota update I'm still on Android 4.3.

I'm still scratching my head as to why Google didn't inform customers of the bugs in the KRT16O version to explain to them why they were not recieving the update so long after Google confirmed it was being sent out.

Regardless, I gave up waiting and tried to flash the KRT16S image to my Nexus 7 (2012 wifi), unfortunately what ever I tried I could not get Windows Vista to recognize my tablet while in recovery.

Normally when I connect my tablet to my pc it is imediately recognized by windows. when I connect my tablet to my pc while in adb recovery it will not connect even after clicking the USB driver folders when Windows asks for them.

I've seached xda for suggestions to resolve this, and tried the following:

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, and tried installing latest Google USB drivers as well ast the latest Asus nexus 2012 usb drivers. I also tried with USB debugging both on and off, and with my device in both MTP and PTP, again all without success.

I guess I have to wait another week or more for the ota update.

Thanks Google for not just providing an update link in the Google Play store.

Steps to install Android 4.4 KRT160 KitKat official update on Nexus 7 2013 [For Non-rooted]

Step-1: Download Android 4.4 KRT160 KitKat official firmware for Nexus 7 to the computer. Rename it to update.zip

Step-2: Connect and mount the Nexus 7 USB memory on computer using the USB cable

Step-3: Transfer the update.zip to the SD card of the tablet. The file should be in the SD card root, not in any folder

Step-4: Power off the tablet and enter into the Bootloader Mode. To do so, turn on the Nexus tablet while pressing and holding Volume Up and Power buttons together until the Fastboot menu and Start appear on the screen

Step-5: Follow the navigation instructions on the screen. Press Volume Up for a few times until you see RECOVERY then press the Power button to select it

Step-6: An exclamation mark should appear. Hold Volume Up and Power buttons together again. You should see the Recovery Mode menu

Step-7: In recovery mode, select update from SD card then select update.zip using Power button and confirm installation

Step-8: After the installation is completed, the Nexus tablet will boot and it would take about five minutes to boot for the first time

Happy flashing.

Thanks

My Response:

I very much appreciate the input. I have a 2012 Nexus 7 (wifi), not a 2013 version.

When I get into the recovery menu the options are "reboot system now", "apply update from ADB", "wipe date/factory reset", and "wipe cache partition"

there is no menu option for "select update from SD card".
[Nexus 7 General] rcsrich:
Why the 2012 N7 does not have the ability to flash updates from the stock recovery is beyond me and a serious oversight that Google should fix...my GS3 stock recovery has the option and it is "locked down" Samsung we're talking about here. Not everyone has access to a PC, Google.
[Nexus 7 General] waxlabo:
Do you have USB debugging turned on? Also do you have PdaNet installed? That would help with the drivers.
[Nexus 7 General] rkanwar:
Hi guys I have a 2012 n7 wifi but I still havent got the ota yet. Im in uk. Anyone else not getting ota??
[Nexus 7 General] hasbrobot:
It's not been released unto the masses via ota yet.

Why is the right door always locked?
[Nexus 7 General] jwhistler:
Not getting past 4.4 boot screen

N7 (2012) on JWR66Y, rooted, unlocked with TWRP 2.6. Placed OTA in the root folder and flashed via TWRP. All installed fine and when reboot, it stays on the new boot screen and doesn't go past. Had to restore via TWRP to 4.3

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Tried again and during the flash process I get "Failed" when updating partition table...
[Nexus 7 General] hazwheel:
I'm in the UK too and didn't get it so I flashed it with wugfreshes toolkit. Funny thing was, as soon as it booted up I got the update sent through for the 16S update :what:
[Nexus 7 General] Syncd:
I got this too. I flashed the 4.4 image factory, and yesterday got a OTA update saying it was going to update to 4.4...?. Anyway, it was only 1.4 MB so i think it is only some bugfixes. Everything seems to work fine tough.
[Nexus 7 General] nigelw:
My Nexus 2012 is now incredibly slow. I'm trying to update some apps and it's taking 10 minutes to download and install a 2MB app. The system is unresponsive, when I try to do something like Tapatalk, it says it's unresponsive.

What are my options? Factory reset?
[Nexus 7 General] Syncd:
It's probably because of lack of TRIM when the Nexus was launched. TRIM was only added on Android 4.3, but somehow, in my experience at least, didn't help much if you didn't factory reset it.

A factory reset or a clean instal of the factory image should help if this is the problem.
[Nexus 7 General] nigelw:
I did an unlock and clean install of 4.3 in August, and the tablet worked fine for a while. It was starting to get laggy again by October so I was hoping the optimised 4.4 would perform better. But that's not the case.

I have run the lagfix app which does make a difference for a while despite 4.3 implementing the trim.
[Nexus 7 General] Syncd:
Well, you're way ahead of me then. My nexus was also getting laggy as hell, even with 4.3, and i was hoping a clean install of 4.4 would fix it for good, but i guess i won't have much luck...
[Nexus 7 General] melfunn:
Just took the OTA
[Nexus 7 General] purple donkey:
Just got the 4.4 OTA :)
[Nexus 7 General] Omega360:
4.4 OTA is downloading for me now too.
[Nexus 7 General] P8nt:
Just received the update (from Canada)
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
Damn, did this OTA and lost not only root but recovery, as a lot of people already noticed :) I keep searching but can't seem to find how to root and flash CWRT again... Can someone confirm if this is correct procedure?

* copy UPDATE-SuperSU.Pro-v1.75.zip and openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-grouper.img to the internal card

* have USB debugging enabled, then type

adb reboot bootloader

then

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-grouper.img

This will not erase my storage? I already have bootloader unlocked....

Then I suppose I flash UPDATE-SuperSU.Pro-v1.75.zip with TWRP

THANX! :)
[Nexus 7 General] tu3218:
Still no OTA here in Maryland.
[Nexus 7 General] 95Z28:
Got the update about 5 hours ago, running good. I don't like the fact my WiFi icon no longer shows when transferring data, but other than that it's nice to have a bit of change.
[Nexus 7 General] GedBlake:
Hi, dalanik...

Close... but not quite:).

Download Chainfire's v1.75 SuperSU root .zip directly to your Nexus 7...

http://download.chainfire.eu/368/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.75.zip

Download TWRP directly to your PC... make sure you get the correct one for your specific Nexus 7...

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/grouper

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/tilapia

From your PC, fastboot flash TWRP with fastboot flash recovery recovery.img... (where recovery.img is the name of the recovery image file to be fastboot flashed).

Whilst still in bootloader mode, and using the VOL buttons... select the recovery option with the POWER button... you should now boot into TWRP.

Press the 'Install' button, and then navigate to the /download folder on the Nexus 7's internal storage, where you should find the previously downloaded UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.75.zip file.

Using TWRP, swipe to flash... upon reboot you should now be rooted.

--------------------------------

No... it won't erase your storage... all you're doing here is flashing a Custom Recovery to the recovery partition in preparation for root.

As fastboot flash operations go, this one is pretty innocuous:).

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 General] melfunn:
Go to wugfresh.com & use his nexus tool box.
[Nexus 7 General] prix08:
Just update to KRT16S and while I was reading an article in chrome... A black horizontal line starts to appear and now it's there for good. Tried to reboot,restore etc but still had that line. Been using by Nexus 7 for almost a year and this just happened after I update to KRT16S... So sad...
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
Thanx for reply, but when I do fastboot flash recovery recovery.img it says "waiting for device" and nothing happens. when I do adb devices it lists the device:

c:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130717\sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
015d29951123ec0f device

Got it, it won't reboot into bootloader by itself :) Still have to issue

adb reboot bootloader :)

Thanx for your help!
[Nexus 7 General] GedBlake:
Hi again, dalanik...

Well if 'ADB devices' is showing a serial number it at least indicates your Windows drivers are working correctly:)... however, I think your Nexus 7 is fully booted into Android, as that (and recovery) is the only way ADB would work.

To use fastboot commands, the Nexus 7 MUST be booted ONLY into the bootloader (from a powered off state, press VOL DOWN, hold + POWER ON).

Then run fastboot devices to confirm a working fastboot connection (you should see a similar serial number)...

Followed by fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 General] NeoMagus:
I didn't like this either, but it does still show down/upstream arrows if you pull down the quick toggle menu on the right side in the toggle for your wifi.
[Nexus 7 General] jcody03:
running 4.4

I have been running 4.4 for a few hours now and I have noticed that Bluetooth states connected to my keyboard much longer. I have had an issue with it on 4.3 if I did not type anything for a few minutes it would lose connection and now on 4.4 the time out seems to be much longer. I do agree not seeing the data transfer is odd to remove but something I can deal without. Overall I am really liking this build. :D
[Nexus 7 General] roadrunner1:
.....just installed 4.4 ota in germany ?......now i will play around with it a little.....

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 4
[Nexus 7 General] rcsrich:
+1

---------- Post added at 03:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:39 PM ----------

"Don't Fear the Reset"... ;)
[Nexus 7 General] reijndert:
Just installed 4.4 on my N7

I hoped for ART support, but it seems to be skipped in this release due to exessive (?) i/o that wears down the internal flash chips.
[Nexus 7 General] waxlabo:
I finally got the ota in los angeles, ca. installed google experience and launcher and everything is nice :D
[Nexus 7 General] H4CK_H0PP3R:
I confirms ...Its finally received in India ..City Mumbai :D

Sent from Nexus 7 3G using XDA Premium @ Indishell Lab
[Nexus 7 General] rcsrich:
Anybody having issues with WiFi during sleep? I have my N7 2012 with KitKat set to never keep WiFi on during sleep, but it seems to be staying on. Battery info shows it actually sleeping, but I am going to monitor with better battery stats to check the wakelock situation.

EDIT: I think it is cycling off when sleeping, even though it shows wifi as being on all the time in the stock battery stats. Odd.
[Nexus 7 General] neo1691:
How are the guys from India finding the update? Any problems? I plan to update it soon.

Quick question for you guys. If I am on a custom rom and want to update to stock kitkat my steps would be?

1) flash the stock recovery?

2) flash the stock rom

3) get updates via ota?

Right?
[Nexus 7 General] heatledger:
flash factory image krt16s. I did this already:good: