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[Nexus 7 General] zaphyr:
Your KitKat Is Ready: Download And Flash Android 4.4 OTA Update (KRT16O) For 2013 Wi-Fi Nexus 7

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...4-4-ota-update-krt16o-for-2013-wi-fi-nexus-7/
[Nexus 7 General] neophyte2008:
Ithink they haven't pushed it for 2012 nexus yet :(
[Nexus 7 General] Logomotph:
Or maybe they have, but the people who got it are at work/sleeping/w/e. Be patient.

I'm fairly certain my n7 will be running 4.4 by tonight.
[Nexus 7 General] neophyte2008:
patience is a virtue :)
[Nexus 7 General] ericzb:
Probably it will be tomorrow for me.:cool:
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
Wow, good news.

I am ROOTED, unlocked bootloader, complete stock but with custom recovery. What is the easiest way to return to stock recovery? I had to wipe my device on 4.3 update, I don't want to loose all apps and data again.... If I could just flash stock recovery? I DID NOT remove any stock/system apps.
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
Are we talking about GEL, right? Because you don't need to update any libs whatsoever to use it.
[Nexus 7 General] jackthebomb:
Sorry I was confused. The apk is installed, and running, but I don't have an option to use transparent nav bars. Help?
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
Are you an 4.4? 4.3 doesn't support transparencies.
[Nexus 7 General] selectormoldy:
Graphics are feeling pretty laggy on my 8GB 2012 N7 after the update. Just did a factory reset to see if it clears up.
[Nexus 7 General] hasbrobot:
Does anyone know if art is included in this update or is that strictly in the nexus 5?

Why is the right door always locked?
[Nexus 7 General] jcnbama:
Haha. Love it... So thought about doing that... I mean let's face it. From all the posts thus far, it sounds like that's about the equivalent of it really.. Lol.
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
So far, only The N5 and 2013 N7 have ART.
[Nexus 7 General] Soldier 2.0:
Why is it always an issue to install these updates?
[Nexus 7 General] jackthebomb:
Ohhhhhh. No I didn't get the ota yet. So when I do it will support transparency? Thanks for putting up with by stupid questions btw.
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
Because of misinformation *sigh*

If people would read the posts before them...

adb sideload is so easy.
[Nexus 7 General] NeoMagus:
Got mine updated, restoring all my stuff now...
[Nexus 7 General] alien_x:
When I do adb devices when nexus 7 is on it recognize but hen I am in recovery mode to sideload OTA, it doesnt recognize. Any idea what am I doing wrong?

Thanks
[Nexus 7 General] Udonitron:
Flashed back to stock unrooted and sideloaded 4.4

Really liking it thus far.
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
Did you select the ADB option in recovery?
[Nexus 7 General] alien_x:
Yeh I did thats when Its asking to sideload file. Btw I just checked and it seems thr aint any driver for nexus 7 in device manager. Which one is working for windows 8?
[Nexus 7 General] mikedetpis:
The best way to do it is through stock and adb sideload....make sure you guys install the adb drivers when you put the tablet in adb mode ...download the file posted for the 2012 and send it thru
[Nexus 7 General] Miso_Ramen:
Check Device Manager on Windows (while you're in recovery mode) and make sure it recognizes your device. You're good when the Nexus 7 device icon doesn't have a yellow warning sign on it.
[Nexus 7 General] -PiLoT-:
i keep getting installation aborted when i try and sideload
[Nexus 7 General] alien_x:
yeh it has warning sign I tried downloading drivers from asus website but doesnt work :(
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
I use these

http://koush.com/post/universal-adb-driver
[Nexus 7 General] jackthebomb:
I'm going to bed, hopefully I get it ota tomorrow
[Nexus 7 General] alien_x:
thanks a lot bro... it worked :)
[Nexus 7 General] kmandel:
I was running a rooted 4.3 with CWM on a wifi Nexus 7 (2012). I booted into recovery mode and flashed the 4.4 zip. It failed fairly late in the zip/

Did it fail because I forgot to unroot first?

Anyway, I went ahead and flashed SuperSu and then rebooted. It boots into rotating colored balls that go forever.

How do I recover from this?
[Nexus 7 General] Miso_Ramen:
I got mine off of Android SDK. You need to manually update the drivers with the one Android SDK has.
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
Enter fastboot, and restore a factory image.

Or use yor recovery to flash a rom.
[Nexus 7 General] naruto100:
Finally got kitkat.... First did restore 4.3 to original, and then flash the zip using latest twrp recovery... And done..
[Nexus 7 General] St1ck33:
Did this as well, except with CWM. Easy as pie.
[Nexus 7 General] tomh1979:
Exactly what I did, even used windows 8.1 to reroot and install latest twrp, no issue's.
[Nexus 7 General] naruto100:
But why no wallpaper of kitkat... Did you get the same? Not even new laucher?
[Nexus 7 General] St1ck33:
No new wallpaper, but Google Experience Launcher works well. Check earlier in this thread or my thread in the main forum.
[Nexus 7 General] naruto100:
Means we have to install launcher separately!?

And also before flashing this kitkat from twrp, do i need to wipe any kind of data?
[Nexus 7 General] GldRush98:
Not gonna lie, my 7 has never ran worse. It's practically unuseable now. Going to reboot it and see if that makes any difference.
[Nexus 7 General] COfatboy:
Me too, just restored a nandroid of 4.3 Had to root again but no big deal.

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Yes totally unimpressed, not really surprised though. Gonna restore my nandroid of Smooth real soon.
[Nexus 7 General] kmandel:
Is there a factory image for 4.4 yet? Would I lose all my apps and data?
[Nexus 7 General] tatazeuz:
No there's no 4.4 iamge yet. 4.3 will do.

If you install a image, all your data will be wiped.
[Nexus 7 General] kmandel:
So given where I am is there a route to 4.4 without a wipe?
[Nexus 7 General] St1ck33:
Yes install launcher separately.

If you install the update zip from twrp, you don't need to wipe data. It's the same as doing the update OTA.
[Nexus 7 General] maxboy:
Anyone got "ok google" works like nexus 5, mine just won't do it.
[Nexus 7 General] saif kazi:
hello guys

my side load is not working so what i am thinking is to temporary boot twrp from root tool kit and flash the ota zip from there will it work or not ?
[Nexus 7 General] spidey88:
Guys, I am currently using PA..May I know how cna use the 4.4 zip?thanks
[Nexus 7 General] kjotwani:
Hi,

I installed the OTA zip for kitkat and everything went smooth. However I noticed that ART isn't there in Developer Options. Anyone knows how to get that?
[Nexus 7 General] ashokabs:
Certainly not slow

it does slow down in Chrome when the page does not load fast enough. Not sure if that happens in other browsers. In all other applications did not notice any slowing or stuttering. Check that you have followed all the prudent instructions for flashing a new ROM.

Regards,

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Instead of going through all kinds of problems and raising so many questions I would suggest if you are relatively untutored in flashing ROMs, custom recoveries, rooting then please use Wugfresh Development. Google it, download and install it. All your questions will have answers and whatever you want from loading drivers to restoring to stock ROM and recovery are all clearly and simply given with sufficient handholding. You will save a lot of forum time and your own. It will also minimize any chances of error and of screwing up your precious Nexus 7 beast. Best of luck.
[Nexus 7 General] NeoMagus:
working fine on mine with the new Google search apk and the GEL launcher from androidpolice

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...y-fixes-gel-on-tablets-and-more-apk-download/
[Nexus 7 General] akashpatel:
I installed the zip through TWRP and it got installed successively without any problems.

Many of you are saying that the update is slow but its quiet smooth for me...atleast smoother than stock 4.3...

and one more thing is it just me or the wifi icon doesnt show the up and down network???
[Nexus 7 General] NeoMagus:
It's just the signal for me too no arrows on both my N10 and N7
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
Extracted from nakasi-jwr66y-factory-1e503532.tgz
[Nexus 7 General] chrisinsocalif:
A system wipe and a fresh install tends to give me the best results.
[Nexus 7 General] Alucard291:
Yawnsome "oh look the icons changed colour" update has rolled out.

Meh after half an hour on a considerably slower system I am restoring 4.3 nandroid with M kernel lol

Stock N7 is a waste of time and space.
[Nexus 7 General] bobbytomorow:
Change default language to English US (rather than English UK or English Canada)...I'm pretty sure it works if the default language is set to English US
[Nexus 7 General] JornadaW:
No Luck, failed to update thru TWRP 2.6.3.1 .

Same error message - "get_metadata recursive -some changes failed"

Original environment 4.3/ Rooted. I has unroot the superSU before update.
[Nexus 7 General] getinnocuous:
Thanks to this link, I can finally sleep and be satisfied with my nexus 7.

Downloaded the zip, flashed back to stock 4.3 using Wugs Toolbox, used Wugs to flash and boot into latest TWRP, flashed the zip from there and when I went to reboot it installed SuperSu for me. Updated Google Search and installed the GEL apk from androidpolice and now everything is smooth and pretty.
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
Except for uglier icons and toasts, whats even new in kitkat? Noticeably new I mean? Screen flicker is still here, there is no new developer options, there is nothing new?! What was all the fuss about? This is just ICS with different colors.
[Nexus 7 General] Vandam500:
Are the ROMs really that much faster then stock? I've been running stock ever since I bought it a year ago and its never been "Sluggish" but not fast either I guess.
[Nexus 7 General] Alucard291:
Well I have a few different devices (Sgs2 Sgs4 N10 N7) of which the only one that (in my... experience... not the right word but you know what i mean) needs overclocking and generally speeding up is the N7. I mean I can honestly say it pains me to use it.

The UI lag on stock is just painful (to my eye especially after the S4 lol).

I honestly wouldn't say that roms make it much faster. I generally run a custom kernel + nova launcher both of which give you at least some options of getting around the lag and slowdowns. But frankly nothing will fix away the cheap and slow nand in the 2012 N7.

All above is of course a collection of personal experiences and personal tastes. :)
[Nexus 7 General] deadcode00:
guys if you getting error during installation make sure you are using latest recovery.. as i was facing the same problem through cwm recovery, but after i installed the latest clockwork mod recovery... everything went smooth.. hope it will help someone :D now im on 4.4 kitkat :good:
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
In my experience no. But if you have too much time on your hands, play around and try for yourself. I've always returned back to stock, because almost every ROM had at least one bug or broke one feature, but at least on Nexus devices everything should work.

I'm done flashing ROMs, I have more other things to spend my time on, I just want the tablet to be stable and fast, bug free and playing movies.
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
Damn, I just updated and my system actually seems SLOWER, I swear it is!!! I use TSF Shell and it was always blazing fast and now you can actualy feel the LAG!!! Damn, this Google is just another Microsoft...

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I had to uninstall Xposed framework and then managed to flash. Now I just lost root :) Have to check "how to root" threads again.... oh, damn....
[Nexus 7 General] Alucard291:
Well there wasn't really any fuss to be fair. I mean I just went to sleep yesterday instead of playing the "tap the check now button" :D

But as for whats new - there's the printer framework, there's built in on screen recording (dunno didn't test b4 rolling back) some other minor stuff as well... But is any of it worth caring about? Not for me at least :)
[Nexus 7 General] Dam29:
ready! 4.4 in my gnx7 :D
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
It really was sluggish, but then I rebooted to recovery and flashed SU, and it was OK.... ugh, got me nervous for a moment... :)
[Nexus 7 General] MiSieeQ:
Does the adb work on Windows 8.1? I had a problem with recognising my nexus 7 device.

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9505 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 7 General] cortexA9:
yea the adb sideload works for me, you need to install the usb driver i think
[Nexus 7 General] N3X29:
install the adb drivers, don't forget it
[Nexus 7 General] MiSieeQ:
Ok, thanks, i have only installed the android sdk, are they included there?

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9505 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Nexus 7 General] mattjuk:
Anyone tried the full screen immersive mode on apps like play books? Is it working on n7?
[Nexus 7 General] N3X29:
open the program and check ... if it says installed, it is
[Nexus 7 General] Bl4ckX:
After it took me hours to figure out, that I would still have to press Volume Up and Power when being in recovery mode to enable it, Im finally installing the update. I am really curious about how KitKat is.
[Nexus 7 General] ToucherCD:
I installed and can say; Kitkat update big disappointment for Nexus 7..
[Nexus 7 General] Bronto9:
Has anyone found a way to enable art? It doesn't show up in developer options

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 General] bobbytomorow:
There is no enabling it, it did not come to Nexus 7....so far seems to be exclusive to nexus 5
[Nexus 7 General] ECC610:
Why?
[Nexus 7 General] Bronto9:
On the aosp build from PA's guys it was there, so maybe in the official build it is simply hidden

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 7 General] asrivastava:
update queries

Hey guys, possibly a noob question coming through, but I have a rooted Nexus 7 (2012) with boot loader unlocked and no custom recovery. Will I be able to upgrade to KitKat normally via OTA or will I have to look at other means?

Also, am I going to lose root access after the upgrade?
[Nexus 7 General] shamo42:
Same here. The device feels slower with KitKat even after a factory reset. More mirco stutter and screen refreshes.

Reminds me of the 4.1 -> 4.2 update. I'll wait for the factory image and hope maybe that will make it faster. If not I'm going back to 4.3.
[Nexus 7 General] daanguitar:
Dumb question but..

This will not work with Nexus 7 2012 Cellular, right?
[Nexus 7 General] thaecc:
It will not work with Cellular Nexus 7. Update for it will be little later.
[Nexus 7 General] darkic:
Right. Devices with mobile data will be updated soooon (favorite Google word... "Say Google, say Soooon"...).
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
Well, this could've been a 4.2.4 version, not 4.4. Anyhow, printing worked just fine before, just two apps are now included in system instead of downloadable from market and theres a link in settings.

Maybe I'm just getting too old for this, and care more about stability then 2% performance boost :)

It still plays movies, that' what I care about the most.

How do we root 4.4 though?
[Nexus 7 General] LauCass:
I used the following tuto for N7 2012 (sideload method) and all is working fine, without data loss of course.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...load-and-flash-android-4-4-ota-update-krt16o/
[Nexus 7 General] jpm168:
I used wug it did the job.
[Nexus 7 General] chismay:
tried updating using wugs , failed due to changes in youtube app. uninstalled youtube modded downloaded youtube from play

still fails
[Nexus 7 General] richard24:
I used wug to sideload the zip. Worked fine.

Kitkat feels the same as 4.3, except for the notification bar and nav bar transparency using nova. Doesn't lag on my device after a reboot :)
[Nexus 7 General] jpm168:
I think it's safer just flash bone stock 4.3 first then update, that did it for me
[Nexus 7 General] jadephyre:
I think for the time being it's restricted to Qualcomm devices. The N4 and N5 are both Qualcomm devices for instance.
[Nexus 7 General] tshelby73:
I feel this update was useless should be called 4.3.2. Basically just ruined the notification colors.
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
Me too. All this wait and all the hype... just for transparent navbar and notification bar.

Epic fail of an update, IMHO. They gave us two basic features that any ROM offered a couple years ago...
[Nexus 7 General] jackthebomb:
So does the ota update slow down the N7? If it does I'm not going to install.
[Nexus 7 General] 91ludesit:
I just flashed the OTA zip in the latest version of TWRP and everything was fine. My wife's nexus however which did not have the latest TWRP would not flash the OTA.
[Nexus 7 General] darkchazz:
My thoughts on this update for N7 2012:

Multitasking seems a lot faster. Switching between running apps is almost instant.

Battery performance seems improved from my initial impressions. need more time to test.

Same old kernel means you get the same borked nvidia drivers = same laggy performance and weird touch behavior as before.

Ever wondered why the old GNex and GS2 run a lot faster with JB than N7 2012 ? the drivers make all the difference.
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
It was slow for me on 1st boot after flashing, but after I rebooet once more (and flashed SU) it was OK, so don't worry it shouldn't be slower :)
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
It doesn't seem to slow it down, but it also doesn't seem to do much for it. To me, this is a flop of an update...
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
Not much but still better than nothing :) i.e. screen recording works, i.e. you can type from adb: adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/test.mp4 and it will record your screen, or there is app on play already that works too (tested it on my N7) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cr5315.screenrecord
[Nexus 7 General] SquireSCA:
I just wish that Android would catch up to iOS in regards to polish, and smoothness of the UI. It has all the functionality that you need. What they need to do is make it a nicer looking more immersive UI, and get rid of the lag. That's it.
[Nexus 7 General] MiSieeQ:
[MENTION=4822319]cortexA9[/MENTION],Qr Damián

Thanks for help, but it seems i do have the usb drivers installed (Google USB Driver), the usb debugging mode is also enabled, but unfortunately i get the following error, while trying to sideload the update:

"error:device not found"

i have no idea why is it so, since i do have the drivers installed. I have even run the device with the usb debugging enabled and the windows has installed some MTP drivers.

in device manager the Nexus 7 is listed in other devices and it says that no drivers for this device are installed, how is that possible ?
[Nexus 7 General] heatledger:
yes I agree

all recents update for me are not something to be proud of

the last big change was 2.3->4.0
[Nexus 7 General] dalanik:
They are working on it. KitKat (not on N7 unfortunately) has new runtime instead of Dalvik cache, which is one of the main reasons for Android being slow. ART precompiles apps on installation so they should start and run faster than now with Dalvik/JIT compiler. But seems we will have to wait at least until next version of Android....
[Nexus 7 General] warpurlgis:
You may have to disable Driver Signature Enforcement in Windows to install unsigned drivers.

For Windows 8 and 8.1 http://www.fotoclubinc.com/blog/how-to-disable-driver-signature-enforcement-to-allow-installation-of-windows-7-printer-drivers-on-windows-8/

For Windows 7 http://windows7themes.net/windows-requires-a-digitally-signed-driver-windows-7.html
[Nexus 7 General] ssmaster:
I swear I updated my co-workers 2012 Nexus 7 before without a computer. I put the file on the root, named it update.zip, and went into the bootloader, but now it only allows update from ADB. Is there not a way to apply the update without adb?? This is a bone-stock 2012 Nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 General] MiSieeQ:
[MENTION=4513668]warpurlgis[/MENTION]

thanks for help, hopefully i am closer to the solution, but still no device is found.

the adb drivers are installed and when the nexus 7 is up and running the device manager shows the Android Devices and there something to have in common with adb, but while in the recovery mode, waiting for the update to be sideloaded, it is again in 'other devices' and it shows no driver is installed.

Why something so simple has to bring so many problems :(
[Nexus 7 General] rcsrich:
I was really hoping the same thing, but I don't think it can be done via the stock recovery. :( It's a bummer since I don't really feel like dealing with ADB or installing the Android SDK on my feeble PC...holding out at this point for the OTA, but no sign of it so far...
[Nexus 7 General] JornadaW:
My nexus 7 has same result. I face same problem.

Are you succeed to update thru TWRP or CWM?

The probme may come form rooted that will have permission problem in "install-recovery.sh" file.

follwing thred has discuss this .

[REF] Nexus 7 Stock OTA URLs

I as unrooted before install thru TWRP 2.6.3.1, the same result.

Or Try CWM 6.0.4.3 which can flash kitkat.
[Nexus 7 General] MiSieeQ:
okay, problem finally solved!

in the usb_driver folder i replaced the file "android_winusb.inf" with the one found here on xda forums.

while in the recovery mode, i manually chose the driver to install in the device manager. with the replaced file, the driver has installed flawlessly! :)

thanks everyone for help, my kitkat's installation is now being finished ;)
[Nexus 7 General] StuMcBill:
Is this 4.4 version rootable yet?

Stu
[Nexus 7 General] jackthebomb:
I haven't gotten it ota yet. When should I get it?
[Nexus 7 General] slybunda:
ota should be out come sunday
[Nexus 7 General] JoeM01:
Fwiw, I downloaded the ota at work pc. Uploaded it to my Google drive. Downloaded the file on my n7 over wifi, and then applied the zip via cwm. I lost root and my cwm recovery, but I expected that. When I updated, I thought I had the supersu apk on my sd, but didn't. When i have a second at home, I'll reflash cwm via fastboot and get root going again.
[Nexus 7 General] GedBlake:
Hi, Stu...

Yes it is... with

http://download.chainfire.eu/365/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.69.zip

.

Flash it as usual in your chosen Custom Recovery, CWM or TWRP.

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 General] karcio:
HI Guys, what is the advantage to make root in N7 2k12. I'm not afraid to root but all looks fine in N7. I mean root does not make N7 faster. I understand make root in s3, freeze some services, use greenify but in N7? Sorry guys maybe I do not know what is all about. Could you please show me the benefits to make root on N7? Sorry for a stupid question :(
[Nexus 7 General] heatledger:
maybe three person received ota

I think that was a first beta update and now google stops the distribution. next days we will get full 4.4 with complete ge launcher and all other missing stuff
[Nexus 7 General] just lou:
Huh? :confused:
[Nexus 7 General] heatledger:
it happened the same thing with s3 and note2 updating to 4.3. now that update is stopped for fix it

so I think it's the same for us with n7
[Nexus 7 General] Alucard291:
I'm 100% with you on this one. I rolled back to 4.3 backup I made :)

It works I'm used to it and I have a fairly sweet looking setup (just imo ofc) with icons fonts and such like. And I really cba to redo it all again just because I deleted some keyboards and the useless currents app :)

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I feel this would help (its a bit old but still very relevant)

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/this-is-why-xda-developers-com-roots-android-xda-developer-tv/

Watch the vid obviously :)

And its not a stupid question really. And a fairly common one to boot.
[Nexus 7 General] JornadaW:
confirm that CWM 6.0.4.3 work for this time. Also I didn't unroot before update. FYI.
[Nexus 7 General] dakoookie:
No... Just no.
[Nexus 7 General] issak42:
Currents is my most used app, it's awesome :D

Currents, MX player and email is pretty much all I use my N7 for.