Nexus 7 and Jelly Bean 4.2 debacle

[ep1977]

The only issue I have wit my N7 is the poor battery life and long charging times. The switch to 4.2 didn't change this for good or worse.

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[John-Smith]

The only difference is the update. I haven't displaced anything new or added anything to the device. It was running flawlessly before the update at least four me. I've already decided that I'm just gonna sick it up and do a factory reset though..

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[anon(94115)]

But... But... It is a Nexus! This is Android the way Google intended it.

It isn't a defect but a feature...

Yeah I know helpful post right?

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[MarkFL88]

do you mean a device cache clear out - this appears to work - but laggyness came back with 48 hours

I did a factory reset from settings menu. Yes it is a pain to have to reload all your apps but for me it was worth it. I had horrible battery life after 4.2 and tried all I could short of doing a reset but nothing worked. After the reset my battery life is back to normal.

 

[masseurca]

Only minor issue most of us are having is the screen dimming on occasion, and the month of December being gone in the People app. Super fast, very stable, great tablet.

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[flux capacitor]

We shouldn't have to reset after every update. That is completely unacceptable. Imagine if you had to reformat and reinstall Windows every time a major update came out. Ive been having nothing but trouble with 4.2. Lag, reboots, when is Google gonna get their act together. Remember the awful performance when having less than 6gb free? Still not fixed. Ffs.


I didn't pay $250 for a device to be a beta tester. I'd rather have stable software than what ever is bleeding edge.

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[idevice123451]

I am also having battery issues but I have lots of games and another user account. Do I still need to do a factory reset?

 

[ragnarokx]

We shouldn't have to reset after every update. That is completely unacceptable. Imagine if you had to reformat and reinstall Windows every time a major update came out. Ive been having nothing but trouble with 4.2. Lag, reboots, when is Google gonna get their act together. Remember the awful performance when having less than 6gb free? Still not fixed. Ffs.


I didn't pay $250 for a device to be a beta tester. I'd rather have stable software than what ever is bleeding edge.

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I do. Did a clean install with Windows XP, Windows 7, and the last 4 versions of OSX

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[jairusz]

We shouldn't have to reset after every update. That is completely unacceptable. Imagine if you had to reformat and reinstall Windows every time a major update came out. Ive been having nothing but trouble with 4.2. Lag, reboots, when is Google gonna get their act together. Remember the awful performance when having less than 6gb free? Still not fixed. Ffs.


I didn't pay $250 for a device to be a beta tester. I'd rather have stable software than what ever is bleeding edge.

^ Co-freaking-sign. They either aren't paying their testers enough or they wanted us to beta test for them. Either way, it was a really stupid decision to release this mess on their flagship devices. Don't treat us paying customers as if we're participating in one of their years long beta services. After reading about Google leaving a two year old bug go unfixed, it seems now isn't a good time to be an Android user.

 

[flux capacitor]

Really? So when ms issues a batch of new patches on Patch Tuesday u reformat and reinstall everything? this is not a case of ICS to JB . 4.1 to 4.2 isn't something that should require this much headaches.

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[anon(94115)]

^ Co-freaking-sign. They either aren't paying their testers enough or they wanted us to beta test for them. Either way, it was a really stupid decision to release this mess on their flagship devices. Don't treat us paying customers as if we're participating in one of their years long beta services. After reading about Google leaving a two year old bug go unfixed, it seems now isn't a good time to be an Android user.

Correction, INexus user. My sgs3 runs fine

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[parchping]

We shouldn't have to reset after every update. That is completely unacceptable. Imagine if you had to reformat and reinstall Windows every time a major update came out. Ive been having nothing but trouble with 4.2. Lag, reboots, when is Google gonna get their act together. Remember the awful performance when having less than 6gb free? Still not fixed. Ffs.
I didn't pay $250 for a device to be a beta tester. I'd rather have stable software than what ever is bleeding edge.

Here's what I see:
A number of people with problems.
A number of people without problems, or maybe just screen auto brightness.
A remarkably crude fix of resetting the machine.

Maybe the problem isn't with 4.2. Maybe the problem is with some group of apps that some people have and some people don't.
If people pool their smarts and compare details, they will get a lot farther than just showing how irritated they are.

 

[Ryano89]

Doing a factory reset resolved all my issues with 4.2. Unfortunately it seems Android needs a reset after an OS update, it should not be that way but for me it always seems to be a necessity for optimal performance. If all else fails do the reset.

+1 on this. Its a hassle but it worked for me.

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[dougf4]

My Nook7 was flawless prior to the update - now it is frustrating to use.

WiFi Connection is extremely erratic.

I need to do a cold start in order to get connection about 80% of the time.

Amazon App Store Sh#$-The-Bed and refuses to remember my password. (maybe a Google Play Store conspiracy....)

Beautiful Widget Weather/Clock Widget takes forever to appear on start up.

I'm really ticked at the lack of QCing for support for Google's own tablet.

 

[statdoc]

Mine worked fine out of the box, and works fine with 4.2.

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[dedduck0121]

I have heard all of these problems and I honestly don't have any of them on my Nexus 7. (Thankfully)

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[anon(1024093)]

Really? So when ms issues a batch of new patches on Patch Tuesday u reformat and reinstall everything? this is not a case of ICS to JB . 4.1 to 4.2 isn't something that should require this much headaches.

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Not wanting to stick my foot into the "reset" / "we shouldn't have to reset" debate here, but ...

It's an all too common misconception that something like 4.1 -> 4.2 is a minor update, while in most cases that's just not true. The way the vast majority of development houses number things, that first decimal point is a major release change. Bundles many changes - some obvious and some under the wrappers. The minor releases (like 4.1.1 & 4.1.2) are normally just bug fixes and sometimes a minor feature or two.

Also, the term minor isn't in our - the users - perception as to how large or small a difference something makes in our lives. It's primarily the amount of code that needs changing and the level of risk for a bug regression.

 

[flux capacitor]

However big an update may be, its simply unacceptable to have reset and reinstall and reconfigure everytime an update is issued. I just can't go thru all that again. I,ve spent so much time tweaking and setting up my apps and now I gotta do it all over again because Google can't figure out how to make an update not suck? I'm seriously considering just giving this thing to my nephew so he can play the games alone, and I'll check out the mini too see how things are in iOS land. Ive had the n7 since September and while there are things I like very much about it and android overall, I've frankly have a good bit of buyers remorse.

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[RichardRight]

My Nook7 was flawless prior to the update - now it is frustrating to use.

WiFi Connection is extremely erratic.

I need to do a cold start in order to get connection about 80% of the time.

Amazon App Store Sh#$-The-Bed and refuses to remember my password. (maybe a Google Play Store conspiracy....)

Beautiful Widget Weather/Clock Widget takes forever to appear on start up.

I'm really ticked at the lack of QCing for support for Google's own tablet.

The amazon bug was Amazon's fault. If you're still having that issue, it's because you haven't installed their update.
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[roblox84]

Is it just me or is the device much quieter now? It seems that my volume boosting app doesn't boost the volume on movies as loud as it used to be before the update.

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