[vgjfelix]

A tip today on how to get a refund on apps bought in Googleplay:

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liBobT0MhXA[/YT]

[ryanb4614]

When I try to watch streaming videos I get s plugin needed message divx and I have done the flash steps for firefox browser but divx don't play.... any ideas?

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[jet_silver]

<b>chuckr01, if you're just trying to change the name arrowed, tap on it (it is a little difficult to tap on it) and you should get a keyboard right there.

[poida68]

Hi Guys,
This might sound like a thick question but....Ive got my nexus 7 with mobo player,doubletwist
and a wdtv live on my tv.i cannot for the life of me get the movies on the 7 to play on the tv.What the hell am I doing wrong.If this is in the wrong thread I apologise.Its late....

[Eduardo06sp]

A tip today on how to get a refund on apps bought in Googleplay:

You totally just downloaded those wallpapers and then refunded it.

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[Inishatr]

Activate Google Now: simply hold any of the bottom menu buttons (Back, Home or Multitask) and then slide your finger to the top of the circle toward the Google logo.
Another way to quickly activate Google Now is from the lock screen. Instead of sliding the center icon to the unlock icon, just slide it to the Google icon and you'll immediately go into Google Now.

[gpdaddy95]

You can get HBO Go to work in JellyBean by using Firefox Beta with the Phony plugin and simulating a desktop version of the browser.

Wow! That took some effort! Thanks

[gkisinger]

If you haven't seen the YouTube Tips and Tricks yet, then type "Google Nexus 7 - Basics" into the You Tube search engine and you'll see #1 through #15 videos. They are done by an English bloke and provide a great head start towards understanding this tablet. Each video is short, so it won't take long to view them all. Good luck.

[chuckr01]

<b>chuckr01, if you're just trying to change the name arrowed, tap on it (it is a little difficult to tap on it) and you should get a keyboard right there.

Thanks. I have that working, what I was trying to do is have the labels display on the bottom task bar like they do on my phone and my other tablet, below the folder. They don't appear on the Nexus although the folders work fine.

[josh2903]

You can get HBO Go to work in JellyBean by using Firefox Beta with the Phony plugin and simulating a desktop version of the browser.

HBO go installed and worked fine on Mine without having to do anything and install

[josh2903]

Download the ultimate rotation app from the playstore, you will then be able to enable the home screen to go into landscape mode, without your nexus 7 having to be rooted

This can be done using stock ROM simply pull down notification bar and click the click the icon with the phone

[pjniez]

Download the ultimate rotation app from the playstore, you will then be able to enable the home screen to go into landscape mode, without your nexus 7 having to be rooted

This can be done using stock ROM simply pull down notification bar and click the click the icon with the phone

The question was, how to get the *home screen* to rotate to landscape. This lock option in the notification try does not have any effect on the rotation of the home screen if your completely stock.

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[smartk9s]

The question was, how to get the *home screen* to rotate to landscape. This lock option in the notification try does not have any effect on the rotation of the home screen if your completely stock.

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EJP gave you the answer...Ultimate Rotation Control app from the Play Store...works perfectly for me too.

[pjniez]

EJP gave you the answer...Ultimate Rotation Control app from the Play Store...works perfectly for me too.

Yep, I know... A third party app or launcher is required on a stock device. I was just correcting what josh2903 had said about being able to have the home screen rotate on a stock device using the rotate lock switch from the notification area.

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[smartk9s]

Yep, I know... A third party app or launcher is required on a stock device. I was just correcting what josh2903 had said about being able to have the home screen rotate on a stock device using the rotate lock switch from the notification area.

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Aha...got it.

[cheidt76]

I'm in the US, and language was set to English US by default, and the toggle is turned on for saying "Google" to activate search... but it doesn't.

If you swipe up from the bottom bezel, you'll enter Google Now. From here, you can say "Google" and it'll make a sound (turning itself on), and then you just speak your request.

[sacroyalty]

Not a trick, and maybe mentioned previously? But worth saying:
One of my favorite apps on my N7 is super video. If a friend sends you a YouTube link you can open it in a window that stays above other apps. So you can text, email, use tapatalk 2 all while watching a movie or YouTube video.


Best of all super video is free .

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[shwmn2001]

All I did was update HBO Go,the latest update includes JB.As soon as it was done I was watching.

[dsw1519]

Thanks to all that posted tips and tricks. This thread has been a big help and is much appreciated.

[jackbcohen2]

you can change that in the google now settings...

[ChromeJob]

Another thing I found.

If you start the clock app it will bring up a big digital clock on the screen.

But if you tap it once it will dim the screen wasting less battery, but still visable in a dark room. Tap again and it lights back up.

But wait, there's more.

• If you tap the clock, it dims to a lower power mode.
• If you tap and hold on the digital clock, it changes to to ICS/JB blue (no background, floating display).
• Tap to dim to lower power mode. Now tap and HOLD. It dims further to a very dark blue "night mode." (My favorite.)
• I haven't quite mastered this, but there are some instances where the clock launches in "night mode." Double-tapping the icon? Perhaps launching and immediately tapping again.
• The home and recent apps buttons are still active (minimized to dots). If you click something from the home screen or recent apps in dim or night mode, then tap the clock icon again, it returns to the previous state (dim or night mode).

Oh.... Others discovered some of this. Cheers.

It also stays on when the screen locks (if you are plugged into the charger).

Go into settings-about tablet-android version.......tap android version four or five times and then long press the big jelly bean.

Actually I think it's three times. Fourth time sprouts the antennae and smiley face.

In the floating display, only one (?) of the jelly beans has the smiley face.

You can tap and fling the jelly beans off the screen. I tried flinging them all off the screen at once, hoping to find a "you won!" screen, but when I think I achieved that, all I got was a tired finger.

Addendum:

If you wait long enough, a candy cane floats into view. No idea if other candies appear as well....

[vgjfelix]

Today's tip. Plugging in a keyboard

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS5nxRAN4lY[/YT]

[helou]

silly question
how to enlarge the screen with a stylus pen?
tapping twice over the screen enlarge it only slightly. I want to enlarge it as if I'am using both fingers.

[MichaelPayton21]

The question was, how to get the *home screen* to rotate to landscape. This lock option in the notification try does not have any effect on the rotation of the home screen if your completely stock.

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If you use Nova Launcher (which is basically just JB but with more options), just go into your main Nexus 7 Settings under Accessibility and tick the Auto-rotate screen box and your home screen will rotate.

Or if you want to stay stock just get Set Orientation for free.

No need to spend $4.

[Miracle Worker 52]

Very nice. I like that landscape mode

How do you set it so the home screen rotates?