So far I'm loving this thing. It's going to be hard to use my phone again after playing with the nexus. It makes my droid RAZR seem like an outdated , slow, piece of crap. Jelly bean is quite a bit better than ICS as well.
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Google Nexus 7
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bobbutts
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Grabbed a 16GB, nice toy. can't go wrong for the money now.. performance on the cpu/gpu seems great, screen has great viewing angles but is a bit washed out looking to me vs. my oled galaxy nexus.
If you want to unlock/root/rom it, check out Google Nexus Toolkit
If you want to unlock/root/rom it, check out Google Nexus Toolkit
The screen seems much better than my Razr in all areas. Of course the Razr has a screen protector that's pretty scratched up, in addition to having anti-glare, which I think muddies things itself, so it's not quite apples to apples.
I'm going to hold off on rooting it unless I find something I want to do that's currently blocked.
One thing I am missing big time compared to the Razr is the Swype keyboard, which doesn't seem to be available for the Nexus 7, yet. I've become very dependent on it since I started using it a few months ago. It's not that it's really needed on the Nexus, I've just become very used to it..
I'm going to hold off on rooting it unless I find something I want to do that's currently blocked.
One thing I am missing big time compared to the Razr is the Swype keyboard, which doesn't seem to be available for the Nexus 7, yet. I've become very dependent on it since I started using it a few months ago. It's not that it's really needed on the Nexus, I've just become very used to it..
I root my phone but primarily for setting up wireless tether. Not necessary on a wifi only tablet, obviously 
I root my phone but primarily for setting up wireless tether. Not necessary on a wifi only tablet, obviously
I have a free wireless tether setup on my phone, without rooting...
bobbutts
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Ad blocking is a good reason to root as is the ability to backup (with CWM and Titanium Backup).. My fave feature on Glazed Jelly Bean is the ability to toggle the Nav bar so games and movies can use the entire screen.
You know I used to ad block all the time but I have since become ok with ads. .... I mean for apps its how the developers make money. Unless I'm paying for an app, then I don't want ads.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Yeah I'm okay with some ads too.
I just installed Swype beta on my nexus, so far so good. Looks like that may no longer be an issue for me..
o3jeff
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Glad to hear!
SkiDork
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Just gave it to my daughter today(birthday). I liked it when I "configured" it (meaning get to play around with it prior to giving it to her
So, when are you getting yourself one?
SkiDork
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I don't really feel the need for one. I think my phone is fine, it doesn't give me much extra functionality (IMHO of course)
I sold my Asus Transformer tablet, but the one major thing I do miss about it was using it to watch video while on the treadmill.
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