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I'm at least glad that my tablet is able to fit into my pockets with other objects.. because it's at least 7 inches and I don't really care for larger sizes. The larger the size the less the portability, IMO.

I have a hard time finding a productive use for a 7" tablet. There's not enough screen area for a lot of things I'd like to use when you scale them up.

♪Twiggy♪ said:

I have a hard time finding a productive use for a 7" tablet. There's not enough screen area for a lot of things I'd like to use when you scale them up.

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It's different on the 2013 Nexus 7, that's for sure.. the 1920x1200 resolution surely does help as it makes things larger and I have no problem with using it, especially when it comes to multitasking (IRC + web browsing), although it does involve a lot of switching back-and-forth. And at least my tablet isn't like other 7" tablets that are only 800x480 in resolution..

I prefer absolute screen area over pixels :P

I don't like things going smaller than a specific size. Resolution doesn't tell me size of objects with no PPI number. Even with a 1366x768 display, with 10", I can get away with 1:1. Things are still large enough to see and tap, even on the desktop.

Also, I don't like scaling up anything that isn't designed to be scaled up. Having a usable 1:1 desktop and web browsing means a lot to me.

Oh gosh. I have my laptop right now. Big ol 17 hp laptop. Also have the Nexus 10 and my phone. I prefer using my laptop even for simple stuff. Youtube, Netflix, Web Browsing, Music. I use my tablet when I don't have access to my laptop, who feel like it, but I don't like browsing the web on the smaller stuff, at all.

Decided to finally go the way to root my Nexus 7 tablet.. hopefully the ROM I load onto it will be stable and hopefully no more random reboots.

What do you need a custom ROM for with your Nexus 7?

Seattle said:

What do you need a custom ROM for with your Nexus 7?

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As I stated, I got fed up with the random reboots within the stock ROM and I'm hoping that the ROM I flashed onto it is more stable.

^That sounds like a huge problem, especially for a stock ROM.

If your device is getting random reboots, it might not be a software issue. You might want to get it serviced before flashing a custom ROM.

ZachLMedia said:

As I stated, I got fed up with the random reboots within the stock ROM and I'm hoping that the ROM I flashed onto it is more stable.

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One of the problems with the new 7 is random reboots. A custom ROM might help that actually since random reboots at times can be caused by faulty software. Of course, it is one of the known problems so I'd take a look at XDA tbqh.

Mac said:

One of the problems with the new 7 is random reboots. A custom ROM might help that actually since random reboots at times can be caused by faulty software. Of course, it is one of the known problems so I'd take a look at XDA tbqh.

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A custom ROM indeed. I have Paranoid Android (just as you suggested Mac) on here now. And so far I really like the customization.



It's just that in the process, stupid me decided not to take a backup of his tablet and I lost everything in the unlock process :( and I had thought Google would restore everything because I backed up everything to them (pictures, apps & such) but nope all I got was browser data

That sucks man. :( I hope you enjoy PA though. I am trying out SlimBean right now -- it's pretty awesome so far. B)

Speaking of backups, that's a big reason why I always keep my backups offline. Not relying on the cloud and not missing anything have their benefits.

Speaking of backups, I need to create a system image disk for my desktop and get a backup of it onto my external HDD. I've really been meaning to do that for months now and I've just been procrastinating at that.

ZachLMedia said:

Speaking of backups, I need to create a system image disk for my desktop and get a backup of it onto my external HDD. I've really been meaning to do that for months now and I've just been procrastinating at that.

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I prefer Windows 8's File History and it's own recovery as it saved space and tends to be easier to use, as well as being able to cache backups. Still, a system image does have its uses.

Backups? I don't bother with my computer but I try to do it with my phone, especially my old Samsung as I used a lot of custom ROMs and I had to back up data/ROMs to my sd card.

Pära said:

Backups? I don't bother with my computer but I try to do it with my phone, especially my old Samsung as I used a lot of custom ROMs and I had to back up data/ROMs to my sd card.

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You really should do it with your computer as it's also a point of failure for your phone data. :)

I'm thinking of upgrading my laptop's memory to the maximum supported configuration, which would be 32GB/DDR3-1600 by chipset. I keep thinking that this would be a waste of money.

Hmm, so the Android browser runs much smoother than Google Chrome, although it can be a pain having to open up Google on every new tab instead of a list of recent sites I've visited.

ZachLMedia said:

Hmm, so the Android browser runs much smoother than Google Chrome, although it can be a pain having to open up Google on every new tab instead of a list of recent sites I've visited.

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Sometimes I think it's best to stick with the latest version of the default browser for a given device, since it's the one that's designed and/or customised with the hardware and operating system in mind. If the device has its own browser, I tend to use installed browsers as secondary browsers.