Anyone use a Nexus 7 tablet ?

[Paa Langfart]

I am going to buy my wife a tablet as a Christmas gift - I really need to spend less than $150 for it.  It will be both of our first use of this type of wireless tech -  we dont even have smart phones so it is all new to us.   I am just interested in using it via  wifi at 16 gb.  One place has them for $129. .  Her main use will be e mail surfing the web and casting to the tv via chromecast.   I have read some very good reviews of them and would like to hear the opinions of  some folks who I trust as non biased.  I have also looked at the Asus memo pad here

http://www.adorama.com/ASME176CX1WH.html?hotlink=t&svfor=5m&gclid=CL6Pw9mhvckCFdcWgQodwwQDUQ

 

It is about $35 less and may do everything she wants to do as well.

 

[rodeo]

I have the 2012 version. It's a great tablet, but one of the recent updates has slowed me to an absolute crawl. Not sure what's going on with it.

As good as any other tablet I've used other than that.

[Paa Langfart]

9 minutes ago, rodeo said:

I have the 2012 version. It's a great tablet, but one of the recent updates has slowed me to an absolute crawl. Not sure what's going on with it.

As good as any other tablet I've used other than that.

I was just reading some reviews on another site - saying that the 5.1.1 update completly fried their os.  Not good.  Which update screwed up yours?  I guess that problem is a deal killer for me.

[rodeo]

Just now, Paa Langfart said:

I was just reading some reviews on another site - saying that the 5.1.1 update completly fried their os.  Not good.  Which update screwed up yours?  I guess that problem is a deal killer for me.

That's the one, I'm pretty sure. But this is the 2012 version which isn't the one you would be getting, so don't let my experience dissuade you. I don't know that the 2013 (or newer if they have made more since I stopped following) are affected by the same problem.

[Paa Langfart]

According to the reviews they are for the 2013 version.

[rodeo]

If that's the case then yeah I would be cautious. It just feels very poorly optimized after that update, or like there's a memory leak. It takes forever to load anything. But hang on, let me go plug in mine and get the latest updates and I'll let you know how it's running now. Maybe they've fixed it.

[rodeo]

Yeah it's just really super laggy. Swiping, opening apps, doing anything is just sluggish and unresponsive. Running 5.1.1

[Paa Langfart]

Just now, rodeo said:

Yeah it's just really super laggy. Swiping, opening apps, doing anything is just sluggish and unresponsive. Running 5.1.1

I think you saved me a lot of grief and a bad experience.

[rodeo]

I last used it in May (I can tell cause that's where my twitter feed was scrolled to lol). They haven't released an update since then, so I guess they're content to let the problems be problems. I mean I'm reading a lot of sites saying 'the problems aren't for everyone, mine is fine' but that just makes it a pretty expensive crap-shoot.

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[Paa Langfart]

On 12/2/2015, 6:19:01, rodeo said:

I last used it in May (I can tell cause that's where my twitter feed was scrolled to lol). They haven't released an update since then, so I guess they're content to let the problems be problems. I mean I'm reading a lot of sites saying 'the problems aren't for everyone, mine is fine' but that just makes it a pretty expensive crap-shoot.

I found this information online that may be of help with your tablet.

 

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/05/28/nexus-7-android-5-1-1-problems/

[rodeo]

3 hours ago, Paa Langfart said:

I found this information online that may be of help with your tablet.

 

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/05/28/nexus-7-android-5-1-1-problems/

Thanks. I just tried the cache partition option and it didn't work, so I'm trying a factory restore now.

[rodeo]

5 hours ago, Paa Langfart said:

I found this information online that may be of help with your tablet.

 

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/05/28/nexus-7-android-5-1-1-problems/

It's running perfectly smooth now on 5.1.1 after a reset. Running well like this I'd fully recommend it.

Of course, my backup didn't work so I get to install all of my apps manually, but at least it runs smoothly now.

[Paa Langfart]

 

13 hours ago, rodeo said:

It's running perfectly smooth now on 5.1.1 after a reset. Running well like this I'd fully recommend it.

Of course, my backup didn't work so I get to install all of my apps manually, but at least it runs smoothly now.

Have you ever needed more memory than the 16 gb and wish it took a sd card ?  This machine gets glowing reports except for the update problems and I am still interested in it.