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McB · 13 Jan 2015 at 11:49

Still nothing on my N7 2012 - are we waiting on a new release of Lollipop to fix memory issues still?

Delvis · 14 Jan 2015 at 09:04

Countcussy said:
My N7 had slowed to a crawl, so I thought what the hell. Updated to Lollipop using WUGs kit. Was not overly impressed and had a couple of crashes and speed issues. I then used WUGs kit to get 5.0.2 and saw a massive improvement.
However, some apps, in particular SkyGO are incompatible atm. Did a clean install of the last KitKat release and could not be happier.
Tablet is like new again. Chrome is still pants though

What's the easiest way to do this? I upgraded to the latest android release and everything is slow now

Bradmax57 · 14 Jan 2015 at 09:55

5.0 or 5.0.2? Regardless I'd boot into recovery and clear cache and reboot that should fix it, mine is fine on 5.0.2 when I was on 5 it started off ok but quickly slowed down.

Delvis · 14 Jan 2015 at 09:59

And how does one do that?

Also, I assume save games etc and apps will be fine?

DiCe! · 16 Jan 2015 at 11:41

Lolipop has given this a fresh lease of life, its not snappy but its usable for the most part. If there is an updated tablet in the works ill get it I expect.

Countcussy · 16 Jan 2015 at 14:26

Delvis said:
What's the easiest way to do this? I upgraded to the latest android release and everything is slow now

Use WugFresh Nexus Toolkit. It makes the whole process a breeze.
The hardest part on some machines is getting the correct USB/ADB drivers to work. The program has step by step instructions.

Save games and game progress are generally lost unless you back them up manually. All apps, free or purchased, will be linked to your Google account and will be fine.

FWIW, My Nexus has just notified me of the 5.0.2 update. I had already tried this using the above. It was OK, but not groundbreaking and SkyGo was not compatible atm.
I have accepted that the hardware in the 1st gen 7 is not great. For everything I do with it, KitKat seems fine.

majestyk · 16 Jan 2015 at 20:07

Finally just got OTA 5.0.2 on my 2012 N7.

thewanted · 16 Jan 2015 at 21:00

The 5.0.2 image was released for the Nexus 7 (2013) Wi-Fi today. Hopefully the OTA update will appear soon.

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

majestyk · 18 Jan 2015 at 02:20

majestyk said:
Finally just got OTA 5.0.2 on my 2012 N7.

Update slowed it to a crawl. Factory reset seems to have sorted it.

Delvis · 18 Jan 2015 at 08:53

Likewise, mines sonslow now its painful. Will have to do a full reset I think.

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