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I wonder if they ever resolved the storage deterioration problem. "One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned" http://

by rorrr2 13y ago

I wonder if they ever resolved the storage deterioration problem. "One year later, the Nexus 7 has gone from the best to worst tablet I’ve ever owned" http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-nexus-7-has-gone-from-the-best-to-worst-tablet-ive-ever-owned/ http://androidandme.com/2013/06/opinions/one-year-later-the-...

robotmay 13y ago
Mine started randomly shutting itself down a couple of weeks ago. A factory reset seems to have abated it for now, but I'm constantly worried that it's going to happen again.
ASpring 13y ago
I've had mine for over a year and not had any issues. I have been using very extensively this entire time also.
- perishabledave 13y ago
  How close are you to filling your storage? I think the storage issue is aggravated when you're close to filling the SSD up. I have an 8GB that was unusably slow, while a friends 32GB never had any problems.
incision 13y ago
I picked up a Nexus 7 immediately and haven't experienced anything of the sort described. I haven't heard any complaints from the half dozen folks I know who own them either.
- kellishaver 13y ago
  Same here. My original one had the screen lift issue, so I sent it back and got a replacement, but I haven't noticed a bit of slowness, deterioration, or any other hardware/software issues out of it. I've used it almost daily since the day it was released.
ansible 13y ago
For people who are experiencing that kind of problem... If you've rooted your device, you have several things to try to see what is going on exactly. One key thing to look at would be the 'dmesg' output. If there are a lot of read/write errors to the internal eMMC storage, then that probably indicates a hardware problem. If that isn't happening, and 'logcat' also doesn't show anything suspicious, then maybe do a full backup (like with Titanium Backup). After that, you can try to clear the caches and see if that helps. If you're still having problems, then maybe it is time to try a full factory wipe, which will erase all your data.
deelowe 13y ago
Both my n7 and galaxy nexus have this type of problem. It seemed to start when I got close to using up all the available storage(due to google music caching). I cleared up some space(down to 30% used) and the issue has persisted. No recent updates have fixed the issue. On my GN, it's so bad that using google now, the navigation confirmation times out before it ever shows the dialog. Also, sometimes pages refuse to load in chrome and a hard reset is all that will fix it. It's a real issue, but not everyone seems to have the problem. This leads me to think it's probably hardware related(memory bin/batch perhaps?).
- igravious 13y ago
  Do you know how to run logcat[1] after connecting a USB cable and enabling USB ebugging and downloading and install Android SDK? It's not that hard. You may see some error messages in the output. That might give you a clue. Otherwise back everything up (this is not that hard at all) and do a reset. If you navigate to Google Play on a PC you'll see a list of your devices and have a history of all the apps you ever installed and you can reinstall them remotely from the PC. It's cool to see them pushed from the PC through the cloud to your mobile device. Just make sure to back up your contacts (should be automatic by Google I've found, don't ask me how ... but anyway you can make a backup to be sure to be sure by going into contacts and playing around), your SMSes (I use SMS backup app for this to do this automatically), any pics (though you should be using dropbox to do this automatically) and so on. I'm not saying that this should be happening. It's crap that it is. Maybe Android is the new Windows. Quick ... defrag! [1] http://developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html http://developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html
  - deelowe 13y ago
    > If you navigate to Google Play on a PC you'll see a list of your devices and have a history of all the apps you ever installed and you can reinstall them remotely from the PC. Yeah... About that... Google removed that feature.
    - scott_karana 13y ago
Riesling 13y ago
This problem can be fixed. I have done it myself with a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 7. This is a trimming issue of the internal memory. - Root the tablet (if you haven't already). - Install lagfix (free) from the market or crosscompile fstrim and run it on your sd card. Your tablet / phone will be fast again.
- tesmar2 13y ago
  The nexus 7 doesn't have an SD slot.
  - ecocentrik 13y ago
    V1 of the nexus 7 doesn't have an SD slot either.
  - kllrnohj 13y ago
    The mount point of the internal storage is /sdcard, that's probably what he meant.
    - ajross 13y ago
      That's not right either. On the Galaxy Nexus, there is a single /data partition. A subdirectory of this is mounted (via a FUSE gadget which enforced FAT-like semantics) for use as the "sdcard" partition, and /sdcard is a symlink to that. (It's a symlink so it can be redirected for different device users). There is no action that can be taken on an "sdcard" partition on a GNex. It has to be done on /data.
  - Riesling 13y ago
    Yes you are right. I meant, copy it on your tablet / phone.

by rorrr2 13y ago

robotmay 13y ago

Mine started randomly shutting itself down a couple of weeks ago. A factory reset seems to have abated it for now, but I'm constantly worried that it's going to happen again.

ASpring 13y ago

I've had mine for over a year and not had any issues. I have been using very extensively this entire time also.

perishabledave 13y ago
How close are you to filling your storage? I think the storage issue is aggravated when you're close to filling the SSD up. I have an 8GB that was unusably slow, while a friends 32GB never had any problems.

incision 13y ago

I picked up a Nexus 7 immediately and haven't experienced anything of the sort described. I haven't heard any complaints from the half dozen folks I know who own them either.

kellishaver 13y ago
Same here. My original one had the screen lift issue, so I sent it back and got a replacement, but I haven't noticed a bit of slowness, deterioration, or any other hardware/software issues out of it. I've used it almost daily since the day it was released.

ansible 13y ago

For people who are experiencing that kind of problem... If you've rooted your device, you have several things to try to see what is going on exactly. One key thing to look at would be the 'dmesg' output. If there are a lot of read/write errors to the internal eMMC storage, then that probably indicates a hardware problem. If that isn't happening, and 'logcat' also doesn't show anything suspicious, then maybe do a full backup (like with Titanium Backup). After that, you can try to clear the caches and see if that helps. If you're still having problems, then maybe it is time to try a full factory wipe, which will erase all your data.

deelowe 13y ago

Both my n7 and galaxy nexus have this type of problem. It seemed to start when I got close to using up all the available storage(due to google music caching). I cleared up some space(down to 30% used) and the issue has persisted. No recent updates have fixed the issue. On my GN, it's so bad that using google now, the navigation confirmation times out before it ever shows the dialog. Also, sometimes pages refuse to load in chrome and a hard reset is all that will fix it. It's a real issue, but not everyone seems to have the problem. This leads me to think it's probably hardware related(memory bin/batch perhaps?).

igravious 13y ago
Do you know how to run logcat[1] after connecting a USB cable and enabling USB ebugging and downloading and install Android SDK? It's not that hard. You may see some error messages in the output. That might give you a clue. Otherwise back everything up (this is not that hard at all) and do a reset. If you navigate to Google Play on a PC you'll see a list of your devices and have a history of all the apps you ever installed and you can reinstall them remotely from the PC. It's cool to see them pushed from the PC through the cloud to your mobile device. Just make sure to back up your contacts (should be automatic by Google I've found, don't ask me how ... but anyway you can make a backup to be sure to be sure by going into contacts and playing around), your SMSes (I use SMS backup app for this to do this automatically), any pics (though you should be using dropbox to do this automatically) and so on. I'm not saying that this should be happening. It's crap that it is. Maybe Android is the new Windows. Quick ... defrag! [1] http://developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html http://developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html
- deelowe 13y ago
  > If you navigate to Google Play on a PC you'll see a list of your devices and have a history of all the apps you ever installed and you can reinstall them remotely from the PC. Yeah... About that... Google removed that feature.
  - scott_karana 13y ago

Riesling 13y ago

This problem can be fixed. I have done it myself with a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 7. This is a trimming issue of the internal memory. - Root the tablet (if you haven't already). - Install lagfix (free) from the market or crosscompile fstrim and run it on your sd card. Your tablet / phone will be fast again.

tesmar2 13y ago
The nexus 7 doesn't have an SD slot.
- ecocentrik 13y ago
  V1 of the nexus 7 doesn't have an SD slot either.
- kllrnohj 13y ago
  The mount point of the internal storage is /sdcard, that's probably what he meant.
  - ajross 13y ago
    That's not right either. On the Galaxy Nexus, there is a single /data partition. A subdirectory of this is mounted (via a FUSE gadget which enforced FAT-like semantics) for use as the "sdcard" partition, and /sdcard is a symlink to that. (It's a symlink so it can be redirected for different device users). There is no action that can be taken on an "sdcard" partition on a GNex. It has to be done on /data.
- Riesling 13y ago
  Yes you are right. I meant, copy it on your tablet / phone.