You can try lot of stuffs after installed ClockworkMod Touch Recovery (CWM) on Google Nexus 7. For example, custom modifications like theme, boot animation, application, kernel and ROM. It is very simple to install them as all you need to do is copy the update zip file to internal storage (sdcard). Then install it with CWM. No PC or Mac is needed. However, not every custom build zip is friendly to Nexus 7. Therefore, be sure to make a full Nexus 7 system backup with CWM before apply any update zip. Just restore to previous backup image if anything went wrong. Check out below step by step video guide to learn more…
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How to improve Nexus 7 battery life?
Does your Google Nexus 7 have a good battery life. Well, my Nexus 7 battery life can last for a day on moderate usage. But I still can further improve Nexus 7 battery life with some tweaks and hacks. How to increase Nexus 7 battery life? In short, disable those stuffs that you don’t need.
How to enable USB mass storage mode on Nexus 7?
How to enable USB mass storage mode on Google Nexus 7? Well, don’t think about it (at least for now). Nexus 7 does not support USB mass storage mode just like Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Only Media device (MTP) and Camera (PTP) protocols are supported on Nexus 7. Google does not want you to use USB cable much on Nexus 7. Use wireless connection to transfer files between Nexus 7 and PC instead. Easier…
Google Nexus 7 Fastboot Mode
Google Nexus 7 is the first Android tablet from Google. Just like other Google Nexus devices, Nexus 7 is considered a developer tablet. Therefore, we can mod it easily with rooting, custom recovery and ROM. What is Google Nexus 7 Fastboot Mode? Fastboot is protocol used to update the flash file system in Android devices from a host over USB. And we can unlock / lock Nexus 7 bootloader, root Nexus 7, flash recovery, boot image and system image in Nexus 7 Fastboot Mode.
How to fix Nexus 7 screen flickering issue?
Oh no, my Google Nexus 7 has screen flickering issue. Guess that I am one of the lucky guys out there who face this Nexus 7 screen flickering issue. Actually, it is Nexus 7 display screen backlight that has issue. And this Nexus 7 screen flickering issue only happens when you have poor Wi-Fi signal (with active upload or download activities) and display brightness lower than 30%. I can easily see this issue because my old Wi-Fi router is still at IEEE 802.11g only (802.11n have better coverage range).