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Giggs
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  #951968 13-Dec-2013 23:36
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update turned up tonight and went quite smoothly compared to 4.4.

must say I am getting tired of re-rooting my nexus 7 all the time?



kiwiandy
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  #952941 16-Dec-2013 10:28
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I have a N7 2013 which I bought from the Play store i the US and imported privately.
It had the problem with the touch screen not responding, and I was finding very dificult to use.

Then the 4.4 update came... and it was 99% fixed.. YAY...

I foolishly did the 4.4.2 OTA.. and now back to before... barely useable.

I assume that I cant easily downgrade?

DrDee

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  #953617 17-Dec-2013 11:35
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kiwiandy: I have a N7 2013 which I bought from the Play store i the US and imported privately.
It had the problem with the touch screen not responding, and I was finding very dificult to use.

Then the 4.4 update came... and it was 99% fixed.. YAY...

I foolishly did the 4.4.2 OTA.. and now back to before... barely useable.

I assume that I cant easily downgrade?


It is *pretty easy* to reflash back to 4.4

Grab the firmware you want from google:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#razor

Follow these instructions:
http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/11/flash-factory-image-nexus-device/

Takes a bit to set up for the first time but once you have done it once it is a breeze.



jonovw
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  #953659 17-Dec-2013 12:25
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kiwiandy: I have a N7 2013 which I bought from the Play store i the US and imported privately.
It had the problem with the touch screen not responding, and I was finding very dificult to use.

Then the 4.4 update came... and it was 99% fixed.. YAY...

I foolishly did the 4.4.2 OTA.. and now back to before... barely useable.

I assume that I cant easily downgrade?
Try this if you're having problems with your touch screeen.  My touch screen was perfect until I updated to 4.4 and this helped me a lot.

nzkiwiman
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  #954140 18-Dec-2013 10:50
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Got 4.4.2 over the weekend, haven't noticed anything new/improved or otherwise different

kiwiandy
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  #954289 18-Dec-2013 13:48
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DrDee:
kiwiandy: I have a N7 2013 which I bought from the Play store i the US and imported privately.
It had the problem with the touch screen not responding, and I was finding very dificult to use.

Then the 4.4 update came... and it was 99% fixed.. YAY...

I foolishly did the 4.4.2 OTA.. and now back to before... barely useable.

I assume that I cant easily downgrade?


It is *pretty easy* to reflash back to 4.4

Grab the firmware you want from google:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#razor

Follow these instructions:
http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/11/flash-factory-image-nexus-device/

Takes a bit to set up for the first time but once you have done it once it is a breeze.


Thanks for the reply, but loosing all my data seems a pain in the butt...
Its the one thing that I still remember from my  iPhone days that Apple does so much better.. being able to backup and restore ALL your device data and settings etc from your computer.

kiwiandy
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  #954293 18-Dec-2013 13:50
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jonovw:
kiwiandy: I have a N7 2013 which I bought from the Play store i the US and imported privately.
It had the problem with the touch screen not responding, and I was finding very dificult to use.

Then the 4.4 update came... and it was 99% fixed.. YAY...

I foolishly did the 4.4.2 OTA.. and now back to before... barely useable.

I assume that I cant easily downgrade?
Try this if you're having problems with your touch screeen.  My touch screen was perfect until I updated to 4.4 and this helped me a lot.

Hmm the results seem quite variable doing this.. I think I prefer to just reflash 4.4 as I know it was working well..

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