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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Nexus 7 - 3rd-party ROMs [was: Stiii Ticking] Date: 24 May 2024 05:50:34 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: <lbao5aFc7d6U1@mid.individual.net> References: <XnsB179BF630EAFDlonelydad58.gmail.co@85.12.62.251> <v2k5a8$12ipm$1@dont-email.me> <lb8312F2bbU1@mid.individual.net> <v2molt$1kqh6$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net EN8Lk57yCzF8kweltIVQ5Qhd0LwpY6rS+VYu7b8YX8tyyuHA80 X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:Zb1Fni+wjHr5DRPw9phTlVmTGwE= sha256:ACc8iZf1MTFTOVZu8/40EpKwlYuZufSPqIVme09svL0= In-Reply-To: <v2molt$1kqh6$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: xnews (by Bob Martin, in ooRexx & ncurses) Bytes: 2019 On 23 May 2024 at 06:45:14, Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote: > Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> Wrote in message: > >> On 22 May 2024 at 07:02:29, Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote: >>> My 2012 Nexus 7 still works. ISTR it got a lot slower when it was >>> updated from Android 4 to 5. But mine was long ago reflashed with >>> a 3rd-party version of Android - 7.1.2 from 2017 - and once it's >>> booted up, which takes ages, it runs pretty quickly. >>> >> Is that still available? My old N7 could use a shot in the arm. > > Take a look at the [ROM] threads here: > <https://xdaforums.com/c/nexus-7.1673/> or > <https://xdaforums.com/c/nexus-7-2013.2407/> Thanks, Dave! > > If you've not re-flashed a device before, be prepared to do a LOT > of reading to understand the process. It's easy to brick the > device if you get it wrong - so an old tablet like this one is > ideal to learn on. Used to flash CM almost weekly in early days of N7. Likewise TWRP. Android is a lot less fun these days!