Nexus 7

2013-June-11

I can't believe I've had the Nexus 7 for 6 months now and only just started a page for it.

Currently installed on this tablet

AdBlock Plus Aldiko Kindle Android Sensor Box ArcGIS ASTRO File Manager Backcountry Navigator Pro Barcode Scanner BikeComputer Bluetooth GPS Provider CBCPL Collector Dropbox E*Trade Google Earth FBReader Foursquare Groove IP Lite iSense Data Collector join.me LinkedIn Mantano Reader Lite Garmin Mechanic My Trails Trimble Navigator NeonGeo Newegg Nexus 7 Camera Starter Open Document Reader OruxMaps OSMAnd Overdrive Media Console Pandora Pocket Query Creator OR Droid Private RF Signal Tracker RPN Calculator Speed Test Telnet Terminal Emulator Traxx Outdoors US Army Survival Guid Ultrachron Lite White House Wikipedia XID Broadleaf Weeds

Why I am not fond of the current set up

I have had it long enough to realize

1. I don't like The Cloud. I don't want to be productized.
2. I have not found apps to be as useful on the tablet as a on a phone. I principally only use a browser. Therefore I don't need the Googoo Play Store.
3. I would like to be able to use the GPS without Googoo tracking me.

Switching to Ubuntu

I already tried putting Ubuntu on the Nexus 7 in February, when it was first announced. It did not work. I will now try again to see how it's doing.

Ubuntu is trying to build interest in an Ubuntu tablet. One of the main reasons to install Ubuntu on a Nexus is to be able to preview what a Ubuntu Tablet will be like.

Ubuntu Tablet Install

I already set up my computer, but probably have to do it again since I have upgraded to Linux Mint 15 since February. Good time to upgrade anyway.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phablet-team/tools
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install phablet-tools android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
sudo apt-get upgrade

Make a backup

Such as it is, the commands to back up packages and all fail for me. This apparently works

adb backup -shared

Android 4.2.2
Baseband 1231_0.17.0_1205
Kernel version 3.1.10-g05b777c
Build JDQ39

Download and save a copy of the stock image from Google. NakasiG Nexus 7 Mobile 32 GB

Download Ubuntu image from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/daily-preinstalled/current I found the names of the devices by looking on the http://cyanogenmod.com site, I have a Tilapia. Maybe I will try a different version of Android soon. There is no Tilapia Ubuntu build so I am using Grouper

raring-preinstalled-armel+grouper.zip
raring-preinstalled-boot-armel+grouper.img
raring-preinstalled-recovery-armel+grouper.img
raring-preinstalled-system-armel+grouper.img

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=tilapia&type=nightly

Today I am trying

Install it.

• grouper = Google Nexus 7 (WiFi)
• maguro = Google Galaxy Nexus
• mako = Google Nexus 4
• manta = Google Nexus 10
• tilapia = Google Nexus 7 (GSM)