Time Stamps - 0:00 - Intro 2:22 - Overview Of Installation 12:18 - Things To Know After First Setup 15:27 - Nova Launcher 16:08 - Things I Use/Do On The Tablet... 16:23 - Remote Software 17:18 - Media Software (Kodi, Netflix etc.) 21:01 - Retro Gaming (Emulation) 22:57 - Misc. Apps (E.g File Manager, Offline Nav. etc.) 23:44 - Google Apps (Voice Assistant works!) Useful Links: Lineage OS Install Instructions - wiki.lineageos.org/devices/flox/install Magisk - magiskmanager.com/

@joshuacarpentier951

2 жыл бұрын

how did you get the flox image working on the flo wifi only nexus 7 2013 is there a specific rom you used.

@sylocty13

9 ай бұрын

I am wondering if this works for the LTE version

Watching this from my Nexus 7 (2013) with Lineage OS 18. Thanks!

Now running Android 11 on my Nexus 7. Thanks for this!

This is awesome. I just pulled out my old tablet, installed everything perfectly! I'll use this as my college tablet now.

@Honosuseri

3 жыл бұрын

I keep meaning to do a performance video, run it side by side with my Nokia 8 (Snap Dragon 835). Give people an idea of how well the tablet runs with LOS 18.1. That seems to be a common question and whether it's worth their time to do the install.

@matthewpartridge6700

3 жыл бұрын

Stuart, did you have any issues booting the Lineage recovery image? I am getting stuck at the point described here: www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/lu3pk3/trouble_installing_custom_recovery/

@joshuacarpentier951

2 жыл бұрын

what image did you use I try I went on the lineage os website and tried the flox but didnt work because I have wifi only version(flo)

@prawny12009

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuacarpentier951 the majority of n7 2nd gen in the uk are wifi version, makes getting a replacement screen a pita ive sent like 7 screens in a row back to ebay sellers because they were all drop shipping 3g version screens from the same warehouse. the frame and motherboard are not interchangable

Thanks for making this video. I have been resurrecting old Android devices that have done nothing but gather dust for the last several years, and this is the last one on my hit list. I was amazed to learn it has such a modern build available, but this whole repartition business is a bit worrying, as I'm visually impaired so have to do things very carefully. But between the wiki and your video I should be fine. Cheers.

@MrBendybruce

2 жыл бұрын

I cannot get past the repartition stage. There seems to be a bug in the interface between Lineage Recovery and my Windows 11 pc. Whenever I select "Install from adb" on my Nexus, I seem to lose connectivity, and the adb sideload command fails with "error: protocol fault (no status)". I'm curious what Windows version you used when you did your installation, as it may be an issue with driver behavior on this OS :(

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

Windows 10. I don't consider this video a guide, it was to share my experience of doing the "mod".

@MrBendybruce

2 жыл бұрын

I learnt so much from this escapade, so it was probably worth it. I also found an old crDroid Nugat that managed to fit. Ran without gapps and installed fdroid and aurora store to get the google apps I actually wanted. Very snappy and still a big step up from stock.

Aawww yeah! I just installed LineageOS on my Nexus 7. I thought I bricked it when the partition step didn't go 100%. I'm so glad I didn't brick it. LOL. I forgot how I love this tablet; it's the perfect size as an eReader.

Is this the 16gb wifi model or 32gb I'm trying to change my recovery manager to lineage but I get a message saying I don't have enough storage so I'm wondering if I should unroot to get rid of the recovery manager and then start the process again but flash the lineage OS recovery initially since CyanogenMod recovery is probably taking up space and keeping me from changing recovery managers

When running the modify command, it gives this error /system/bin/sh: modify: not found. I flashed the repart zip so modify command should be in there. Not sure what to make sense of it. This is the message after flashing zip: Total xfer: 0.35x

Should I be concerned about the 16 gb space limit, if I'm going to get microG with google maps and maybe youtube as well?

Just finished modding my 32GB Flo last night. I got it used for a mere £27 last year. The previous owner just left it sitting my around doing nothing, thinking it was too old to be useful anymore. It's now my main tablet. Got the full package installed on it. TWRP, LOS, Open GApps nano, and Magisk. It's not the fastest device out there but it performs admirably for a 2013 device running Android 11. It's amazing what can be done with old devices when you just take the time to give them a fresh coat of paint. It saddens me to think about how many devices have been thrown away by their owners on the basis that they're too old. There's so much hidden potential in these old devices that's not being utilized.

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it saddens me too! I'm actually quite content with my current Nokia Android phone BUT it no longer receives the security patches or OS updates any more. Yet this 2013 tablet thanks to Lineage OS is now "more secure" than my daily driver phone as it DOES get the security updates! Yes it's a fair bit of faff getting the Nexus 7 updated but it's worth while. As you say it's not the quickest device but still perfectly serviceable.

@benskylake

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honosuseri Indeed. Having a little tablet like this for basic media consumption is great in combination with the nice array of features Android 11 offers. The fact that I don't have to worry much about security either is very reassuring. Definitely worth doing this. I have since also flashed AnyKernel3 (a fork of ElementalX) to take advantage of features like fast charge, overclocking, and double tap to wake. Makes this tablet just that bit nicer to use in the modern age.

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same! Not that I've bothered to tinker with it yet, felt snappier after changing the kernel which is probably down to the governor changing. I try not to use the USB port and use the wireless charging instead. I might do a video where I revisit the Flo X a year later, which will be soon

@benskylake

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honosuseri Sounds cool! I look forward to seeing that.

not sure what I did wrong. I tried to fastboot the recovery but it says " No such file or directory". Nothing seem to work I ended up putting twrp. I might have wiped cache and now my tablet just bootloops when I just trying to start it up normally. I put the image file of the rom on the device before everything. I am a bit lost now and don't know what to do.

I need help ive been trying to do the command promt commands but it says it doesnt recognize them.

Those of you who want to use Netflix with HD content do NOT unlock the bootloader and install a custom OS to your tablet. Netflix will ONLY PLAY SD content on a "modded Tablet".

@prawny12009

2 жыл бұрын

what if you re lock the boot loader

Any suggestions for a good rom with good battery life?

Thanks, everything works fine and miles ahead from original oem rom android 6

so i have the repartition file inside the android platform tools map but the sideload command gives the error that it cannot find the file?

this is on tegra 3 tablet or this one on snapdragon ?

is it the same image for 16gb/32gb models? does it matter if it's 3g+wifi vs wifi only models?

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

Same image for 16 & 32 models, it's for "Flo" so Wifi only model

How do I change my Twrp recovery to lineage? Do I just flash via fastboot over my existing twrp?

@Honosuseri

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I did. Sent the commands over adb as shown in their guide to overwrite twrp with lineage. I did this a few months ago. The whole point of me doing this video was to share my experience before I forgot what occurred.

Hi can you help me how to install kodi like yours that has a lot of movies and tv series thankss Keep it up man like all your vids especially nexus 7

You can use kodi to play your Netflix , prime video ,hbo max , etc… it works at 720p.

I have problem install twrp error 7

When doing this mod to the Nexus 7, does it speed things up? I have a nexus 7 with 32gb running Android 5.1and it is slow. Paint dries faster than this thing runs.

@Honosuseri

6 ай бұрын

Lineage OS 18.1 is still getting updates for the Nexus 7. No the tablet is not quick but useable, I think it was worth keeping it alive but it's a decade old and showing it's age. I play videos with Plex when cooking in the Kitchen, read ebooks and manuals, use it connected to the PC for a 2nd display (Simhub). I also use it as a remote control with Google Home.

Don't know how my mom. Still using this since I bought it for her in 2013.

Anyone else have problems with their nexus 7 not being recognized by fastboot?

I Never Done This Before But Have A Nexus Still Running Smooth With My Games On It But I Would Love To Test This Out One Day, Just Nervous ATM About Bricking My Only Gaming Tablet 😅

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

Valid concern. I did notice once modded it was NOT downloading large apps/games from the Play Store, I need to check it again and see if that's been resolved with updates.

I had twrp on my tablet, I installed lineage recovery, albeit temporarily. And when I tried to flash the repart.zip, it says signature verification failed, error 21, install anyway? I'm very confused. It doesn't seem to work. Can you suggest a work around? This is what happens when I go with it anyway: > adb sideload . epart.zip Total xfer: 1.00x > adb shell * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * error: device unauthorized. This adbd's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set; try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong. Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.

good video mate, did you test screen record?

@Honosuseri

3 жыл бұрын

No as I don't use it. I have air receiver on my PC so can cast from the tablet and record in OBS. Its on charge right now but I'll check that for you. The OS has had many updates since I made the video, so even if it didn't then it may well work now

@Honosuseri

3 жыл бұрын

Tested screen record for you. It works as well as recording audio

@jdavilape

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend 👍

ihave heard that partition is necessary. How do I do that?

@Honosuseri

11 ай бұрын

It's covered in the install instructions which I have linked in the description. This video is not a tutorial it's to share my experience of "modding" my Nexus 7. People do this at their own risk, so do read the instructions several times.

Will this room work on the 2012 WiFi model of nexus 7?

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

No it won't sadly

@mosconioni4523

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honosuseri damn, thanks for the reply.. I may need to find another rom or versiom

Is the Game Roblox running on it?

Is the no HD just a Netflix limitation or a OS limitation?

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

If bootloader is unlocked then Widevine DRM won't allow full HD playback

@scottlumsden8117

2 жыл бұрын

Would that be the same for Plex then?

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

I don't use Plex. I have no real need to have my content transcoded to watch it away from home. Kodi is all I need to watch my HD content at home from the NAS.

Tried this and it works great. My only issue is that I cannot install the Brave browser.

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

I don't use it BUT just successfully installed it to test for you. Only thing I can think of is that I used Magisk to pass the SafetyNet check when I installed the custom ROM. I hope you figure out the issue on your end.

@astralpowers

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honosuseri I was able to install Brave after reinstalling Magisk via the Magisk app. Not sure what happened there. Anyway, I also own a Mi Pad 4, which I also flashed to Android 11, but I find the size and weight of the Nexus 7 to be better in my hand.

Hey man, I just wanted to report back to let you know I managed to upgrade to Lineage OS 18.1 in spite of my original problems and wanted to explain how I did it, because it was really nothing like the officially prescribed approach, which was giving me trouble. I also did not like the idea of ditching TWRP, which I am a big fan of, especially its ability to do comprehensive backups. Having already upgraded a number of other old devices, I felt like my understanding of what was going on was strong enough to do things differently, and also, I didn't really care if I bricked the device, so I was willing to experiment in the name of learning. First off, I found a repartition zip that could be installed from TWRP. This may or may not be the one you referred to in your video but the github repository dates the file feb 2021 so it was not that old. Anyway, you just install it from TWRP and then go to advanced/terminal and type "modify". The system partition went from 880 Mb's to 1450. Note the XDA guide suggested using their custom TWRP after installation but this did not work well for me, I think because my device is DEB not FLO (it has a sim). So I just installed the latest DEB TWRP and it still worked fine. Note if you select wipe/advanced.wipe, you can then select to repair/modify a partition. Select SYSTEM and you can see the amount of used and available space, This is how I confirmed the size increase. As prep I wiped DALVIK Cache, System and Data via TWRP (after doing a backup and copying it to my PC). Next I downloaded the latest Lineage flox build and the pico GAPPS installation and copied them both to my internal storage. Then I went into fastboot and flash booted the Lineage Recovery (which I don't like, as I am visually impaired so find hard to work with). There was no need to connect to the PC but I did enable adb just to be safe, and then selected Install from Internal Storage. I selected the Lineage package and it installed without issue. This was all I needed to do in the Lineage Recovery. I navigated to Advanced and rebooted to Recovery, which took me back to TWRP. From there I installed the GAPPS package, rebooted, and I was in business. This means I am able to use TWRP backup without issue, and will only need Lineage Recovery to install upgrades to the OS. ps. Very impressed with 18.1, runs really smooth and no bugs so far.

@MrBendybruce

2 жыл бұрын

I have to make a small correction here. It seems that after installing/booting into the OS, Lineage Recovery has permanently installed itself and a fastboot flash of TWRP can no longer replace it. Not to be outdone, you can still do a "fastboot boot " in order to temporarily install TWRP do backups or any other functions available from TWRP.

@jjaz5304

Жыл бұрын

hello , could you provide a download link for the repartition zip file you used?

Hei guys! I am wondering if anyone have tried to the Nexus 7 2013 LTE(4G sim car version) ? 🙂

so in 2024 the os is not available for the device anymore any alternatives?

@Honosuseri

2 ай бұрын

There will be unofficial builds if you Google it. You might even find LOS 20 is already being done for the Nexus 7

@kelvinakakpo5539

2 ай бұрын

@@Honosuseri oh okay thanks Would you suggest any websites I could find them?

@Honosuseri

2 ай бұрын

xdaforums.com/c/nexus-7-2013.2407/

Great :) Does USB Tethering working ?

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

Not tried. I only have the Wi-Fi Nexus 7 so can't share an internet connection from a sim card, which is what USB tethering is usually for.

@peteryoussef8263

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honosuseri Thanks for your reply. Is this option (Usb Tethering) exist in the (Connection) menu (Mobile hotspot and Tethering) as i want to use this option with Ethernet Adapter.

Definitely bricked it at the partition step. Took upwards of 20min just hanging there and figured it was done. Gonna try to factory restore and try all over.

@Honosuseri

2 жыл бұрын

This video is more of my experience doing "the mod". I deliberately did NOT do a step by step tutorial as it is possible to brick the device. Having seen that people can't follow the very easy guides I've done for other devices and peripherals, I knew people would stuff it up and blame me. All the best with it, I hope you can get some more life out of your Nexus 7

Did anyone ever make progress on custom roms for the tesco hudl 2? Great tablet battery life wasn't as good as the nexus and the screen wasn't as high quality but was bigger and still 1920x1200. Tesco bug with the authertication handshake server means that doing a factory reset soft bricks them, you need to do a date time work around because the authentication server has an out of date certificate. They are intel atom based with what are apparently eufi bios

@benskylake

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's because x86 makes up an incredibly tiny percentage of Android devices. They're not really worth working on, so developers just end up making custom ROMs for the vastly more common ARM devices instead. One of the more popular x86 Android devices to have ever existed that was sold worldwide was the ASUS MeMO Pad 7. The last version of LineageOS it ever got was an unofficial build of LOS 16 based on Android 9 at the end of 2019. By comparison, the Hudl series was only ever sold by Tesco within the UK so hardly anyone knows of it and thus no one makes custom ROMs for it.

Oh my god I just boxed on and sided loaded both gapps and system and IT WORKED!!!

@blacksheep5736

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you find it then, I only come across an explanation

I ran into trouble after repartition. The last line in the ADB terminal was "10485760 bytes (10 M) copied, 1.376526 s, 7.2 M/s". On the tablet screen, a bunch of "file or directory not found" error messages started showing up. I was using Lineage Recovery and, following step 5, a clicked on "Reboot system now". Following that, the tablet rebooted to an image of a Android robot with a red exclamation mark. Now it will ony turn on with VOLUME DOWN + POWER, the white "Google" loading screen appears (with the unlocked padlock) and nothing else happens. I can't get it to recovery boot again. Any ideas? Which forum would be best to find help on this?

@Honosuseri

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your problem. I just don't have the time free to help people with their problems, as I said this isn't a tutorial it was just to share what I learned from doing it. Head over to the XDA Devs site, I hope you get it sorted. forum.xda-developers.com/f/nexus-7-q-a-help-troubleshooting.1675/

@joseninghem8365

3 жыл бұрын

@@Honosuseri Looks like a USB cable issue. Tks for the video, its already a lot of help.

@Honosuseri

3 жыл бұрын

Great news! I'd check the USB port on the Nexus itself for any "play" when the cable is inserted. It was very slack on the Nexus I have, when I opened it to change the logic board over I also used some thin nose pliers to very gently pinch the USB port to tighten up the connection. Again you do this at your own risk and I suggest you do research before trying to "mod" the USB port. The N7 does support wireless charging and these chargers are cheap, saving wear and tear on the USB port

Meanwhile I just keep mine on KitKat lol

@prawny12009

2 жыл бұрын

i downgraded one of mine to kitkat because marshmallow was suffering a battery drain issue where the battery would drain just as fast in standby as in use, went back to kitkat and i was back to a week+ of standby