Isn't change to tablet UI best on 160dpi? Anyway, I downloaded a "True Tablet UI" patch off XDA's and its wonderful. Much better than changing the dpi manually. The apps in the app drawer don't squeeze altogether and the fonts and icons are just nice. =)

I bought from Vicgray 16GB only 950. Seems like its the cheapest based on this discussion. =P

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Added on August 10, 2012, 12:10 pmThis is exactly the thread I got the "True tablet UI" patch from. But a word of warning, you have to be deodexed and running an AOSP rom. I tried it originally on the stock rom albeit rooted and the launcher would crash and render the tablet unusable. I tried again flashing an AOSP deodexed rom and now it works like a charm.

This post has been edited by juoin: Aug 10 2012, 12:10 PM

It is, I just put it there in case someone was running AOKP or something else and wanted to try this patch. The deodexed part is important too cause apparently it didnt work on my N7 which was running stock but not deodexed.
Anyway, its working now that I switched to an AOSP rom and this is by far the best way to get the tablet UI IMO cause it doesn't edit the DPI but instead modifies the build.prop.

Right now the home screen is 6x7, app drawer is 4x7 evenly spaced. Fonts are of a nice size too. Not too big and not too small.

Won't Google sue them for that? I know they aren't Apple but it seems pretty misleading, people might mistake it for an official Google shop.

@mtxx if you really really want that tablet UI I really suggest you try the "true tablet UI" patch. Since now you know how to flash custom ROMs this should be no problem for you.

I used the deodexer the OP included in the post. I don't remember if it wiped my system cause I did all these once I took my Nexus out of the box. I think it'll be best if you read up more and check which deodexed ROMs wipe and which don't.

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Added on August 13, 2012, 7:58 pmJust for reference, this is how my home screen looks like after applying the patch.

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Here, I included portrait modes too.

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Well, not that I'm against changing DPI, but I think its a hassle, you'd have to find the ro.density file and tweak it and then reboot and tweak again if the DPI doesn't suit you. Anyway, here's a screenshot with the recent apps open.


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I doubt there is a way to make the Note's stylus work on the Nexus 7. If it could then the Note has pretty much lost its entire appeal. Also if I'm not wrong, the S-pen (I think that's what they call it) is proprietary technology and is a hardware thing.

VPN on the Nexus? I don't know why but I can't seem to be able to play any of the movies I bought on YouTube, including the Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon. I can see it alright, but every time I try to play it, it never plays, nor downloads even when I'm on VPN.

The link leads to a 'padfone' giveaway...? How is that related to the Nexus 7?