@santiago@Edent@Raspberry_Pi just from my experience with it, I didn't run any tests or anything. But I would guess it was slower than the pi 3, with significant drawbacks being the lack of storage options and the inability to use any usb devices. Also homeassistant wasn't able to run in supervisor mode
At the time though, the pi was going through a shortage and so it was much more economical, but completely not worth it tbh
@mrpresidenttom@Edent@Raspberry_Pi I wouldn’t try it as I find my Home Assistant runs a bit slow even on RPI 4 ( I may suffer from Home Automation compulsion)
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Yeah, I definitely wouldn't recommend it. This was early on in my usage of homeassistant and I had like 4 light bulbs and a couple switches
@Edent One thing you can do to help a bit is to root it (on old versions like that you install a su binary via TWRP) and put Greenify on there. Any apps that don't need to be running all the time (eg things you don't need notifications/etc from) should be "greenified" so they don't stay running, taking up RAM. Your biggest issue on this one is probably going to be the RAM in fact, so you may want to see if it's possible to setup some zRAM (I think I remember it being possible.)
@Edent I have one of those lying around too. It was unimpressive even when new, so it's no surprise it performs terribly now. Annoyingly, the screen has too low resolution to make a decent e-book reader.
@Edent I believe the 2012 version of the Nexus 7 (codenamed grouper/tilapia) had problematic storage (eMMC) chips which will run slow over time, not much to do about it.
The 2013-version of the Nexus 7 (codenamed razor) had this fixed and it unaffected by this.
IIRC the support for TRIM and proper all-flash reset was introduced with that 2013 version and Android 4.3 which eliminated that slowness over time.
@Edent I've got one of those hanging around too - I pretty much entirely use it as a way to watch TV shows/films on the train with VLC, as similar to yours it's far too slow to do anything particularly useful.
@Edent my Nexus 7 2012 spent a few years as a hacked up Carplay reciever and is now enjoying retirement as a Harmony remote and occasional Amiibo cloner.
@Edent just had the same "problem" with my Nexus 7 v2. Installed latest lineageOS and now use it as a baby monitor (combined with raspberry pi + motion eye + infrared camera)
@Edent I have found that not installing Google Play Services speeds things up a lot, but yes that can be very limiting. My 1st gen is used for a ZX Spectrum emulator with an OTG connector to connect a real keyboard. I have used older devices as status displays with a custom Android app. I also use them as prompt devices instead of cards when running workshops. So, yes, if you can cope with Android Studio the world is your oyster.
@Edent It may or may not be relevant, but July's build for flox (the repartitioned 2013 Nexus 7) appears to have been somewhat slow and unstable. A upgrade to this months build serms to fix it. I wonder if it was something like that that was giving you bad results.
@Edent it isn’t currently a supported target, but check out https://postmarketos.org/. The documentation is good and support is available. I have one too I haven’t got around to trying!
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