boofbuscus wrote:I also picked up a nexus 7 2013 for $50 which the previous owner says is stuffed as it just keeps saying 'erasing' so I'm going to see if I can fix it.
Nice one. For the most part, it should just be a case of getting it into Download Mode, re-upload the latest firmware and restart.
boofbuscus wrote:Meanwhile I'm gathering all the parts. I see a lot of people have an issue with usb otg cables as they have cheap thin gauge wires and prevent the tablet from pulling much current.
Whats everyones solution for this? Where can we find a good quality thick gauge usb otg cable any ideas?
There are four ways around this issue:
- Make your own 28/24AWG cable.
- Find someone who will make you a 28/24AWG cable.
- Import a 28/24AWG cable.
- Deliberately overvolt the power source slightly to overcome the shortcomings of your FleaBay OTG cable, eg: if your 5v PSU ends up only feeding 4.8v into the tablet, then you could overvolt it to 5.2v to feed 5.0 volts into the tablet. Get a PSU with adjustable voltage output to make this easy. Usual disclaimer: there is some potential tablet damage risk involved in doing this.
In any case I recommend buying something to measure the voltage, such as this
inline USB tester so you can at least see the quality of the cables you are trying out.
I was going to procrastinate, but I put it off...