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As many have noticed Asus left the mount for a rear facing camera inside the nexus 7 even though they later took the camera out. My question is, what would it take to install a camera into that mount and get it to run? My guess is all it would take is the right camera and a connector that could be installed into the board beside the camera mount where the old connector was. Of course a hole would need to be cut into the back cover which may interfere with the nfc antenna. Or would it? Would the firmware of the device need to be messed with, or would the camera work with any camera app like normal? If you have any ideas on how this could be done please reply. I would like to try this but it may be more difficult than I'm thinking.
I haven't taken much time to look at the inside but I plan to put some LEDs between the speakers so it will glow. So I'll look tomorrow but I don't think there is a place to connect the camera.
As far as the antenna, if your careful enough you could lift it up and move it. And just solder a wire on it to run to the connectors
But this is if you could find a camera and get it to work
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superchilpil said:
I haven't taken much time to look at the inside but I plan to put some LEDs between the speakers so it will glow. So I'll look tomorrow but I don't think there is a place to connect the camera.
As far as the antenna, if your careful enough you could lift it up and move it. And just solder a wire on it to run to the connectors
But this is if you could find a camera and get it to work
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I believe there is a spot on the right side of the mount where a connector was supposed to be soldered in but was left out. I wonder if Google or Asus would tell us where to get the connector they originally planned to put in that spot. I doubt it.
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I believe there is a spot on the right side of the mount where a connector was supposed to be soldered in but was left out. I wonder if Google or Asus would tell us where to get the connector they originally planned to put in that spot. I doubt it.
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Yea, it's not really worth it. He parts would be expensive
Hense why they left it out, to make it cheaper
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superchilpil said:
Yea, it's not really worth it. He parts would be expensive
Hense why they left it out, to make it cheaper
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Replacement camera modules are surprisingly cheap. From $10- $40ish. You would just need to find one with the same connector and many seem to have one or an other connector. So if you could find the connector and attach it to the board finding a camera to connect to it may not be too difficult.
I've got a broken nexus 7 that I tore down after the screen shattered with a good motherboard... Is there anything I can do with it? Any possibility of outputting to a screen?
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You might be able to check the wiring to the screen on the nexus and see if the wire leads match any of the know configurations of other video sources and possible hard wire it into another video source. You might have to change the resolution to match the screen you use though. Anyway, you will still have to use a keyboard and mouse.
You could scour the internet to see if the LCD panel & digitizer can be purchased somewhere. But possibly that might cost half as much as a replacement.
You could sell it on eBay as a "broken - for parts" listing.
You could see if Asus will quote a repair for you.
If everything still operates normally as far as the USB port & physical buttons are concerned (it still operates correctly as far as software is concerned), donate it to a dev who wants to try cracking APX mode on the N7; either that or become that dev yourself! I suppose there are folks who are willing to try, but don't want to put their own unit at risk of hard-bricking.
Well that's 4 suggestions. Sorry to hear about your device.
Mine shattered too and I took the battery out. Will use it for my replacement (which I got the N73G) if the battery ever dies.
Sorry for your loss.
cyanogendroid said:
I've got a broken nexus 7 that I tore down after the screen shattered with a good motherboard... Is there anything I can do with it? Any possibility of outputting to a screen?
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You didn't mention if the LCD broke as well.
If the LCD is still working, just use a USB mouse with the device.
Otherwise, if the LCD is no good, part-out the unit.
Look to ebay for avg asking prices for various modules.
As for the MoBo, since this system was really designed to be touch-centric, unless you can really create a new ROM for the unit that doesn't rely on touch (the Ubuntu ROM maybe?) it's uses are limited.
With the Ubuntu ROM you might be able to turn it into a web/media/file server. But then again, it may not start up if it can't find all the peripherals it thinks should be attached.
So, after about a month the charging port on my car dock broke out of the dock, making it pretty much useless. I figured I'm going to try to just find a cheap dock somewhere else that I can use and can just plug a normal charger into the phone. The one thing that the official car dock does, which isn't done on cheap universal docks was that it had a magnet which would trigger car mode in the phone. After a bit of searching, I finally found the spot using a small magnet that I found at work. What is most interesting about the magnetic trigger is that based on the polarity of the magnet, it can activate either the car dock or the desktop dock. Right now I've just got one magnet, and I don't know the polarity on it, but it works. I have uploaded a picture with a small piece of tape on the spot where the trigger is. I'm not sure how strong the magnet needs to be, but it may need to be a bit stronger than the average refrigerator magnet. I'm probably going to go buy a few and some super glue and see what I can do as far as a homemade dock.
Good find
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Also seems to he a magnet at the upper right hand side too, many times I have pulled my moto out of my pocket with a dime stuck to the back side
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flashallthetime said:
Also seems to he a magnet at the upper right hand side too, many times I have pulled my moto out of my pocket with a dime stuck to the back side
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That's the speaker, they've got strong magnets in them.
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linuxgator said:
That's the speaker, they've got strong magnets in them.
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Lol
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flashallthetime said:
Also seems to he a magnet at the upper right hand side too, many times I have pulled my moto out of my pocket with a dime stuck to the back side
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US coins are not magnetic...there's no iron in them.
kjl512 said:
US coins are not magnetic...there's no iron in them.
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Well they are in Canada (I think). And there is a Richmond Hill in Canada.
EDIT: And @flashallthetime is from Canada.
Speaking of car mode, anyone able to activate car/dock mode simply by touching their Moto X in a certain way? Sometimes I'll pick it up or simply shift/change hands and some type of mode is somehow activated where the screen darkens and displays a clock. It happens somewhat infrequently and I'm never able to replicate it... I don't even own a car or desk dock, let alone put it in one... it always happens by hand and always accident.
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Well they are in Canada (I think). And there is a Richmond Hill in Canada.
EDIT: And @flashallthetime is from Canada.
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Lol, not only do we have iron in our coins, our paper money is no longer made of paper but plastic, just lost a C note(100) today, stupid money is slippery as hell
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flashallthetime said:
Lol, not only do we have iron in our coins, our paper money is no longer made of paper but plastic, just lost a C note(100) today, stupid money is slippery as hell
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That's funny....I'm from Canada....and found a new $100 Bill today.
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I have a moto skip and can easily put the phone into car or desk mode with it.. If you line the end of the skip up with the sim card tray and put the small magnet just past the edge of the phone, smooth side activates desk mode, suede side turns on auto version.
Looks like this can be done with any magnet. Just tried with a random one I had laying around and it enabled car mode.
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Doesn't Moto Assist automatically switch to car mode when it detects that you are in a moving vehicle?
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Doesn't Moto Assist automatically switch to car mode when it detects that you are in a moving vehicle?
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I don't think it does. Assist will announce incoming calls and texts, but that's not the same as car mode. I don't see any real benefit to car mode any longer since android no longer changes the behavior of the home button when in car mode.
For me, I don't see the benefit of desk mode either, since Motorola insists on ignoring the orientation sensors and displaying the clock in portrait mode regardless of the device orientation. I had the opposite problem with my Bionic - in the car dock it would only display in landscape orientation, even if the phone itself was in a portrait orientation.
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Doesn't car mode keep the screen on?
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murso74 said:
Doesn't car mode keep the screen on?
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Yes, it does.
Car Mode can also auto-launch a Car Home application (such as Car Home Ultra); unfortunately, as mentioned, Android will not relinquish control of the home button to a Car Home Launcher, which limits the usefulness of such a UI.
I am really excited to learn about these magnet sensors. That's really cool. I hope that Motorola creates their own docks. And if they don't, I certainly will create my own.
Thanks for the information.:good:
Put a Neo button magnet on the back of my Slip grip car mount and it works great. Now I have an NFC tag stuck to the mount for unlocking the phone and the magnet turns car mode on. I also found the old OG Moto Droid car mode apk and I'm using that instead of Car home Ultra...I like the simplicity of the old car mode.
I bought some 1/8" by 1/16" Warhammer magnets on eBay and cannot for the life of me get Car Mode to activate. Anyone have any issues or know what I might be missing?
Wish we could set something up to allow us to launch a certain app when moto assist activates the driving mode. Silly, you can launch a music app but no app of choice. That would allow us to eliminate the magnet all together.
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Wish we could set something up to allow us to launch a certain app when moto assist activates the driving mode. Silly, you can launch a music app but no app of choice. That would allow us to eliminate the magnet all together.
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I have thought of a way, at least for me and how I use it, as a workaround that hasn't been tested, but should work fine.
With Tasker, I was going to setup a profile that 2 things have to happen to trigger it. One, phone is plugged into car charger. Two, headset is plugged in (my aux input on my car). Once these 2 things have happened together, not just separately, I will trigger Car Mode to activate, which will then run Car Home Ultra. I think this will work out great for me with how I use it.
As the title stated my Nexus 7 has a broken front glass and digitizer so I cannot use the touch screen.
I can however use a keyboard and mouse via usb otg cable and logitech unifying receiver(up to 6 devices on one usb receiver). This is no fun really though. So maybe use a desktop interface by using MultiROM?
If anyone has ideas please let me know.
Fix the screen 60.00 on ebay a hairdryer and you should get all the supplies you need with the lcd\digitizer combo. It's an easy fix once the screen is off
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Was in the same situation for the longest time (stuck with a Nexus 7 with a broken screen). Couldn't find a way to use it well though as a CPU type device connected to a display and keyboard/ mouse.
Ended up having the display/digitizer assembly replaced recently when I found out that prices for the replacement part have dropped by half since earlier in the year.
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Was in the same situation for the longest time (stuck with a Nexus 7 with a broken screen). Couldn't find a way to use it well though as a CPU type device connected to a display and keyboard/ mouse.
Ended up having the display/digitizer assembly replaced recently when I found out that prices for the replacement part have dropped by half since earlier in the year.
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Yeah they used to be almost the cost of a new tablet, like 160+ when I first looked into it a while back.
But I decided to buy a N7(2013) - flo. The part that bothered me is I didn't know if the screen combo comes with a bezel cause mine is cracked already and would likely be hard to get off in 1 piece. I'm enjoying the upgrade. I think the flo is the best tablet on the market at any price/size IMHO.
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Does anyone know which portion of the S7 Edge produces the NFC signal? I'm hoping I'll be able to place the
small metal disc for my magnetic car mount away from it, so I can still make NFC payments. I love the convenience of
a magnetic mount, and it'd be a shame if I can't use it, especially since I've only had mine for a month.
Pull up the manual. I think its top of phone next to camera if memor serves correctly..
Look at Rokform. They have awesome set up and says not to interfere with nfc... but only if you are doing s7 they dont do edge
I used on my s5 and loved them.
I dunno but I had to give it up on my Note Edge with my magnetic mount... I'll have to stop using it as I plan on using the wireless charging and I'm sure it won't work
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I dunno but I had to give it up on my Note Edge with my magnetic mount... I'll have to stop using it as I plan on using the wireless charging and I'm sure it won't work
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I think it does work wireless charging with car mount...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...dWfidBSqUryvTKPQA&sig2=m23WEfm6etucJrzWfWGpFQ
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I think it does work wireless charging with car mount...
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Don't think that one is magnetic. Usually it's wireless charging it magnetic, not both.
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_Dennis_ said:
Don't think that one is magnetic. Usually it's wireless charging it magnetic, not both.
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http://www.theairdock.com
emptydream said:
http://www.theairdock.com
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I've never had the 'micro suction' or gel grip or what etc work well after a few weeks. Not saying this one won't be good, but I've never had luck with the technology.
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I've never had the 'micro suction' or gel grip or what etc work well after a few weeks. Not saying this one won't be good, but I've never had luck with the technology.
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They have multiple mount selection if you look into it... cd mount or whatever
emptydream said:
They have multiple mount selection if you look into it... cd mount or whatever
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Its it the wa it mounts to the cat that doesn't work. It's how it hold the phone to the mount (not magnets, but a suction foam).
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_Dennis_ said:
Its it the wa it mounts to the cat that doesn't work. It's how it hold the phone to the mount (not magnets, but a suction foam).
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In the accessory section of tht website. It has cd mount option. If that's what you prefered... i like cd mount too.
emptydream said:
In the accessory section of tht website. It has cd mount option. If that's what you prefered... i like cd mount too.
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Your really not understanding, I must not be explaining well.
With the cd mount, you place a fake cd in your cd player, and put the charger/phone holder onto this fake cd. I understand this. What I am asking for is a difference charger/phone holder that uses magnets instead of the micro suction foam used on the one you linked.
So yes there is an accessory section, yes you can change the large suction cup holding the charger/phone holder (the base of the mount). What I want is different. I don't need to change the base, I need to change the actual product that holds the phone.
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Your really not understanding, I must not be explaining well.
With the cd mount, you place a fake cd in your cd player, and put the charger/phone holder onto this fake cd. I understand this. What I am asking for is a difference charger/phone holder that uses magnets instead of the micro suction foam used on the one you linked.
So yes there is an accessory section, yes you can change the large suction cup holding the charger/phone holder (the base of the mount). What I want is different. I don't need to change the base, I need to change the actual product that holds the phone.
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This product use magnetic field to hold and wireless charge your phone. “Inside the Air Dock are magnets that pull the phone tightly into the foam face. ” I believe for wireless build in phone you don't really need take advantage of micro suction then it can holds your phone. As other post mentioned magnetic cd mount can hold samsung s7 edge without any issue. So as long as there is magnets build into this dock. I don't think microsuction is really necessary for samsung s7 edge to be hold tightly on this dock.
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This product use magnetic field to hold and wireless charge your phone. “Inside the Air Dock are magnets that pull the phone tightly into the foam face. ” I believe for wireless build in phone you don't really need take advantage of micro suction then it can holds your phone. As other post mentioned magnetic cd mount can hold samsung s7 edge without any issue. So as long as there is magnets build into this dock. I don't think microsuction is really necessary for samsung s7 edge to be hold tightly on this dock.
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Ah, sorry I missed the magnetic part.
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Ah, sorry I missed the magnetic part.
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No problem. It's quite expensive though. If you search wireless charge with magnetic. You probably can find some cheaper option.
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I have previously checked a display unit and the S7e has something magnetic inside, more or less in the center, so it should be possible to mount it on a magnet-holder without sticking a metal plate onto the back. Still waiting for my own pre-ordered unit, so I have not actually tried in my car, but it seemed just as magnetic as my LG G4 with a metal plate under the leather back.
magnetic mount S7
Not sure if this is mentioned elsewhere, but just picked up the S7 Edge last night and I can use it with my magnetic mount out of the box. Not sure what they have going on behind the back cover, but its enough metal to hold nicely with the same mount I was using with my note 4.
Magnetic mount works fine on my S7 edge even through a Ringke TPU case. Very surprised because I had this exact same concern because it didn't work on my Note 4 or my S6. The must have put more metal behind the glass on the S7's
fluidj said:
Magnetic mount works fine on my S7 edge even through a Ringke TPU case. Very surprised because I had this exact same concern because it didn't work on my Note 4 or my S6. The must have put more metal behind the glass on the S7's
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Hi!
Any issues with the phone after using the magnetic mount? and is there enough power in the magnet to hold the phone in place even on a bumpy road?
Thanks!
I bought this magnetic mount from amazon last December.
Mpow Grip Magic Air Vent One Step Mounting Magnetic Car Mount Holder for iPhone 6/6S and Android Cellphones https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YE6D7I8/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_NHx6wbBQDSYEP
I've tried my S7e with it with and without a case and it works great. No metal plate needed. Although it seems less effective with a case on my phone.
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Hi!
Any issues with the phone after using the magnetic mount? and is there enough power in the magnet to hold the phone in place even on a bumpy road?
Thanks!
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Nope, not yet anyway