I Want To Do A 7" Tablet Car Stereo, Any Ideas?
#41
Posted 29 October 2012 - 09:29 AM
#42
Posted 29 October 2012 - 07:34 PM
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#43
Posted 06 November 2012 - 08:12 AM
I thought, uh hell no am I going to get close to a computer with magnets... but then I thought well, that's probably my old school mechanical hard drive days coming through. I don't think there really should be any reason you couldn't. So I permanently affixed 4 magnets (one on each corner) to the tray and put my nexus 7 on it to see if it works.
Bizarrily, it made the sound it makes when you press the power button to put it to sleep and then went to sleep. I pull it away from the magnets and press the power button and it wakes up and I slide to unlock. So after playing with it, if I get a magnet close to the lower left hand side of the tablet it, it goes to sleep. I can pull it away quick enough and it will come right back on.
Strange.
Anyway, I guess theres something in that corner thats metal or magnetic that puts it to sleep for some reason. Easy fix would be to move the magnet, but when I say I permanently affixed magnets, well, it aint coming off easy. So I'm going to have to dremil it out.
Long story long, I thought it was going to be done tonight, but its not, heh. Soon tho. and I think it looks and sounds great. Will do a YouTube video of the install if anyone is interested.
#44
Posted 06 November 2012 - 08:49 AM
#45
Posted 06 November 2012 - 11:03 AM
#46
Posted 06 November 2012 - 11:09 AM
#47
Posted 06 November 2012 - 01:47 PM
Maybe I wil try the magnets and try and cut out that one corner, since theres basically no turning back without buying another double din kit for my car, heh. (thanks a lot Epoxy!!) lol
PS> Epoxy worked a hell of a lot better than I thought it would bonding those magnets to the plastic double din kit for my car.
#48
Posted 06 November 2012 - 02:30 PM
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#49
Posted 06 November 2012 - 02:33 PM
#50
Posted 06 November 2012 - 06:18 PM
Nice! Now how do I turn that "feature" off. hehe
You could start by looking through your system apps to see if there is any type of app that would control the magnetometer. If that does not exist, try looking any files that reference the magnetometer (possibly in build.prop) & see if it's possible to change the properties of that file (maybe change a 1 to a 0 to turn the feature off). These are just some ideas for where to start.
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#51
Posted 07 November 2012 - 04:18 AM
I don't know that you'll gain that much of anything by streaming from a tablet vs a phone.
If you really wanted that... You'd tether to that phone.
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#52
Posted 07 November 2012 - 06:03 AM
You could start by looking through your system apps to see if there is any type of app that would control the magnetometer. If that does not exist, try looking any files that reference the magnetometer (possibly in build.prop) & see if it's possible to change the properties of that file (maybe change a 1 to a 0 to turn the feature off). These are just some ideas for where to start.
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I hastely "removed" the magnet from that corner of my double din tray last night, completely shattering the magnet in the process so unless I want to go buy another one and replace it there, I'm good to go without having to worry about it. Because the three other corners all have a magnet I'm hopeing that it will stay in place. Or I will put another one in the middle somewhere where it doesnt trigger the "sleep".
EDIT: Replaced "battery" with "Magnet" sheesh... whats wrong with my brain. heh
Edited by Shinare, 09 November 2012 - 07:35 AM.
#53
Posted 13 November 2012 - 07:13 AM
Moto, Give me what I want, and I'll go away...
#54
Posted 19 November 2012 - 04:49 PM
I hate the way i sound, so there isn't much talking. But there it is. Heh. Im really happy with it. Secured it with 4 neodymium magnets in the dash and metal strips epoxyed to the back. Still very usable as a tablet (still comfortable to hold) and easy to take out to keep safe or use elsewhere.
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#55
Posted 19 November 2012 - 04:57 PM
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#56
Posted 20 November 2012 - 06:05 AM
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#57
Posted 22 November 2012 - 01:38 PM
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#58
Posted 22 November 2012 - 01:39 PM
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#59
Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:15 AM
#60
Posted 27 November 2012 - 09:16 AM
Also, what epoxy did you use to attach everything?
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Just the regular 5 minute epoxy from Walmart.
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