Hello all! I have a sad story and an opportunity.
Sad story: I forgot my Universal on top of my car today and when I came around a bend in the road, it was slung out into a highway. The first car dodged it, and the second car aimed for it. I have taken pics. I think ti would have survived the slinging, and I am testing to see if the mainboard survived being ran over.
Opportunity: I'd like to get a new one. I don't mind parts-ing one together either. I am comfortable buying on eBay, and I don't mind it if I have to pay for international shipping, but I'd prefer to buy from the US for quicker delivery time.
I was just about to start really customizing the ROMS and all that too....
Sigh.
I hafe attached pics of the carnage. The microSD card survived. I did pull all of my data off though. Luckily I had done a hard reset las week, so I had all my numbers backed up. The SIM card survived as well, and I am borrowing a phone I gave a firend for the time being.
Wow those are some scarey images! Sorry for your loss, but that needs to be a closed casket funeral...
I've been considering selling my Uni/JasJar, PM me if you're interested in buying a used device with a bit of wear.
Oh my god............
RIP Uni are you trying to disassemble it for some pics of motherboard?
It looks better than I would have thought after being run over. You may be lucky and Mobo may be ok. You can buy replacement screens and casings.
Was it a compact that ran it over ? Cause I really cant see the Uni being that strong?
There are quite a few Uni's going on the UK Ebay anywhere from $200 USD to $80 USD if you are patient enough.
Good luck with finding another!
2 minutes silence for the Uni please......
Status update
I have purchased a B stock unit from eXpansys (the last one they had) for a decent price. Only problem is with the new unit, all I can do is get into the boot loader to see that it is version 1.00, and give it the hard reboot command. The unit appears to respond to the command but does not initiate the hard reset.
Hard reboot command I used: two soft buttons and the reset button.
Bootloader command I used: power, brightness, and reset button.
The bootloader does recognize that the difference between a USB and !USB connection. However, Windows consistently reports that the USB device has malfunctioned.
At first I thought it was a battery issue because the unit looks like it is brand new. So I waited patiently until I got home and tried all of the batteries I have here at the house. Yes, I was wary sticking the battery that was in the unit that was ran over into it, but I did try it. I have tried 3 chargers and two computers, and NADA. The only response I get from the device is using one of the two commands above.
Other random observations:
I tried inserting an old (disconnected but good) SIM card into it. Nada.
The battery was shipped in the battery compartment.
The backlight does work, as does the screen to some degree.
When I first plugged it into the charger, the battery status LED was red, as I anticipated.
The battery status indicator no longer turns red when the unit is plugged in. It does turn red when the battery is removed and power is applied.
Postulations at this point:
I wonder if I could load a ROM image to it?
I wonder if the battery is really charged.
Any and all help will be much appreciated on the matter.
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Win_XP said:
RIP Uni are you trying to disassemble it for some pics of motherboard?
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I have disassembled it already and done some preliminary testing. The power LED does illuminate RED. I have tried attaching a battery and holding it, but hats not producing anything. But then again the screen is cracked like its cool, so I don't know what to expect.
I'll post pics when I get a chance.
beast0898 said:
Was it a compact that ran it over ? Cause I really cant see the Uni being that strong?
There are quite a few Uni's going on the UK Ebay anywhere from $200 USD to $80 USD if you are patient enough.
Good luck with finding another!
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It was one of those KIA/Mercades/lexus lifted CAR SUV things. They AIMED for it.
I looked on ebay, but I never though to check the UK side. Usually eBay does that for em for some reason....
Situation update
I have had a couple of offers and much sympathy. Thanks!
My unit from expansys is up and running. I was up till 3 am saturday morning playing around with it. I stumbled across a few posts that gave instructions on how to deal with a potentially bricked device. As far as I can figure. my phone was shipped to me without an OS. I knew that PCs could do that, but can you just blank the OS on a phone? I can theoretically see how that might be possible, but why would that happen? Do they not get shipped out with OS's? that baffles me.
The specific process of deduction I used:
read the manual (the service manual from HTC). It said to either reload the ROM or the mobo was defective. I started looking on this forum for the procedures and files neccessary.
It seemed that my phone was not booting, so I looked into the ROM upgradeing/reflashing pages.
Links to pages I found useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=357
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367448
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Flashing Guide
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_ROM_Upgrade
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...consumption measurements of the HTC Universal
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...y car or USB charger! It just doesn't charge!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
As you can see, the wiki was quite helpful for me. Thae list above is not inclusive. I thought I had bookmarked all the pages I found helpful, but it did not apepar to be so. I have done much reading on this forum, and I purchased my original Universal over a year ago. I say that to let any newbies know that this is not a simple process and should not be attempted until you have a clear picture of what's going on.
I also tried the set 0 14 procedure, but that sis NOT work in my case.
What finally got me was the imate ROM I have attached to this page. It was able to see my universal, but only when I was in the bootloader. I will say that again because it bears repeating. I put the phone into the bootloader and ONLY THEN could I update the ROM on the device. I found no instructions anywhere on this, I had to figure it out on my own. The way I discovered it though is kinda neat. When I just plugged the phone into my computer, windows would not recognize it and say that it malfunctioned. If I plugged it into my computer with it in the bootloader, I got that nice sound that windows makes when new hardware is found. Also, I tried the Universal RUU and it did not recognize that the phone was attached in either way. Lastly, I first tried the ROM update with the phone not int he bootloader, and the IMATE program didn't see the phone. I tried it with it in the bootloader, and it did its thing.
I have attached a few of the files I found useful. I found these on this site, in some posts.
This is not a formal writeup, so please forgive any grammatical errors or rambling. I just wanted to share what I found.
So I finally just switched the SIM card back into the new phone. I tried to get MMS going, and SAME FRAKKIN thing: small pics. ARGH!!
AllanonMage said:
I have had a couple of offers and much sympathy. Thanks!
My unit from expansys is up and running. I was up till 3 am saturday morning playing around with it. I stumbled across a few posts that gave instructions on how to deal with a potentially bricked device. As far as I can figure. my phone was shipped to me without an OS. I knew that PCs could do that, but can you just blank the OS on a phone? I can theoretically see how that might be possible, but why would that happen? Do they not get shipped out with OS's? that baffles me.
The specific process of deduction I used:
read the manual (the service manual from HTC). It said to either reload the ROM or the mobo was defective. I started looking on this forum for the procedures and files neccessary.
It seemed that my phone was not booting, so I looked into the ROM upgradeing/reflashing pages.
Links to pages I found useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=357
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367448
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Universal
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Flashing Guide
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Uni_ROM_Upgrade
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...consumption measurements of the HTC Universal
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...y car or USB charger! It just doesn't charge!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298613
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285435
As you can see, the wiki was quite helpful for me. Thae list above is not inclusive. I thought I had bookmarked all the pages I found helpful, but it did not apepar to be so. I have done much reading on this forum, and I purchased my original Universal over a year ago. I say that to let any newbies know that this is not a simple process and should not be attempted until you have a clear picture of what's going on.
I also tried the set 0 14 procedure, but that sis NOT work in my case.
What finally got me was the imate ROM I have attached to this page. It was able to see my universal, but only when I was in the bootloader. I will say that again because it bears repeating. I put the phone into the bootloader and ONLY THEN could I update the ROM on the device. I found no instructions anywhere on this, I had to figure it out on my own. The way I discovered it though is kinda neat. When I just plugged the phone into my computer, windows would not recognize it and say that it malfunctioned. If I plugged it into my computer with it in the bootloader, I got that nice sound that windows makes when new hardware is found. Also, I tried the Universal RUU and it did not recognize that the phone was attached in either way. Lastly, I first tried the ROM update with the phone not int he bootloader, and the IMATE program didn't see the phone. I tried it with it in the bootloader, and it did its thing.
I have attached a few of the files I found useful. I found these on this site, in some posts.
This is not a formal writeup, so please forgive any grammatical errors or rambling. I just wanted to share what I found.
So I finally just switched the SIM card back into the new phone. I tried to get MMS going, and SAME FRAKKIN thing: small pics. ARGH!!
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Hi,
Some of the commands for MTTY are not in the standard bootloader command list, best advice is to supercid your device (this will help in recovery if things go wrong later too) then once supercid is complete, upgrade the Bootloader version and flash a complete Rom to the device, radio, extended and OS in one flash.
All info is in the Wiki mate, if you need any further help, post back to us or PM me.
Glad you got a device back up and running, ca'nt you sue the guy for intentionally hitting your old one................LoL!
Cheers,
Beasty
Hi all- pointed here from a friendly person over at another website forum.
I got interested in the idea of using an N7 as a head unit (car stereo replacement) shortly before the 2nd gen devices were released. I decided to wait, but when they were released I was reading lots of bug reports, and decided to hold off. Now that it has been a few months, I'm looking at it again and am hoping someone here can point me in the right direction or answer any of these questions. I did a general search, and also searched this website before posting, but I haven't found anything definitive.
The intent of the unit would be to provide googlemaps and mp3 audio. N7 would be slaved to my phone, so the wifi model is fine. My current car radio does not have an audio input, so this would be a complete replacement including a small amp
My questions:
1. Are the N7 2nd gen original bugs (GPS and ghost touch) completely fixed now?
2. Is anyone aware of any how-to or walkthroughs specifically using the 2nd gen N7 device as a head unit (replacement car stereo)? I found a couple of posts from right after the release saying that they couldn't find an working image (root? kernel?) to allow simultaneous USB charging and USB audio out. I haven't been able to find any posts where people have figured out (and explain) a way around this.
3. From what I understood from the G1 postings, the root was needed to enable the USB audio out, but I read a non-headunit post that claimed this capability would be embedded in Kitkat... but haven't been able to find any confirmation
It is quite possible that I'm just not searching the right terms, so I welcome better search terms to use (vs "Nexus 7 2nd gen head unit") or actual links to pages that either show how to convert a N7 2nd Gen to a head unit, or that are current and describe the remaining problems so I can follow those threads,
Thank you!
I've been able to get pretty close using the elemental x or glitch kernels with either PAC ROM or cyanogenmod.
I have still not found a working way to charge with otg that is enabled when power is added to an already plugged in cable. You can get charge with otg working, but only when you manually plug the connector into the nexus 7... This is not a working solution for a car install.
Check out the elemental x thread for flo and deb as some folks are working on this as well.
I just did a search on youtube which threw up a load of vids of various car installs. there may be links in those vids.
also try searching for 'nexus 7 car install'
Heres some i found, some old some new but interesting. I'd love to do this but I'd break something.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/81906-nexus-7-2013-in-car-installation-without-removing-stock-head-unit/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113259&page=18
http://www.mp3car.com/worklogs/152658-nexus-7-android-in-a-2001-audi-s4.html
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nexus+7+install+guide&oq=nexus+7+install+guide&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.14640j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=122&espv=210&newwindow=1&q=nexus+7+car+install+guide&safe=off
This looks so cool....
http://nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-to/turn-your-nexus-7-tablet-into-futuristic-heads-up-display-hud-for-your-car-0148499/
I bought two nexus 7's, one for me one for my dad. both had the screen ghost problem where random keypresses would occour. updating the software solved the problem for one but the other I had to exchange. other than that I'm really happy with the tablet and can highly recommend it.
Make sure you show us your install!
Hi there, i'm having charging problems with my device, sometimes I let it charging all night and when I wake up the battery level is at 5% (And I sleep a lot, really). I bought a new battery, that's not the problem. I tried several cables and chargers (2.0 a) and all work fine except with the note, if I want to transfer files via pc I must put the cable in a specific angle, etc.
I have read a lot of threads of people who bought the first usb they saw on ebay and it didn't work as expected: mic problems, signal loss...
So I'm wondering which one should I buy. I have seen a lot that seems to be identical, but there are 4 numbers in the module that are not.
[SEE ATTACHMENT]
It's the only difference I see so far. Anyone know if it will work? I can't find any that match EXACTLY the numbers, but these two looks pretty similar
Thanks for your time guys.
Sorry for the english, spanishfag inside.
I haven't heard anything about that number being important whilst reading up all the information I needed to replace mine (I'm still waiting for my port replacement).
What is very important though is to get the same revision as your original one, also it has to be an original samsung and not a knock-off.
XxPixX said:
I haven't heard anything about that number being important whilst reading up all the information I needed to replace mine (I'm still waiting for my port replacement).
What is very important though is to get the same revision as your original one, also it has to be an original samsung and not a knock-off.
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Okay, I think I'll buy the one I posted above.
I'll wait til tomorrow to see if anyone else have replaced it or know what these four numbers means. I think so too, the rev is the point. But i saw different modules with rev1 and....Well, you can play to find the differences with them. [ATTACHMENT]
Thanks :good:
I checked the number on mine and it's 1206 Also, that 2nd picture you posted looks like a fake, better not buy from that person.
So i decided to buy myself a second gen nexus 7 at staples a while back since they was selling them for 100 dollars brand new, so im a pretty advanced android user and i know my tech and i can usually figure this stuff out on my own, but anyways i got the tablet brought it home and powered it on, installed a couple of games, played some games for a couple of games and every so often the tablet will just completely randomly reboot out of nowhere, i have went back to staples to swap it out with another brand new tablet because i thought maybe i just had bought a defective unit .So i powered this one on expecting to have no crashes or reboots and i was seeting up and syncing my google account and it just completely randomly reboots again!. my tablet has the latest kitkat installed on it, disabled google currents, cleared the cache, the whole 9 yards, ive done extensive research on the internet and have no real proven solution, i have however come to the conclusion that it might have something to do with the GPS, because the crashing happens the most when using apps that take advantage of the GPS, such as runkeeper and google maps. i get an average of 3-4 random reboots a day. also i bought the tablet hoping to use it for navigation on my trip but it will not stay on for longer than 30 minutes when trying to use the GPS. So i ask you android users out there what can i do to fix these odd random reboots? is there any solution?
UPDATE: i installed cyanogenmod, still didnt help
N140935938
masterx1234 said:
UPDATE: i installed cyanogenmod, still didnt help
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Hello,
I am sorry to hear about the issues you are experiencing with your Nexus 7s. If you can return your device to stock I would be more than happy to assist you with our warranty process. Please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Be sure to place case number N140935938 in the subject line for reference. Please be sure to include your serial number as well.
Regards,
[email protected] said:
Hello,
I am sorry to hear about the issues you are experiencing with your Nexus 7s. If you can return your device to stock I would be more than happy to assist you with our warranty process. Please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Be sure to place case number N140935938 in the subject line for reference. Please be sure to include your serial number as well.
Regards,
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My apologies but i have already returned the tablet to staples for a refund, thank you for trying to offer help though, i love your products asus and will continue to expect great things from your company, im currently using an asus VG248 monitor btw .
Hello Everyone,
I had a bad idea to try and upgrade my zlink app in my wife's car with a new version. Of course without backing up the old version . I've since tries installing about 20 versions I found online to no avail, and the seller of the unit I bought (CarNavi on aliexpress is not willing to help). Anyway, I've attached pics of the system info and actually had an old screen shot of the zlink app I am looking to replace, it is a PX6 unit. If anyone has the same head unit and has or can get their apk, I'd totally appreciate it.
Thanks!