heat Absorber for the bottom part of the phone
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Here's my "rough draft" of a car mount. It works well enough if I push the arm forward so that it rests slightly against the dash. Of course, after taking a closer look at it yesterday when I was swapping the tab hardware out for the cell hardware, I noticed that I had the wrong size nuts on the back, which seems to account for the instability. The mic stand (flexible neck portion) is hollow, so it can be modified to be as flexible or as rigid as needed to keep the stand where you put it -- of course, the more rigid the neck, the harder it is to get it positioned where you want it. The base is a PVC pipe cap sitting on top of (you guessed it) a length of PVC pipe, cut and sized to fit the cupholder in my car. This part is crucial -- you have to get the cupholder right or nothing else will work. I built a second one for the wife's car and hers works, but it's not as stable due to the oddly-sized cupholders. Ideally, you will want the PVC to touch the base of the cupholder and the more form-fitting, the better.
Not present in this version are power wires, but with the hollow neck, it's certainly feasible with a soldering iron, the right charger and a little patience.
Interesting side effect of this particular design (to be remedied in my next model) is the available angles of the brackets when opening and closing around the center point. When fully closed, the metal tabs at the bottom are just slightly too wide to snugly hold my Captivate in landscape mode.
Before any long-term use, you'll want to put some adhesive foam strips on the metal brackets to prevent scratching and probably use an angle grinder to round off the sharp edges in general. The ultimate "clean design" would be to round off the ends of the "X" and mount the T-brackets in the middle of that radius, then run a spring between the two open holes on the base of the T to provide some tension to grip the tablet tighter. Of course, that particular setup would eliminate the ability to use it as a cellphone holder, too, but that's why this is a rough draft and not a daily use device...
I have no idea when and how but I have a couple of slightly damaged keys on my dock. The "x" key has slight damage and a hairline crack on the top edge and the ";" key has the top left corner almost cracked off completely. The plastic actually feels very brittle so I'm wondering if they are overly sensitive to even light impact ?
I almost always transport my Prime folded and in a bag or neoprene pouch and occassionally store it "back to back" when I have been reading a newspaper on the underground and am getting off - but there is nothing in that scenario I can feel that may impact the keyboard.
Le sigh.
Just wondering if it would be possible to remove the bottom section of the 'aluminium' frame the the ZU. The specific part of the frame is apparently made of a softer plastic which means it gets dented easily such as in my case. I've already purchased replacement materials but have no clue how to remove the originals. Any ideas?
Yeah, it's possible but I have no idea how. My guess is to remove the back panel, and then loosen the lower part. You can get the back panel off by heating it so the glue that holds the glass gets warm, and making the glass removable by using a small suction cup. I believe there are a few videos on YouTube, so I recommend you checking them out. Also, search for how to remove that bottom part on YouTube too if you haven't already.
As you may know, this device has 2 copper foils inside. Both sticked to MB and to battery from each side. So, for what purpose they are?
Are they shielding HW from some elecromagnetic emmitions, or they are thermal conductors for better cooling Tegra 3?
Mine were damaged while dissasembling process, so I want to change them with aluminium adhesive tape, cutted to shape of original ones.
I can't get copper adhesive tape or original shields from where I am, so there are no other options.
P.S. Reassembling without nothing seems bad idea.
As you said, it is used for cooling. Upper part is glued to small heatsink on a chip and bottom part to battery. Copper should have better thermal properties for this usage than aluminium.
I'm supposed to put the highlighted part in the part on the left (replacement). However, the original (on the right) has a thin layer of black tape (picture 2) that sticks to the small part and makes it stay in place. This tape is too thin to transplant, unfortunately.
Can I ignore the tape or will the small metal part rattle inside the phone driving me nuts?