My Android tablet has a broken power switch. Once the tablet was powered off, it took many tries and with some luck, it powered on again. It is a paper weigh right now. It has HDMI out which makes me think that I can easily convert it to a set top box. I need help on two questions
- If I am connecting the HDMI out to my TV, I want to disconnect my tablet screen. I opened the tablet already. I saw the screen flat cable connector. I am wondering if I can just disconnect it. Will that cause any problem to the screen driving circuitry when I run the tablet as a set top box for hours ?
- I saw 3 solder points on the power switch. I think a regular on/off only require 2 points. Is there any standard circuit diagram for tablet on/off ? I will need to remove that bad switch and replace it with an external toggle switch so that I can turn it on and off easily.