so i just modded my xoom standard dock to include a usb otg cable what do you guys think
It wasnt hard it took about 30 minutes but i should mention the audio port on the stand doesnt work any more
Step by Step:
1. Pull off rubber bottom gently (save it)
2. Remove plastic liner covering screw holes (too sticky to re-use and not necessary)
3. 6 x Torx T6 gets the bottom off
4. Couple more screws get the USB holder off the inside (remove the metal bracket and pop the USB connector out from the other side)
5. Using a utility knife, remove the plastic sheeting around the microUSB side of your least-favorite cable (the one you're OK destroying to make this work). This was the hardest part, since mine had hot glue around where the wires are soldered to the microUSB port. But you need the wires to bend at a 90-degree angle right where the solder points are so you can fit the dock back together. Make sure it fits into the slot on the dock and goes in as far as the original. Leave the old wire and bracket inside for future use. I taped the 2 bracket screws together and left them inside as well so I don't lose them. There is room inside the dock for all this stuff if you put it together carefully.
6. Drill a hole in the back of the dock (I routed it out of the top edge so I could slip the USB cable through as it was going together and didn't have to cut the cable and re-splice later).
7. Dremel the metal prongs on the microUSB male connector so it slides in and out of the Xoom easily (both sides).
7b.This is how the new cable fits in the dock with the wires coming out at 90 degrees. Doesn't look pretty, but you don't see it from the outside and it works.
8. Put the dock back together carefully (test the cable first, then test again with only one T6 screw so you know everything works).
9. Carefully re-stick the rubber bottom.
Note: the audio connector does not work since the cable has been disconnected. I care more about USB connectivity than audio-out.
thanks for this step by step made by anotherhaus
It wasnt hard it took about 30 minutes but i should mention the audio port on the stand doesnt work any more
Step by Step:
1. Pull off rubber bottom gently (save it)
2. Remove plastic liner covering screw holes (too sticky to re-use and not necessary)
3. 6 x Torx T6 gets the bottom off
4. Couple more screws get the USB holder off the inside (remove the metal bracket and pop the USB connector out from the other side)
5. Using a utility knife, remove the plastic sheeting around the microUSB side of your least-favorite cable (the one you're OK destroying to make this work). This was the hardest part, since mine had hot glue around where the wires are soldered to the microUSB port. But you need the wires to bend at a 90-degree angle right where the solder points are so you can fit the dock back together. Make sure it fits into the slot on the dock and goes in as far as the original. Leave the old wire and bracket inside for future use. I taped the 2 bracket screws together and left them inside as well so I don't lose them. There is room inside the dock for all this stuff if you put it together carefully.
6. Drill a hole in the back of the dock (I routed it out of the top edge so I could slip the USB cable through as it was going together and didn't have to cut the cable and re-splice later).
7. Dremel the metal prongs on the microUSB male connector so it slides in and out of the Xoom easily (both sides).
7b.This is how the new cable fits in the dock with the wires coming out at 90 degrees. Doesn't look pretty, but you don't see it from the outside and it works.
8. Put the dock back together carefully (test the cable first, then test again with only one T6 screw so you know everything works).
9. Carefully re-stick the rubber bottom.
Note: the audio connector does not work since the cable has been disconnected. I care more about USB connectivity than audio-out.
thanks for this step by step made by anotherhaus
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