Repurpose Your Old Tablet: Use It as a Second Monitor, Media Center, Smart Display, and More

Date: 24/08/2025

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New Android devices show up with enviable regularity. Older ones lag and can’t keep up with modern games and resource‑hungry apps. It’s a shame to give them away or toss them, and nobody wants to buy them. Time to dust off those old tablets. Using the Nexus 7 as an example, I’ll show some unconventional ways to repurpose an old tablet in different scenarios. Let’s skip the ba­nal e‑readers and kitchen recipe books. We’ll aim a level higher.
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Console Android. 50 ADB Commands Everyone Should Know

Date: 04/06/2025

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There are many tools available for working with a smartphone connected via USB cable or Wi-Fi. Advanced tools allow you to move files, install and uninstall software, view contacts, take screenshots, and even send SMS, but no graphical tool can match the power that the Android console can provide. In this article, we will talk about ADB (Android Debug Bridge) – a standard tool for debugging and working with the Android console from a computer.
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Status 7 error: what’s the problem with Android OTA updates and how to fix it?

Date: 06/10/2015

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The latest Nexus devices are normally the first to receive the newest Android versions. When a new firmware version is ready for release to general public, its full image is located at developers.google.com/android/nexus/images. Shortly after that, firmware starts to be distributed over the air. According to one of Google developers, Dan Morrill, (goo.gl/L85mSS), the first few OTA updates are sent to 1 % of devices. It happens at random, regardless of the location or point of sale of a phone/tablet. During this time, bugs are identified allowing the updating process to be put on hold if any critical errors are registered with a large number of users.

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