Hacking a Hotel POS Tablet - How Hard Can it Be? -- Episode 556

A lot of dedicated Sales Hardware (POS) is made from standard consumer tech. Clem has encountered a hotel tablet on sale and wondered if it could easily be repurposed for general Android tablet use? Without a normal USB port he has to sniff the proprietary connector with an oscilloscope, perform a factory reset, and even break open the tablet to verify its pinout! Will it boot into a usable version of Android, or is it indeed custom locked down hardware?

Bill of Material:

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity	Buy Kit
Digital Oscilloscope, Multicomp Pro Oscilloscopes, 4 Channel, 200 MHz, 1 GSPS, 40 Mpts	Multicomp	1	Buy Now

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mayermakes over 3 years ago in reply to colporteur +1

i now have a € 60,- calculator.

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DAB over 3 years ago

Good jog Clem,

It looks like you will have to dig deeper to find secrets of the device.
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mayermakes over 3 years ago in reply to DAB

does not look like digging alone will help, its so locked down, I think its better to salvage components and build something new with the parts.
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mayermakes over 3 years ago in reply to DAB

does not look like digging alone will help, its so locked down, I think its better to salvage components and build something new with the parts.
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