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Phil0rd · 09-09-2016, 05:38 PM

Talking about the tablet itself, not the car.

It happened to me twice, both on pretty warm days. When I start the car and turn on OFT, it couldn't boot normally. Once it stayed at the boot screen forever and the other time the screen even gradually turned all white.

I freaked out, thinking that I permently lost this device. Then I realized the case was pretty hot. So held it again a AC vent for a minute then it booted successfully. I was surprised how sensitive to temperature it was.

Anyone had run into similar incidents before? Presumably OpenFlash doesn't mauafacute the tablet device themselves (correct me on this) so I guess there's really little they can do about this.

BTW I used an OBD2 extension with a switch so the OFT wasn't powered when the car was parked.

09-09-2016, 05:38 PM	#1
Phil0rd Member Join Date: May 2016 Drives: 2016 WRB BRZ Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	OFT Overheat Problem?? Talking about the tablet itself, not the car. It happened to me twice, both on pretty warm days. When I start the car and turn on OFT, it couldn't boot normally. Once it stayed at the boot screen forever and the other time the screen even gradually turned all white. I freaked out, thinking that I permently lost this device. Then I realized the case was pretty hot. So held it again a AC vent for a minute then it booted successfully. I was surprised how sensitive to temperature it was. Anyone had run into similar incidents before? Presumably OpenFlash doesn't mauafacute the tablet device themselves (correct me on this) so I guess there's really little they can do about this. BTW I used an OBD2 extension with a switch so the OFT wasn't powered when the car was parked.