Shadow Dash Recommended Hardware

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Raymond_B
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Shadow Dash Recommended Hardware

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I tried searching, but could not really find anything. I also looked on the TunerStudio website.

My question; is there a recommended hardware list for Shadow Dash MS? I know there's many, many Android devices out there, but maybe a simple list that people have used with good results? I do not have an Android device yet, but plan on picking one up along with Shadow Dash MS and a Bluetooth adapter for my MS3/MS3X.
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Re: Shadow Dash Recommended Hardware

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I've run it smoothly on two phones (Droid Bionic and Nexus 5) and found that my Nook Color running Cyanogenmod is laggy and did not like to run SD. That said, the Nook is an older tablet, which was never designed to be a power house.
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The first thing is to make sure the tablet has bluetooth and one of the later versions of Android.
A lot of the cheap tablets you see for sale have neither.
I have a Nexus 7 and have had no problems with SD or MsDroid. The only thing I don't like about it , is that it doesn't support OTG charging. This is no problem if you are connecting with bluetooth, but if you want to use a usb to serial adaptor and charge the battery at the same time it won't work.
If you plan on using a usb to serial adaptor, make sure you get one with an FTDI chipset not Profilic.
Also if you are going to use usb to serial, keep the usb cable short and if you need any length, use a serial cable.
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Thank you for the heads up, I have been thinking of pulling the trigger on this one. It has Bluetooth, USB, and run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Does that have all the bases covered?

http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... sku=088203
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