[Nexus 7 Android Development] machmanx:
Understood but...

It's great that yours works to an extent, but remember that fakes are a luck of the draw. Some work, some don't, some have limited functionality, some have full functionality with quirks. With an original you're less likely to run into these issues, AND remember that the developer himself probably worked with an original ezcap for development (it would be a HUGE flaw if the dev used a fake as well). So if yours works then great, you got lucky. If yours doesn't, well I'm giving you a solution you can actually try out rather than be pissed and worry over a device which you cannot get working yourselves until someone replies with the correct solution that works with your product....or never get a reply and you'll have wasted your time. Of course if an original doesn't work you can actually return it since they should have decent return policies. Getting an original is no guarantee that it'll work, but it's better than doing nothing.

I think the original is based on the STK-1160 chip anyway (not 100% sure though), which is probably why it works. Let me tell you a quick story about an Arduino development board: original vs fake. So my colleague and myself were working on the same project. It was simulating the working of a railroad system. So there was a servo motor for the arm that blocks the way, two red leds, a light sensor, and the Arduinos. My colleague got done assembling first, but for some reason his arm refused to work. He messed around with the code, changed motors, resistor values, etc. but could not get it to work. I finished my build an hour later and mine worked straight away. He was surprised and then tried to use all my components except for the arduino. Still no good. Finally I let him use my arduino, he flashed his own code, and it worked with his components. I had an original Arduino straight from the manufacturer. He had a fake from Microcenter called Inland. Both looked the same except for minor color difference and the Inland stamping. So why did his fail and mine work? His board works with simpler projects but not the more complicated ones...and this project wasn't even complicated. Well at least his LEDs alternated properly. I mean who cares if the main function doesn't work right: the arm itself :rolleyes: . Moral of the story: Original is best.

Sometimes we cannot explain why the fakes don't work in some situations. The people on these forums will help you out assuming that your component is working with no issues. But we never ever question that the component in question could have some issue because it involves money to replace. But don't forget we're not miracle workers either. If something is faulty or your component is missing some functionality, even as simple as playing a powerdown video, we'll never know until you try changing out the component. For all we know the fake manufacturers didn't install a capacitor or put a lower value capacitor to save money. Fake manufacturers are cheaper for a reason: they cut corners somehow.

Again, all this talk about real vs fake may not solve your problem. It's just the experiences I have with fakes tend to cause more headaches than solutions. I won't talk about real vs fake anymore. At this point it's up to you if you want to play the wait game on a thread that has lost its main support or try a different device.