Hi Jay,
I was getting that "Broken Pipe" message too until I figured out that you have to disconnect the tablet after each use else the next time you will get the "Broken Pipe" message. Seems it has nothing to do with the pipe!
Hope that helps, I don't remember the actual steps I took and I don't have an Android device any more but I'm sure if you dick around with disconnecting it each time you'll figure it out...
Cheers.
~ross