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Old 04-16-2014 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by fredygump
Unless anybody knows better, it appears that my Motorola Razr Maxx is not compatible with OTG. It's running version 4.1.2, which is supposed to be compatible, but after a week of struggle I can't get it to connect. An app I downloaded told me that my phone is OTG capable, but it still doesn't work.

Then I connected hotwire to my work device, a Galaxy note 3, and it connected to my ESC instantly.

I was going to say some horrible thing about Tekin for such a poor explanation of this system. They say it should just work?? I went looking for an OTG, and neither Best Buy nor the Verizon store knew what I was talking about. They're so cute when they're confused....

But regardless, they should do a better job explaining what OTG is and give more detailed device compatibility. As it is, they don't really provides specs for anything they sell, but that is another issue altogether. If they made a test app to determine if your phone will work before you buy the ESC? That'd be great....
I think the app is still in beta, so kind of hard to hold it against them. I didn't think any of their marketing material is saying it will work with android/ios yet.

As a developer myself, I can tell you that there are TONS of different kinds of android devices with different capabilities and different carrier crapware installed. There is no way any company can test on all devices even more so a company whose main focus is on hardware not software.

The hole point of a beta is to get feedback from users and to find those bugs that only popup in the field.
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