Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-30049823-20190909232421/@comment-30049823-20191101234336

Update: The first of the two IR-transmitters arrived a couple days ago, finally. But, bad news, those things only work in phones and tablets that support OTG (USB on-the-go), and my cheapass prepaid Samsung Android does not. [Rant: it plugs into the headphone jack; WTH does it need OTG support for?!?]

So the search continues for the g5 Amazon Fire tablet (kid's edition, but I hacked it to install Google Play Store on it) that I know I have _somewhere_... or possibly stumble across a deactivated Samsung Galaxy S2 for $10 or something.


 * EDIT: For posterity, Zazaremote (recommended by the sellers of the IR transmitters that plug into smartphone headphone jacks) is rubbish and its requirement for OTG support is completely bogus.  Find "irplus WAVE" in the Google Play store instead; the app's website even has instructions on building your own jeadphone-jack transmitter.