iv read reviews saying this thing has firmware and software problems, the firmware problems sometimes being from the updates and software problems being only in beta version thus far. so i never installed the software or updated the firmware. i just synced it up to my s4 mini(it has a sprint version of jellybean 4.2.2)with no problems and was able to scroll through the menus and select apps. it works great in hid mode with games that support the playpad and hid controllers in general(my games of choice being beloko ports of id software titles and console emulators by robert broglia). i'll be getting a bluetooth dongle in the mail soon for my laptop to see how well i can get it to work with windows. ill make an update later with my findings.
update: 02/17/14
so i setup up my bluetooth dongle today and have successfully synced my playpad with my laptop(satellite a200 with 32 bit windows vista). after windows found drivers for it i loaded up xpadder to see how things would map out and as it turns out not great but better then i expected. iv been able to map both analog sticks and there push down buttons, the ABXY buttons, bumpers and the start button. unfortunatly the d pad is registering as keyboard directional keys and cant be used in xpadder. the triggers just dont work. a interesting thing to note, the left analog stick will only register as a d pad in xpadder. all of this weirdness is more then likely bad drivers and nyko will probably never make any for windows. i can rig this thing in zdoom to about 90% functionality as i can just bind the d pad as keyboard keys but still no triggers. owell, maybe ill find a way.
Update 2014:
So my phone had been upgraded to 4.3 and my controller stop giving a full connection. I tried the 4.3 firmware update app but I couldnt get it to work, so I went back to trying to connect it as is. I thought maybe trying to connect it in mouse mode might do the trick and as soon as I unpaired the controller, switched to mouse mode and pair again it recognized it as a mouse and gave full connection! While still connected this way I moved the switch back to hid mode and it started working as a hid controller again. Easy fix :)
Update 11/9/14:
Got the latest firmware update not by way of the googleplay app but from a downloadable source for the pc (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nrbp4fefwwu2g6l/IYv8irXZaU). now that that the firmware is 4.3 i had to remap the controller in all my apps, but its not that big of a deal to me. tested it with xpadder on windows and it maps out almost like a normal controller now but the triggers still dont work in windows :(
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