My Spektrum iX12 has been more or less stress free and operating well, even through updates that raised issues for so many other users. Well, I had left my radio "off" for several weeks, and when I went to turn it on, it would not boot. Plugged it in, booted fine, and checked the battery, it was red line low. I charged it overnight, and it took its charge fine, as expected. But my iX12 has a new trick. It will no longer boot Android if it has been turned off. I have to unplug the battery, plug it back in, and then it will boot. Curiously, it will also boot every time if plugged in. I tried the original battery, same issues, so its not the battery. No one seems to know why this happened. It started before the last update. I thought maybe its an Android OS issue, but there is no way that I can see to repair or update the Android system, and to my knowledge it has never been updated. It is set to automatically update. I am using the latest Airware.
I didn't want to damage the battery plug in the radio, so I installed a switch I happen to have. It fits nicely in the battery bay, and isn't tall enough to block the cover. It works perfectly.
A simple Radio Shack On-Off switch. I had a couple of these sitting around unused. Soldered it in-line, then covered it in shrink wrap.
Here it is in situ. The wires on the MaxxPack are long, allowing this. Took 5 minutes.
Here's hoping this problem gets solved, or I figure out a new way. I may buy another MaxxPack just to see if it somehow turns out to be a battery thing after all.
I would rather have a Spektrum NX10 radio.
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