Can't find any irda usb dongles. All out of production. Tamagotchi P owner

[Sinvanor]

I hope my question is in the right place on these forums. Please let me know if I need to post somewhere else.

So I just got back into my Tamagotchi P after I found out all it needed was 2 AAA batteries and not those hard to find circular ones that were common for small hand held games. I learned that there are plenty of wonderful downloads that you can get, you just need a way to transfer them using IRDA. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 which if I read correctly has IR capabilities, but not IRDA so it would not work.
I was fine with needed to buy a USB to IRDA device, but everywhere, and I mean everywhere they are discontinued. I guess people just don't use them?

Is there any other way to get files onto my Tamagotchi P? It would be so cool to have new games, wallpaper, food etc.

I run windows 10 and have blue tooth capability if that helps.

Thanks in advance for your help.

PS: I do not live in the USA, I am in Europe, so Walmart and other stores based in the US that don't ship internationally won't do me any good sadly.

P.S.S. Did more digging into what irDA means and if anyone here is tech savvy, can you tell me if something says is it IR transmitting and receiving and not just transmitting that it's an irda? Or are they different?

 

[KidRetro64]

Just to let you know, these types of fourms should be posted in What happened to my tamagotchi bit. If any admin accounts could move this, that would be appreciated!

 

[Eggiweg]

Try ebay, though the IRDA dongles are pretty expensive.

Your best bet is to try and find an old mobile phone with IRDA capabilities.

https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMax=2010&chkInfrared=selected

You can use sites like phone arena to find phones with IR functionality (try setting the date of release before 2010), but make sure to double check that the phone has an IRDA port (can send and receive data) and not just an IR blaster (can only send data).

 

[Sinvanor]

Just to let you know, these types of fourms should be posted in What happened to my tamagotchi bit. If any admin accounts could move this, that would be appreciated!

Gotcha! Will post it there next time!

I actually solved my issue by finding a super old Thinkpad by IBM that has irda, so if I can, I'll just delete this post. Thank you for your help!

 

[TamaMum]

Just to let you know, these types of fourms should be posted in What happened to my tamagotchi bit. If any admin accounts could move this, that would be appreciated!

That's what the report button is for. Please don't forget to use it

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