Connecting Pico to mobile phone via usb c cable to access meshtastic app

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I am trying to connect my phone to the meshtastic app via a usb c cable as the pico has no bluetooth

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Hey @DrScott297390,

Check out the official Meshtastic Guide, you are interested in whenever it mentions using the USB OTG method. If that doesn’t work, the first culprit is usually a USB-C cable that supplies power, but not data so double-check that as well.

Let us know how that goes, and if it still isn’t working, where abouts it’s failing.

Cheers!

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Since the Pico doesn’t have BLE, Wi-Fi, or a supported Meshtastic firmware, The easiest path is to switch to a supported ESP32 board (e.g., T-Beam, T-Echo, Heltec V3, etc.). If you want to stick with Pico, you’ll need to build Meshtastic firmware for RP2040 (still experimental) and accept that USB is the only way to connect.

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