I cannot seem to get my iPhone to connect to my computer via Bluetooth.
The computer acknowledges that it has discovered the phone, shows an icon for it and even sends the phone a code to key in. But the phone itself simply does not wish to connect.
> On 2009-07-12, Bob Haar <bobh...@comcast.net> wrote: >> On 7/12/09 5:58 AM, "hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk" <hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk> >> wrote:
>>> I cannot seem to get my iPhone to connect to my computer via >>> Bluetooth.
>>> Any advice?
>> You should use 802.11 wireless for this purpose. The iPhone Bluetooth >> supports only wireless headsets and similar usage such as car audio >> systems.
> It supports Bluetooth tethering too.
Well, Jon! TELL HIM HOW TO SET IT UP!
or, tell him the URL for the instructions to set it up.....
Doesn't that make more sense than I've-Got-A-Secret?
-- ----- Larry
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>> On 2009-07-12, Bob Haar <bobh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> On 7/12/09 5:58 AM, "hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk" <hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk> >>> wrote:
>>>> I cannot seem to get my iPhone to connect to my computer via >>>> Bluetooth.
>>>> Any advice?
>>> You should use 802.11 wireless for this purpose. The iPhone Bluetooth >>> supports only wireless headsets and similar usage such as car audio >>> systems.
>> It supports Bluetooth tethering too.
> Well, Jon! TELL HIM HOW TO SET IT UP!
> or, tell him the URL for the instructions to set it up.....
> Doesn't that make more sense than I've-Got-A-Secret?
On the iPhone, go to "Settings" > "General" > Network" > "Internet Tethering". It shows instructions on starting it. Of course your carrier has to support it. US AT&T doesn't yet. Canada does if you have a data plan of at least 1 GB. Check with your carrier to see if they support it, and if there are extra charges.
> On 2009-07-13, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote: >> Doesn't that make more sense than I've-Got-A-Secret?
> Do you never tire of inventing new ways in which to be an idiot?
No thanks to YOU, the instructions have been posted.....with the disclaimer, of course, that it does NOT work in the United States. Does O2 support tethering on iPhone in the UK?
The only thing Bluetooth on iPhone does in the USA is headphones....sort of.
-- ----- Larry
Noone will be safe until the last lawyer has been strangled by the entrails of the last cleric.
> No thanks to YOU, the instructions have been posted
Some instructions have been posted - which may or may not have anything to do with the original poster's question, given that their question was so vague as to be essentially unanswerable.
I wasn't aware that in order to post to Usenet it was compulsory to answer the question posed by the first post in the thread. You didn't answer it either, what punishment have you meted out to yourself?
> Does O2 support tethering on iPhone in the UK?
Yes.
> The only thing Bluetooth on iPhone does in the USA is headphones....sort > of.
Wrong, since 3.0 apps can use Bluetooth for all sorts of things. Plus, what do you mean by "sort of"?
All of these are a NO....many would be very useful!
Basic Imaging Profile (BIP) NO PICTURES to picture frames! Basic Printing Profile (BPP) NO PRINTING ALLOWED! Cordless Telephony Profile (CTP) Device ID Profile (DID) Dial-up Networking Profile (DUN) (DUN uses it as a modem) Fax Profile (FAX) File Transfer Profile (FTP) (NO file swapping!) General Audio/Video Distribution Profile (GAVDP) Generic Access Profile (GAP) Generic Object Exchange Profile (GOEP) Human Interface Device Profile (HID) (NO external keyboards, mouse) Intercom Profile (ICP) Object Push Profile (OPP) (NO more file swapping!) Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) (Hey, isn't this a PHONE?!) Serial Port Profile (SPP) (NO serial storage device) Service Discovery Application Profile (SDAP) SIM Access Profile (SAP,SIM) Synchronisation Profile (synch) Video Distribution Profile (vdp) Wireless Application Protocol Bearer (WAPB)
Users say of iPhone Bluetooth:
Fred says, "BTW – Even thought the iPhone supports Hands-Free Profile, it appears it does not do a great job with it. I’ve been using my iPhone with my car’s hands-free capability and the voice quality is so bad I can’t use it to make/receive calls. The two other phones I use with my car work fine."
siayma says: March 10, 2009 at 9:31 am
"What are you trying to tell me I cannot send pictures or music from my nokia e65 to my iPhone? If so that’s really quite bad. Can someone please help. All my iPhone does is says it’s searchn for devises but nothing seems to happen. I don’t know y iPhone does this as this feature will just put people off buying stuff from iTunes."
Rubtstar says: "I cant believe I bought an iphone…its utter crap I cant: receieve photos/music/anything from other phones forward text messages export contacts from iphone to sim no video recorder transfer songs from my music folder on my pc to iphone has a crap text predictor etc etc I should have stuck with my nokia"
Usenet isn't big enough to include the rest.....
Things don't look that good in iPhone Paradise....
I'm still looking for a PAN enabled iPhone in Charleston so I can test its other PAN capabilities, like file/picture/music sharing with my Linux tablet. Don't see how that's going to work without a protocol iPhone doesn't support like OPP, FTP, etc., but we'll at least look.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to drop by your car, fire up the monster notebook, move stuff off and on iphone at will, in a parking lot without gobbling up your 5GB/month network limit.
-- ----- Larry
Noone will be safe until the last lawyer has been strangled by the entrails of the last cleric.
> I'll play a little longer...SPECIFICALLY what "sorts of things"?
> All of these are a NO....many would be very useful!
> Basic Imaging Profile (BIP) NO PICTURES to picture frames! > Basic Printing Profile (BPP) NO PRINTING ALLOWED!
[etc]
I am under the impression that applications can implement whatever they like. Try searching for 'bluetooth' in iTunes.
I know that you are going to complain that, even if this is correct, it does not mean that you can, for example, use a bluetooth keyboard with the iPhone in general. You are right, and this is a perfectly valid observation. However it is *not* true at all to say "The only thing Bluetooth on iPhone does in the USA is headphones".
> Fred says, "BTW – Even thought the iPhone supports Hands-Free Profile, > it appears it does not do a great job with it.
<shrug> My colleague uses his iPhone with his car's hands-free bluetooth fine. I'd suggest that you can probably find on-line complaints about pretty much any consumer you product you like, it hardly proves anything.
> "I cant believe I bought an iphone…its utter crap > I cant: > receieve photos/music/anything from other phones > forward text messages > export contacts from iphone to sim > no video recorder > transfer songs from my music folder on my pc to iphone > has a crap text predictor > etc etc > I should have stuck with my nokia"
It certainly sounds like this person should have done a tiny bit of research before spending their money, yes. Also they should probably read the manual and learn how to use their purchase.
In article <Xns9C47D571B8DE2noonehome...@74.209.131.13>, no...@home.com says...
> Users say of iPhone Bluetooth:
> Fred says, "BTW =3F Even thought the iPhone supports Hands-Free Profile, > it appears it does not do a great job with it. I=3Fve been using my iPhone > with my car=3Fs hands-free capability and the voice quality is so bad I > can=3Ft use it to make/receive calls. The two other phones I use with my > car work fine."
Don't know what problem he's been having, but my iPhone works absolutely fine with my Nokia CK7W Bluetooth car kit left over in the car from my Nokia N95 days. The sound is crystal clear, through the speaker under the dash, the radio-mute works perfectly, and I can use the new Voice Control without even looking at the phone. I'm very happy with it.
Oh yes - it's the 3GS, but my previous 3G also worked perfectly apart from not having voice control. The voice control is the main reason I upgraded from the 3G to the 3GS.
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