ipaq 3970 bluetooth probs

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#1980 5-Aug-2004 07:53

hiya on my ipaq 3970, the previus user upgraded the bluetooth manager to 1.1 for sum reason it wont let me retrive services for my pc. (this is the built in bluetooth not a card) ill go onto my pc on the bluetooth menu with the icons,ill click on my pc. n den itll take ages to retrieve my services and in the end it just freezes,ill attemp to connect activesink to my pc and it says "this program has performed an illegal operation!" i realli need either an upgradei n the bluetooth manager or a link to get the previous one!

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#7549 5-Aug-2004 09:13

The Bluetooth stack on the h3970 (and h3870 too) supports only a maximum of seven services retrieved. If you're using a newer stack on your computer you probably have more services than this limit and this will cause a fault.

On your computer, disable services that are not required, like dial-up, fax, etc. Then soft reset your iPAQ and try again.

This is a problem with newer mobile phones too. Some Sony Ericsson phones now offer more than seven services, and old iPAQs will not work with these phones since there's no way to disable the service on the phone.

I recommend updating the h3970 to Windows Mobile 2003 if possible. This is no longer an issue on this version.

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#7994 27-Aug-2004 02:12

heya urm thnx 4 ur help, now once i do have a network lan sorted with the bluetooth (i can get a connection but then wot????)how do i explore other devices??????? and also i thort i downloaded windows 2003 for my pocket pc but on the usb command promt wen i type in the command it just dus nuthing at all!!!!! is there anyway i can get a decent windows 2003 upgrade?if not then i just need to know how to explore other devices :) thankyou

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#7995 27-Aug-2004 02:16

heya thnx 4 ur help. could you plz tell me how to get a upgrade for that?i tired on the site but i have no cash (im 15) and i cnt realli afford £30 just 4 a upgrade so could you just simply tell me once ive connected a bluetooth LAN thingy then how do i explroe other devices? do a dummy guide to it!! and also maybe a dummys guide to do a bluetooth wireless activesink to windows xp for me? remeber i have windows 2002 on a ipaq 3970 :) thnx

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#7998 27-Aug-2004 07:38

Check our Bluetooth Guides. There's one there for Activesync over Bluetooth.

The Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade is not free, and there's no download available - only CD.

The network acess over Bluetooth on Pocket PC OS 2002 does not have PAN (Personal Area Network), only LAP (LAN Access PPP). So it does not allow for browsing shared folders/files.

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#8039 28-Aug-2004 00:07

yeah i tried that, i click on start active sinc and it puts the loading icon on (with the lil box with the circle) and it takes ages and ages to load, and here and there wen im trying to figure it bluetooth has performed an illegal operation. ive treid hard resets many times and it dont work! using sherezea i can download the windows 2003 version for it, would that help if i got it to 2003???? if not is there anyway i could upgrade or do sumthing to the bluetooth manager coz i think thats the problem

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#8043 28-Aug-2004 01:19

Is this "illegal operation" on your Pocket PC or the computer? Have you disabled all the services you don't need, on your computer?

Don't use the Windows Mobile 2003 from non-official suppliers. It may not be the correct one. For example an old beta version didn't have the Bluetooth stack, and a lot of people used that for a while - they found out that they couldn't go back to the previous version, and either got stuck or had to end up buying anyway. And also it's illegal to copy the software.

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#8063 29-Aug-2004 01:20

heya, its on the palmtop its a illegal opeation, i think i have got a windows 2003 upgrade for it. but in usb prompt, as i type in the file to download it just actis as if u have just pressed enter, like nuthing happens but anuther usb promt appears. im currently downloading anuther filewhich claims to b it, but this time it is 30 mb. there many programs you can get for free on sherezea,bearshear and kazaa. i get loadsa of free software, if this 2003 works then ill say!! u shud try it out. also try www.filedonkey.com

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#8067 29-Aug-2004 14:29

Thanks for the info, but no thanks. The files donwloaded from these networks are not always the correct ones. They also are illegal copies.