Bluetooth Issues with SE P910i

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Flash99

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#3856 13-Apr-2005 10:07

Hey Guys,

Have come across an odd problem with a P910i, whereby upon initiating a Bluetooth Serial Port connection, the connection becomes live, and then immediately drops.

I would like to use Bluetooth the sync the 910 with PC Suite, and configure Mobile Phone Monitor to use the COM port as assigned in my Bluetooth Manger. The connection is initiated, and as described, drops, and Mobile Phone Monitor cannot detect the device.

DUN works no problem. (Can make a GPRS call, and communicate with the modem in Hyper Terminal).

It's not the laptop (Toshiba Satellite M30 with SDIO Bluetooth Card - Win XP SP2) as I can connect to the bluetooth serial port on my Harrier no problem (for activesync). MPM also detects a SE T68i no problem. Also tried with Toshiba Tecra S1. Am using SE PC Suite Ver. 3.1.1.

I know the Toshiba Bluetooth Manager can be a dog at times, but it's working fine with other devices. Sync over a cable works fine also.

Does anyone have any ideas? Is there a firmware update to the P910 that corrects this issue?

Cheers!

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#14151 13-Apr-2005 10:10

That's correct and how it works. The PC will "wake up" the Sony Ericsson P800/P900/P910 (and any other Symbian for that matter) and drop the connect. The phone will then connect back to the PC. I think it's a way to make the phone sync with multiple PC - but still a pain.

You have to configure the software on your computer to listen on the incoming COM port created on your Bluetooth configuration.

The steps are then

You open a connection from your computer using a Bluetooth outgoing serial port
The phone drops the connection
The phone connect back on your Bluetooth incoming serial port
The software accepts the connection

But don't be that happy. The software is terrible and most of the time it will not connect on the the first attempt.

Flash99

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#14152 13-Apr-2005 10:16

Hmm... Am I surprised to learn of this odd behaviour? No...

Cheers for the help, will give it a go and see where I end up.

And yes I agree, MPM is a absolute pain to get going, you would think with all their flashy apps they could design something that is user friendly...