Re: LG VX-5400 no longer detected

At 02:16 PM 1/19/2011, Robert Peirce wrote:
>It has been quite a while since I used bitpim.  There have been a 
>couple of bitpim and OS X software updates.  Now, when I turn 
>bluetooth on in the computer and the phone there is no 
>detection.  Since it used to work I know it can work, but I am at a 
>loss as to what to do.
>
>I was able to delete the old computer ID from the phone and pair a 
>new one to the computer, but that's it.  The Bluetooth preference 
>panel shows the phone is there but Not Connected.  If I select the 
>phone options to send a card it connects but then it drops the 
>connection and that has nothing to do with bitpim.

Awhile back, the same thing happened to my LG Voyager (VX10000): it 
quit working with Bluetooth; it'd connect but drop the connection as 
soon as I tried downloading SMS messages. I was able to determine it 
had to be the phone instead of Bitpim because it would no longer 
connect to my Bluetooth speakers, either. I could still connect to 
Bitpim using the USB cable, but the USB connector in my original 
phone had loosened up and was flaky (I use an external battery 
charger now to avoid wearing out the USB connector).

Then here in this forum, someone else mentioned Verizon had just 
issued an automatic software update to Voyagers, and there were 
issues with the updated SW, which included an inability to connect 
using Bluetooth. So I went back to the Verizon store and the techs 
tried getting my phone to connect to their Bluetooth network, without 
success. They acted flabbergasted, insisting that was the first tiime 
they'd had such a complaint. They didn't have a replacement phone in 
stock so had to mail me one, which I received in a couple days, and 
which worked fine with Bluetooth. But half of the keyboard was not 
illuminated, so I had to take that phone back, too. By that time, the 
store had refurbished Voyagers back in stock, one of which I got, and 
which has been working great for the past 1-1/2 years. Interestingly, 
it seems to have the same software and Bluetooth version as my 
original phone: either Verizon hasn't been updating SW on Voyagers 
since then, or automatic updating was somehow turned off on my phone. 
Fine with me, since the phone works fine.

SteveH 



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