Re: Connecting cell phones via bluetooth

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> On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 19:38 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris
>>
>> I have a motorola V3 I did hcitool scan and like yourself got nothing
>> back
>> strange I thought.  I checked the version of the bluetooth I'm  using in
>> my task bar.  It's bluetooth applet 1.8
>>
>> I enabled bluetooth again on M3, then right clicked on my bluetooth icon
>> in task bar 'setup new device' this recognised my phone and gave me a
>> pin
>> to type into my phone which I did.  Phone and laptop now paired ok.
>>
> I guess I'm getting old and senile or something. I 'never' thought to
> right-click on the bluetooth icon on the task bar. I did that then
> clicked on 'browse files on device. Was given a choice of Nokia or
> Motorola. Clicked on Motorola and Nautilus came up with the phones dir's
> and an icon on the desktop. Browsed files, copied to the computer with
> no problems. I guess I was trying to make this just too hard, instead it
> was just too easy!
>
>> Let me know me know how you get on with your motorola.  My Nokia works
>> with no problem,however the Motorola seems to be a different beast all
>> together.
>>
>> Regards
>> Kevin
>>
> Thanks for the clue Kevin, appreciate the help.
>
> Chris
>
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Hi Chris

I'm glad that worked :)  I'm a simple soul, I like things nice and easy I
thought if you could browse to the device it would make like much easier. 
It's probably not want you want but it's a step forward in the right
direction :)

Regards
Kevin




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