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XDA IIs - compatible bluetooth foldaway keyboard

hello
i am close to purchasing the O2 XDA IIs, but want to be sure that i can purchase with it a compatible foldaway keyboard.
O2 in singapore (i'm in australia) tell me that the keyboards for the O2 XDA II are not compatible with the IIs
they tell me, however, that any 1.1 bluetooth compatible keyboard should work with the O2 XDA IIs
however, they weren't prepared to recommend any such keyboards, and counselled me strongly to test any potential keyboard with the device before purchasing
the sales people here in canberra have recommended an hp Bluetooth Folding Keyboard Manu Part no: FA287A
but they're not prepared to let me test it without buying.
my questions:
1. if you are using a foldaway keyboard (bluetooth or otherwise) successfully with the O2 XDA IIs, what keyboard is that?
2. will the hp Bluetooth Folding Keyboard Manu Part no: FA287A work with the O2 XDA IIs.
i look forward to your advice
thanks
ric

The Bluetooth Keyboard like this Freedom Keyboard requires PDA specific drivers, but the Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard works on HID driver bluetooth setting so this one should work with XDA IIs. I belive the HP keyboard is actually manufacutured by Thinkoutside (stowaway). If this is the case than it should also use the HID interface and should work with your XDA, although I have no experience of this.

I am using ThinkOutside BT Keyboard with XDAIIs, it works properly ... download driver same as for XDAmini (1.570Kb) ..follow the instruction ..and works.
Budi HS
Indonesia
XDAIIs BT ver 1.0.0 Build 3500
works fine also with BT GPS EMTAC/CarPC

Hi,
I also have a stowaway keyboard with the additional HID-Profil working. But because it is a German keyboard layout I want to use the thinkoutside driver again. But it causes conflicts.
Can somene please tell me how I get rid again of the HID-Profil and maybe the Quality-Audio-Profil if neccessary.
Thank You very much

Never mind!
My XDA performed a hard reset on its own yesterday night! :-(

Reliable BlueAngel bluetooth?

I have a BlueAngel / SX66 on Cingular. I have been through every ROM upgrade you can imagine, all with the hopes that SOME DAY the bluetooth will work properly. More specifically, I have a stick BMW and it's impossible for me to talk on this thing and drive at the same time, not to mention really unsafe, but I absolutely need to talk in the car because I'm on the move a lot. There is a bluetooth headset interface in the car that I know is pretty damn good because it works so beautifully with Motorola devices (specifically the somewhat ancient V600 I have). My SX66 can barely get through 3 seconds of being connected to it before it just goes haywire and drops the connection, locks up my stereo, etc. It's a disaster. So every time a new ROM comes out I sit for hours upgrading just hoping that maybe this time it will work. I've tried a Motorola HS810, HS850, a Logitech Mobile Freedom, a Jabra BT800, and an Ericsson HBH600. Not one of them can consistently hold a connection without it dropping here and there and me having to go to the Bluetooth manager and "reconnect". These are all reputable headsets that work flawlessly with other devices.
Conclusion: The MS bluetooth stack is pathetic.
Problem: I want my SX66 to work with JUST ONE bluetooth device flawlessly. It doesn't need to be the car necessarily, but that would be really sweet if it did. I have recently upgraded to WM5 in another feeble attempt, but alas WM5 doesn't appear to be compatible with GoodLink, the messaging sync software that I'm tied to that makes me use this god awful device (I won't use a Treo because the Palm UI is garbage and it has its own host of problems I've seen). I'm going to have to downgrade back to 1.40 to get GoodLink to work again because its pretty vital to me.
Question: Does anyone know how to get Bluetooth to work consistently with any headset, paired with an SX66? I seriously have sank like $400 just in headsets trying to get this piece of crap to work. If there are any stack upgrades, firmware flashes, etc. WHATEVER I'm willing to try anything. This is the only Windows based device available on the market that is compatible with GoodLink and has a qwerty keyboard that's easy to use.

FYI, the BA uses the Broadcom/Widcomm BT stack, unless you've upgraded it to WM5.

how to get Stowaway BT driver work with WM6

I'm using HTC Trinity WM6 and wish to use my old Stowaway universal Bluetooth keyboard working? i cannot find driver for WM6. anyone have it?
please help!! i love my BT keyboard and wish to get it work again.
thanks

Attached is the driver I use for my Kaiser WM6/6.1, dunno if it'll work on your Trinity or not.
If not here is the drivers page: http://corporate.igo.com/support/Drivers.asp. Just choose your manufacturer and model.

Note that WM6 comes with basic keyboard drivers -- you only need to install a driver if you want to use special functionality such as customized keys. I use the built-in drivers on my Kaiser with a BT keyboard (not the Stowaway, but supposedly compatible).

htc tytn II and sierra bt keyboard
everybody,
trying to connect / use my new sierra bt keyboard with my htc tytn II and nothing works,.... if i go through the htc the keyboard is detected, asks for a security code, does not recognise the one i put in, (although the instructions say pick one of your choice), and does not connect.
if i go through the keyboard CAB installed on the htc, still cannot connect,.... i am not exactly a 'newbie' but if someone could give a step by step direction on how to get this to work, i would be very grateful,....
thanks,
ek

sorry everyone, i used elyspar's CAB file on my htc tytn II,.... thanks for your help,....ek

found a vid on youtube very helpful,.... it's actually quite simple to connect, so maybe i need to retract, i am a newbie,....
here's the link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8HAge9yJu4
no functionality though, just basic input, good for emails / word, but limited,....
guess i have to install the driver on my kaiser somehow,....

Hi everybody, can you tell me which driver i have to install for my Niki? It's not on the list...
Thank you very much.

ekacz24 said:
everybody,
trying to connect / use my new sierra bt keyboard with my htc tytn II and nothing works,.... if i go through the htc the keyboard is detected, asks for a security code, does not recognise the one i put in, (although the instructions say pick one of your choice), and does not connect.
if i go through the keyboard CAB installed on the htc, still cannot connect,.... i am not exactly a 'newbie' but if someone could give a step by step direction on how to get this to work, i would be very grateful,....
thanks,
ek
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I could use an Apple Alu BT KB with HTC TyTN (not II). Paired. Without any special driver. Remember to press Enter on the KB after the code. Now I have a new Touch HD and I get it paired but nothing happens clicking on the keyboard...
I will start installing drivers which I find here suggested and will report.

iGo stowaway BT keyboard and WM6
Hello all,
I originally posted this message in a Blackstone forum, but as this problem probably relates to WM6 in general I thought I would post here
I have an igo bluetooth keyboard and I am using Blackstone phone (running the usual WM6.1 proffessional. I installed the igo software and everything worked fine except that phone crashed a lot. Not so useful. I then uninstalled the software and paired the keyboard using the onboard Bluetooth keyboard drivers. All worked well for one run through and I was able to type away. However I have not got the thing to work again since, even after re-pairing the devices. Does anyone haev any thoughts about what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks.
Tom

Hello Guys, partly not to the topic hear....
I have an igo stowaway keyboard and a travel mouse and i have been using them with my fusi n560 (wm 6.0). Now I bought a Nokia 5800 mobile phone with symbian s60v3 touch. The keyboard came with multiple driver including both wm and symbian versions, but the mause came only with wm driver. Now the question is: do you happen to know how could I use my mouse with my symbian device? Sorry for asking symbian related question here....

Special Characters and the Sierra Stowaway
I have previously used the Sierra Bluetooth Keyboard and it worked flawlessly on my T-Mobile Wing running WM5... I recently tried to port the same driver suggested by ek... (PPC5) to the T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2, WM6.1.
It works on all keys, including the function keys, but cannot produce the specialty characters on the 5th, number-row, i.e., [email protected]#$%^&*()
Everything else seems to work fine... anybody come across a fix for this?
Thanks!
JSS

I've been interested in acquiring an Apple Wireless Keyboard for my PDA too.
But from skimming other people's post, looking at what was successful on the internet (e.g. the guy on youtube with the Mio who paired with the Apple BT Keyboard), it seems that all the success stories come from people running WM5/6
Anything 6.1 and above seems to not work in general, although you have some success stories like from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486595
Has anyone successfully paired with 6.1-6.5?

jstapley said:
I have previously used the Sierra Bluetooth Keyboard and it worked flawlessly on my T-Mobile Wing running WM5... I recently tried to port the same driver suggested by ek... (PPC5) to the T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2, WM6.1.
It works on all keys, including the function keys, but cannot produce the specialty characters on the 5th, number-row, i.e., [email protected]#$%^&*()
Everything else seems to work fine... anybody come across a fix for this?
Thanks!
JSS
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I have similar problems with my Samsung Omnia, WM6.1 and the German Stowaway Keyboard (QWERTZ) with the driver 4.51.
Just the keys !$& are not working.
Could there be a workaround like using ASCI numbers?
I tried ALT+33 to get a "!" but had no success.
Does anybody else has some suggestions?
Thanks,
Sigi

sigi-s said:
I have similar problems with my Samsung Omnia, WM6.1 and the German Stowaway Keyboard (QWERTZ) with the driver 4.51.
Just the keys !$& are not working.
Could there be a workaround like using ASCI numbers?
I tried ALT+33 to get a "!" but had no success.
Does anybody else has some suggestions?
Thanks,
Sigi
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I solved my problem:
I installed the English driver 4.52
(I have an English ROM and use a German Keyboard)
The driver was changed from version Ger4.51 to Eng4.52 on several places and I think they solved some Bugs.
I resetted my Omnia after the installation.
Because the problem still existed, I resetted the Omnia once again, while the Stowaway keyboard was selected in the keyboard menu.
After that reset all the characters worked like the should.
Hope that helps.

Use any bluetooth mouse with your hd

Hey guys in my searches i have found this little app. Theres an unlimited free trial available. it let's you connect any bluetooth mouse to your wm device. great app and would love to use a mouse in conjuction with my igo keyboard. I have tried pairing the mouse however it does not complete pairing and the mouse continues to sit in pairing mode. I have tried three seperate mice (logitech, targus and microsoft) If anyone is willing to give it a go and let me know how they go would be great.
Hopefully it will work for you.
http://www.teksoftco.com/index.php?section=blueinput

dlaponin said:
Hey guys in my searches i have found this little app. Theres an unlimited free trial available. it let's you connect any bluetooth mouse to your wm device. great app and would love to use a mouse in conjuction with my igo keyboard. I have tried pairing the mouse however it does not complete pairing and the mouse continues to sit in pairing mode. I have tried three seperate mice (logitech, targus and microsoft) If anyone is willing to give it a go and let me know how they go would be great.
Hopefully it will work for you.
http://www.teksoftco.com/index.php?section=blueinput
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I used a Logitech V70 following the instructions on the site and it worked as advertised. I've also paired it with my Logitech diNovo Mini although not at the same time.
edit: Actually I installed the cab, turned on the radio, initiated a device search, then I turned on the V70 and pressed the connect button on the bottom. No password was required, I just clicked Next as soon as the mouse was recognized. I think this is a little bit different than the order specified on the website.

i'm encountering two main problems.
1) the Teksoft software is not recognising the bluetooth is on. I'm using the radio rom that comes with dutty's v1.7.
2) after I pair the mouse (with a blank password) it remains in discovery mode.
Just a bit of extra information i'm using the ig keyboard and have the igo software installed not sure if that could be causing problems. Also having read other forums the mouse i was trying to use was the microsoft 5000 and one of the guys had this working perfectly which leads me to believe its my phone.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Bluetooth stack on HTC HD2
Hi All,
I just got th HTC HD2 and I also run into difficulties connecting a bluetooth mouse. Looks like the problem lies in the Bluetooth stack.
I'm using a iGo/Thinkoutside stowaway bluetooth mouse and keyboard. The software (latest version from 2007) does not recognise that Bluetooth is on.
The keyboard is recognised as a standard HID device and works without any additional software.
I tried the Teksoftco Blueinput software and got the same problem that the software does not recognise that Bluetooth is on. Probably it only works with the MS bluetooth stack and not the one on HTC HD2 (TP2, HD, ...?).
I can connect to a bluetooth mouse but the HD2 can't find any services to use.
Anyway, If anybode has a solution please post but my hopes are verly low... :-(
Maybe a wired mouse via USB host on the car cradle will work...

HD2 with rii mini bluetooth keyboard
Hey, I have not tried to pair my bt mouse and keyboard together, however, I paired my rii mini bt keyboard and both the mouse and kb work! It is awesome. Let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps.

anyone have the android.apk that comes on the cd?
its not on my cd and i cant pair it with my phone...

I've attached apk for Rii Mini for Android.

gonzalo_reyes said:
I've attached apk for Rii Mini for Android.
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thanks man...
for some reason its not letting me connect to the net to register it.

rii
Did you have any luck registering, I'm running into the same thing?
No drivers on the cd.

The software doesn't work on my Touch HD
I tried the V 1.5RC4 but it always displays: "The BlueInput driver is not responding. You need to reinstall this software."
Is it possibly, that I have a altered bluetooth stack with my ROM (Energy)?
Would appreciate any help to get this to work!

playdo said:
The software doesn't work on my Touch HD
I tried the V 1.5RC4 but it always displays: "The BlueInput driver is not responding. You need to reinstall this software."
Is it possibly, that I have a altered bluetooth stack with my ROM (Energy)?
Would appreciate any help to get this to work!
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I had exactly the same problem in my Touch HD with Energy ROM and found the solution. Our problem is because the bluetooth HID libraries are missing in the Energy ROM. Thus, first, you need to restore them by using TRV_Bth_HID.cab attached. Restart. Then, you need to pair your mouse and to ensure, that the service "input device" has appeared and marked in the bluetooth manager. Restart with the turned on bluetooth and the mouse connected. Only after these steps, you can install V1.5RC4. Note, that V1.5RC4 overwrites the library \Windows\bthhid.dll, which was in TRV_Bth_HID.cab. As a result, after V1.5RC4 installation, your mouse will be seen as "disconnected" in the bluetooth manager - this is normal. But, if you need to install new device, you will have to repeat all steps above.

Help
Please help if any body found. Rii mini bluetooth keyboard connected with desire hd
Advance thanks

nagagaya said:
Please help if any body found. Rii mini bluetooth keyboard connected with desire hd
Advance thanks
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you look at http://ipadgeartalk.com/ipad/anker-...5-0-cellphones-computer-laptop-notebook-black

Alternative to MobileRemote for the Touch Pro 2?

I used to use MobileRemote by MobileSRC.com with my touch pro and it worked great as an easy to use keyboard/mouse combo for my Home Theater PC.
I have been trying to get it to work on the TP2 though and finally I decided to search a bit and found a post on the MobileRemote forums saying that it will not work at all on the TP2 due to the changed BlueTooth Stack (Widcomm) that is included by default on the TP2.
(I believe this is the same thing that causes some issues with TomTom, but that's a different topic)
I was just curious if anyone can recommend a similar program, where I can use my TP2 as the keyboard and a trackpad or an air mouse for a windows PC? If anyone has tested them out and know what works with the TP2 please let me know. Thanks!

there are a couple out there but you have to install a software on the PC and on your device for them to work.
The beauty about MobileRemote is that you don't need to do that so the computer automaticly senses it as a bluetooth keyboard/mouse.
I was also upset that it doesn't work with the Widcomm BT Stack because now i can't use it with my PS3 and it was the only option.
My solution would be to get the MS BT Stack ported over to the Rhodium because the Widcomm stack has caused other issues for me on top of this one.