Hi, I'm trying to connect my Evo to my Windows 7 laptop so I can use the laptop as a hands-free (better speakers and mic).
It was really easy to pair the Evo, but after that there are no options for connecting?
If you press and hold the computer's name in Bluetooth Settings, the only option is give you is to Unpair. Unless my car and BT handset, where it shows 3 selections (Connect, Unpair, Options).
Has anyone been able to successful pair AND CONNECT their Evo/Android phone to Windows 7?
I got mine to connect once, did it on the laptop side after making phone visible, just transfered some files, doubt it will do what you want without a program on laptop with those drivers that will let it, I doubt it could native
Thanks, yea, on the PC side, there isn't any option to actually connect it?
I can see my phone and it has all the services checked but there's no actual option to connect. Not sure if this is a Win7 or Android issue?
It's the default Windows 7 bluetooth driver; it's not very compatible with smartphones or anything other than some OBEX, headsets, A2DP, etc.
Third-party Bluetooth drivers work OK though, like Blue Soleil.
thanks, that sucks.
hopefully, M$ will improve their bluetooth stack to work better with mobile now that winMo 7 is out.
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Hi folks,
I wondering, how to set-up some kind of service on a windows based computer, which enables wm based ppc to play sound through a2dp on it.
Is it possible? Which tool I must use? Any ideas how to do that?
Thanks for all your replies
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you mean, that you only want to listen music from your ppc on your pc with a2dp service?
try to use bluesoleil. It has many services.
Code:
http://www.bluesoleil.com/support/index.asp?topic=voip_quick_guide
yes, you can do that, provided your device and bluetooth support it.
I do it all the time at work. If you computer has Bluetooth Stereo Audio profile, you pair your phone with it and simply select "set as stereo bluetooth" on your phone, shouldn't require any settings on the computer side and voila, you'll have your audio through your computer. It blows my co-workers minds how I go from headphones to my desktop. My work doesn't have a lot of internet bandwidth so I use my phone to stream di.fm and bassdrive.com.
Hi all, I can’t seem to find a straight answer on this forum about how to connect my SX66 (WM6.1) to my Windows XP PC over Bluetooth so I can listen to my mp3s or internet radio on my HIFI system that’s connected to my PC?
I am using a Bluetooth USB stick and I have them both paired using the BT software the came with Windows XP.
I had tried BlueSoleil software in the past to listen to my music but I didn’t find it practical because it keeps disconnecting and I would need to pair them again.
I am running ROM version: 6.141 WWE, RADIO version: 1.02.10 and ExtROM version: BLACK KERNEL
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first of all let's make sure i got the question right:
you want to stream audio from your sx66 to your pc, right?
well that is no problem in general, since the sx66 is known to have better BT quality than most of the other BA models (further range, higher tx rate).
since windows xp does not come with a proper usable bluetooth client (unlike vista) i woul generally recommend bluesoleil, because it can be a handy tool, once you got all the settings right. plus you don't need extra drivers, since most of the BT chip manufacturers work with bluesoleil.
then all you have to do is pair your device with your pc and once that's done, set bluesoleil to allow the device to do all further things in all areas without further confirmation.
then you need to make sure you have the a2dpfix on your sx66, which is needed for stereo bt stream.
then, when paired, start wmp and play music, and look in the mixer on your pc, if a signal comes in, and what channel and turn it up / activate it for audio input.
(let me repeat that all this is so much easier in vista, and for every step i made the other day i have to think of 5 ones which are necessary to do the same on xp)
then your stream should work as long as you don't close wmp, if you do so and then want to continue playing, you need to connect to your pc in your BA's bluetooth app again, but need no settings on the px anymore which i guess is a relief.
back to the basics: if you really want to do that, you can do it now, but still i can't think of a reason why anyone should do that, i suppose the mp3s your playing come from your pc and you could play them there anyway, your pc can probably also play internet radio.
if that is a "i turn the screen off and control the music with my mobile!" thing, i can give you another freeware, with which you can control winamp, whenever you are connected via activesync, no matter if you are doing that via cable, cradle, BT or wi-fi.
i just gotta look it up, i don't have it right now either but it is great!
e.g. i want to control my music while playing, but with full screen games and without media keys on the pc's keyboard i need an external winamp control to (plus it also provides jump to and other things media keyboards can't do).
EDIT: i could not find the program i had to control winamp from my device, but it was a bit older, even worked with wm2003se, but i did find, that people do like to control their pc players from mobiles, therefore, a thread was made, to be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=294524
greetings Chef_Tony
P.S. please re-post, if it worked and if that is what you actually asked.
Thanks
Thank you for the quick reply; Yes you understood correctly.
It seems that BlueSoleil is the only solution for what I want to do, so I reinstalled (version: 6.4.245.0) again with the A2DPFix.CAB and it’s working for now.
Do you know where I can find a cab file to install on my BA to enable the rest of BlueSoleil services (Bluetooth phonebook….)? BlueSoleil is asking me to install “symbian\IVT-wm(1.0.2).CAB” on my device, but it doesn’t work and the only file I can find on this forum is the “bluesoleil_r2.arm_163.zip” for magician.
actually, for other services, like dialing, phoebook, sms and stuff i would suggest pairig the device, and setting up activesync via bluetooth, your phonebook is to be found in outlook then and for writing sms and completely controlling your device i would suggest MyMobiler, which is a freeware remote program which gets the BA's screen on the pc and you can control the device via the pc's keyboard and mouse. i also use that for making screenshots of new roms and stuff, it's free and works with activesync, so cradled, BT, wi-fi doesn't matter. that of course, doesn't 100% satisfy your question, i guess. i'm in a bit of a hurry right now, but be sure to check in this thread later, because i will edit, as soon as i found something that really brings you the services.
Thanks for the info. MyMobiler works great
By the way I uninstalled the A2DPFix because the sound was choppy.
Good evening,
Well MyMobiler is not working everytime on my device and i'd appreciate to find bluesoleil CE if it allows you to send sms from PC without having to link it anytime.
Have a nice evening.
Hey all -
First post. I've searched all over and can't find a solution for this.
What I want to do is use a Bluetooth dongle to connect to my Tilt 2 (accomplished) so that I can listen to whatever audio is coming out of my sound card on my desktop have it transmitted to my phone, which I have headphones for.
It'd be a nice substitute for PC headphones, and would allow me to walk around the house without being wired to the desktop. If I missed a relevant post to this issue, please point me to it, because I looked all over and couldn't find anything.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
If this is not possible and I'm asking for something that can't be done, please let me know.
I'm using Tilt 2 with a stock rom and an ISSCBTA (it says ISSC-5) dongle with windows XP sp3, if that helps at all.
As of right now, I've managed to open a few services like file sharing and serial port service. There is two audio options, but I can't access them.
I thought maybe the problem was the Bluetooth program I'm using on my Tilt 2, which is whatever comes with the stock rom.
Any which way I can figure out how to use my phone as a wireless headset for my computer is fine with me. Thanks in advance.
A dongle like that (I have a Jabra) is supposed to go to an audio out and pair to a device that accepts audio in. I believe the Tilt 2 BT audio profiles are only setup to send stereo audio out to another device and not to receive audio in. I'm pretty sure you can only use the BT on the phone going both ways for data transfer and not audio transfer.
Running into the next problems when playing MP3 through my PC's speakers through A2DP with my stock Eclair ROM 2.51.1.MB525.Retail.en.GB:
PC Win7 X64, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR stick Belkin F8T012, Widcomm Stack 6.3.0.7900.
Paired the Defy with my PC. The Defy shows as MB525 in "Devices and Printers" when I double-click on the icon, the properties appear. From here, I can initiate the "Music and Audio" connection. The Defy's music now plays through my PC's speakers, and I can control the Defy through my PC (pause, back/forward etc.) with a little window that appears above my system tray. So far so good: splendid audio! Now when I end the connection from my PC in the MB525 property page, the Defy starts playing through it's own speaker again, as it should. Perfect. Now I am able to successfully reconnect in the same way once more, but when I disconnect again, the Defy thinks it is still connected and stays silent. After a while the Defy then reboots (no "M" screen, but showing "android"). Then, I can connect for two more times before this starts over.
Is anybody else experiencing this behaviour?
What I think is also strange: I cannot initiate the A2DP connection from my Defy, have to start that from my PC. With my WinMobile phone the A2DP setup was working as it should, no phone reboots and able to initiate from the phone. I tried with older Widcomm stacks, but the same things happened.
Now I tried the same thing with Bluesoleil 8.0.338.0 which I bought as well. No errors, connection initiates from the phone, BUT: no audio could be heard from my PC's speakers during the connection. I selected the correct sound output option, my PC's sound card. In other words: works perfect but no sound.
With both bluetooth stacks, everything else works ok: FTP, Headset profile (can hear audio through my PC speakers now)....
Can someone help me stopping the android reboots with the Widcomm stack, or tell me how to get A2DP going with Bluesoleil?
Apart from this issue, the Defy is a great phone I think!
EDIT:
Tested the Bluesoleil with ISSC and CSR chipped BT dongles on X64 and X86 as well, everything but A2DP seems to work. Connection between the Defy and Bluetooth stick seems to be OK, but no sound is heard.... Cannot test the other sticks with Widcomm, since this stack is dedicated to Broadcom chipsets nowadays...
After struggling with this for four days, I have been able to solve the problems. I tested with Toshiba bluetooth stack and uninstalled this as well because it did not solve the A2DP problem. Then I uninstalled two devices that were present in the Win 7 "devices and printers" folder, a bluetooth GPS and another PC. After this I reinstalled Widcomm 6.3.0.7900. After pairing I am able to use all of the Bluetooth features of my Defy, including A2DP, FTP and Remote control!! I can even initiate the A2DP connection from the Defy like I used to do with my Windows Mobile phone. Thanks for studying this thread anyway!
Regards, André
Should the 900 be able to connect with built in Bluetooth from a laptop? everything installs like it should work but my lumia sayes "not possible" or something similar to that.
I installed the nokia tools from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605144
Specifically the Nokia Care Suite. After I did that and for no reason really I paired up the phone via bluetooth to my laptop and suddenly I get a media player interface and when I hit play its streaming my phones music....
greeto4 said:
Should the 900 be able to connect with built in Bluetooth from a laptop? everything installs like it should work but my lumia sayes "not possible" or something similar to that.
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WP7 phones will probably only support BT headset and BT stereo profiles. So, if your laptop BT supports those two profiles, you will be able to pair/connect. You can't use it for other purposes, e.g. file transfer or contact transfer because WP7 doesn't support them.