My Hermes has never fully integrated with my Ford Focus BT Handsfree kit. Although I could always make and receive calls, it rarely read the Contacts on my Hermes and, when I scrolled to the Contacts on the car hifi, it would say Phonebook Not Available. On those occasions when it would read the Contacts, when I had an incoming call, it would indicate the number of the caller, but not the name. Once the call was answered, it would sometimes deign to show me the name.
The break through came when I flashed the PDACornerProV17 ROM. This must have a new BT utility. As soon as I had paired my Hermes, I got a pop up on the phone saying "Ford Audio wants access to your contacts. Do you accept this? Y/N". I have never had this before and, as soon as I tapped Yes, my contacts appeared on the car hifi. Now, when i receive an incoming call, I can see the name before I answer it, not after! Additionally, the car kit keeps a log of incoming and outgoing calls, another first.
So, if any of you have a Ford BT kit, and haven't got it to work properly, flash the PDA Corner ROM.
thanks for your report and recomendation also.
glad to know this info
thanks and regards...
By ford bluetooth kit, do you mean the Sync found in the focus/Fusion?
This works on my ROM with Pioneer BT stereos too...
jblakk said:
By ford bluetooth kit, do you mean the Sync found in the focus/Fusion?
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I mean the built-in bluetooth kit, found in all recent UK Ford cars. It is a factory-fitted addition to the normal car audio, giving hands free phone functions and limited voice commands.
is that the BT Phonebook Access Profile (not SIM AP)?
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is that the BT Phonebook Access Profile (not SIM AP)?
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Sorry, don't know the answer to that. But, if this is a new tool introduced into ROMs, this might explain why I got the message 'Ford Audio is trying to access your phonebook', and why the Hermes contact list is much more accessible through the car hifi.
from what i remember theres these other bluetooth modes, one for sms one for phone book and one other one referred to as profiles
the new roms must have this enabled but not full functionality of new email and sms from the phone i remember a friend saying something about 6.1 has this enabled where as before people needed an app to do it with the first 6 releases?? can someone confirm if this is correct ?
Just wondering if anyone has come across this when i connect my Blue tooth car kit to my TP2 it connects fine i can make calls fine i receive calls fine except those that are in my contacts list
If one of those ring me then the blue tooth device will not answer them the only way i can get it to answer any calls that are in my contacts is to delete the name of the contact then i can answer it via blue tooth
strange one
Do you use custom ring tones for your contacts? IIRC, custom ring tones don't work over HFP.
Does your carkit require you sync your contacts?.. If you have maybe unsync your contacts.. if it is an option and you havnt.. maybe try syncing the contacts I've never heard of this issue before
Thanks for that guys but no go it seems i have to give contacts no name just a pic and bluetooth will answer strange
What car kit do you have?
Try things in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591322&highlight=bluetooth
Hi Folks,
just upgraded from 2.54 to latest 2.99 PA Release .. everything working fine, except i can´t start new calls via my BMW I-Drive. Incoming calls are working fine.
Phonebook transfer to the car works, but when I try to start making a call (click on the name in phonebook or entering a phone number manually), it won´t dial.
Anyone else experiencing this kind of problem ?
thnx
This is a relatively small problem but it's driving me bonkers! So I have the Note II, rooted and equipped with SkyNote 9.0 Rom (Jellybean 4.1.2 - love it by the way!) and recently got the LG HBS-730 bluetooth headset. The story is that I can press the call button on the headset and it does a voice dial as specified in the manual.
The problem is I would like to strictly use Google Now for voice dialing and I have set up the necessary options to do so, but when I tried to deactivate the native voice dialer, I couldn't because I can't find the app. The application manager has no trace of a voice dialer. I have also looked in my folders as best I can to locate it but I can't. Does anyone have a clue where the native voice dialer is so I can shut it off or delete it?
Thanks!
Bought a brand new Subaru this week and tried to sync my phonebook to it... no joy.
I'm running the latest SOKP ROM, which in every other respect is awesome.
The BT works, I can stream audio and make phone calls. But when I try to send contact information (or my phonebook) to the car, the car waits, and the phone does not respond.
Any ideas?