Bluetooth pairing with a PC

I've been trying to figure out how to pair my Amaze 4G with my HP
laptop's BT to no avail. Has anybody here succeded in this with an
Android phone? I've had no problem pairing a BT headset with this phone
but not with the PC. I'm not even sure which side is supposed to
initiate the pairing: the phone or the PC. I assume the phone because I
don't see anything on my laptop's BT interface that would allow pairing
from that side.

On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:22:21 -0700, cameo wrote:

> I've been trying to figure out how to pair my Amaze 4G with my HP
> laptop's BT to no avail. Has anybody here succeded in this with an
> Android phone? I've had no problem pairing a BT headset with this phone
> but not with the PC. I'm not even sure which side is supposed to
> initiate the pairing: the phone or the PC. I assume the phone because I
> don't see anything on my laptop's BT interface that would allow pairing
> from that side.

I guess the search string [ inititiate bluetooth pairing ] is one you've
tried Googling? There's one BT mouse find that might hold your key:

<https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=31661> .

If not, maybe some other of the finds that come up. HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
--
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In article <jqrgg8$o79$1@dont-email.me>, cameo says...
>
> I've been trying to figure out how to pair my Amaze 4G with my HP
> laptop's BT to no avail. Has anybody here succeded in this with an
> Android phone? I've had no problem pairing a BT headset with this phone
> but not with the PC. I'm not even sure which side is supposed to
> initiate the pairing: the phone or the PC. I assume the phone because I
> don't see anything on my laptop's BT interface that would allow pairing
> from that side.

Paired my MT4G with my Dell laptop (with built-in Bluetooth adapter).

Right now I'm using a Toshiba laptop with no BT, but this week I'm doing
a fresh Win7 install on the Dell and will try pairing my HTC One S as
soon as everything else is set up.

--
Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support
sjsobol@JustThe.net

On 6/10/2012 1:19 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:

> Paired my MT4G with my Dell laptop (with built-in Bluetooth adapter).
>
> Right now I'm using a Toshiba laptop with no BT, but this week I'm doing
> a fresh Win7 install on the Dell and will try pairing my HTC One S as
> soon as everything else is set up.
>
I'll be interested in the result. To me it appears that BT is meant to
pair a computer with some peripheral device, not two computers. And a
smart phone is essentially another computer. I hope I'll be proven wrong
though.

At 10 Jun 2012 17:00:43 -0700 cameo wrote:
> On 6/10/2012 1:19 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>
> > Paired my MT4G with my Dell laptop (with built-in Bluetooth adapter).
> >
> > Right now I'm using a Toshiba laptop with no BT, but this week I'm
doing
> > a fresh Win7 install on the Dell and will try pairing my HTC One S as
> > soon as everything else is set up.
> >
> I'll be interested in the result. To me it appears that BT is meant to
> pair a computer with some peripheral device, not two computers.

Not really, it depends what you're trying to do. People transfer files
between computers using BT all the time. The BT software on your
computer should have a utility to initiate pairing in it somewhere.

> And a
> smart phone is essentially another computer. I hope I'll be proven
> wrong though.

Pairing is really just an agreement between devices that they are allowed
to talk to each other. The pairing itself accomplishes nothing. After the
pairing, one device can then query the other as to what it's bluetooth
capabilities are. For example, my HTC Titan only supports BT headsets
and headphones, not file transfers or BT keyboards, etc. Connecting that
phone to my PC would be useless, though I can pair it if I like- it just
doesn't do anything with the PC if I do.

My Pocket PCs and Windows Mobile phones can transfer files with PCs, act
as a cellular modem or sync Outlook data with PCs. It's all up to which
BT profiles both devices support in common.

If you can't find the pairing utility on the PC, try pairing from the
phone. Once they're paired, you shouldn't have to do it again- they
should remember each other as "trusted devices" from that point on.

In article <jr3cbk$hv0$1@dont-email.me>, cameo says...
>
> On 6/10/2012 1:19 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:
>
> > Paired my MT4G with my Dell laptop (with built-in Bluetooth adapter).
> >
> > Right now I'm using a Toshiba laptop with no BT, but this week I'm doing
> > a fresh Win7 install on the Dell and will try pairing my HTC One S as
> > soon as everything else is set up.
> >
> I'll be interested in the result. To me it appears that BT is meant to
> pair a computer with some peripheral device, not two computers. And a
> smart phone is essentially another computer. I hope I'll be proven wrong
> though.

I've already proven you wrong with the MyTouch.

Technically, it doesn't matter what the device is on either end.

--
Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support
sjsobol@JustThe.net

On 6/11/2012 8:21 PM, Steve Sobol wrote:

> I've already proven you wrong with the MyTouch.

I know. I was just pointing out what my impression was.

> Technically, it doesn't matter what the device is on either end.

I finally managed to get my laptop and Amaze 4G recognize each other via
BT after I discovered where the BT controls were in Win 7. Unfortunately
I still could not make them connect with each other, apparently because
my old laptop does not have the proper BT drivers for it. HP tends to
quit supporting their laptops with new drivers soon after a newer crop
of laptops come out. So right now I can only use BT mouse with my
laptop, I'm afraid.