i have a motorola v710 mobile phone, which is bluetooth capable. i bought a bluetooth dongle, so i can transfer files from my phone to my computer and vice versa. i've installed the software for the dongle, but i was told i'll have to download the software for my phone too. well, i've been looking for it online and i can't find it on motorola.com or by googling, unless i just don't know what to look for. i want to be able to put songs and pictures on my phone (it has an mp3 player too) and be able to transfer pics and videos i take with my phone to my computer. does anyone have any idea what i need to do?

what's a dongle?

no one? no one can help me?

If your phone is bluetooth capable, you shouldn't have to download any additional software to install on the phone itself. If for some reason they do require you to install more stuff on the phone, try bringing it to your provider/dealer, and have them do it for you.

Have you tried connecting to your computer via bluetooth yet? Generally there should be an option labeled "bluetooth" somewhere within your phone's menu.

Here is the manual for your phone, it's in adobe acrobat format so it may take a moment to load....

http://www.motorola.com/m...82A47A.pdf

If you click on the binoculars icon, you can do a search through the whole manual for the word "bluetooth" to see all the pages with instructions for it.

Tom said:

i have connected to my computer, but so far all i've been able to do is access it as a handsfree headset, talking on my phone through my computers speakers and microphone.

i have the manual, but there is NOTHING in there about the stuff i want to do.

i'm going to call motorola tech support and hope they can help me.

!! what a bunch of crap! they said to be able to do all that i have to download Motorola Mobile Phone Tools to my computer, and it's $30!!!

bastards!

fantasyislander said:

I don't.

I hope that helps!

I am looking into buying a new computer and it says stuff about this bluetooth thing, but what's if for really? I have no mobile phone, so is it completely useless then?

Not only that, but if you are using an American carrier, many of them intentionally disable a huge chunk of bluetooth abilities, including, in some cases, the ability to transfer address book info and (most often) data files. One of the many reasons I currently despise all the American cell phone carriers...

amyhr said:

oh great. that's just WONDERFUL.



lovely america . . .

charlottegelin said:

prolly!

charlottegelin said:

No, bluetooth can be used for wireless mice, keyboards, and other input devices. I've seen printers which support bluetooth. Some people also use it as a quick network solution between a couple computer systems.

As far as bluetooth phones go, one has to be carefull in researching both phone and carrier if you're looking for anything beyond hands-free headset.

charlottegelin said:

that pretty much sums up all the cell carriers I know about...

fantasyislander said:

I know some, depends on the specifics. What OS are you using? Bluetooth works most flawlessly on Mac OS X 10.3 and higher. If you have Verizon, (last I checked) they disable the ability to transfer files to and from your phone. I'll answer what I can, but every phone/provider/OS combination is different, and I no longer have a BT phone to play with...

amyhr said:

information that would have been useful a week ago!

amyhr said:

my new favorite orger!!


i have windows XP, and my carrier is alltel. i'm on hold for tech support with alltel right now, to ask if they've disabled any of the bluetooth technology, but the first guy i talked to said they don't disable anything, so i'm hopeful!!

charlottegelin said:

Oh, and one more thing, as a life long computer user, having used a very large variety of different computers and operating systems, working with many people of many differing levels of computer ability, I can confidnetly recommend that the best computer for the majority of home users is either a Mac Mini or an iMac (depending on budget, new or used), and I'll be happy to answer any of those questions as well...

fantasyislander said:

Okay, that's a good sign, but I've got to finish some work and get to bed (gotta work early, ya know), but I promise to revisit this thread in the morning and do what I can to help you...

amyhr said:

thank you!!

amyhr said:

I'm looking into a G5 20" iMac, they're going cheap because of the new Intel iMacs, and I'll be using Adobe CS2, so G5 is faster for now until CS is made Intel native - that's what I've been told. I am using a 400mHz G4 on OS9.2 at the moment.

charlottegelin said:

I do graphic design on it, from my home based business.

charlottegelin said:

this is the one i got:



Product Description
Get wireless connectivity with other Bluetooth devices! This BlueTooth USB Adapter features 2.4 GHz frequency and is Bluetooth 2.0 compliant. With a range of up to 328-feet, you can wirelessly transfer data to other Bluetooth devices such as desktop or notebook computers, PDAs, scanners, printers, and even mobile phones. It's portable and connects easily to any device's USB port!

fantasyislander said:

14 minutes later, i'm still on hold.

fantasyislander said:

finally talked to someone in tech support, and this guy was AWESOME!! we were joking around and everything! dude sounded hot too.

he told me not to pay the $30 for the download, said i should go to kazaa.com, or limewire.com, or motomodders.net! the brotha DIRECTED me to those sites!! even spelled out motomodders so i'd get it right!!


[Edited 2/22/06 19:30pm]

Sounds like you pretty much have it under control.

fantasyislander said:

I have a copy i will send it to u

You know, the fact that you bought a 'dongle' somehow puts you in a whole different perspective in my book.....

I just recently upgraded to a new cellphone that has Bluetooth capability,but I have no idea how to use it,lol.

mdiver said: