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Bluetooth

rabbitearbandicoot — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:07:55 GMT

I have to take some photos off my wife's phone - she hasn't got any cables and can't buy them anymore.

She has Bluetooth on her phone - I have set the phone's bluetooth to activation ON and Visibility ON.

I bought a USB / Bluetooth dongle for my PC.

I am running Windows98.

I have put the dongle into one of my USB ports - the comuter recognises it.

I have done a scan on the phone - it says no devices found.

There's obviously something I have to do on the PC - but .... Where do I go from here????

TIA

Re: Bluetooth

rabbitearbandicoot — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:05:06 GMT

@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:
I have to take some photos off my wife's phone - she hasn't got any cables and can't buy them anymore.

She has Bluetooth on her phone - I have set the phone's bluetooth to activation ON and Visibility ON.

I bought a USB / Bluetooth dongle for my PC.

I am running Windows98.

I have put the dongle into one of my USB ports - the comuter recognises it.

I have done a scan on the phone - it says no devices found.

There's obviously something I have to do on the PC - but .... Where do I go from here????

TIA

OK ... I am actually running XP.

Re: Bluetooth

lurker172602 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:07:27 GMT

Watching with interest. I have never been able to get Bluetooth to work on any devices.

Re: Bluetooth

imastawka — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 03:40:52 GMT

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=windows+xp+bluetooth&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=4qiPVPzcLdPc8AX9rYKwDw

Re: Bluetooth

rabbitearbandicoot — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:01:35 GMT

Thanks for that. Did it. PC finds phone OK. But when I try to accept file on PC and send file on phone - it comes up transferring ....

and the percentage thingy ...... and eventually falls on it's face ... transfer terminated because conection lost.... tried it several times and the same thing happens.

Also, tried to transfer the photos from her phone to my phone - similar thing happens. Why, I hear you ask? Well my phone has a cable and if I can get the photos off her phone onto mine then I can retransfer them to PC via cable.

Once they recognise each other, shouldn't I be able to see the phone through ordinary explore - like another drive? Or is that something totally different?

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punch*drunk — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:10:06 GMT

Can you email them from the phone instead of bluetooth?

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lurker172602 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:54:09 GMT

Ok. I got the laptop, iPad and iPhone all connected via Bluetooth. How do I now share stuff using it?

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imastawka — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:09:31 GMT

Poor deluded lurker. Ya think I know computer stuff?

Nah, that's why I put up the links. Sorry.

Re: Bluetooth

gleee58 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:21:54 GMT

@lurker172602 wrote:
Ok. I got the laptop, iPad and iPhone all connected via Bluetooth. How do I now share stuff using it?

Use wifi instead 😄

Set up a network and let all the devices share over it.

Re: Bluetooth

gleee58 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:25:00 GMT

What type of phone is it? or what type of cable connection on the phone?

Does it take a mini SD memory card by any chance?

If the phone uses wifi you could upload them to google drive then download them to computer.

Re: Bluetooth

rabbitearbandicoot — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:27:18 GMT

@gleee58 wrote:
What type of phone is it? or what type of cable connection on the phone?
Does it take a mini SD memory card by any chance?

If the phone uses wifi you could upload them to google drive then download them to computer.

it's a Samsung SGH-F480T

Re: Bluetooth

gleee58 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:10:37 GMT

@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:
@gleee58 wrote:
What type of phone is it? or what type of cable connection on the phone?
Does it take a mini SD memory card by any chance?

If the phone uses wifi you could upload them to google drive then download them to computer.
it's a Samsung SGH-F480T

Does your computer have a card reader? You could save the images to SD card and shift that way if it does.

It looks like the phone fits a mini USB cable. They're easy to replace if that's the case.

Bad luck, no wifi.

Re: Bluetooth

gleee58 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:16:18 GMT

Or if no card reader, how about saving to micro SD card and then put the card into your phone to transfer the photos.

Re: Bluetooth

rabbitearbandicoot — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:46:45 GMT

@gleee58 wrote:
@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:
@gleee58 wrote:
What type of phone is it? or what type of cable connection on the phone?
Does it take a mini SD memory card by any chance?

If the phone uses wifi you could upload them to google drive then download them to computer.
it's a Samsung SGH-F480T
Does your computer have a card reader? You could save the images to SD card and shift that way if it does.

It looks like the phone fits a mini USB cable. They're easy to replace if that's the case.

Bad luck, no wifi.

No card reader in PC. I've asked at Telstra shop, Dick Smith and 2 computer shops for cable - took the phone in so they could have a look - all of them say they haven't got cables because the phone is so old. Maybe they're just trying to sell us a new phone.

Anyway, thanks all.

Re: Bluetooth

*raqshaki* — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:18:09 GMT

This may sound a bit odd - I have found replacement cords at pawn shops as they tend to have older model phones....