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Hi,
I've just bought a Motorola HS810 for my O2 XDA 2 (I have uninstalled the pre-installed O2 software) and cannot seem to get them to work together. The device is bonded ok on handsfree mode but doesn't seem to respond to anything that is sent from the headset. I've noticed there seems to be some fix going around from http://bluetooth.i-networx.de/ but not sure if this is relevent. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
John.
it's not working on my end as well
me bad, it's working
i forgot to enable the BT Headset profile
Hi,
can anyone tell me by how much is my battery time decreased by the use of Bluetooth on an XDA II
Many thanks
Steve
absolutly loads, i was setting up my mate gps in his car and it flattened the battery in the car in about 15 mins!!!
stevebristol said:
Hi,
can anyone tell me by how much is my battery time decreased by the use of Bluetooth on an XDA II
Many thanks
Steve
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yes, it does .... but not much as compared to using GPS and BT at the same time, additionally you may set different BT signal strenght (at least I had that option in my IPAQ with WM2003) that reduces battery drain
regards,
monika
It would be nice to be able to change BT signal strength on the XDA, but I don't think it is possible. What worries me is that the XDA might be using the higher strength BT signal when it actually doesn't need to. Obviously if things were coded correctly, then you'd want the XDA to look after power levels...
Bottom line is that BT on the XDA seems to be a major power hog.
onepieceman said:
It would be nice to be able to change BT signal strength on the XDA, but I don't think it is possible. What worries me is that the XDA might be using the higher strength BT signal when it actually doesn't need to. Obviously if things were coded correctly, then you'd want the XDA to look after power levels...
Bottom line is that BT on the XDA seems to be a major power hog.
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that's a pity then .... for me seems like XDA II (apart from 128MB and 16bit screen) looks like crap all around, nice and stylish bug buggy inside
but ... is there a way one can measure BT signal strenght ??
and still, in my humlbe view, BT DOES NOT utilize much battery power while set to on
regards, monika
This appears to reinforce the fact that the BT stack on the XDA is pants. I cannot understand how or why its functionality and features are so crippled when compared to the ipaq for example. If anyone has any insight I welcome it!
Angus
Using Bluetooth navigation
I am using TomTom Navigator 2 and an Emtac Bluetooth GPS
A 20 minute trip did not drain more than 10-15% I believe.
I find my XDA (Orange M1000) quite stable, my only problem so far is a lock-up if the device powers off when I have a VPN connection to work enabled with traffic going on.
Regards
Michael
Hi,
I've recently purchased an xda 2 from O2 it came with a free bluetooth headset, but I've a few problems and wondered if anybody could answer a couple of questions.
1. The little blue flashed LED, is it meant to flash all the time that bluetooth is being used? It seems to start flashing and then just stop.
2. When I go into my bluetooth settings and turn it back on when it's switched itself off I don't get the LED flashing then I go back into the settings again and it says that it's off. Is this what it's meant to do?
Any good guides/tools about using bluetooth with this device?
Beginning to pull my hair out and I've not much to spare!
Cheers
Marc
Free? from O2? how?
1stly howd u manage 2 get sumit out of O2 for free? i would be worried about that allready!!
what bt Headset did u get? with mine, i get a blue light flashing intermitently when the headset is turned on, and it doesnt change when im making a call.
which bt settings are you talking about? obviously you need to have bonded with the device, which the headsets instructions should cover.
to turn bt on the phone on you click on the bt icon at the botom of the active screen and select the On radio button.
if headset profile is enabled then there should B a small blue headset symbol next to the bt symbol, if its not set, or not turned on then it will be gray. if it is gray then click on it and hopefully it will turn blue to activate the headset profile.
there are sum interesting bt tools around, but the "recomended" setup is the Pocket Bluetooth Tools for the O2 XDA II and the MDA II which is available from here:
http://bluetooth.i-networx.de/index_e.html
I hope that helps.
Smiley
sounds like you are using bluetooth tools and have got the clock symbol live (not greyed out), it times out the internet connection but doesnt seem to tell o2's software that it turned it off so when you go in, it quite often seems to think its on when its actually off !!
Hi, I didn't have the bluetooth tools loaded, but I've downloaded them from the site you suggested and everything seems to work better.
The headset did indeed come free from O2 I was quite surprised too.
I've think I've attached an image of it, not sure what make it is does BlueTrek sound good?
Yeah that sounds about right, their website doesnt actually give any details, helpfull as allways!! :roll:
neway, have u got everything working properly now?
Smiley
Hmm...somebody had the same problem with his Bluetreks G2 and the XDA2.
He did a special pairing mode and it solved the problem.
I think its in the G2s instruction manual.
Had a look at the manual can't see anything special in the way that you pair the G2 to the XDA2.
Do you use this bluetooth toolkit?
It still seems flaky, I tried answering a couple of calls with the headset yesterday and nobody could here me at the other end of the phone. Sometimes I get it where the phone says that I have "no bluetooth available" I have to remove the battery and insert it again. Is this normal?
Regards
Marc
Marc,
I get the same symptoms you describe when I'm using ActiveSync with my XDA2 over bluetooth, but never with my HBH-65 BT headset. I'm not using any additional bluetooth tools or anything like that. Just the standard built-in bluetooth on my original (November 03) ROM.
Sometimes if my bluetooth ActiveSync connection is idle for a while the connection drops and the flashing blue light on the XDA2 goes out. However, if I tap the little blue BT icon at the bottom of the Today screen, the setting shows that BT is still turned on. I have to tap it on, then off then on again to cycle the status and convince the machine that bluetooth is really back on again. :? This sounds like the problem you describe.
However, no problems like this with my BT headset, which works perfectly.
This isn't any help, but at least you know you're not alone!
Does anybody know if a registry entry exists to turn the bt headset profile on and off?
I've got headset working now but it switches off frequently.
Cheers
Marc
I have a BlueTrek G2 for my Imate and it's working with no problems at all ... I tried BT tools but didn't find it useful as I thought it will give me a "Hands free" profile but it doesn't :x
mokl: maybe it's a ROM issue ... mine is 1.72 WWE, what's yours ?
The rom version is 1.60.00WWE
Just to let everybody know, I had some major problems with my bluetooth on my XDA 2. Tried everything, eventually got a replacement from 02 and the new one works fine now, so it must have been a hardware fault.
I have no idea why, but every 10 minutes or so BT turns itself on on my XDA2.
This is killing my battery folks! Any idea why it might be doing it?
TIA!
Are you running Pocket Bluetooth Tools? There is a *feature* in this program that can do this kind of thing. :x
I uninstalled it a few days after installing it because it was draining my battery, and frankly gave me little benefit for the trouble. The BT stack in the 1.72 (also 1.66?) ROM version gives a BT COM: port for use with BT GPS, and that was the major reason for this program.
Anyway, this is a possible source of your problems.
Thanks BRosenow - that did the trick!
Cheers!
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Hello XDAlovers
I happen to have the same problem on my m1000, but ive never installed any Blootooth tools whatsoever.
Every now and then i see my blue bluetooth light blinking telling me bluetooth is on. When i check the settigs however its turned off! (??????)
Any ideas out there ?
Thanx
peace
hello every 1. I have a BA running windows mob 6.1 pro and everything is working fine except t e fact that when i put the device on standby, it is always turning itself on again. does this happen to anyone? thanks
hi
any test?what do mean?
Zero|Cool said:
hello every 1. I have a BA running windows mob 6.1 pro and everything is working fine except t e fact that when i put the device on standby, it is always turning itself on again. does this happen to anyone? thanks
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which ROM do you have?
Do you happen to have BigMike bluetooth running?
standy..you mean you press the power button and the screen goes off, right? And then it turns on by itself? Did you check if your bluetooth is on? Because I experienced this too before, if I left the bluetooth on and I turn off (stand by) the BA after a while it will turn on itself. Hope this helps. Cheers.
Try going through your power management under settings.
You might have tick a few things there.
I was getting this trouble too!
As Resident evil... on nights my device wakes up and begins screaming STARS!!!!
I just call Claire redfield and Alice and they burn on its head! PUMMM!
jajajaj
Well... check out your settings if you have a program runing under... and it needs conections via BT, Wi-fi or GPRS... your device gonna wakes up trying to get conection all the ways it can... if nothing is runing behind maybe was a bad flash... reflash it...
Hope all we can help you...
We are like a squadron supporting forces... Huh im playing too much Acecombat 5....
It could either be Bluetooth running and also it could be some appointment/message turning your device on. Also, do you have your device cradled? ActiveSync (if connected to PC) will turn your device on to sync.
Hope this helps
red_hanks said:
standy..you mean you press the power button and the screen goes off, right? And then it turns on by itself? Did you check if your bluetooth is on? Because I experienced this too before, if I left the bluetooth on and I turn off (stand by) the BA after a while it will turn on itself. Hope this helps. Cheers.
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It's exaclty that. I read somewhere it has something to do with the bluetooth stack, I turned off BT and it stopped lol However I need BT always on as I use an external sirf star 3 gps and I pair up the mobile phone with my car. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Tks
Zero|Cool said:
It's exaclty that. I read somewhere it has something to do with the bluetooth stack, I turned off BT and it stopped lol However I need BT always on as I use an external sirf star 3 gps and I pair up the mobile phone with my car. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Tks
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There is no fix. Since WM5, the BT driver requires that it be turned on periodically or else it turns itself off. All ROM cookers (AFAIK) use the big mike fix driver to keep the BT alive.
motisu said:
There is no fix. Since WM5, the BT driver requires that it be turned on periodically or else it turns itself off. All ROM cookers (AFAIK) use the big mike fix driver to keep the BT alive.
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I read somewhere that if you installed another BT stack that eventually it would solve the problem? Is this true?
ok there is fix but i do not advice you to use it if you use BT handsfree - because with original driver BT turns off when device get in standby and this one keeps it working
you can install S2U2 and set:
Lock when device wakes up: ON
Power Off in: 5s (this is the minimum).
this is not a solution, but more like a workaround...this works for me well...