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Automatic Activesync over Bluetooth

Hi guys, took delivery of my HTC Touch HD just before Xmas, what a nice piece of kit
One "issue" I have with it is the synchronisation of Outlook contacts/calenders etc via Activesync. How can I set up Activesync so that it automatically synchs, over Bluetooth, whenever the HD is within Bluetooth range of my laptop? On my old Nokia N95, that would automatically synchronise every 15 minutes whenever the phone was within range of my laptop. With the HD, I have to manually select on the HD to connect via Bluetooth, which works, but it's a manual process!
Any help gratefully received
Thanks
Gav

I had a solution a long time ago with mortscript.
But it was not very clean...
I'am also looking for a solution to sync my contacts every day by bluetooth...

me too, even nokia can get this right, its not exactly a nice feature, its a necessity

It's not (easily) possible to do what you are requesting because there's a fundamental difference between the ways ActiveSync and Nokia PC Suite work.
In Nokia's case, the connection is initiated by PC. In WM's case, it's vice versa. This means that if you set your phone up to scan the environment for a bluetooth host computer all the time, it will drain your battery very soon, so it's not practical.
A workaround I can think of would be a program on your WM device and on your PC. Your PC would search for your phone periodically, then if it's found it would send a specially crafted file/message which would trigger an ActiveSync connection on the device.
Alas, such a program doesn't exist, and I'm not even sure it's possible. The problem here is that you want it to work even when your phone is suspended, and no BT files will be accepted in this state. If you have to wake it up to sync, it becomes not much easier than launching sync via a shortcut.

The phone being suspended isn't necessarily a big barrier, it wakes up when I put it on charge anyway so that would be when I would want it to auto-sync.
Sorry to bump an old thread, but was wondering if anyone has made anything alike in the last 3 months?
It's little things like this that make me favour Nokia just a little bit more.

This is possibly the only thing that annoys me about my HD. Ny N95 was flawless in its auto-synch via bluetooth, but alas my HD is severely deficient in this matter. I can't even get mine to synch at all via bluetooth, never mind automatically!

Yes, it does seem to have many flaws. I have to try and connect via bluetooth about 10 times for it to actually succeed, most of the time it doesn't detect the PC at all and then when it does, it fails half way connecting?!
Little piece of software upgrade would be so much better..

How about a shortcut? How can i map a file to start the connect action for Bluetooth sync?

Hey, i'm interested in the same thing.
look @ thread -> 289197
can be useful? can anyone have updates? thanks
Michele

Up for this. I am also looking for this kind application. My Nokia X6 does this flawlessly but not on my Android phone. Currently, I am looking for an application that can sync my contacts and calendar from my XP laptop via bluetooth Android phone... It's not available yet on the android Market. Please help thanks...

One issue left before i start to relay use my HERO

Hello! This Monday i went and got a HTC Hero.
Have fixed with to and from the whole week, and are now starting to get it like I want it with the right software, root, recent ROM, etc.
BUT!
I have used much of the week to search around the forums for one thing I can not possibly get to work.
I have a Nokia BH-602 which I previously used with my E75 (or because of this issue is still using)
Now the problem.
Paired with my E75, I got all notifications of BH-602, ex. sms, msn, mms, email etc, all the sounds that the phone did, even custom ringtones.
In my HTC Hero is the only conversations that I can get the BH-602 ...
WHY ?!?!?!
No, BH-602 is not an A2DP headset.
If that is the case that Nokia has had this to work with just BT1.5, why not the android? Or why there is not a SINGLE little answer somewhere on the net that says more than "it does not, you must have A2DP"
It's not needed because it works with my nokia.
Even a single small ugly hack or something, anything!
I want my hero, for which Eddie Izzard says;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C_HjWr3Nk
"This is the one! I will not have to work again!"
Help please anyone, if nothing else, a laugh a little at Izzard, so wonderful!

mmm
Windowspowered mobile can do this with a small registrymod...
Not good.

Go into the bluetooth settings on your hero and find where your device is shown.
Long press on it and edit options
Make sure Media is ticked.
This will play everything through the headset

Did this work for you?

Afraid not
I don´t have the media option though it is not an A2DP headset... Byt why, oh why does nokia and WM succseed with this?

Question for Nexus One Owners: Blue&Me?

If anyone knows weather or not Nexus One (or even Android) fully supports Fiats Blue&Me system it would be great to get a reply.
We've been trying to find out for awhile but very limited on info.
Blue&Me is one of the best (if not the best) Voice/Text-To-Voice systems built into Fiat cars, and more car makers are signing up to it, so if anyone's able to test weather or not the SMS Reader & Voice calls (call + hang up) works with Blue&Me it would be brilliant.

I wouldn't count on it working. Android barely has file sending/receiving over bluetooth.
I'm not sure how tech savvy you are... If you are not already aware of it you should try and find which Bluetooth profiles are needed and which ones the N1 supports. That should be a good indication as to whether it will work or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profile

it supports phonebook sync, a2dp, handsfree, surely that's all it needs? but do they work well together?

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it supports phonebook sync, a2dp, handsfree, surely that's all it needs? but do they work well together?
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Sounds like the calling would work, but weather SMS Reader function would work im not sure, seems only sony ericson have it pinned at the moment, WM6.5 doesnt, which i find a screw job considering Blue&Me is a Windows Mobile device.
I'm trying to get hold of a friend with an android phone, maybe i'll get a hint from that as to what works or not.
If anyone else can test it with a nexus one.. would be great

Blank2k2 said:
Sounds like the calling would work, but weather SMS Reader function would work im not sure, seems only sony ericson have it pinned at the moment, WM6.5 doesnt, which i find a screw job considering Blue&Me is a Windows Mobile device.
I'm trying to get hold of a friend with an android phone, maybe i'll get a hint from that as to what works or not.
If anyone else can test it with a nexus one.. would be great
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how is the weather? it is raining here.

myplague said:
how is the weather? it is raining here.
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Nice & sunny today....

All works except SMS Reader.
HTC Desire.
From what I recall, it needs the device to send sms over bluetooth. From all the speech to text, text to speech apps out there and the fact its based on open source kernel, I live in hope that someone will fix it ;-)

You don't need Blue&Me to have your SMS read - just use Tasker (http://tasker.dinglisch.net/).

8eaker said:
All works except SMS Reader.
HTC Desire.
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Hi 8eaker,
I've been trying to get my Desire to talk with my Alfa 159's Blue&Me+Nav system but no luck so far.
The phone keeps saying that the [bluetooth] connection is broken.
My car was last updated 3-4 months ago.
Did you get a more recent update maybe?
What make is your car?
Thanks!

Blank2k2 said:
If anyone knows weather or not Nexus One (or even Android) fully supports Fiats Blue&Me system it would be great to get a reply.
We've been trying to find out for awhile but very limited on info.
Blue&Me is one of the best (if not the best) Voice/Text-To-Voice systems built into Fiat cars, and more car makers are signing up to it, so if anyone's able to test weather or not the SMS Reader & Voice calls (call + hang up) works with Blue&Me it would be brilliant.
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The weather shouldn't affect the N1's bluetooth.
How many Voice/Text-to-Voice systems are built into Fiat cars?

Everything except SMS reader work fine on a Fiat 500. No better or worse than my g1 was.

hey befunged would you please let me know if u got ur phone music playing through the car speakers, frankly i dont need the SMS reader, and i cant seem to get to work, the 500 sees my N1 as a handsfree as far as its concerned. but i would love more of it...please help really appreciate it.

I have a Fiat Punto EVO with Blue&Me and I am unable to get my Nexus ONE to stay paired.
I got it paired once and it worked briefly but than lost connection after several seconds.
Any have any ideas as I just bought the car expecting it to work with my phone

Blue and me just looks like a headset to the phone. You can't stream music over bluetooth. The limitation is with blue and me, not android.
You'd think fiat could provide an update but since they can't even display mp3 song names properly I wouldn't hold my breath

Using Ford Sync with MyTouch 4G Genius Button

A friend of mine has been nursing an old BlackBerry 8700G for many years now. Last week he decided to put it out to pasture and picked up a MyTouch 4G (due, in part, to my glowing review of the device).
He's not happy.
Some of his issues are the usual complaints which can be handled with a quick tutorial and a few tweaks here and there.
The real problem, though, is integration with Microsoft Sync in his 2009 Ford Escape.
The aged BlackBerry worked pretty much as expected with Sync but the MT4G does not. Making and receiving phone calls seems to work just fine but the SMS messaging features of Sync do not appear to be compatible with the MT4G.
This shouldn't matter, though, right? The "Genius Button" lets you send and receive SMS messages via voice control. Unfortunately, while he and I had both assumed that the Sync system would let him access all of the voice control features of the Genius Button (including full voice-control of SMS messages), we were mistaken. Sync doesn't seem to provide any mechanism for triggering a phone's built-in voice recognition system, thereby rendering the Genius Button features completely useless.
Now, I've never used Sync myself so I'm holding out hope that there is some kind of trick or software update that will get his setup working the way he wants it to work. Anybody know something about this that I don't or is he pretty much screwed?

Shouldn't have bought a Ford...
Sorry had to say it

I have SYNC in my 2010 Mustang, and to my knowledge it doesn't have the ability to forward a call button command to the phone like most Bluetooth headsets do. SYNC is more of a "command center" rather than a glorified BT headset in a car stereo, so it pulls in data and info from a variety of sources and you use the voice and button commands to access and control it. You would likely have to tell the car "Bluetooth Streaming" and have the phone playback information for you (unfortunately, the microphone won't forward anything so the handsfree profile will just tie that up).
If he's really, totally, and COMPLETELY hung up on that and still wants Android, I've read on the SYNC forums that the DROID, DROID 2, and DROID X all support SMS transmission through SYNC, including reading and replying. Of course, this might be mitigated by Gingerbread since it's supposed to be getting a new BT stack from what I've read. You know, or not.

Please post questions in the Q&A section.

Question, do they actually have Sync working correctly with their devices? I have a MT4G and am trying to sync with my 2010 Ford F-150. The phone book starts to download and then quits half way through and then the bluetooth causes the phone to freeze up and gets completely screwy. My Vibrant and HD7 do great....the MT4G not so much.

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Question, do they actually have Sync working correctly with their devices? I have a MT4G and am trying to sync with my 2010 Ford F-150. The phone book starts to download and then quits half way through and then the bluetooth causes the phone to freeze up and gets completely screwy. My Vibrant and HD7 do great....the MT4G not so much.
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Mine works fine. My G2 would act strange with my Mustang until I figured out I had to disable WiFi before getting in the car. I'm not sure if it's just WiFi, or the WiFi calling app hanging or resetting the radio, but after doing that my SYNC system would download the phonebook and stay connected the whole time. My mT4G doesn't require this.
Edit: Just thought of this, but I'm using WiFi N at 5GHz at home now with the mT4G, whereas I was on 2.4GHz with my G2 and had the issues. Normally you get different radios for different frequencies, so I wonder if that's the case here.

Take Phone Calls on PC?

I'm a long-time Android user. But one thing I'm missing, is being able to take phone calls with my pc headset. Some time ago, Apple made Continuity for iOS/OSX that provides this for iPhone. I thought to myself: "Hell yeah, then maybe that'll push development for this feature in Android as well".
So far, I've been using a Turtle Beach Z300 headset, which can connect to my phone via bluetooth while also being connected to my PC. However, this model is discontinued, and my headset just broke.
Before you suggest the likes of PushBullet and AirDroid: Remember that I want to use my pc headset. While these options allow me to accept the phone call via a notification on my PC, I still need to take off my headset, pick up my phone and hold it to my ear.
It's now been almost 2 years since Apple implemented this feature, so I kind of hoped/expected it to be on Android by now.
I am under the impression, that due to limitations in Android, it would have to be a bluetooth connection between my phone and pc. That is fine, and I think that is also how Apple's Continuity works. Or maybe there's another solution with root and/or xposed? Which I am fine with as well.

What about https://www.tunabellysoftware.com/handsfree2?

meiser said:
What about https://www.tunabellysoftware.com/handsfree2?
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Thank you. It seems I forgot to mention I meant for Windows. I have seen a few different programs for OSX that can do it.