dgrr
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: York
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| Calling all BlackBerry experts... bluetooth help needed! |
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I've just replaced my old Nokia with a shiny new BlackBerry 8820. Having found & stored the D3 as a bluetooth device on the BB, I had expected it to then automatically connect to the car each time I put the key in the ignition (just as the Nokia did). Instead, I am having to manually connect the BB to the car each time, which is both a pain &, more importantly, means I'm not handsfree when a call comes in.
Anyone know if there's a BB setting that will resolve this & allow automatic connection? DGRR
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 15th May 2008 9:41 am |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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That's the same problem I'm having with my ipaq 6915!!
yes, it's a pain in the @rse having manually to connect each time.
With my old ipaq, it picked up automatically.
Can't find any way of configuring for auto pick up. I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 15th May 2008 9:47 am |
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dgrr
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: York
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Ronp,
There MUST be a solution to both of these... how can newer technology be so backward, and on such a basic issue?! DGRR
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| 15th May 2008 9:50 am |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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totally agree, i was putting this down to me just not being able to suss it out!
but been over and over the instructions.
thing is, on very odd occassions it does automatically pick it up.
btw. sorry for piggy-backing your thread. I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 15th May 2008 9:53 am |
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dgrr
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: York
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No problem at all, Ronp - piggy-back all you like if it helps us find a solution. I only got the new phone yesterday & the more I think about it, the more dangerous it is: every incoming first call of the day will NOT be hands-free  !
Is there anybody out there who can help us? DGRR
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| 15th May 2008 9:58 am |
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Very Annoyed
Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
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I don't have a BB 8820 but a BB 8100 and this is what you have to do on my phone.
Go to Options, click on Bluetooth, click on the Bluetooth link to your D3 and select Device properties. Next to the Trusted option change this to Yes and save. This should make the BB auto connect. Loving the power of the TDV8!
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| 15th May 2008 10:19 am |
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heapster
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Sussex
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You also need to go into the Bluetooth Option menu and set "Discoverable" to "Yes". It takes a few minutes to find mine on startup but connection is usually excellent.
Be careful when you leave the car as it has an irritating habit of staying connected for a while after you lock up if you're still in range.
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| 15th May 2008 10:27 am |
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dgrr
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: York
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Very Annoyed wrote:Go to Options, click on Bluetooth, click on the Bluetooth link to your D3 and select Device properties. Next to the Trusted option change this to Yes and save. This should make the BB auto connect.
That's exactly what I had done, yet it still won't auto-connect - even when left alone for a few minutes after start-up. Also, with my old Nokia, it didn't matter what the sequence was (iginition in car followed by phone switch on, or vice versa), the 2 still connected almost immediately. DGRR
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| 15th May 2008 11:10 am |
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dgrr
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: York
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heapster wrote:You also need to go into the Bluetooth Option menu and set "Discoverable" to "Yes".
A-ha! Now that's something I hadn't tried! Thanks, Heapster, will give it a go this afternoon & report back  . DGRR
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| 15th May 2008 11:12 am |
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BLFarrar
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Very Annoyed wrote:.....Go to Options, click on Bluetooth, click on the Bluetooth link to your D3 and select Device properties. Next to the Trusted option change this to Yes and save. This should make the BB auto connect.
I only B'tooth connected my BBerry yesterday & found the same - the solution youv'e written works for my 8800
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| 15th May 2008 4:46 pm |
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Halligan
Member Since: 08 Mar 2008
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dgrr wrote:heapster wrote:You also need to go into the Bluetooth Option menu and set "Discoverable" to "Yes".
A-ha! Now that's something I hadn't tried! Thanks, Heapster, will give it a go this afternoon & report back .
 , Ive tried the above on my new BB 8110 without success  and the suggestions in earlier posts, its extremely annoying......
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| 15th May 2008 5:10 pm |
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dgrr
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: York
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heapster wrote:You also need to go into the Bluetooth Option menu and set "Discoverable" to "Yes".
Heapster, you're a genius!  Problem fixed! Many thanks... DGRR
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| 16th May 2008 1:33 am |
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MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
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OK, next question... How do I make the BB (8700) sync ALL of my address book across to the D3? Currently my list stops just into the Ms, which is a shame if I want to call Paul who works for me! OK, I've got a lot of contacts, but my (much preferred) HTC phone managed to sync the same list just fine, so it's not the D3's fault
Martin, now regretting having spent so long pushing for BBs for all the team!
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| 17th May 2008 11:53 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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dgrr wrote:Ronp,
There MUST be a solution to both of these... how can newer technology be so backward, and on such a basic issue?!
Cause it a Blackberry 
Hateful things that they are.
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| 18th May 2008 12:00 am |
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