A lil’ brown box showed up today and thanks to gr00vy0ne and all the other adventurers, I now have internal Bluetooth.  Had no problem pairing with my Sony-Ericson T68i phone.

Went to the AT$T support site and found it lacking. They have a cute little answer the questions and tell us what you’ve got. Said they didn’t support internal bluetooth.

Downloaded drivers and utilities from the S-E site. Rummaged around some more on A$&$ and got ports and logins and all that crap setup.

So I click on it, port opens, cell phone wakes up and says “connecting”... forever.

Shutdown the machine and msmessenger is hung. The AT&T connection is hung and after forcing them to close the whole damn system is hung.

Can anyone walk me tthru this or point me to a site?

Thanks. :cry:

what exactly are you trying to do with bt and at&t? using it as a bt modem??  i have a se t630 that pairs with my tr and ux50 fine(GPRS & BT Modem, etc..)...

btw..drivers and utilities from sony ericsson are crap..try float’s media agent..

remote control.  i’d like to try it

Just that, simple GPRS connection. I got it licked. Problem was everyone wanted me to use their software or drivers or….

It didn’t help that I was trying to do it in the wee, wee hours. :oops:

Just told bluespace to enable the modem in the T68i, let XP find the modem and used new connection wizzard to set it up. Hardest part was finding the logon details.

Now to try to get the unneeded software unloaded and try FMA.

Thanks for the response

d

Ah! So many toys, so little time. :(

with float’s media agent you can use it as a bt remote for you tr and control programs like winamp, windows media player, volume control, mouse, etc…

Just that, simple GPRS connection. I got it licked. Problem was everyone wanted me to use their software or drivers or….

It didn’t help that I was trying to do it in the wee, wee hours. :oops:

Just told bluespace to enable the modem in the T68i, let XP find the modem and used new connection wizzard to set it up. Hardest part was finding the logon details.

Now to try to get the unneeded software unloaded and try FMA.

Thanks for the response

d

Configure Windows XP to use T68i as a modem
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This step will configure Windows XP to use your T68i as a modem via IR, Cable connection or Bluetooth. I have only configured mine for Bluetooth and IR, and have connected successfully via both methods to Rogers GPRS service in Canada. The options should be identical for any GPRS carrier, however. (I know - famous last words

* Start > Settings > Control Panel > Phone and Modem options
* In the “Phone and Modem Options” dialog, select the “Modems” tab
* Click on the “Add” button. (This next part runs very slowly on my PIII, 700MHz laptop – don’t know why)
* In the Add Hardware Wizard dialog, under Install New Modem, click “Don’t detect my modem; I will select it from a list.” Click Next.
* In the next window that appears, under “Manufacturer” you should now see “Ericsson”. Click on this. Under ,“Models” select the Ericsson T68i you wish to install. You should see it appear there 3 times (Bluetooth, Cable, and IR versions). You’ll have to pick one now and come back to do the other one later. Select one and click “Next”
* Under the “On which ports do you wish to install it” I selected COM5 for IR, COM12 for Bluetooth. Yours may be different. Can’t help you there, sorry.
* You will get a Windows XP warning telling you that the software you are installing has not passed Windows logo testing to verify its compatibility. Based upon your comfort level with this, you will have to determine whether or not to “Continue Anyway” or “STOP installation”. I chose the former, and have yet to regret the decision.
* Click on “Finish”
* Repeat above steps to install the Bluetooth or Cable versions of the T68i modem.

Configure a Windows XP Network Connection entry to use your device and its
GPRS capabilities
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* From your Windows XP desktop, select Start > Settings > Network Connections > New Connection Wizard
* In the first screen of the New Connection Wizard, click “Next”
* Select “Connect to the Internet”. Click “Next”.
* Select “Setup my connection manually.” Click “Next”
* Select “Connect using a dialup modem.” Click “Next”
* In the list provided, select the T68i modem you configured in the earlier step. Click “Next”.
* In the “ISP Name box”, enter the name of your ISP. Don’t worry about spelling, this is for your own identification of this Network Connection from your desktop later. Click “Next”
* In the “Phone Number” box, type: *99***2# where “n” is the CID of your GPRS Data Account in your T68i . (To verify this right now, open your T68i and select Menu Settings > Data Comm. > Data Accounts > [name of your GPRS account] > 3. CID). Mine happens to be “3”, so my string is *99***2# (in plain English, that’s asterix, nine, nine, asterix, asterix, asterix, two, pound). Click “Next”.
* Select “My use only”. Click “Next”.
* DESELECT “Make this the default internet connection”. Deselect “Turn on internet connection firewall for this connection”. Click “Next”
* Select “Add a shortcut to this connection on my desktop”. Click
“Finish”
* Make sure your phone is either (a) connected to your laptop via IR or (b) Bluetooth
* Double click on the desktop shortcut and click “Dial”.
* Bombs away…

*taken from a post in 1src.com

Just that, simple GPRS connection. I got it licked. Problem was everyone wanted me to use their software or drivers or….

It didn’t help that I was trying to do it in the wee, wee hours. :oops:

Just told bluespace to enable the modem in the T68i, let XP find the modem and used new connection wizzard to set it up. Hardest part was finding the logon details.

Now to try to get the unneeded software unloaded and try FMA.

Thanks for the response

d

Configure Windows XP to use T68i as a modem
===================================
This step will configure Windows XP to use your T68i as a modem

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*taken from a post in 1src.com

I found that or one very much like it. All it did was confuse the issue. The solution was even simpler. I’ll give the details in the event some other poor soul decides to bite the bullet.

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1. Pair the phone and TR under bluetooth
2. Select modem in Bluespace and when the secondary window opens check the modem box
3. XP will go through a new hardware found routine
4. Under network connections use the new connection wizzard and select:

a. connect to the internet
b. setup manually
c. connect using dial-up modem
d. check the new modem (standard modem over bluetooth link)
e. give it a a name (your cell provider)
f. enter the dial string. On the ATT site I found a document that said to use *99# ...so I did.
g. blank name, password and clear ticks on 3 boxes.
h. tick box if you want a shortcut and finish.

Now you too can impress your friends and waitresses in all-night diners.

To clean the dial process up, go to network connections and right click on the new connection icon. under the options tab, untick the prompt-fors and perhaps redial.

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BTW, installed FMA and it deserves all the nice things people say about it.

Thanks,

d