[DM-MUG] bluetooth phone

[Ray Bowler]

Matthew,

Just did what you suggested and it worked.

On Jul 21, 2009, at Jul 21, 20098:58 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ray Bowler <rbowler at mchsi.com>  
> wrote:
> Thanks. I'm glad it isn't just me. I guess I'll just have to keep
> fumbling around. I hate that.
>
>
> >>>> On Jul 19, 2009 1:30 PM, "Ray Bowler" <rbowler at mchsi.com> wrote:
> >>>> My wife recently received an LG 600G phone which has a camera and
> >>>> Bluetooth. I turned on Bluetooth in both the camera and the
> >>>> computer
> >>>> and got them paired and connected to download a photo. Now I am
> >>>> trying
> >>>> to send some more pictures from the phone to the computer but
> >>>> neither
> >>>> one of them can connect to the other. The firewall has Bluetooth
> >>>> sharing enabled. Both the computer and the phone have visibility
> >>>> turned on. I am running OS 10.5.7.
> >>>>
>
> This is kind of par for course w/ bluetooth. The common technique is  
> to disaccociate and then reconnect. I had to do this a couple times  
> with it working sometimes and not others then it started working  
> consistently (mine even shows up as a modem and I can connect to the  
> internet).
>
> Click the bluetooth icon in the upper bar, presumably your device is  
> listed there. Don't click it, insted click bluetooth preferences.  
> Click once on the name of your phone and then hit the minus sign at  
> the bottom left corner of the window. Then hit the plus sign and re- 
> add it.
>
> For some mysterious reason you just have to do this once in a while.  
> As I mentioned, after a few tries finally mine has a good connection  
> and I haven't had to re-do it. And if it makes you feel better, I've  
> had to do this on every operating system, not just Mac OS.
>
> Personally I don't understand why the phone doesn't show up as a  
> mounted drive that I can just browse w/ finder. (it does if I use  
> USB instead of bluetooth) But again, this is not just a mac thing...  
> in Windows and Ubuntu I also have to use the "browse device" feature  
> to look at it through a special window.
>
> -- 
> Matthew Nuzum
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Ray Bowler

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