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January 19th, 2006 00:00
Using Bluetooth 350 with Sprint Treo 650 Smartphone
Wondering if anyone has had success with using Bluetooth 350 to connect with their Treo 650 to use it as a wireless modem.
I have a brand new Inspiron 6000 with Bluetooth 350. I have been able to pair my Treo and Inspiron through Bluetooth, however, when I go to the add a new connection wizard through Bluetooth, I have problems. After I click on Express Mode, it searches for Bluetooth devices. The select a device box comes up, and my Treo is listed as an option. However, after I click on the device and next, it tries to connect to the device, but after a few seconds a box pops up that says "Connection failed." Not sure if I have DUN enabled correctly on my computer or not.
If you have been able to get this connection to work, would be interested in how you were able to do it.
Thanks for your help.
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jareng
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February 17th, 2006 12:00
jareng
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February 17th, 2006 15:00
bjallaria
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February 17th, 2006 15:00
Hello,
No, I have never been able to resolve the issue. I've tried Sprint, Palm and Dell, and all seem to think it's the other companies problem. I've given up, unless someone has a solution.
jareng
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February 17th, 2006 17:00
Download the Widcomm drivers from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2RELBI65
Download the patch from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D3PNIH7P
You can select the download button after a few seconds. It will be in the upper right hand corner under the Ad box.
It's compressed with 7-zip, which can be downloaded from http://www.7-zip.org/
Extract the Widcomm drivers in to a folder you can easily find. Then extract the patch files into a different file. Then move all of the files in the folder from the extracted patch file into the scvpack folder in the widcomm32 folder.
Now you have to uninstall the dell drivers from the add remove software. Then in device manager uninstall the Dell internal Bluetooth under the USB devices.
Do not reboot. Now install the Widcomm drivers by launching the install from inside the widcomm32 folder file you just extracted and patched. Click the Inst file. You will get all of the new hardware ect. It should find and load but you may have to help it if the new hardware wizards show up. Just click find automatically (the default).
Now if you get the Widcomm software and drivers to load, you then have to set up the phone. Turn on the phone and enable DUN from the Bluetooth menu on the Treo. Now click on the set up device wizard from the My Bluetooth place that Widcomm put on your desktop. It should find your phone and set up the DUN and load the modem. I had some difficulty with this. It had trouble pairing. It took a few tries. Also now that it is loaded, it seems I have to re-pair every time I reboot my computer. Still working on that one..