The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Bluetooth connection for 8710w

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bteodoru, Oct 28, 2007.

  1. bteodoru

    bteodoru Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am trying to connect my cell phone to my notebook (8710w with Vista OS) but I get the message <Bluetooth connection failed>. The phone is added as Bluetooth divice on my laptop as well as the laptop is on my phone (both of them in "discoverable" mode - pairing).
    From my 8710w I can recive any data, via Bluetooth, but viceversa is not possible.
    Can anyone help me with this?
     
    bteodoru, Oct 28, 2007
    #1
  2. luxuguy

    luxuguy Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    70
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    You're saying that you can get data FROM cellfone TO laptop but can not do the other way ?
    The reason is because the default bluetooth shared folder on your laptop is located in Document\Bluetooth Exchange Folder. Anything (files/folders) place inside this Bluetooth exchange folder will be accessible by other Bluetooth devices. You can either change the Bluetooth share folder, or just simple copy all the files you want to share in your laptop to this folder.
     
    luxuguy, Oct 28, 2007
    #2
  3. bteodoru

    bteodoru Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    NO. I can send data FROM laptop TO phone, via bluetooth, and can not do the other way (phone to laptop).
    The message from my cellphone is BLUETOOTH CONNECTION FAILED.
     
    bteodoru, Oct 29, 2007
    #3