Comments on: Setup ActiveSync via Bluetooth

By: sunil

sunil — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:06:16 +0000

continues….tried regedit and deleting of all the earlier bluetooth com ports in (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\DeviceMap\SerialComm) and putting condb but that did not help either….i am about to throw this BTW HTC p3300 mobile phone in dustbin as gone nuts handling the virtual com ports which makes life miserable

By: sunil

sunil — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:02:43 +0000

htc p3300 can conect using usb cable to my dell e6410 laptop running active sync 4.5. but my htc p3300 cannot connect to the laptop using bluetooth…it does not show activesync as an option for “select services to use from this device” but only shows wireless sterio ,serial port and headset services options but no activesync option …..moreover a partnership is created using bluetooth and can send/receive files to and fro from laptop/htc p3300….tried hard resetting htc and on/off laptop several times…..reinstalled million times the activesync …but problem still persists….kindly help in getting the problem resolved

By: manhab

manhab — Sat, 28 May 2011 15:39:35 +0000

thanks thanks thanks.you help me
thank you

By: Probudha

Probudha — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:23:23 +0000

Hi Venu,

I tried a lot for a long time but was not able to connect windows mobile device centre with my HTC touch. Finally, after following your guidlines and doing some modification, I’m able to connect. I faced some problem with COM4, so, I chose COM5 and it worked fine.

Anyway, thanks a ton!!!!!!!

By: C-P

C-P — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:33:44 +0000

Hello friends,

I have the same problem that czaneil and dave and dion have. I have synced my HTC touch via USB before and already have 2 partnerships (1 with Win XP SP3 and 1 with Win 7) no problem with USB. Then I got a bluetooth dongle for my Win 7 laptop and it finds the cellphone very fine. I can send and receive files from laptop to cellphone via bluetooth manually. Active sync 4.5 finds bluetooth device and I check the active sync box.

BUT when I try to sync, HTC phone says that it can’t find an existing bluetooth partnership with a pc that supports activesync. It asks me if I want to set up a partnership. When I say yes it takes me to the bluetooth setup which I have already set. (Under “allow connections to one of the following” when I try COM4 instead of bluetooth option, it doesn’t give me active sync service instead will give me serial port).

I don’t see any bluetooth enhancing in the control panel to turn off.

Can anyone help? Thank you

By: hemant

hemant — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:59:07 +0000

Hi,

I tried to connect the mobile (HTC HD T8282) with Pc but when i refresh the button but i could not see the Active sync service in my mobile but i could see the \serial port\ menu with this i could not connect it… any idea?

By: TomKemper

TomKemper — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:42:58 +0000

Thanks for you info – this step helped me to finally connect after trying for 2 hours.

By: Kolo

Kolo — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:07 +0000

Hello thank for the post,am still having problem.I am using palm treo 750v.my phone is not see the activesync even when i have refreshed it.
its not see any service at all.i have tried it times without numbers but to no avail.Pls help i need this connection badly.

By: Gopal

Gopal — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:58:33 +0000

Hi Venu,

i have got a problem when tried to follow your procedure to bluetooth active sync actually mt COM port # is not listed in the Active sync connection setting

thanks in advance

gopal

By: raghu

raghu — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:31:48 +0000

Dear freinds,
I have a problem to sync my mobile to the Laptop has i am using window7 OS so there is no windows 7 enabled sync driver available if somebody knows the link for the active sync please forward it to me. The windows mobile device centre can only sync with Vista OS
Thanks
raghu

By: aelburg

aelburg — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:22:39 +0000

Have a look at this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530327

By: Blackberry Contact Sync

Blackberry Contact Sync — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:31:21 +0000

[...] contacts with the device using ActiveSync. However ActiveSync worked only over a wired cable or via Bluetooth and there was no other wireless way of synchronizing [...]

By: boink

boink — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:36:01 +0000

i have activesync 4.5 on my computer. but on the mobile phone. there is no connect bluetooth setting at all.

By: jonboink

jonboink — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:23:28 +0000

I have active sync set up on my computer and phone.
on my phone the only connection that shows up is usb cable and does not show the option to connect via bluetooth.
Is there a way to do that?

By: dark17

dark17 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Hello

I’d like to know if is there a way to detect my bluetooth automatically after turn on MC 3000 symbol and it detect a printer.

thanks alot

By: Shant

Shant — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:19:36 +0000

Murali – GENIUS, well done matey…IT WORKED!!!!

By: Murali

Murali — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:06:47 +0000

Friends,
At last I got it right. Now I am able to communicate between by blue tooth enabled window mobile 6 cell phone and laptop pc. I am able to use the internet ( my laptop is connected to net via cable) in my cell phone through blue tooth. I am having active sync 4.5.
The following are the steps I have done.

I have gone to the active devices in my blue tooth devices in range in blue tooth places in my PC. Unpaired the earlier pairings and removed the devices from the list.
The same steps I have repeated in my hand set also. Now there is no connection between by PC and Handset.
I have configured my PC bluetooth settings for the following
1) my pc is discoverable and selected allow all the devices to connect my PC under accessibility,
2) Under local services, I have got one more port added as Com6 (Service name : Active sync)
Again I have gone back and serched for devices in range. (before that I have made sure that my blue tooth is on and my device is discoverable). I have found my hand set shortly in the list (in fact the only one in the list)
I have paired the devices by right clicking pairing option. It asked for the pass key and I entered 12345 then clicked next. After that I have seen a pop up message in my hand set whether to accept the connection. I said yes. With in few seconds, my hand set and laptop pc is paired.
Next I have gone to active sync short cut in my hand set and clicked. I have used the option “connect via blue tooth”. In the services options I have seen active sync as one of the options. I checked only that.
Finished…Now I am connected through active sync through blue tooth. In my PC active sync had given a system beep and immediately started synchronizing.
In between I have downloaded .NET Compact Framework 3.5 and installed through my PC before started synchronizing through blue tooth. I dont know whether it is actually required or not.

I am happy if any body get their problem sortedout the above steps.

Murali

By: MEL

MEL — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:16:03 +0000

I am having a similar problem. I cannot get the virtual port that I created to show up in the active sync connection. I have reinstalled active sync a dozen times but the only com ports that show are 1 and 3

By: venukb

venukb — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:46:17 +0000

Blakicon/S,
Glad the post was of some help

Chris,
I didn’t get what you meant by MSI wind ? Are you referring to a bluetooth device installed on your PC?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:03:28 +0000

my MSI wind doesn’t have the option menu as described in step two, are there any other ways to do it?

By: s

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:46:35 +0000

thank you

By: Blakicon

Blakicon — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:42:40 +0000

DUDE!!!! THANK U VERY MUCH MAN!!!! I BEEN TRYN TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR THE LAST COUPLE DAY!!… i got the same fone so it work… no problems @ all… much luv man!

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By: dejan rankovi?

dejan rankovi? — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:16:12 +0000

hi Dan! I found solution. you can t see active sync becouse you changed your device name before, I am sure. so you have to do these steps: first uninstall all comports and do hard resoft of your device (you have it in settings and save your files before!!!) when win mobil start give a name and never change it. next steps are in this page on the top. it will work by!!!! Dejan from Belgrade in Serbia

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:37:19 +0000

I have tried everything suggested here. When I get to the “Select Services” screen I still have zero options to choose from. I have a verizon XV6800 with Activesync 4.5 and pairing is not a problem. Why do I still have no service options to choose from?

By: Rafael Lozano

Rafael Lozano — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:31:17 +0000

Thanks everyone for the tips about pairing devices and using ActiveSync. After many test I realized and confirmed that the reason why “ActiveSync” service did not appear in my PDA as available in my Laptop, is that I DID NOT HAVE THE PDA BLUETOOTH AS DISCOVERABLE. Changed it to DISCOVERABLE and VOILA. WORKED

By: Dion

Dion — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:37:42 +0000

Hi, I’ve tried to set up the bluetooth connection on my okta (htc) touch & laptop and believe i’ve done everything, including ticking the Activesync box. I can see and get access to my laptop but when I try to use activesync over the bluetooth it just says that it cant find an existing bluetooth partnership with a pc that supports activesync. I can sync fine over the usb cable.

By: Daniel Brasil

Daniel Brasil — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:01:41 +0000

Thanks…. I got my HTC Touch 2 days ago and was driving me crazy not being able to connect ActiveSync through bluetooth… They should have done this setup easier… But now I am set, thanks to your instructions. Later…

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:06:47 +0000

Yeah I was hoping I didn’t have to uninstall all the drivers as I remember it was a PITA to setup as the Dell ones for some reason didn’t work and I had to use WIDCOMM drivers instead–also I have been using a bluetooth printer for over half a year now with no issues and I didn’t want to mess that up as I use it a lot every day for invoicing. But I guess I could try it

By: venukb

venukb — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:00:26 +0000

Davey, I am assuming that you are referring to Dave’s problem. Thanks for the suggestion.
I too sent a forum thread which suggested uninstalling the bluetooth drivers.

In Dave’s case, the non ability to pair from the device might also be the reason for activesync issue !

Dave, let us know if you get it fixed by any other method.

By: Davey Munroe

Davey Munroe — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:56:33 +0000

If I were you I would look at the drivers on your laptop/PC – uninstall all but the basic Bluetooth drivers – ESPECIALLY uninstall anything that mentions “enhanced data rate” – it screws up Bluetooth sync. bigtime.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:51:17 +0000

Thanks for the help Venukb, but I still only see the “serial port” option in the services I can use from my laptop. When you say “delete the partnership with the device” I’m assuming you mean to unpair it right?–you dont’ mean the “partnership” with ActiveSync because I can only get that working with a usb connection.

About the invalid passcode issue when pairing, it seems that I can only initiate the pairing from the laptop, not the phone, otherwise I get the passcode error…not that it’s a big deal if I can’ iniate from the phone because they do get paired regardless.

I have uninstalled ActiveSync and reinstalled as well.

By: venukb

venukb — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:23:58 +0000

Dave,
Everything that you have done to setup bluetooth looks fine. Once you create a new incoming port and set it on Activesync, delete the partnership with the device. (Optionally restart the system/activesync) and see that COM port is still set to what you had assigned.

Enable bluetooth on the device, make it discoverable and initiate a device search from your laptop. This time you should see “ActiveSync”. Also do try opening activesync on the device and select “Connect via bluetooth” option.

Regarding pairing from device, I am not sure what passcode you are entering. For any pairing the passcode has to be entered on both devices, so if you input on the device, you should be prompted to enter the same on the laptop.

Neil,
Did the COM ports change on ActiveSync after restart ? It shouldn’t, if the activesync is not being shown as service, its either because the service is not running or corrupted. You can try reinstalling ActiveSync

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:39:01 +0000

I have the same problem as Dave. I have had activesync appear on the “Partnership Settings” on the Touch Cruise once. At which point I successfully managed to sync everything. Since a reboot to the pc, I have never again managed to get it to work, despite trying pretty much every config under the sun. Whenever I try and re-pair the pc to the touch, all I can see are Serial Port & Wireless stereo. Why has active sync gone and serial port appeared?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:11:55 +0000

Hi! Your article looks very concise and helpful but unfortunetly for me nothing so far has worked. I’m pretty embarrassed as I do computer consulting for a living and I am stumped on this! I have a Dell laptop with WDCOMM Bluetooth software 5.0.1.2609 controlling a Dell 355 Bluetooth module. I currently print to a bluetooth printer everyday with no issues. My bluetooth configuration is as follows: I have a tab called “Local Services” and another “Client Applications”. I chose “Add Serial Device” in the “Local Services” section and have successfully added a “Bluetooth Serial Port” using COM 12. In ActiveSync I have selected COM12 as well. However, on my HTC Touch PDA when I choose my laptop and then “refresh” the services I only get “Serial Port” as an option. I’ve heard that this is supposed to change to “ActiveSync” but I’ve never had it work. Another weird thing is that I can never pair devices from my PDA but only from the laptop. When I try pair them from the PDA it asks for the security code and then gives an error saying it could connect or the security code is incorrect. Thanks for any help!!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:49:46 +0000

I struggled with this for a week or so – I uninstalled the enhanced data rate options for Bluetooth on my IBM laptop and hey presto – worked first time.

By: Atul

Atul — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:37:19 +0000

Thanks a lot for the Detailed step by step instructions, they worked flawlessly.
p.s. if anyone is having problems with their bluetooth dongle not getting recognized in windows xp sp2 try this link http://belthur.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-native-xp-bluetooth-stack-for.html

By: venukb

venukb — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:06:09 +0000

Xtreem|Rage,
I believe you should always try the bluetooth approach after setting up the USB sync properly !

Any reason the USB approach did not work in the first place; I guess once its fixed, you should have no problems syncing via bluetooth.

By: XTREEM|RAGE

XTREEM|RAGE — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:20:34 +0000

Bah bluetooth crashed and now i cant connect anymore. Mine handheld dont see ActiveSync any more. Only serialport…ffs I hate winxp plus this shit >_<

By: XTREEM|RAGE

XTREEM|RAGE — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:25:55 +0000

This tip really helped me!! because i couldnt connect through USB, it couldnt find mine HTC cruise. But i have managed to get it to work with bluetooth with this tip ofcourse .

Nice!!