T-Mobile cellular service - Why doesn't my Palm (Tungsten T) connect to TMO via V330 Bluetooth?

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Why doesn't my Palm (Tungsten T) connect to TMO via V330 Bluetooth?

Ridolph

2005-08-24, 11:48 pm

This doesn't seem to be just me. On Howard Forums everyone says that
same thing, that for some reason the Tungstens won't connect to
T-Mobile via bluetooth, not just on the V330 but others as well.
Supposively, Cingular (booo!) works fine. I successfully connect via my
PowerBook with no problems with the $5.99 plan.

I've applied what I think are the necessary patches to make the
Tungsten up to date. There were two main families, one that turned the
icon in the connection dialog to a light yellow instead of a pixelized
grey, and another that added a Universal GSM choice for the driver.

But before the patches, after the patches, and in all combinations, the
connection dialog hangs while making the connection. I know it's
starting because the phone lights up, but it never actually makes a
connection.

What's wrong? Do I need a special dial string? Another driver?

Thanks!

Caveat Emptor

2005-09-13, 2:20 pm

where you successful??
I spent a good 4 hours updating the drivers on my Palm T5 and still
cannot connect to T-Mo's GPRS thru my V3's Bluetooth!!
It sucks!

Caveat Emptor

Ridolph wrote:
> This doesn't seem to be just me. On Howard Forums everyone says that
> same thing, that for some reason the Tungstens won't connect to T-Mobile
> via bluetooth, not just on the V330 but others as well. Supposively,
> Cingular (booo!) works fine. I successfully connect via my PowerBook
> with no problems with the $5.99 plan.
>
> I've applied what I think are the necessary patches to make the Tungsten
> up to date. There were two main families, one that turned the icon in
> the connection dialog to a light yellow instead of a pixelized grey, and
> another that added a Universal GSM choice for the driver.
>
> But before the patches, after the patches, and in all combinations, the
> connection dialog hangs while making the connection. I know it's
> starting because the phone lights up, but it never actually makes a
> connection.
>
> What's wrong? Do I need a special dial string? Another driver?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

Victor Roberts

2005-09-13, 2:21 pm

Have you asked T-Mobile if this service is available? Some
of the cell companies have disabled access to the Internet
via Bluetooth. For example, on Verizon phones with bluetooth
capability, bluetooth can be used for headsets but not for
Inet connections from other Bluetooth devices. Verizon says
they have disabled this function for security purposes. You
need a cable connection to use a Verizon phone over the
Inet.

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Vic Roberts
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On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:06:58 -0400, Caveat Emptor
<fl_k1200rs@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>where you successful??
>I spent a good 4 hours updating the drivers on my Palm T5 and still
>cannot connect to T-Mo's GPRS thru my V3's Bluetooth!!
>It sucks!
>
>Caveat Emptor
>
>Ridolph wrote:

Magic

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

And why would Verizon even care how you connect to YOUR phone....... BT,
cable or mayby IR
how much difference this would make?

"Victor Roberts" <xxx@lighting-research.com> wrote in message
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> Have you asked T-Mobile if this service is available? Some
> of the cell companies have disabled access to the Internet
> via Bluetooth. For example, on Verizon phones with bluetooth
> capability, bluetooth can be used for headsets but not for
> Inet connections from other Bluetooth devices. Verizon says
> they have disabled this function for security purposes. You
> need a cable connection to use a Verizon phone over the
> Inet.
>
> --
> Vic Roberts
> Replace xxx with vdr in e-mail address.
>
>
> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:06:58 -0400, Caveat Emptor
> <fl_k1200rs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
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Steve Sobol

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

Magic wrote:
> And why would Verizon even care how you connect to YOUR phone

Simple...

If you're downloading apps and content to your phone any other way other
than using your phone to purchase VZ content, they make no money.

Verizon is about to settle a big class action regarding the disabling of BT
in their version of the Motorola V710.

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Magic

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

In my case ( tmobile ) I pay flat fee for access to all of the internet not
just WAP end of it
yea then they may not be willing to let me download allot of content.
Tmobile really does not care how I connect to my phone and what im
connecting
palmpilot, laptop, fax machine or CHA-30 chatpen
they don't always make it easy for me to help with figuring how to connect
to my phone
(especialy that I did not get it from them)

But you say if your VZ phone is _not_ used to "purchase" content (ringtones
I'm guessing ? )
than you get away with _not_ paying for it ?
Am I getting it right?

So how about advertisment I saw on TV about VZ's brodband speed connection
for wireless?
why would you need that for your phone?

"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message
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> Magic wrote:
>
> Simple...
>
> If you're downloading apps and content to your phone any other way other
> than using your phone to purchase VZ content, they make no money.
>
> Verizon is about to settle a big class action regarding the disabling of
BT
> in their version of the Motorola V710.
>
>
> --
> Steve Sobol, Professional Geek 888-480-4638 PGP: 0xE3AE35ED
> Company website: http://JustThe.net/
> Personal blog, resume, portfolio: http://SteveSobol.com/
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Victor Roberts

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:18:41 -0700, Steve Sobol
<sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

>Magic wrote:
>
>Simple...
>
>If you're downloading apps and content to your phone any other way other
>than using your phone to purchase VZ content, they make no money.

I can use my Verizon StarTac to download anything I want
using a cable connection and without any additional payment
to Verizon. I have not yet upgraded to a Verizon Bluetooth
enabled phone only because I cannot use BT in place of the
cable connection.

>Verizon is about to settle a big class action regarding the disabling of BT
>in their version of the Motorola V710.

Please tell us more about this lawsuit.

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Victor Roberts

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:24:24 -0400, Victor Roberts
<xxx@lighting-research.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:18:41 -0700, Steve Sobol
><sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
>
>
>I can use my Verizon StarTac to download anything I want
>using a cable connection and without any additional payment
>to Verizon. I have not yet upgraded to a Verizon Bluetooth
>enabled phone only because I cannot use BT in place of the
>cable connection.
>
>
>Please tell us more about this lawsuit.

I found more info here:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000393033835/

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Victor Roberts

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:26:20 -0400, Victor Roberts
<xxx@lighting-research.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:24:24 -0400, Victor Roberts
><xxx@lighting-research.com> wrote:
>
>
>I found more info here:
>
>http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000393033835/

Actually, this site may be more useful

http://www.kirtlandpackard.com/v710/

They state the lawsuit has been settled, but no information
on the settlement is yet available. I'm not interested in
any financial compensation, first because I don't have a
V710 yet, but mostly because that does not solve the
problem. I hope the settlement includes an agreement that
Verizon will no longer block BT on the V710.

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Steve Sobol

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

Magic wrote:

> But you say if your VZ phone is _not_ used to "purchase" content (ringtones
> I'm guessing ? )
> than you get away with _not_ paying for it ?
> Am I getting it right?

Yes, ringtones and apps and wallpaper, etc.

But no, what I'm saying is that if you download stuff to your phone using
Bluetooth or a data cable, Verizon doesn't make money on that download. The
only way they make money is by you purchasing GetItNow! content from them.
That's their incentive for disabling some Bluetooth functionality (and, for
that matter, possibly disabling the ability to download stuff via a data
cable, though I don't know whether they've done that).

> So how about advertisment I saw on TV about VZ's brodband speed connection
> for wireless? why would you need that for your phone?

To hook it up to a laptop, I assume. They have data cards that do EVDO
(broadband) speeds too.

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Steve Sobol

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

Victor Roberts wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:18:41 -0700, Steve Sobol
> <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I can use my Verizon StarTac to download anything I want
> using a cable connection and without any additional payment
> to Verizon.

Yeahbut, that's to be expected, StarTACs can't download GetItNow! content
anyhow. None of the StarTACs were able to do custom ringtones or graphics
and certainly not downloadable applications. The last StarTAC I remember VZW
selling was the 7868W. You could make calls and do text messaging with it.
And I'm not even sure about text messaging...

> Please tell us more about this lawsuit.

I'll have to find the URL for you.

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Victor Roberts

2005-09-15, 11:48 pm

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:00:28 -0700, Steve Sobol
<sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

>Victor Roberts wrote:
>
>Yeahbut, that's to be expected, StarTACs can't download GetItNow! content
>anyhow. None of the StarTACs were able to do custom ringtones or graphics
>and certainly not downloadable applications. The last StarTAC I remember VZW
>selling was the 7868W. You could make calls and do text messaging with it.
>And I'm not even sure about text messaging...

I have been told by Verizon that the V710 can be used in
data/fax mode with a cable connection. They have only
disabled Bluetooth. They claim this was for "security."

Yes, the ST7868W can do two-way text messaging if you have
installed the on-line firmware upgrades.

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Ridolph

2005-09-23, 5:48 pm

No, as far as I know nobody in the world has been successful or even
has any useful information.

It works nicely with my PowerBook via BT though, so it's not disabled.

And Palms will work via BT with Cingular service on a V551, which is
essentially the same phone.

On 2005-09-06 20:06:58 -0400, Caveat Emptor <fl_k1200rs@yahoo.com> said:
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> where you successful??
> I spent a good 4 hours updating the drivers on my Palm T5 and still
> cannot connect to T-Mo's GPRS thru my V3's Bluetooth!!
> It sucks!
>
> Caveat Emptor
>
> Ridolph wrote:

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