Bluetooth Profiles

You have encountered my only remaining grip against my E60 phone. I have been struggling with Bluetooth issues since I bought the phone in May. I have the latest firmware (2.0618.06.05) and have used two different Bluetooth dongles and three different Bluetooth stacks. With a Kensington dongle and the Widcomm BT stack I saw the same three profiles as you (DUN, file exchange, and card exchange). This was also true for an IVT dongle and BlueSoleil BT stack. The best results I have gotten have been with the Kensington dongle and the Microsoft BT stack. With this combination I see the three profiles I saw with the others but I can also see the Imaging profile. However, I can connect via active sync with the Kensington/MS BT stack combo, even though this profile does not show up when I open "My Bluetooth Places". I sometimes have to run the MS Bluetooth Setup Wizard and select "I want to find a specific Bluetooth device and configure how the computer will use its services". My computer will then detect the active sync profile. In addition, although I have not been able to see the Serial Port Profile on my PC, I have been able to connect with GPS receiver, which requires this profile. I also have an application on my PDA (a Dell Axim x50v) that requires the serial port profile but the PDA (which uses a Widcomm BT stack) is not able to see this profile and I cannot then use that application. Finally, I had previously used a Jabra BT200 headset with my old phone (a Nokia 6310i). When I tried to use it with the E60 (and a friend's E61) I could not make a connection. I had to buy a new Jabra BT500 and it works fine.

I believe that there is something odd about the way Nokia has implemented Bluetooth on E-series phones and I hope that a future firmware update will resolve these issues.

Mark

Now we're getting somewhere... 35 of you have been here already, i know there's a lot more to be said... let us know your POV !

- should this thread originate a poll ( BT stack, dongle or Nokia: where's the flaw )?

teclas911 wrote:What profiles ( services ) shoud i expect to be detected by a PC being paired with the phone?

Service Name: AVRCP Target
Service Description: Audio Video Remote Control
Service Provider: Symbian Software Ltd.
Service Name: Hands-Free Audio Gateway
Service RecHandle: 0x10001
Service Name: Headset Audio Gateway
Service Name: SyncMLClient
Service Name: OBEX File Transfer
Service Name: Nokia OBEX PC Suite Services
Service Name: SyncML DM Client
Service Name: Nokia SyncML Server
Service Name: SIM Access
Service Name: OBEX Object Push
Service Name: Dial-Up Networking
Service Name: Imaging

:con? well, well, well... could you tell us what soft you're using ?
Though the SPP seems to be missing, you've got a lot more than our 3 ( almost useless ) profiles.

Nokia's web site (the FAQ section) states the following:

Q: Which Bluetooth profiles does my Nokia device support?

A: This device is compliant with Bluetooth Specification 1.2 supporting the following profiles:

Generic Access Profile,
Serial Port Profile,
Dial-up Networking Profile
Headset Profile
Handsfree Profile
Generic Object Exchange Profile
Object Push Profile
File Transfer Profile
SIM Access Profile
Basic Imaging Profile.

Also, I have been able to connect my E60 (sometimes) using the SPP but not always. This is why I believe that there is a software issue in the way that Nokia implemented Bluetooth on E-series phones.

Mark

teclas911 wrote::con? well, well, well... could you tell us what soft you're using ?

Though the SPP seems to be missing,

you've got a lot more than our 3 ( almost useless ) profiles.