[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] Syncing over a Bluetooth connection

[Russell Baldwin]

Get to a PC with ActiveSync installed and take your Dell and it's usb  
cable and charger and download the file and do the update. I'm not  
saying this will solve your Bluetooth problem, but it solved a lot of  
Bluetooth related problems with my partners X30 (keyboard. mouse and  
connection to phone) so it may well help. You could also try using  
the cable at home as a test :)

Another tip is if you have the Mac firewall on you could try turning  
it off temporarily this may help to get you connected.
(I've found with a USB cable connection and with the Mac Firewall on  
and ports 5678 and 5679 enabled - I also had to go to the 'Advanced'  
screen and un-tick 'Block UDP discovery'... the other options can  
remain ticked)

Hope this helps,
Russ

On 5 Nov 2005, at 24:35, Guy A. Hoelzer wrote:

> I have finally been able to sync my Dell Axim X30 with my Mac at  
> work thanks to a (scary) suggestion from the MS support staff to do  
> a hard reset of my pda.  I connect my pda with this computer via a  
> USB connection.  Now that this problem seems to be solved, I have  
> focused on trying to sync the same pda with my Mac at home via  
> Bluetooth, and I have not succeeded there.  I know this has been a  
> difficulty expressed by many others on this list, so I wasn't  
> surprised when I failed to achieve a sync.  My device paired  
> successfully with my Mac, but MS was oblivious to the existence of  
> my pda.  I searched the MS website for guidance and the only advice  
> I could find there was to update the ROM on my pda and hope this  
> would solve the problem.  I tried to follow this advice, but the  
> updater file from Dell was only available as a .exe file, which  
> seems to require  using a PC running a Windows OS to install the  
> upgrade to my pda's ROM.  I am at a loss as to the best way to  
> attack this problem at this point.  Any advice?
>
> Regards,
>
> Guy Hoelzer
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