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Quick way to toggle bluetooth on T68i ??? |
sjonke
Joined: Feb 13, 2003
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Is there a shortcut to toggle bluetooth on and off on the T68i? The only way that I can find to do it is to go through the menus which is tedious for this in particular. I do have bluetooth prefs in my shortcuts spot #1 so that I can't jump to that, but there's still several menus to drill down through from there.... |
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Andy_P
Joined: Jun 10, 2002
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From: Warwickshire
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Did you know that shortcut spot one is also the same as holding joystick left?
I have it for Write New SMS. |
sjonke
Joined: Feb 13, 2003
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On 2003-02-13 17:49, Andy_P wrote:
Did you know that shortcut spot one is also the same as holding joystick left?
I have it for Write New SMS.
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Yes, but you still have to navigate through several more menus. What I'd want is something like BT Toggle for PalmOS where pressing and holding the power button toggles bluetooth on/off. Obviously via some other keypress on a T68i. I was hoping there was a shortcut I had missed.... |
Andy.
Joined: Apr 27, 2002
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From the main menu press 8 and then 4 to get the bt menu
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empty
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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From the standby screen press the option button and choose receive item. This temporarily activates BT and IR. |
anonymuser
Joined: Dec 17, 2002
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On 2003-02-15 16:00, empty wrote:
From the standby screen press the option button and choose receive item. This temporarily activates BT and IR.
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You could set receive item as the first shortcut, and then turn it on with just a left press of the joystick. |
usurp
Joined: Feb 15, 2003
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is there a way to keep bluetooth on ALL the time, other then the fact thats it cool to have 2 lights blinking its more practical...
home: 12" ibook, G3 700, 640MB RAM, 20GB HD
work: Quicksilver Powermac G4 733, 1.5GB RAM, 140GB HD, Sony 21" screen
right pocket: 20GB ipod with Bang & Olufsen earphones
left pocket: Sony Ericsson t68i |
dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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From: UK - Derby/London
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yeh, i have this problem, if i turn bluetooth so it's on all the time, it doesn't actually stay on all the time, ie the blue light will flash but if someone does a search for my phone it doesn't show up. hmmm, how annoying. |
usurp
Joined: Feb 15, 2003
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ok i disconnected my t68i from my ibook yesterday night, i put my ibook to sleep and i also went to sleep. today morning i woke up, opened my ibook, and then connected to my phone using bluetooth. it seems the t68i kept bluetooth on all night!
home: 12" ibook, G3 700, 640MB RAM, 20GB HD
work: Quicksilver Powermac G4 733, 1.5GB RAM, 140GB HD, Sony 21" screen
right pocket: 20GB ipod with Bang & Olufsen earphones
left pocket: Sony Ericsson t68i |
JwY
Joined: Dec 03, 2002
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From: Canada GTA
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just leave BT on then.
goto BT menu -> options -> operation mode "on" |
dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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yes but that doesn't work on mine, well the light flashes as i explained but it's not discoverable, is there a way of staying discoverable???
Daz. |
mariolouis
Joined: Nov 17, 2002
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From: SE to Windows Mobile
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Its a security issue. Unlike nokia's which is our target for bluejacking, you have to set the phone to discoverable in order for you to pair.
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dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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security issue? what so when we are on discoverable anyone can access our phone without us knowing??! i dont think so, well i hope not anyway. the fact that you can leave bt on is soo much better.. discoverable for 3 min. wahooo, not, what if you want to send stuff back nd forth for a period of time in a classroom or in a meeting, you allways have to tell them to turn it on, it's pants. |
floke
Joined: Jan 23, 2002
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@dazbradbury: the whole idea about pairing is to do so with units you trust. Simply pair your friends and you can connect with them amayw.
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sjonke
Joined: Feb 13, 2003
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On 2003-02-15 16:00, empty wrote:
From the standby screen press the option button and choose receive item. This temporarily activates BT and IR.
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Thanks! That works well and with the other tip to make it shortcut one I now have more or less what I want. However for it to work I found you have to have Bluetooth set to "automatic" mode. If it's set to "off" it will just tell you it's off an only switch on infrared.
As for why, that's because bluetooth eats the battery and I get much better standby/talk time with it off and turn on only when needed. On top of that I find the flashing blue light to be a bit annoying. I rather wish I could disable both of the lights. |
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Posted: 2003-02-13 17:48
