Using Bluetooth to transfer ringtones and pictures

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12. May 2005 @ 09:02

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Hey everybody,
Since these forums have answered many of my questions in the past, I thought I would share how I transfer pictures and ringtones to my Motorola a630 for free. I read a lot of posts and replies in these forums about this topic and can share in the frustration of making the available software work properly. If your phone is equipped with Bluetooth and your PC uses the XP OS, you can transfer pics and mp3 ringtones for free. The only things you will need are the passkey for your phone (this should be in your manual; mine was 0000) and a Bluetooth adaptor for your PC ($10 ordered online; $30 in-store for those like me that are too impatient to wait). Hopefully this works for others as well as it has worked for me.

Bonding the phone to the PC:
1-Turn Bluetooth on in your phone. (settings-connection-bluetooth link-setup)
2-Go to control panel and click on bluetooth devices. Click options tab and then check the turn discovery on box. Click devices tab and then click the add button. Check the device is set up and ready to be found box and then click the next button.
3-Select the find me option on the cell phone and wait for detection.
4-Once detected, highlight your phone on the device list and click the next button. Check the use the passkey found in the documentation box and then type the passkey in the space provided and then click next.
5-The cell phone will ask if you want to bond with the PC. Select yes and then re-enter the passkey on the phone and select ok.
6-Click the finish button and setup is completed. This process only needs to be completed on the initial setup. After the initial setup the PC knows the phone and will recognize it when sending and receiving data.

Uploading ringtones:
1-Prepare your ringtones using your favorite software (I use Audacity to chop the songs down and Freerip to convert them to mp3's; both are freeware)
2-Right click on the finished mp3 and select send to and then bluetooth device. Your phone will display a message about the incoming transfer and ask you to accept or decline the transfer. Choose accept and wait for the transfer to finish. Save the mp3 on your phone and you now have a new ringtone.
3-Use the same process to upload pictures to the phone.

Downloading pictures to the PC:
1-Right click on the bluetooth icon in the system tray on the PC and select receive a file. If you skip this step you will get a service not supported error on your phone.
2-Navigate to the picture on your phone that you want to transfer and use the menu options to select move and then choose your PC as the destination. If you only want to send a copy of the picture to the PC select copy instead of move.

I hope someone finds this information useful.


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