I have been trying to get my Blackjack to use Bluetooth for ActiveSync on both my work and home laptop PC's. My work PC has a Linksys Bluetooth USB adapter and has worked with all kinds of other PDA's and cell phones. My laptop has a built-in Bluetooth radio with the Widcomm stack.

Neither machine will display as providing the ActiveSync service to the Blackjack, even though they pair with others. My Q pairs and synchs just fine, but when I try to search for services using the BJ it only shows Serial Port and Hands-Free listed (and it needs to show ActiveSync in order to work.)

Thoughts?

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I have an IBM T42 with built in bluetooth and was able to connect and sync without any problem.

I have also been able to connect the Blackjack to my iBook and sync using MissingSync.

The only thing I may have done different is that initiated everything from the phone and not the laptop. Try clearing the partnerships and then going into the ActiveSync program on the phone and select connect via bluetooth. Follow the promts to setup the partnership and to sync the phone.

I was having the hardest time getting activesync to work, even though the phone was pairing through windows. Then, I found a hint where someone said to pair the phone with the computer from the phone first, then pair from the computer... suddenly, it all worked. Sorry I can't break it down as an exact science, because I was desperate and trying a ton of different things, but I think pairing in that order, after deleting all the previous pairs, fixed it up for me.

I too have had all sorts of problems with Blackjack Bluetooth and ActivSync. I tried Cingular support and they pushed me to Samsung. The Samsung support site is awful. In many support sections the Blackjack phone is not even listed. I called the support desk -- what a mess the voice-activated support line is. Geez.

Finally I get a human who tells that Blackjack bluetooth does not support activesync. This is a surprise as I was sold this as a feature when I bought the phone. She told me that "level 2 support looked at me like I was crazy when I asked if the Blackjack supports activesync over bluetooth."

She did tell me that Samsung is considering this type of support in the future. Surprising given the dumbfounded look from "level 2 support".

Love the phone, but not being able to bluetooth is the pits. And support is the pits too.

Uh, weird, because I use ActiveSync with bluetooth on my Blackjack all the time, but as I stated in my post above, it wasn't easy (or scientific) to get it working.

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Well, I finally got my Blackjack to sync via ActiveSync, by doing a hard reset and then syncing while "fresh" to create the pairing. It worked in both XP (AS 4.5) and Vista WMDC.

Then I got down to the task of reloading all of my apps and tweaks.

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I had only minor problems with syncing over bt... The issue is that when you have activesync installed you also end up adding an activesync com port to the system. But with the MS stack it's not labeled and you just kind of have to guess.

First thing's first, you have to generate the relationship first via USB, this is a given but some folks might over look this. You might be able to do so over bt, but in my experience it works best to have the relationship already there before dicking with bt.

Next when you join your bj to your computer, you need to make sure that activesync is selected as one of the availible services you'd like to use. With the MS stack, it's going to be somewhat confusing. If you'd like to use more feature rich WIDCOMM anycom drivers please check out my article here.

This way you'll be able to see which com port is the pre-assigned port and then you simply set activesync to listen on that com port. On your Blackjack, open activesync hit menu, press 6 or "Connect via bluetooth" and voila! I had it figure out in about 5 minutes and have had NO issues with it at all.

Granted all this could be because I'm using the WIDCOMM drivers prescribed in my article. The MS stack really blows.

BTW, my guide works well for xp users in addition to vista users(both 32bit and 64bit).

Good luck!

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The key is to do everything from the BJII.

1. Turn on BT on BJII
2. Setup "Discovery on/Visibility on" on your PC/Laptop.
3. Back to BJII, BT->Add new device. It should find your PC/Laptop and ask for pairing key.
4. Back to PC, enter the same paring key. When asked, allow the device(BJII) to use ActiveSync(Always).
5. Back to BJII, Start ActiveSync. Menu->Connection vis Bluetooth.
6. PC should say it was connected to BJII via ActiveSync.

PS: I used Lenovo T61p supplied bluetooth driver stack. Never tried with default Microsoft BT stack.

Hello everyone. I read this trying to sync my BJ with my PC via bluetooth. As i was reading, I figured it out on my own. Pair the phone with your PC in either direction. Go into the task manager on your phone and select Avtive Sync (since the WM6 update took the icon away). Now hit the menu button, and then connect. its that simple.

enjoy everyone!

Oh, and whoever it was that posted saying that samsung told them it couldnt be done: call them back and call them a dumbass. kay, bye.

dmbmartin12...Thanks!! Running ActiveSync from the Blackjack fixed my problem.

For others: I had already successfully sync'ed via USB. Had successfully paired via Bluetooth from both the PC and phone, could see on the PC that ActiveSync was using COM5 (from Bluetooth Configuration, Local Services), but ActiveSync would not connect. Running ActiveSync on the phone was the solution.

PS: This link (which I found after making this work) describes the entire process:
MobileViews Blog :: Tips for ActiveSync with Bluetooth

1. Install/setup etc Outlook
2. Install ActiveSync (current version is 4.5)
3. Pair and sync over USB first (MUST do this initially)
4. Install and configure Bluetooth device - note COM port assigned to ActiveSync (look in PC configuration settings eg Local Services)
5. Open up ActiveSync without any device connected to the PC
6. Select your device and open up the Connection Settings window
7. Check the box next to Allow connections and select COM port from step 4.
8. Set Bluetooth on your PC to allow it to be discovered
9. Turn on Bluetooth on your PDA
10. Have your WM device search for other Bluetooth devices and pair with PC
11. Select PDA ActiveSync service and sync via Bluetooth to PC