Bluetooth Active Sync on 2 PC is possible

[Guest skanna]

Dont know if this has been covered.

I assume that you can sync with two pc separately. But each time when syncing over bluetooth, the phone seems to delete the settings for the previous PC, therefore you need to re-bond with each PC everytime you want to sync.

However if you go through the process of creating a new bluetooth connection in active sync - option 4 on the menu tab, then press start, the phone will ask you to bond with the pc, press yes and turn on bluetooth, then again on the menu tab, press devices. A list of the previously bonded items will appear. Select the 2nd PC, which was previously successfully bonded, and press menu, select EDIT. It may ask for the name of the PC to be edited, and it may ask to set as handsfree. Dont change the name on decline handsfree. Press done till you are back to active sync. Now when you connect via bluetooth, you will connect via the 2nd pc! No more re-bonding and entering passkeys. The phone has stored the settings. By selecting EDIT during the selection of the device, the phone reloads previous settings.

[Guest lapimate]

Dont know if this has been covered.

I assume that you can sync with two pc separately. But each time when syncing over bluetooth, the phone seems to delete the settings for the previous PC, therefore you need to re-bond with each PC everytime you want to sync.

However if you go through the process of creating a new bluetooth connection in active sync - option 4 on the menu tab, then press start, the phone will ask you to bond with the pc, press yes and turn on bluetooth, then again on the menu tab, press devices. A list of the previously bonded items will appear. Select the 2nd PC, which was previously successfully bonded, and press menu, select EDIT. It may ask for the name of the PC to be edited, and it may ask to set as handsfree. Dont change the name on decline handsfree. Press done  till you are back to active sync. Now when you connect via bluetooth, you will connect via the 2nd pc! No more re-bonding and entering passkeys. The phone has stored the settings. By selecting EDIT during the selection of the device, the phone reloads previous settings.

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Thanks. This hint also works reliably for 2 USB BT dongles (different serial numbers and given different names but same passkey by me on the 'phone) used in the one laptop. I have a laptop which I sometimes travel with a BT dongle and the kitchen sink, and sometimes with only a BT dongle. So each back-pack/slip-cover has its own dedicated BT dongle (Bluetake BT009Si in each case) to save having to transfer (remember) a dongle from back-pack to slip-cover. The 'phone is an i-mate SP3 with Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 Ozone update, SE and i-mate 1.5.33.11 (not the latest) firmware; ActiveSync 4.1 on the laptop, using Win XP Prof XP2 native BT drivers, not the drivers supplied by Bluetake. Both dongles forced to laptop COM ports 7 (in) & 6 (out) & 4 (modem). I also use mydesktophelp.com's Kill ActiveSync. I have found ActiveSync 4.1 probably more robust than 3.8 - Microsoft say continue with 3.8 for 2003, but i-mate seem to indicate 4.1. Also works with a DSE XH6881 BT dongle (Win XP SP2 native drivers).