IPAQ and bluetooth problem

ZrByte · 01-10-2005, 02:21

Okay I'll start with a bit of explaining first. I bought my Ipaq 2210 PDA second hand from ebay in the understanding that it was in excelent condition. When It arrived it appeared to be just that but now about a year later it appears the owner may have been fibbing a bit.
When I first had the pda the only bluetooth device I owned was a sony ericsson t610, ive heard how poor the bluetooth reception of these devices are so just assumed that the poor connectivity was down to the phone. They couldnt be more than about an inch appart end to end or they would lose connectivity (and even sometimes then).
Now I have a samsung d500 and have heard nothing but good things about the quality of the antennas on these yet my PDA wont even link with this phone, It can discover it, it will ask for a passkey but then will time out.
The bluetooth on my main PC can link upto both my phones even when they are downstairs (and we live in an old house with thick walls) but it cant link to my PDA when its more than a few feet away, bluetooth activesyncing has also prooven to be impossible (at least for the time being).

Basicly I was wondering if there is anything I could do to improve the built-in bluetooth? Is this a common problem with the 211x series? I know there are several bluetooth issues with this model but none about range that I could find on google.
If a fix for the existing hardware isnt possible, would it be possible to add a compact flash Bluetooth adapter? Will it work ok along side my existing bluetooth or will there be complex changes to be made just to make it work?

lemarsh · 01-10-2005, 18:02

I have a 2210, and blue tooth GPS - which constantly has problems in picking up the gps receiver. I have to reset the 2210 about 1 in 3 goes. However, once connected, it doesn't often loose connection.

I believe that there is a problem with the 2210 and blue tooth. 1 of the minor improvements for GPS is to turn off POI (Points of Interest) as it appears to use up a lot of power, and causes the ipaq to freeze.

Not sure if this is of any help, but.......