Thread: N900 bluetooth device type is detected as “Other” and never more as “Phone” by other bluetooth devices
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filbert is offline filbert
2010-01-14 , 22:08
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#25
Originally Posted by Alan_Peery View Post
The fact that the N900 failed to identify itself as a "phone" isn't the problem, as its capabilities exceed that of a phone. I *like* my N900 showing up as a "computer" in Windows 7. The problem lies in PC Suite, and it expecting the device on the other end to always name itself as a "phone", rather than supporting a collection of bluetooth functions. .
It is a problem for me as it stops TomTom connecting to it and using it for handsfree (and possibly other features). I issued the hci command to change the class and it immediately saw it as a phone and connected. A reboot has changed the class back to 0x5a0100 .

(I am on the new firmware update PR1.1)

Rgrds

Peter