This might be a bit too specific, but I can’t figure out how to have my PC see my new Motorola RAZR V3c via the bluetooth system. My PC has bluetooth, but it never sees the phone. Suggestions?
Bluetooth is extremely cool but it’s pretty tricky to get things working the first time, so I can understand your frustration. The trick is that you need to put your phone into bluetooth broadcast mode, then launch the Windows XP Bluetooth Setup Wizard, then it should work.
Let’s go through all the steps!
First off, if your PC has bluetooth, you should have an icon on your desktop for “My Bluetooth Places”. Click on it, then launch the Bluetooth Setup Wizard. You’ll see:
You’ll want to choose the second option, “I want to find a specific Bluetooth device and configure how this computer will use its services.” Click next and your computer will start looking for your Bluetooth device.
Now you’re ready to switch to your RAZR phone!
Here’s what you need to do: Click on the Menu option, then move over to Settings & Tools (the wrench and hammer icon) and move down to option #8:
Select Connections, then Bluetooth and choose Setup from the Bluetooth Link screen:
At this point you want to choose Find Me, at which point your phone will then be discoverable for 60 seconds:
At this point, switch back to your PC, click on the “Search Again” button and after a few seconds, your PC should see your Motorola RAZR V3c:
Looks good!
Click on the icon for the phone, then click on “Next” and you’ll be prompted to prove that you are in control of the device by being required to enter a passkey on the PC, then enter it again on the phone. It’ll look like this:
I entered “13579” as my PIN Code, then clicked on “Initiate Pairing”.
Now, back on the cellphone, here’s what’ll suddenly show up:
My PC is ingeniously called “1866-6GU” but yours will hopefully have a nicer, more mnemonic name. Click on “Yes” on your cellphone, then you’ll be asked to enter the passkey again, this time on the phone:
Again, I entered “13579” and clicked on “Ok”. The phone flashes a “connected” screen and it’s connected!
On the PC, you’ll now be able to choose which service or services you’d like to enable. I only allow OBEX, the file transfer protocol:
Phew! Almost done! Click on “Finish” and now your “My Bluetooth Places” includes a shortcut link to your phone! Chose it and you’ll suddenly be seeing the file system on the phone itself:
That’s all there is to it. You can download free ringtones, free wallpapers, or even grab files from your phone onto your computer by simply using drag and drop on your Windows computer.
This is an incredibly detailed tutorial, but I hope it helps you get your RAZR and WinXP computer working happily together!
I have a RAZR Maxx Ve and am looking for software for it. Do you know of anything that will work like Motorola Phone Tools?
hi i have bluesolei and i dont have that “My Bluetooth Places”. icon on my desktop anywhere. i got my bluetooth to work once but it stoped.
i have a bluetooth usb adapter but i dont think my computer has the bluetooth thing and when i try to search for devices, the computer cant find any even if my device is on…could you help me guys…please! asap
tnx!!
How can I transfer contacts from my motorola razr to my new Blackberry?
hi please just download it ..
sorry i just dont have time to read all the comments people have posted … in other words lazy … umm … i have a RazR V3 and i have the hardware but i dont know where my software is … is there anyway i can download or get a software program for free …. or a blue tooth one for my computer … it doesnt matter …what ever can get my picture off my phone and on my computer
The best easiest way to dl pictures is with bitpm from bitpim.org and before you plug in your phone install the motorolla driver installer. The guide is here and motorolla driver installer is here. http://hacktherazr.com/guides/verizon.start.here.php
takes about 5 min and your not violating warranty’s.
i purchased a moto razr v2> with it i got a usb mini connecting cable. whenever i connect the phone through it on my pc it displays that this connection is wrong and the ph. is getting charged nw.. so pls tell me how can i connect my ph. with pc for file tranfers????
I bought a new Dell with windows Vista Home Premium which has bluetooth, but cannot seem to figure out how to detect my razor V3r. PLEASE help me,,, this is driving me crazy!! Thanks so much.
I got this from Verizon’s website. It worked for me.
Motorola V3M “Sync Music” Connectivity Download Fix Instructions
The following are step by step instructions for downloading and running an automated script on your PC to reset the incorrect values in the Windows Registry.
Note: You must have Windows Media Player 10 installed & running on the PC originally used to Sync with the handset. Turn on your Motorola V3m and connect to PC using the data cable that comes with the Music Essentials Kit.
From your web browser, go to Phones and Devices Support and select the “Motorola V3m”. At the bottom in the download section, look for the following executable file: Sync Music Fix.
Open that file on the affected PC to run the program. Upon completion it will display a dialog box showing “Done”.
Power the phone off.
Disconnect the USB cable from the PC & the phone.
Power the phone on
Reconnect the phone to the PC with the USB cable
On the phone, go to MENU> Get It Now>Get Tunes & Tones>Sync Music. Windows Media Player will launch automatically and connect if it is installed and Selected. The phone should now show “Connected”.
Hello,
I would like to download the files so that I may transfer the photos on my cell phone to my PC computer.
Thank you,
Suzy Patch
This was VERY helpful. Thanks.
hi,my cousin gave me a v3c gatw 01 verizon,I live in South america, can I use it there? with other number? in my country use chip, and I can’t find where is in this phone. Please Help!
thank you very much. i bought the 29.99 usb bluetooth thing from comp us for 29.99 and installed it till they asked for the passkey number and ran into a wall. i looked u up, used the passkey number u suggested and it worked. thank you! able to move those only for my eyes girlfriend pics off their before the fam reunion tomorrow and delete them off the phone so nieces, nephews dont see. later.
if your having trouble with “file transfer” because verizon blocked it , then you can unlock it using seem edit hack on http://www.hacktherazr.com
My situation is a li’l different. I can get files to transfer, but my phone won’t allow me to set them as ringtones. Suggestions?
Ok, so, I have a motorola Razr V3xx and I XP windows. I definitely have bluetooth on my comp and I have a “dongle” but can’t get my phone and my comp to link. It says “connection failed”…. The computer will find the phone, but they won’t connect…. any ideas on how to link the two?
Hi everybody, I have been reading your comments on bluetooth and motorola, I have a v3v and have several pictures in it but my computer has no bluetooth, does someone know how can I transfer them in another way?
Thanks a bunch
Lidia
The tip about setting the configuration to use the Motoral E815m worked for me. I had to uninstall the Motorola Phone Tools software and install it again without the updates.
Thank you guys!!!
Verizon’s restrictions are starting to get really annoying. I have a Moto KRZR K1m and I just bought the Moto Tools and USB Data cable. I bought it so I could download pictures from my phone to my computer and also for ringtones. I have just discovered that I cannot do this and the only thing it will alow me to do is sync my contacts. Does anyone know a hack or some type of way to solve this? PLS.
When setting up the phone in Motorola Phone Tools, use v3cm instead of v3c. This will allow your Verizon phone to have a calendar function. No multimedia…but the calendar is fully functional.
Just a couple observations…
Stop looking for bluetooth software to download. Reread from the top and you will see this:
-First off, if your PC has bluetooth-
If you can’t find bluetooth on your computer then go to the store and by a bluetooth usb adapter for $30. You can’t just download software – you need hardware first.
If you want to do normal things like transfer music and photos between your computer and your phone and can find no easy way to do it, you’ll probably have to hack your phone or pay your service provider their blood money. In normal language, hacking means you’ll have to edit the phone’s programming. THIS CAN POTENTIALLY MESS STUFF UP in your phone and void your warranty.
If you want access to the services that your service provider has hijacked (or ‘phonejacked’) but you’re too scared of the potential to damage hacking your phone can cause then stop crying, just pay Verizon their blood-money, and move on.
I was just wondering if there was anywhere out there that you could download a bluetooth program for free.
Great tutorial, but it seems I’m having problems. With my old RAZR it was easy, I could just send things. But now I have the new one and I cannot find a send option. I decided to follow your tutorial for set up, but when I go to My Bluetooth places to click on the wizard, it tells me “no loca bluetooth device found” but my bluetooth is on and my phone is discoverable. I know my computer can see it because I tried sending from my computer to the phone and it connected, but said it wasnt supporting OBEX or whatever, which I figured was related to not having set it up…but I cant because it wont fine it!!!
Hi Dave I have a razr v3c and my laptop does not have bluetooth but however I have a connection cable to connect my phone to my Windows Xp, but i have had some problems accessing the phone, seeing as the the computer does not recognize it and won’t let me into the phone. How can I correct this problem and access my phone from my computer?
The mem card is a good solution to the ones that want to download files from the phone but the phone will not recognize any file from the pc to the mem card.
anybody knows where to get the software?
hey listen the razors have a place to put a mem card – if you get the adaptor for your pc or have one that you use with your psp u can trans files that way and it should work fine
I have xp sp2 but cannot find the bluetooth setup wizard (nothing on bluetooth in the control panel or anywhere). I’ve looked all over microsoft’s site and can’t see where to correct the problem.
I was going to just download sp2 again to see if I could get the bluetooth capabilities that way but, of course, updates won’t let me since I already have it (although I’m sure there’s ways around it).
Please help
ok it’s obvious that most ppl post here and don’t read … Verizon HAS disabled the features you are trying to access … you must use their network to transfer files …
what if I dont have the bluetooth wizard setup on my computer how can I access it??
hey ..um it discovered a problem with my “moterola cingular razor” . when i went to my PC desktop and i clicked “bluetooth Setup Wizard” this thing popped up and said “no local bluetooth device was found”. and it would not let me get pitcture from my phone to my computer. please write back
will it work with a motorola V3 Razr? Email back
I’ve been reading through the comments. Bell Mobility has also crippled bluetooth on my e815, which I only discovered after wasting much time. However, my ipaq can do obex transfers to the phone.
Any thoughts on why I can do transfers with my PDA, but not through XP?????
I am having a motorola v3v with a sync and dont know how to go with it, how do i configure it? or what is the use of it?
What really is sync?
I have been trying to reconnect my phone to my laptop, but I do not get a prompt to type in a passkey for the computer. When the phone asks me for a passkey, I do not know it. I have tried 0000, 1234, my atm codes, and all other codes that I could have possibly used. does anyone have this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it?
Steve
I just purchased a new Razr V3T from Rogers (in Canada) and I have cropped mp3s in preparation for using them as ringtones, but I cannot seem to get my computer to recognise my phone. I tried using a USB port, but now I’m wondering if I need something else. I tried to use the Bluetooth to have my computer recognise my phone and that didn’t work either. What do I have to do in order to transfer mp3s to my phone and thereafter make those mp3s into ringtones? Thanks in advance.
wow thanks for this. really helped me out.
where do you get teh bluetooth program??
how do i get the bluetooth setup wizard i have windows xp sp2 but i cant find the bluetooth setup ?
Hi,
I did every step up to putting in the passkey and it did connect but only have one selection for the services the com port and no obex file transfer. Need Help………Thanks..Gary
please post me a bluetooth software .thank you
I sent the entire upper echelon of Verizon a letter concerning the RAZR and Motorolla Phone Tools (MPT). Concisely, Verizon stated:”customers are bound to the terms [which remain] disclosed [during] the purchase of a RAZR” (yep, it’s there). Apparently, “customers” should read the fine print prior to purchasing a phone from Verizon, regardless of what, say, a manufacturer like Motorolla provides or advertises. Further, I suggested: “it’s like purchasing a New Ford Mustang and being told that I need a subscription to OnStar to access my trunk! Making reference to Verizon hijacking MPT, by requiring purchases via “Get-it-Now”! Certainly, if this happened @ your local Ford dealership, heads would roll!
respectfully, THE HIJACKER
Howdy all. I am a new Verizon customer and like many of you I purchased the RAZR V3m for all the same reasons listed above and am now finding out I am bound for eternity to pay for the things that i was trying to avoid. I was really disapointed when I couldnt share files with my PC directly and sought a way to make it happen. I did install the expanded memorty in my phone and it would seem that I am able to tranfer data to it. While I have not used it to transfer MP3 files and ringtones I was wondering if utilizing a flash drive on my laptop would be the ticket to doing these seemless file transfers that I so desire, instead of using and purchasing all these useless applications from the big V. If any one has tried this and been successful with a back and forth transfer of Pics, music and tingtones let all of us know. Just a thought but still dont know yet if it will work, gotta git the flash drive first. T
Hey yall, i have cinguler, a razr v3 (i think) running flex version GSMV3MXCIN01NA0F5 and s/w version R374_G_0E.42.10R_A and i followed all of your steps and it worked great, however when i go to my bluetooth places and try to browse my phone it just errors out with “Error establishing connection:” you can see the blue bluetooth light on the top of the phone flashing when you try to browse it thou, any thoughts? I did find out that the phone password to get to the locked options on my phone was “1234” trial and error took me one try 🙂
Hi,
I just got off the phone with Verizon Wireless support. They said “We are in the business of making money, and there is money in pictures.”
They have disabled the functions in the phone that will allow you to transfer files.
The only way Verizon wants you to transfer pictures is through their network, and of course at their prices.
Hi,
I’ve tried setting up my bluetooth RAZR v3 phone with my ibm thinkpad (windowsxp)from work…
I was able to go through all of the above steps w/o a problem but when I go to the directory where my ‘folders’ are supposed to automatically appear , nothing appears.
This is my first bluetooth accessory and first time using on my lap top.
So yeah…everything went fine when adding the phone…until I go to “my bluetooth places” from my desk top, nothing shows up:-(.
Also, I have cingular…not verizon.
Can someone please help me w/ the my bluetooth places problem?
AH! almost forgot to mention one thing…after I did the steps above…if I scroll through my PHONE…I can hear the audio (key volume, etc) on my LAP TOP speakers. AND, If I “copy” a picture from my phone to send to my lap top via bluetooth, I get the message that the “Bluetooth link is busy.”
What did I do wrong :(…
Thank you :o),
Julie
Hi,
I’ve tried setting up my bluetooth RAZR v3 phone with my ibm thinkpad (windowsxp)from work…
I was able to go through all of the above steps w/o a problem but when I go to the directory where my ‘folders’ are supposed to automatically appear , nothing appears.
This is my first bluetooth accessory and first time using on my lap top.
So yeah…everything went fine but when I go to “my bluetooth places” from my desk top, nothing appears :-(.
Also, I have cingular…I guess I’m ignorant though bcz they promised I was getting a windows enabled (smart) phone…but it’s not :p—I should’ve brought someone who knows about this stuff with me–or better yet looked online before I bout it–but I digress.
Can someone please help me w/ the my bluetooth places problem?
Thank you :o),
Julie
How can we down load photos from a motorola v3 into the computer.
Thanks
anybody know if this obex file transfer thing will work with the LG AX 490 for ALLTEL?