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End a Bluetooth partnership
1. On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Connections > Bluetooth .
2. Click Menu > Devices.
3. Select the Bluetooth partnership you want to end.
4. Click Menu > Delete.
Make your device visible to other Bluetooth devices
Your device must be set to visible:
• To receive beamed information
• To allow beaming devices or computers to detect your device.
• For your
device
1. On the Home screen, click Start > Settings.
2. Click Connections > Bluetooth.
3. Select Make this device visible to other devices in the Bluetooth screen.
Other Bluetooth-enabled devices can now detect your device and attempt to beam
information to it, establish a Bluetooth partnership, or use a Bluetooth service.
Accept a Bluetooth partnership
1. Ensure that Bluetooth is turned on and that your device is visible.
2. When prompted to accept a Bluetooth partnership with
Yes .
3. In Passcode, if you want to use a passcode (recommended for enhanced
security), enter an alphanumeric passcode between 1 and 16 characters, and click
Done. You must enter the same passcode that was entered on the device requesting
the Bluetooth partnership.
The Bluetooth partnership is created. You can now exchange information with
other devices
the other device.
Overview of Bluetooth virtual COM ports
Some programs can connect only
if the device itself is Bluetooth-enabled. To make it possible for such programs to use
a Bluetooth connection, you must set up a virtual COM port. Once created, this
virtual port can be used like any other COM port. You can use a virtual COM port for
programs that, for example, connect to a GPS receiver, or to connect to a
Bluetooth-enabled printer.
to offer services to other devices (such as Internet Sharing)
through
the other
a serial (COM) port. This can be true even
devices, click
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