Cannot enable bluetooth

[pj737]

One of the things that the Curve did better than my Treo 650 is connect to my Samsung WEP200. But on several occasions, my Curve just loses the connection with the bluetooth headset. I'm not talking about during a call but when I go to pick up the phone when it rings, it all of a sudden doesn't connect to the headset.

So I go into the bluetooth settings and I come to find out that the bluetooth feature was "disabled". Huh? I sure as heck didn't do that. So I click on "enable bluetooth" in options but NOTHING HAPPENS. I go back into options and try again. Nothing. Choosing it doesn't enable anything, just like Peter Griffin's breakfast machine - it doesn't make breakfast at all. It just states at the top of the screen: Bluetooth: Disabled. Friggen great. I tried turning the phone on and off - NOTHING. I tried to turn my Samsung headset on and off - NOTHING. So the only way to get the bluetooth to start up again is to do a battery pull. Anyone else having the same problem? This sucks.

[avt123]

I don't know why that's happening. My Bluetooth works fine with my Curve.

[jenaywins]

Gosh how I love a good family guy reference. just be glad your curve doesn't shoot you, like the breakfast machine.

Anyhow, did you try a battery pull? It may just be a deective phone. My bluetooth also works just fine. Although I had an issue sending a file via bluetooth the other day. Hmm...

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[lvumlow]

Originally Posted by pj737

One of the things that the Curve did better than my Treo 650 is connect to my Samsung WEP200. But on several occasions, my Curve just loses the connection with the bluetooth headset. I'm not talking about during a call but when I go to pick up the phone when it rings, it all of a sudden doesn't connect to the headset.

So I go into the bluetooth settings and I come to find out that the bluetooth feature was "disabled". Huh? I sure as heck didn't do that. So I click on "enable bluetooth" in options but NOTHING HAPPENS. I go back into options and try again. Nothing. Choosing it doesn't enable anything, just like Peter Griffin's breakfast machine - it doesn't make breakfast at all. It just states at the top of the screen: Bluetooth: Disabled. Friggen great. I tried turning the phone on and off - NOTHING. I tried to turn my Samsung headset on and off - NOTHING. So the only way to get the bluetooth to start up again is to do a battery pull. Anyone else having the same problem? This sucks.

I am having the exact same issues with an 8700g.

- pulled the battery
- installed the latest firmware from T-Mobile (4.2.1.107)
- re-provisioned the device

Still having the same thing, I click on enable Bluetooth and nothing happens - no error, just nothing happens?

Puzzled and would appreciate any thoughts?

[JeffH]

Be sure you don't have the bluetooth connection LED disabled. Disabling it will cause your bluetooth to drop connections. That said, I had a similar problem with my 8830 and a Plantronics 665A headset. I finally took the headset back. I haven't gotten a replacement yet. Other people report the 665A works fine for them. There's something going on with headsets that I don't understand yet.

[pj737]

Originally Posted by JeffH

Be sure you don't have the bluetooth connection LED disabled. Disabling it will cause your bluetooth to drop connections. That said, I had a similar problem with my 8830 and a Plantronics 665A headset. I finally took the headset back. I haven't gotten a replacement yet. Other people report the 665A works fine for them. There's something going on with headsets that I don't understand yet.

It's doing it all the time now. UGGH!

This is not about dropping connections with the bluetooth while on the phone. The phone at some point while not in use just decides to disable bluetooth. When you go back in to enable it nothing happens. THe screen shows that bluetooth is disabled and when you click on the menu to enable it absolutely nothing happens. The menu disappears when you press it and something should happen, you would think - but nothing. I almost wish the phone would shoot me in the arm like Peter's breakfast machine.

[lvumlow]

I have tried to research the problem the best I can and the only thing I can say for sure is that there appears to be many people with the same problem. I have found many forum threads on this exact problem and none of them have an answer.

At this point I tired wiping the device with JL Commander hoping to purge a rogue policy or something like that but no luck. I am probably going to chalk this up to a bad Bluetooth radio in the phone?

[pj737]

Originally Posted by lvumlow

I have tried to research the problem the best I can and the only thing I can say for sure is that there appears to be many people with the same problem. I have found many forum threads on this exact problem and none of them have an answer.

At this point I tired wiping the device with JL Commander hoping to purge a rogue policy or something like that but no luck. I am probably going to chalk this up to a bad Bluetooth radio in the phone?

It's definitely not the bluetooth headset itself because I've tried the BT8040 and the Samsung WEP200... and the phone disables both of them.

Do you think swapping the phone for a new one will make a difference?

[gs warrior 88]

I have the exact same bluetooth headset as yours and sorry to say mine works perfectly fine.

[pj737]

Originally Posted by gs warrior 88

I have the exact same bluetooth headset as yours and sorry to say mine works perfectly fine.

Which one?

[omegadoc]

My 3 week old 8330 randomly disables bluetooth, unrelated to battery charge, indicator light or any other situation. Sometimes I can re-enable it, and other times I have to do a reboot. I do not believe it has anything to do with which headset is used, because it disables even if the earpiece is off and not paired. Someone must know why this is happening...please help! Thank you.

[pj737]

Originally Posted by omegadoc

My 3 week old 8330 randomly disables bluetooth, unrelated to battery charge, indicator light or any other situation. Sometimes I can re-enable it, and other times I have to do a reboot. I do not believe it has anything to do with which headset is used, because it disables even if the earpiece is off and not paired. Someone must know why this is happening...please help! Thank you.

This is crazy! I can't believe this forum isn't flooded with complaints about this. My phone shuts off my bluetooth almost daily now - I have to pull the battery almost every day! I wonder if most people don't use bluetooth with this phone? If others are having the same problem I'm having it can't be a "defective" phone, can it? Software issue? Anyone? Please help us!! This is driving me insane!!

[JeffH]

There is something wrong with Bluetooth in some phones. But the data are too scattered to enable any conclusions. There seems to be a group of users that have no problems with bluetooth headsets, and another group of users that do. But even that may be an oversimplification.

A lot of complaints have been posted in the Bluetooth forum. There have been many.

The problem is not limited to 8330's. My 8830 has the same problem. Nor does it appear to be related to a specific brand or model of headset. I returned a Plantronics 665A that had the same problem. Another 8830 user reported his 665A worked perfectly.

I've only tried one headset with my 8830. I'm going to try another soon. If you find one that works, please post it.

[pj737]

I'm using the Jabra BT8040 and the Samsung WEP200 and the phone just randomly "kills" the connection for both of them. It wouldn't be so bad if you could at least activate it... but you can't. The bluetooth simply just won't activate - the phone won't even let you do it. Totally, totally bizarre. My first Blackberry experience is slowly degrading every day.

[JeffH]

If you search the forums for BT8040, I think you'll find people who use it without a problem. My 8830 is my second blackberry. My earlier generation 7250 worked flawlessly with bluetooth headsets. If you are still within your 30 day return period, I suggest you get another phone. The problem appears to be random. A new phone might work perfectly for you.