[Sharke]

I always use a bluetooth headset with my phone when I'm out and about on the job all day, but I would rather not keep it attached to my ear at all times. But if I put it in my bag then my bag is forever hitting the redial button on the headset, much to the annoyance of whichever particular person I last called. It drives me crazy but I can't find a way to stop it, short of unchecking the "hands free" setting in bluetooth options, however this means I can't answer or disconnect a call with the headset - I have to do it from the phone.

To be honest this is as much a fault with bluetooth headsets as it is with the phone. Every headset I've ever owned has had a one-press redial function which activates itself in a pocket or bag. But you would think that, knowing this, Blackberry would give the option to block it. I tried setting "Allow Outgoing Calls" to "if unlocked" in bluetooth settings, however this doesn't apply to the phone on standby, which is how I keep my phone when I'm not using it. Not only that, setting this option gives rise to a very serious bug....if you make a call with the phone on standby and disconnect using the headset, it is henceforth impossible to bring the phone out of standby and I have to do a battery pull.

Get this crap sorted, RIM. Can't believe I'm still putting up with this nonsense in 2010. Or am I being completely and utterly stupid and missing some obvious workaround? I would love for someone to tell me I'm stupid!

Any thoughts?

[Freckbj]

Have you tried the keyboard lock (holding the A button down)

[Sharke]

Well, it's been a couple of minutes since I posted this and already I've discovered that I am indeed being completely and utterly stupid. I don't need to uncheck the hands free option, all I need to do is to set "Allow Outgoing Calls" to "never." I can still make calls using the phone, but the redial on the headset is disabled. And I can still disconnect from the headset. My entire life is transformed - and all it took was to shift my brain gears up from "gnat" to "human."

[Sharke]

Have you tried the keyboard lock (holding the A button down)

That might work too, although I prefer to have my phone on standby.

[Sharke]

Oh and sorry, RIM.

[Leapin_Toufu]

...To be honest this is as much a fault with bluetooth headsets as it is with the phone. Every headset I've ever owned has had a one-press redial function which activates itself in a pocket or bag...

If it still bothers you, you might want to consider a Motorola bluetooth headset with a "flip". I recommend the H17.

[Jude526]

and I have a jawbone icon the thinker it has an on and off switch.....