i am attemtping to pair a BB 8520 with a laptop (USB Bluetooth made by Belkin) with no luck and the error "socket error 10108" flashing back and forth from the tether application on my PC. I have no problem pairing with the USB cable connected, but am lost trying to get the bluetooth to work with the phone. I've searched and read the directions, but other than my control panel NOT showing or offering a "bluetooth" symbol to double click on and ask to seek out a bluetooth connection, I've followed the directions to the "T". The bluetooth on the computer DOES work by the way with other things other than this phone thus far. I am in the 7 day trial, so any quick help to determine if it is worth the $49.95 would be of great appreciation.
socket error 10108
Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:33
Sat, 03/13/2010 - 23:44
#2
Can you try the above and let us know if that worked?
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 12:08
#3
I was getting the same error with both the BlueSoleil and Toshiba Bluetooth stacks....which by the way work great with my adapter. But as far as I can tell you must use the Bluetooth stack built into Windows to use Tether.
In other words, uninstall whatever Bluetooth software your using, reboot Windows, let Windows install the Bluetooth stack and you should be able to use Tether after pairing your phone.
If you don't want to go this route, you probably won't be able to use Tether over Bluetooth. I tried for hours with other stacks to no avail....even though everything else works with them (file transfer, remote audio, DUN, etc...etc).
If I'm wrong (and I hope I am) then please correct me Patrick. But I will need proof, like I said I tried for hours on two different laptops and I'm quite tech savvy. I would much rather use the Toshiba software as the built-in Windows software is lacking most of the needed profiles to do anything really.
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 11:30
#4
This is correct, we dont support all stacks yet. Toshiba was suppose to send us some information on the stacks after we signed an agreement with them but haven't done so yet.
Tue, 03/16/2010 - 13:12
#5
Thanks for the information, I will email Toshiba and ask them for a resolution.
But what about BlueSoleil, is this stack supported?
Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:33
#6
No only Widcomm and Microsoft stacks.
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 04:56
#7
I have the same error. My phone is discoverable and etc. already. I have the bluetooth working on a mac but i get the error when trying to bluetooth on a vista machine. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:28
#8
It's probably because we do not support your Bluetooth stack. Can you try using Microsoft's stack?
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 06:35
#9
Hi,
I have the same problem, but don't know how to set the Microsoft stack.
Please help.
Thanks a bunch in advance.
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 06:46
#10
From your Windows Device Manager, remove the Bluetooth device (uninstall). If it is a build-in device, then reboot PC, let Windows re-discover the device, and install the windows bluetooth drive (if your device supports Windows native drive); if it is an external device, after reboot, just plug it in, let Windows go through it discovery process.
If your device does not support Windows native drive, it will prompt you for the drive for such device.
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 07:01
#11
Hi,
I saw 2 device under it:
Bluetooth bus enumerator
Thinkpad bluetooth with enhance data rate
Which one I should delete?
thanks.
Wed, 04/21/2010 - 11:54
#12
Remove both of them, then let windows to do the discovery again.
Thu, 04/22/2010 - 00:22
#13
Note: if the old Bluetooth software such as Toshiba, BlueSoleil, or in your case possibly Lenovo is still installed chances are that the same drivers and Bluetooth stack will be re-installed unless you uninstall the software also.
Thu, 04/22/2010 - 06:41
#14
That's a good point. Make sure to uninstall the software while remove the device. You should get prompt during remove process.
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 23:28
#15
I uninstalled the toshiba bluetooth stack on my system (toshiba, NB 205-330 windows 7), re-booted to have windows discover the bluetooth, but no luck. It doesn't find the device (bluetooth) at all. When going to the device manager, windows even suggests to download the driver for the device from toshiba. When doing that you'll end up with the toshiba bluetooth stack again. Am I missing something?
Please advise.
Wed, 05/26/2010 - 08:52
#16
That means the bluetooth device you have is not compatible with Microsoft stack.
One option is to purchase another USB bluetooth adapter, and make sure it is compatible with Microsoft stack (meaning it is discoverable by Microsoft OS and no customer device driver needed).
Mon, 02/21/2011 - 13:53
#17
Hey,
I had the exact same problem. I tried EVERYTHING and nothing worked. I really did not want to purchase an external Bluetooth Adapter. So I went to Toshiba's website and downloaded the latest Bluetooth Stack drivers along with the latest Bluetooth Utility. It worked like a charm. I can now surf the internet via Bluetooth.
Good luck!
I was getting that error too, until i realized that my bb bluetooth was set as "not discoverable" so i went into the blue-tooth options on my phone and made it discoverable - and voila as soon as i hit save i was getting a request from my laptop to connect.