Saturday, January 31, 2009

Activesync with Bluetooth

I've been trying to setup a bluetooth sync with my HTC Touch Diamond (Windows Mobile based) pda-phone, and my Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) OS.

Here's how I got it to work:

1. Go to settings > menu > bluetooth devices
2. Click 'Mode' and select 'Turn on Bluetooth' and 'Make this device visible to other devices'
3. Make sure bluetooth is turned on on your computer, and select 'Add new device' (I had to click on the bluetooth item in the system tray and then click 'Add' under 'Phones and Modems'
4. In the wizard that opens, select 'My device is set up and ready to be found' and click 'next'
5. Your computer will look for your pda/phone and should show it in the screen.
6. Select your phone, and click next. You will need to select a passkey - go ahead and set your own passkey
7. Your pda should now prompt you for the passkey - enter the same one.
8. Now your computer will show some installing happening, and finally should say 'your devices are ready to use'
9. On your pda, go to your bluetooth devices page, and check the services that are in place for the computer - make sure activesync service is selected
10. On your computer, under phones and modems, select your device and click 'properties'. In the services tab, activesync bluetooth service should be selected.
11. Now startup the 'sync center' on your computer.
12. from your pda, now open activesync, and select 'connect via bluetooth'
13. once the connection is established, select 'sync'.

That should do it!

Let me know how this turned out.