Yeah, that was it, though I had to try a few times to get the checkmark to come up.

I actually had my sales guy at Verizon tell me about CrackBerry. I was downloading ringtones like crazy Friday night!

 

My sister keeps me well supplied in hand-me-down phones (otherwise I'd still be using two tin cans with string between 'em). When I got my MINI in August, I had my inherited Treo 700 w/ Verizon as my carrier. Three months later, I'm totally pleased with it's interface with the MINI.

Now, she's giving me the Centro. I noticed on nicknbecka's spreadsheet that the Centro's got an issue with contacts. From those with experience using the Centro, does the address book synch at all? The 700 only loads the favorites (which is fine by me). If that's the case with the Centro, no problem. On the other hand, if the Centro can't perform at least as well as the 700, I'll hold off on using it.

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

Unable to pair my new Blackberry Storm--even dealer could not do it

 

seacanu, scroll back and read (if you haven't already) because richs10 and BRGeorge may be able to help you out.

 

Seacanu:

I know the Storm will pair with the MINI.
Since your current efforts have not worked, I recommend that you should start all over again by deleting the phone from the MINI (if it is listed). Then restart the process.
The biggest problem I have had in syncing phones is making sure that you enter the four digit codes in both the phone and the MINI within 30 seconds, when asked.

as far as I know you can use any four digits, but they must be the same for the phone and the car.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
Rich

 

Yesterday was new phone day for me and I tried out three different models in my '09 Cooper w/o Nav system.

Motorola W490 (this one was posted about previously though)
-Worked exactly the same as Razr V3. It paired easily and transferred the phonebook from the sim card. Voice dialing worked, but since no Nav package, I had to create my own tags.

Motorola ACTV/W450
-Paired with the system. The fun stops there. Three tries of deleting and starting over failed to transfer the address book. Will dial numbers input manually or through saying "555 555 1234". I did not try to create any voice tags.

Nokia 5310
-Paired with the system, transferred phonebook from sim, hand-dialed, dialed from selecting contacts on screen, voice dialed with numbers or manually added tags. Worked perfectly for me.

On a side note. The bluetooth system voice commands do not match those in the literature given to me by my dealer.

Example: Book says command is "Store Name". Actually command is "Save Name" "Store name" does absolutely nothing . . .

There are several of these in my book that do not match what the system does. Has anyone else had this issue? I stumbled across it by accidently saying the wrong thing.


sprockets

 

That one is the big discrepancy. There may be others as well, but "Save Name" stands out to me.

 

Amen and amen - thanks for bringing this important point up for those who are new to the MINI bluetooth world. This in itself should be a "sticky"!

 

The Motorolla V950 Renegade works great with my Sprint/Nextel service. No Direct Connect via the bluetooth, of course, but the phone features work perfectly.

Voice dialing in the phone and voice dialing in the car seem to be independent, as the manual (in the car) suggests.

 

It may improve with the update- the Sprint Centro had some issues before it's update, if I remember correctly. The favorites being the only contacts synced is the same for every Treo, so that can be expected if it does work.

 

Thanks! I was missing voice dialing on the W490, so that's new info all around

Yeah, it's unfortunate that they haven't updated this yet; Schatzy62 did a detailed post on the differences he found here.

Thanks to you too Duncan! I'm assuming that by 'work perfectly' you're including the address book syncs work too- that's the way I've added it to my list, but if that's wrong please let me know and I'll get it fixed.

 

Thanks nicknbecka!

The Treo has worked great for me. I'm OK with only the favorites transferring--98% of the time that's who I want to call. My problem with trying the Centro now is that I would have to have service transferred to Centro (and thus lose service on the Treo). My sister tells me if I do it all online it's no big deal, but I hate putting all my info online. I think Verizon charges $40 to do it in-house. Kinda steep for a grand experiment...

 

Yeah- my brother had his transferred from one Verizon office at no charge, but that may have been because he bought a new phone there. I guess you could always ask nicely?

Then again, I don't know the differences between the Centro and the 700 all that well, maybe it's not enough of a change to be worth the try.

 

I can't. I have a hard time being nice .

The Centro is about half the size of the 700p (whose size is kinda substantial). If not for the synching with Outlook or a calendar program, I would happily go to a pretty basic flip phone.

 

Just a quick up-date on the Verizon Blackberry Storm 9530. I upgraded the firmware to ver. 4.7.0.75 (Platform 4.0.0.94) and everything still works fine.

Rich

 

Can someone tell me if they have tried the Motorola RAZR VE20 if it works? I didn't see it on the list (saw the other RAZRs)...do all of them work or are there some razrs that don't work?

Thanks, me!

 

Okay Im new at this and sometimes technologically challenged. What's a voice tag? Can someone walk me through setting my phone up? I have a Moto Razr VE20....

Ive had my car for 3 months and haven't set this up yet...I really need to do it. I tried once and it didnt work so i gave up but i know thats cuz i had no clue what i was doing. So if someone could help me, that would be great. Thanks.

 

Hi SkinnyMINI- I don't know of any reports on the VE20, but so far the RAZRs have all worked; chances are it'll be fine. Let us know!

A voice tag is basically a recording that you make for the car to use for comparison of your voice commands. So when you say "dial Chris" it has a recording of you saying 'Chris' to know who it is you want to call. The manual for the car has a couple typos too, which makes it tougher to figure out. Check Shatzy62's post here for a good run-down of it, with the correct commands.

 

Just got a new phone with Verizon (don't know if that makes a difference...). The Samsung SCH-U650 (Sway) works excellent! Pairs fine and loads address book!

 

Love my Fuze! I have a proclip and it's usually running TomTom while also connected via bluetooth. If only the car would pass the voice commands through to the phone, life would be perfect! (But it's pretty good as it is with nav, email, texts, and mp3 podcasts all running! Let's not even talk about slingbox, it's only for emergency use! lol)

 

Cool! Added to the list today, thanks! It's rare that the carrier can make a difference, but it's good to know that Verizon works- out of all the major carriers they have a tendency to be the most restrictive.

With the exception of the Nav (but including perhaps Google Maps and ssh) that sounds like my Blackberry...

 

My phone, a T-Mobile Shadow (HTC Phoebus), paired successfully and uploaded the address book & made calls through the car's system and everything.

 

Added, Thanks!

 

I just bought a Moto W755 to replace my RAZR (both Verizon), and paired it myself right in the parking lot within 5 minutes. A couple of notes:

1. I cleared out the pairing profile to my RAZR before attempting to pair up the new W755. Maybe try this before pairing with your new phone?
2. Phone book transferred over fine. Note: I had voice tags that I recorded myself, so I don't know if the voice activation would work had I not entered the tags myself.
3. Voice activation works fine.
4. Dialing, picking up calls, talking, and hanging up via the steering wheel controls all work fine.

PROBLEM: Incoming calls.... When I get one, the phone no longer rings through the stereo speakers; it will temporarily interrupt my stereo (radio or iPod mode), but then ONLY ring through the actual phone! My old RAZR would cut off the stereo and ring through the speakers in the car. This is the ONLY problem that I've come across with my New W755. I'm afraid to try anything else for fear of screwing things up even more.

My software version is COOL01_01.10.00R

Anyone else have this problem? Should I disconnect the battery in the car to "reboot" the entire car and see if that works? Should I try and clear everything and attempt to pair the phone again?

What do you think?????

 

The W755 seems to be an odd one, the reports seem to be all over the board. I'd would check the firmware version of the phone and see what we can turn up. If your RAZR didn't have any problems ringing through the car, I'd say that would eliminate any potential issues with the car.

It might be worthwhile to avoid doing any firmware updates until you can compare notes with others that don't have issues. Some firmware updates in the past have caused more issues than they solved, so it may end up being better to leave it as it is.