BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Compatibility

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BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Compatibility

I just received and paired this with my iPhone original with 2.0 firmware.

They work fine together and the phone directory transferred to the Supertooth 3. When I got a call for the first time, the caller's name was announced.

My daughter has the iPhone 3G and the same BlueAnt device and did not have such good fortune in transferring the directory; calls are announced by number -- which to me would be no big deal. That suggests either that I have a newer Supertooth 3 (I do, but she's had hers only a couple of weeks) or that the hardware differences in the iPhone and 3G version are making the difference.

Phil

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Posted on Jul 22, 2008 4:25 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 3, 2008 3:31 PM in response to w7ox

Can anyone else confirm that iPhone first generation with 2.0 works, but that iPhone 3G does not?

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Aug 3, 2008 4:00 PM in response to RS8MJpHlmydBfl1ZoJTW

shahidhaque wrote:
Can anyone else confirm that iPhone first generation with 2.0 works, but that iPhone 3G does not?

It does work (pair) with the 3G; my daughter is very high on it. In her case callers are not announced by name. In my (original iPhone case) they are. But this is a small advantage, given the order of words in the call announcement.

She is really happy with the way the BlueAnt ST3 works with her 3G iPhone.

Edited to add this: I tried several BT speaker phone solutions in my car before BlueAnt ST3. One was the BT in my Garmin Nuvi 760 GPSr. None came close to the ST3 in ease of use, audio quality, etc. I recommend it above all others, and I've tried many of them.

Phil

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Aug 14, 2008 5:53 PM in response to w7ox

My husband's iphone 3g with 2.0.1 firmware update works perfectly with the Supertooth. All of his contacts were loaded, and names are announced, not just numbers. It doesn't work with my 3g and the same Supertooth. When it starts the contact upload process, the bluetooth connection cuts out. Our phones have the exact same settings... only differences are his is an 8g and mine is a 16g and he bought his phone a month later than I did. Could hardware differences in the phones account for a different result with the Supertooth 3? Or is he just lucky?!!

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Aug 14, 2008 6:55 PM in response to Rhonda D.

Rhonda D. wrote:
My husband's iphone 3g with 2.0.1 firmware update works perfectly with the Supertooth. All of his contacts were loaded, and names are announced, not just numbers. It doesn't work with my 3g and the same Supertooth.

That is strange. My daughter's experience is like yours. My phone is an original, so I just assumed the difference was from original to 3G. Apparently not, or at least not in all cases.

You might want to contact the BlueAnt folks and ask them. They may not even know that any iPhones are having an issue with directory transfer.

Phil

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Sep 18, 2008 5:22 AM in response to w7ox

I have a 1st gen iPhone. I bought a Blueant ST3 last week, paired it with my iPhone, and had no problem uploading 700 contacts. Names were announced for incoming calls. Last week my phone was running 1.1.4.

I then upgraded my phone to 2.1 a few days ago - when i next connected to the ST3 I had to re-pair the device, this time the contacts would not upload. I've tried unpairing/re-pairing the device multiple times - on each occasion the device claims that it is unable to upload contact information. Rather annoying.

I rang BlueAnt here in Australia. The chap was not particularly helpful, but he offered the following:

* he claimed that Apple does not support contact uploading via Bluetooth
* that as far as he was aware, contact uploading only worked on some iPhones with "modified software" (he wasn't sure why that would be the case, but seemed to think that perhaps the "modification" process "free-ed up" some of Apple's restrictions
* he suggested that upgrading to 2.1 might have broken whatever it was that allowed the contacts to upload in 1.1.4
* basically he made it clear that there would be no solution from BlueAnt's end (which seems logical - it sounds to me like an Apple issue)

The only thing i can think of that i want to try, is to start again with a fresh/new ST3 unit. I've tried to find instructions for returning the ST3 to "factory" state, but haven't found anything. I think i will try returning the unit, exchanging it for another, then starting again to see if that works...

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Sep 20, 2008 4:05 PM in response to RS8MJpHlmydBfl1ZoJTW

Hi,

I just paired my 3G Iphone with the BlueAnt Supertooth 3, it is workinhg great, but the contact trasfer feature didn't worked also.

Hope there is a patch that resolve this issue.

Andres

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