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iPhone and Motorola S9

What is the current solution and the projected solution set to allow the Motorola S9 headset to be used with the iPhone in both the Cell Phone Calling Mode and in the iPod mode?

As of today I am unable to successfully adapt the S9 and the iPhone.

Toshiba, Windows Vista

Posted on Feb 23, 2009 1:51 PM

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Feb 23, 2009 2:01 PM in response to jblais

Hi jblais,

The iPhone supports the bluetooth headset and hands free profiles. It does not support A2DP(stereo over bluetooth). If you would like, you can leave feedback requesting A2DP here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Does the iPhone see the headset when its discoverable? Try making the headset discoverable and pairing it as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1664

-Jason

Apr 19, 2009 3:12 AM in response to jblais

I suffer the same mindless omissions of basic, basic functions (file transfer, cut and paste / drag and drop) by Apple and now my beloved S9 barely works (in Mono as a hands free phone only). Apparently Apple will include full use of the S9 in their much touted V.3.0 whenever that will be. http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/04/13/iphone-30-prereview-motorola-s9-stereo-b luetooth-headset/
Yes, Apple, go ahead, dangle the "Carrot" in front of us. Hurry up already!!

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Apr 19, 2009 5:26 PM in response to jblais

I'm actually using it right now, as I type this, to listen to music. Unfortunately, it does require an adapter for the time being. I hear the summer software update may be helpful, though.

*Instructions with adapter:*
Pair it with your iPhone first.
Turn off Bluetooth.
Pair the adapter with the S9 for music functionality.
Turn Bluetooth back on the iPhone for call functionality.

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Apr 30, 2009 2:57 AM in response to roaminggnome

Sorry I misconstrued what he said, I thought the name of the software was SUMMER????
He was referring to the 3.0 upgrade coming out in June/July which rumor has it that we all should not update our iPhones due to it being glitchy. We'll see I guess, I know I don't wanna be the first guinea pig.
Now onto that ADAPTER we all should have.

Jun 13, 2009 2:52 PM in response to jblais

I'm running iPhone OS 3.0 GM Seed, which is a near final release, the final release itself is out on the 17th (this upcoming Wednesday). The Bluetooth A2DP profile works, although it does skip sometimes when you are doing multiple things as your music is streaming. The one thing that I'm not satisfied with is that the skip-forward/backward buttons on the S9 headset do nothing but make sound in your ear. The answer/hang up button works, as do the play/pause button and volume buttons. Hopefully that helps you out, no additional hardware is needed, except for the S9's.

Cheers, Danny

Jun 18, 2009 2:13 AM in response to DannyBoi21

just a heads up. i just connected my S9's against iphone 3.0 on 3G(i've had them for a while for use with other products) and they work great. Sound quality is great. I had to pair twice to begin with because the first pairing was horrible so keep that in mind. as others have posted at various sites the 'next' and 'back' track buttons dont work on the original S9's but supposedly do work on the S9 HD's so keep that in mind. all other features work. for me this is kind of crappy because when i go for a run or ride i like the ability to quickly be able to skip a track if it is not motivating for exercise. otherwise, volume up/down, pause, play and phone functions work fine. i may have to crack and purchase the HD version just for the forward and back buttons to work but will test taking the iphone on long rides....it is a little too heavy to take on outdoor runs but is fine sitting on a treadmill shelf and transmitting. wow! on another note i just walked 40 feet from the phone and the sound is still strong. i even walked around a corner and into a closet and still great sound. the dongle that came with my original S9 never did a great job of transmitting bluetooth very far but i've noticed that on my curve and now the iphone the transmission is much stronger. hope this helps. -robert

Jun 18, 2009 8:16 AM in response to robapalooza

I've upgraded my 2G iPhone to the 3.0 firmware that came out yesterday. I can no longer get sound out of my S9 headphones even though they are paired with the iPhone. Previously I was able to get mono iTunes sound (using no adapter) as long as the phone screen was constantly on and I was in the phone's Voice Mail screen with "Audio" selected and the S9 device. (could also receive calls). Sound would, however, also come out of the phone's speaker at the same time. Now I get nothing doing the same procedure and the two devices paired.

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