Nokia 5230 bluetooth to connect to net via mac's bluetooth sharing net?

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Nokia 5230 bluetooth to connect to net via mac's bluetooth sharing net?

Hello,

I am trying to connect to internet my Nokia 5230 mobile phone, I don't have data subscription for it.

I switched on Bluetooth on the Mac and on the Nokia, they are both seeing each other, file transfer, etc.

On the Mac in Sharing - System panel, I have shared my Mac Internet connection via Bluetooth.
So if someone connect to the mac via bluetooth, it can access the internet.

It works for my iPod touch via WIFI instead of bluetooth.

But I'm not able to do the same with the Nokia, access the internet by using bluetooth to use the mac internet connection.

It seems that in the PAN Bluetooth panel in Network system panel, the mac says There is no PAN Bluetooth.

If I am not wrong, it's PAN Bluetoot that must be used for such link. Correct ? because there is also a DUN bluetooth.

The data for the Nokia in Bluetooth panel is :

AVRCP Controller
AVRCP Target
Audio source
Data transfer
Hands-free Audio gat...
Imaging
Nokia OBEX PC Suite...
Nokia SyncML Server
OBEX File Transfer
OBEX Object Push
Phonebook access PSE
PnP information
SDP Server
SIM Access
Service inconnu = unknown service 🙂
SyncMLClient

Lost in the bluetooth Am I :-/

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Another thing which puzzles me, is that the bluetooth seems to disconnect almost immediately.
I send a file, the file is sent, then it disconnect ???
If I do something like sending a file, it starts again, but how to find it if it closes immediately ???

Thanks a lot for your help.

Mac Mini 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 4 GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.6), Ipod Touch v4

Posted on Jan 25, 2011 2:09 AM

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Answer 1

Stf Author

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Jan 25, 2011 2:50 AM in response to Stf

I just find a trick to keep the bluetooth connection alive, leave the transfer a file dialog opened.
While that dialog is opened, the bluetooth stays switched on 🙂 but nothing else :-/

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Answer 2

Jan 25, 2011 4:22 AM in response to Stf

But I'm not able to do the same with the Nokia, access the internet by using bluetooth to use the mac internet connection.

It would appear that your Nokia does not have the required Bluetooth profiles to allow internet sharing.

I send a file, the file is sent, then it disconnect ???

The Bluetooth connection is only kept open while some actual bluetooth activity is occurring. This is correct behavior. The green connected dot will disappear as soon as the bluetooth task is complete.

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Stf Author

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Jan 25, 2011 4:48 AM in response to Julian Wright

Thanks a lot for your help !

It seems it's possible, take a look on this movie, I'm trying to do the same on my MacMini but I don't have a 'slow' modem. Though I have been able to create a PPOE connection even over my VDSL (30 Mbps) line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=airGp1Q3Sgk&vq=hd720

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Answer 4

Jan 25, 2011 6:00 AM in response to Stf

It seems it's possible, take a look on this movie,

That movie is showing how to connect your computer to the internet via your Bluetooth phone's internet connection, not how to connect your mobile phone to the internet via your computers connection.

It's also showing the process on a Windows PC - what that movie shows is about a million times simpler on a Mac.

I've tried what you want to do, on a phone that supposedly supports sharing an internet connection, but have never been successful. Neither have a lot of other people.

Google for "share mac internet connection over bluetooth"

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Jan 25, 2011 6:16 AM in response to Julian Wright

Hooo sorry for that movie.

Here is another explanation that seems to do that but I think they need to add some symbian code

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~kinston/Bluetooth%20Internet.htm

Thanks a lot for your help 🙂

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Answer 6

Jan 25, 2011 7:54 AM in response to Stf

There is no doubt that what you want to do is (technically) possible, assuming you have a phone that supports Bluetooth PAN (which your Nokia doesn't).

However, again those instructions you've found are irrelevant if you're trying to do this on a Mac. You'll also need to get a phone that supports this Bluetooth usage.

I have a Sony Ericsson phone that support Bluetooth PAN and internet sharing, and although it worked easily sharing the phone's internet connection to the Mac, I could never get it working the other way round.

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Jan 25, 2011 11:05 PM in response to Julian Wright

Julian, thanks a lot for your help.

I've found a very cheap phone-data subscription as I only need this just few minutes each month.

Have a nice day.

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