Motorola SLVR L7 & Bluetooth

What do you mean with browse? Do you mean the Browse Device option in Mac OS X's Bluetooth menu?

You could try my GSM Remote > Window menu > Folder Browser…. Perhaps this work, perhaps not. It is the only alternative I know because it works a bit different than Apple's solution.

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same thing for me
the phone is said "paired" to my mac but when i try to exchange files, the phone is not validate, so no possibilities to do anything with it

I have the exact same problem. Where did you guys purchase your phones? I got mine through eBay and the packaging looks German.

Only the Cingular firmware in the US will work with OS X. Motorola (once again) didn't use standard bluetooth protocols so when you pair the phone, it doesn't broadcast back what it is capable of. But the iTunes version of the firmware has these broadcasts because Apple helped write the firmware. I'm getting mine flashed by Cingular when I get to the states in a few weeks.

wut does flashed mean? i got mine from ebay same as whoever posted above with the german packaging. and if flashed means to have all the cingular firmware stuff put on it how do i do this and does it cost anything

I have the same problem also. I got mine from the carphone warehouse though.

Hi,

just order and got my phone. Tryed to sync with bluetooth and didnt work. It conncted but that was it...couldnt do a thing with it....i'm really frustrated!!

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

THX!!!

Join the massive queue of people with the same problem.

I have the SLVR V8 which I believe is also called the L7v?

There are loads of posts about this but nothing seems to be happening regarding it yet. There have been 2 OSX updates since I first posted about it and the problem still persists. And there is no software update or new drivers from Motorola.

Apparently theres a bluetooth communications issue between Moto and Apple that needs to be resolved.

Im totally gutted because I swapped phone providers to get the SLVR in silver and turned down 25% cheaper line rental for life (after id already signed up to VF) and choice of any handset apart from the SLVR in silver because it WAS (not now) exclusive to Vodafone.

Id been wih T-Mobile right from the start and I mean when it was One2One in the UK. Now I have the phone I wanted I find half its functions dont work.

Bugger!

I have a Vodafone branded SLVR L7 that I picked up in Australia and experienced the same bluetooth connection problem.

I was just as confused when Apple's iSync page stated that the SLVR L7 was compatible when clearly the Bluetooth component was not connecting. It seems that the fine print states for all Motorola phones work with "Bluetooth and/or USB syncing except for Motorola v710". 'And/Or' being the catch here...

So technically the phone does work with iSync however you'll need to hook up the phone to your Mac via a USB cable to get it to work if you do not have a Cingular branded SLVR. I had to try a few times to get the USB sync to work and ended up deleting my iSync preferences to fix it. As it states on the iSync page, it will only sync your address book and calendar.

The only way to resolve the Bluetooth issue is to either wait for Apple or Motorola to fix the problem, or you could go the 'modders' route and upgrade or change the firmware on your phone. However all of the software you need to do this is only available on Windows and if done incorrectly can damage your phone. I haven't done this myself but there's plenty of forums and websites dedicated to 'moto modding'.