Sony Ericsson z520a and Mac dialing

I have the same issue, except that I have gone from a Sony Ericsson T637 (to a Z520a), which worked quite well with the address book, Cingular being my carrier. I cannot dial much less send or receive SMS messages, nor do I get the screen pops when anything, call or SMS comes in.

Hmm. I suppose the question is whether Apple will make any attempt to fix the code, what with the shift to Intel. When you link the device, the option is there (not greyed-out), and it's such a seemingly simple service. On top of that, it is clearly listed as a compatible device. As an aside, the remote-control via the phone is pretty cool.

I'll post if I find anything else.

Cheers.

I have the Z520a as well.

Dialing from Address Book on my PowerBook G4 works for me. I just have to remember to click the Bluetooth button on upper left part of the Address Book window to enable Bluetooth functions.

No dice for me. I have tried a hack I saw at: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040210190627468 and it has not worked for me. I have no functionality via the address book and iSync is somewhat spotty. I have also tried deleting the lonk and re-establishing via the phone, rather than the bluetooth setup application.

Do you have the BlueTooth Powersave option disabled on the phone? Having it disabled allows the phone to connect to more than one BT device at a time.

If this does not solve the problem, then I can't think of anything else to try.

Nope, and I have checked a couple of message boards (take a look at the link in my last posting) and this appears to be specific to the Z520. I have used various Sony Ericssons and Siemens phones (all with their own issues to sort out) but none that have not worked with the address book before. The hack in that link has not worked for me and I tried other suggestions of pairing from the phone to the computer, rather than the other way around with the same result. I have not yet poked around the Sony Ericsson site to see if there are any firmware updates or configurators. . .

Hopefully you will get the problem solved before it's time to upgrade to a new phone!

Tell me about it! There's always a little struggle with every new phone. I try not to tell the carrier I am working with a Mac, but that's usually getting all of the IP config info for web access, so this one's new at least!

I guess I was lucky that everything worked for me from Day One with the Z520a without resorting to hacks.

I also like the BluePhoneMenu app which allows me to send SMS messages through the Z520 from my Powerbook. It also pops up an alert when I receive a call and displays the caller based on the Address Book database. It even displays the battery charge level.

I have the same phone and have success using blue phone elite. check it out on version tracker
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24717
Dave

I just got my 520a, and had the same problem - the Address book does nothing. But I also just tried BluePhone Elite.... what a great app, it even tells me my signal strenght in the Dock. I think I'll register!

Adam

(and no I'm not related to BluePhone Elite in anyway)

There is no entry for the Z520 in the address book device command sets. The command sets file is this file:

/Applications/Address\ Book.app/Contents/Resources/Telephony.bundle/Contents/Resources/ABDeviceCommand Sets.plist

To edit in TextEdit from Terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal), triple click and copy, then paste in Terminal the following:

open -a textedit /Applications/Address\ Book.app/Contents/Resources/Telephony.bundle/Contents/Resources/ABDeviceCommand Sets.plist

type a return right after <array> and then copy and paste this text at the new blank line:

<dict>
<key>ABAnswerPhone</key>
<string>ata</string>
<key>ABAnswerWaiting</key>
<string>at+chld=2</string>
<key>ABDeclineWaiting</key>
<string>at+chld=0</string>
<key>ABDeviceModelStrings</key>
<array>
<string>K750</string>
<string>W800</string>
<string>Z520</string>
<string>W600</string>
<string>W550</string>
<string>W900</string>
<string>W810</string>
</array>
<key>ABEnableCallWaiting</key>
<string>at+ccwa=1</string>
<key>ABEnableCallerID</key>
<string>at*eips=1,1</string>
<key>ABEnableCallerName</key>
<string>at*eips=2,1</string>
<key>ABEnableSMSReceive</key>
<string>at+CNMI=2,1</string>
<key>ABHangUpPhone</key>
<string>at+ckpd="]"</string>
<key>ABReleaseAndAnswer</key>
<string>at+chld=1</string>
<key>ABRequestClip</key>
<string>at+clip=1</string>
<key>ABSendSMS</key>
<string>AT+CMGS=%dBWACKRBWACKN</string>
<key>ABDial</key>
<string>ATD%@;</string>
</dict>

and then save and close the file. If Adress Book is running, quit it. Start Address Book and click the Bluetooth icon if it isn't already blue, you may need to accept the incoming connection on your cell phone. This should work for all the new Sony Ericsson phones, K750 W550 W600 W800 W810 W900 Z520

Unfortunately, this I've already tried. I have never had a problem getting the address book getting the BlueTooth link, it just does not do anything, and as I mentioned, I have had various and sundry phones over the years with no address book issues whatsoever.

Thanks anyway.