Blue tooth compatibility between iPhone 4S & 1st Gen iPad?

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Blue tooth compatibility between iPhone 4S & 1st Gen iPad?

Can someone please confirm that the difficulty in pairing these two with each other is that they both have a Master BT protocol and so cannot adopt a Master - Slave relationship? If this is true, is there a workaroun? I believe someone on the forum suggested setting the iPhone to a Personal Network for example. I haven't managed to find this on the iPhone 4S, just VPN, Wi-Fi or Data. Or should I just accept that they won't ever communicate via Bluetooth!?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1

Posted on May 5, 2012 11:07 AM

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roaminggnome

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May 5, 2012 11:09 AM in response to FranklinJ

This has never been a feature of iphone or ipad.

Bluetooth is supported for stereo headsets/speakers, handsfree telephone devices/headsets, some peer-to-peer apps from the app store, some keybpards, and internet tethering where provided by the carrier.

Other than this it will not connect to any other phone/device/computer.

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May 5, 2012 11:19 AM in response to roaminggnome

Ok, thanks for this. The options you give are all outward going signal protocols and I have successfully paired the iPhone with a Dell laptop for file transfer. I haven't needed to send files from Dell to iPhone but perhaps should go ahead and try it with a view to using the Dell as a proxy between the two i devices.

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roaminggnome

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May 5, 2012 11:23 AM in response to FranklinJ

"and I have successfully paired the iPhone with a Dell laptop for file transfer"

This is not a feature of legit iphones.

File transfer via bluetooth has never been a feature of any legit iphone/ipad.

iOS: Supported Bluetooth profiles

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