I'm struggling to pair an Android phone with my iPhone to transfer a video. Anyone know what the problem might be? Pairing appears successful but when I try to connect to the device or receive a file from it, it fails. Can anyone help?
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1
suedeheadwales wrote:
I'm struggling to pair an Android phone with my iPhone to transfer a video. ...
And you will...
See Supported Bluetooth Profiles
suedeheadwales wrote:
I'm struggling to pair an Android phone with my iPhone to transfer a video. ...
And you will...
See Supported Bluetooth Profiles
The problem is you can't do that. File transfer, by Bluetooth, is not supported on any iPhone.
I'm sorry. Let me just repeat that to make sure I got it right. You. Can't. Transfer. Files. Via. Bluetooth. On. Any. iPhone? Wow! I've only had the iPhone 3 weeks and every day I have found something that this backward, pretty little brick can't do. I rue the day I ever bought it.
A seriously unhappy iPhone owner.
I just did. Thanks for the link.
You're welcome.
Don't hold your breath though, been like this since the first iPhone was introduced. Thus, doubtful that things will change.
as much as i support you since i've used bluetooth transfers on my old "dumb" phones - it is more of a 10year old technology as far as file transfers is concerned. the reason being - its too slow. in the olden days (6+ years ago), high speed wifi /LTE and easy cloud storage/sharing services were not available, so bluetooth was a boon.
but today, its much faster to simple put the video in dropbox/skydrive, etc and email the link to your friends - no need of pairing, actual slow phone-phone transfers, etc.
just my 2 cents.
Uploading to the web isn't an option when there's limited or no signal (I live in rural West Wales).
you do have wifi don't you?
if not, fine transfer to PC using cable and then to the other phone.
The ability to transfer a file via Bluetooth in 2013 isn't too much to ask.
do you have wifi or no in 2013?
suedeheadwales wrote:
The ability to transfer a file via Bluetooth in 2013 isn't too much to ask.
Maybe.
It still is not a feature of the iphone/ipod/ipad.
I don't see the relevance of asking whether or not I have wifi when I'm talking about Bluetooth. I received the file I wanted via email later that day. Which killed both the spontaneity and the fun of the occasion.
if asking about wifi is irrelevant to you, why was answering about "no coverage" relevant?
spontaneity and fun and higher speeds- use cloud storage and share links with friends.
if you can't understand this, fine - keep complaining about non-existing BT file Xfer support.
I don't understand why you cant just get a wifi router in 2013!
Bluetooth frustrations.
