Hey all,
I have a question concerning redirecting calls using bluetooth.
I have two phones, one from work (Pre paid cheap samsung) and of course a pro. For the pro i have lots of minutes to spend a month, for the samsung i have to buy expensive minutes a time.
The pro i use both private as for work. I dont wont everybody calling me on my private phone, hence the prepaid.
In my car i have one bluetooth car kit. suitable to handle one bluetooth device at the time.
Is there a possibility to redirect all incoming calls from my pre paid to my pro, using bluetooth. This way i can make handsfree calls with my Pro and also answer calls form my prepaid. Any suggestions ?
Thanks a lot !
Anyone ?? It would save me a whole lot of siwtching !!
as far as i know, that would have to be a function of your car hands free kit. generally, a bluetooth hands free kit only allows one connection at a time (at least for the purposes of phone calls...some allow additional connections for, say, streaming music to your car stereo). thus, your car kit would have to allow 2 different hands free connections (one to each of your phones) .
With that setup, an incoming call from either phone would come to your car kit for you to answer, and then when you went to make an outgoing call, youd just have to use your pro (or be sure your car kit is controlling the pro at that point). in any case, its a car kit thing, not a phone thing.
Your carrier should have a 'forward all incoming calls' function that will send any incoming calls to the other number, would that work?
The quick answer would be no on your bt question since you are only allowed one connection. As for call fowarding, you can forward to your pro but the carrier will charge per minute used.
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I think I found a fix for the BT Hands Free not working the way it should.. I can even use call waiting now and it does not kill the mic when I switch back to the first call..
I set the phone settings to automatically pick up after one ring.. No, it will not automatically pick up after one ring but, now I am getting the name to display in the caller ID field of my xLive mp3-BT headset. and it is working consistently.. I HAVE NEVER gotten it to work consistently before.. NEVER. i will try it with my Jabra BT800 later too.
I think it makes a "deeper" or better connection by making the phone try and make the BT headset device automatically answer???
I am using 2.20 OS and it is the only one that I have found to work, (not fully but it does work BETTER), please try this with other Hands Free devices like car kits and HBH660 etc.. Also try this with 2.02 and 2.06
COOL!!!
...and what's the improvement for handsfree?
thanx
buzz
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With 2.02 or 2.06 or the Sin's merged OS, ANY BT headset device or car kit device that needs to use the Hands Free profile, the mic does not work on the device and there is sound that comes out of the XDAII speaker and only the mic on the XDAII works.
People can not hear you when the only mic that is working is on your phone..
Now on the 2.20 translated OS, Hands Free profile does work BETTER. It does not work fully! The caller ID is not displayed right all the time and the most frustrating part is, when the phone receives a call on call waiting, you can switch over to the other call BUT when you switch back, it acts like 2.20-2.06 and the mic only works on the phone, not on the BT device and both the speakers are going giving you a "stereo" affect.
Well, why not just use the Headset Profile you ask???
I LOVE the ability to be able to scroll through my recent call list, see who is calling via the small caller ID display on my BT device and make phone calls... ALL without having to open up my PDA case or look around for my briefcase and find my XDAII.
I have all the power of a regular phone on my ear or around my neck.
BT devices that need to use Hands Free profile are ones like the BT800
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=BT800
or The HBH 660
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=114271
or the new one that has not been released with the only difference of it has a battery life display too.
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=118678
xLive
do a search at http://www.expansys.com/ for xlive.
The xLive MP3 player - Hands Free phone device also allows me to punch in the numbers with the little joy stick and make a call. (It has other bugs though. Wait until a newer version than 1.23c comes out. They still have the old version listed. http://www.alfa-tech.com.hk/index_download.html )
Other devices that require Hands Free profile, are devices like Car Kits..
They require Hands Free profile so the caller ID is displayed and and other more robust feature can be activated.
Headset profile does not support caller ID nor other more powerful features.
My fix...
With the Hands Free profile, and setting the phone to auto answer after one ring, the caller ID is displayed with the name if it is in your contacts AND most importantly, the duel speaker and only mic on the XDAII thing does not happen when you receive another call and switch back to the original call. :lol: :wink:
ccrrazzzy said:
... i will try it with my Jabra BT800 later too.
I think it makes a "deeper" or better connection by making the phone try and make the BT headset device automatically answer???
I am using 2.20 OS and it is the only one that I have found to work, (not fully but it does work BETTER), please try this with other Hands Free devices like car kits and HBH660 etc.. Also try this with 2.02 and 2.06
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Did you try this with BT800 yet?
What were the results?
Thanks
I am using the HBH-DS980 bluetooth headset with my Nokia 6300 phone. I desperately need on the following questions,
1. After pairing and connecting, the contacts lists shows up as empty in the headset. How can I enable the bluetooth headset to read my phone's contacts?
2. When I receive a call the caller ID only shows the number of the caller and not his/her name as stored in the contacts. How can I fix this?
3. The auto-connect feature doesnt seem to work well. After connection, if I take my phone away from range for a while and then come back the re-connection does not happen automatically after any amount of time. I have set my phone to auto-connect with Bluetooth headset without confirmation. Still it does not work. How can I fix this.
Please help.
On this site people talk mostly about Windows Mobile phones made by HTC and AFAIK this is not the case with the Nokia 6300... (I could be wrong and this wouldn't be the first time).
I suggest you post your questions at Nokia Discussions or Esato.
I am looking for a simple way to recieve and send sms, even make calls, from my tablet. A car can do this through bluetooth. The contacts are already on the tablet and both devices (tablet/phone) have bluetooth. I am surprised there is not a preinstalled app for this use (MyCloud). Looking around I only found less than ideal solutions using dropbox, a server or the browser.
This would seem to be a simple problem to solve, considering the multitude of handsfree devices that can "control" your phone. I have had a Desire for the past year, rooted and S-OFF, and I like tinkering with it. But I have no idea how to write an app.
Any ideas?
what about voice search? calls emails navigate web browsing text
If you want to use your tablet to handle texting, so far the only app I can think of is LazyDroid Web Desktop. You can use it to remotely manage contacts and SMS on your phone, though the web ui is a little buggy and clearly not optimized for browsing from an Android tablet. But it does work.
With that sorted out, I just have one question for you:
Why in the world would you ever need to use your tablet as a remote to initiate voice calls on your phone? The tablet is already pretty poor on mic and speaker volume. You wouldn't be able to walk away from the tablet whilst keeping the conversation going unless you hold the tablet to your ear, or use a Bluetooth headset. And if you have a Bluetooth headset, you don't need the tablet to dial a number hands free. Cars have hands free units for operating cell phones because in many regions it's illegal to have a cell phone in your hand while driving. Likewise, if you were caught fiddling with your tablet while driving and an officer thinks it's distracting you, you can be ticketed for that as well.
Use a proper Bluetooth headset for handling voice calls.
I can see a use for it : if my phone is charging in the kitchen but I'm in my couch in the living room, it would be convenient not to rush to the phone to try to get that call...
Believe it or not, in my case, the phone always seems to ring whenever it's charging a few feet away from where I am. On the other hand, I pretty much always have my tablet close to me when I'm home.
Sync SMS, Google voice. I have used both for texting. GrooveIP for calls.
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Sync SMS, Google voice. I have used both for texting. GrooveIP for calls.
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I've read some horrible reviews about delay for GrooveIP, what has your experience been like with it ?
I have a need for this.
I work out of my car all day. I have my phone paired with the Uconnect radio for making and recieving calls. I also have my TF on a laptop stand. I use it to close calls at client sites as well as a GPS. Since I have a 3g card and a zoom router, everything can sync via wireless and leave the blutooth for the radio.
I would love the ability to have my TF display contact info when then phone rings and let me press a big button to answer the phone. (sound coming from the radio still)
Or to just reach and press a big button on the TF to dial a contact.
Or to have the TF display incoming sms in a large, easy to read font.
Or to hammer out a quick sms on the TF keyboard instead of reaching for the phone.
Better yet put these features in carhome (and make it tablet aware!).
THATS what I would pay for!
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I am looking for an app which notifies when I receive message, a call. It must also have facility to make calls and send messages. I looked around and I found an app called Vlingo. Doesn't work well as I thought. I want it to work even when screen is locked. I want to communicate using a bluetooth headset and I want it to work without any internet connection. Anyone uses one ?
and what do you need an app for? doesn't the phone do it by it self? and i mean like: any phone with a BT headset, in the let's say past 10 years? it gives you a ring or vibration when a call or message arrives, mo matter if screen or keyboard locked or not, and if a headset is connected - you can use it. without internet connection.
Valwit said:
and what do you need an app for? doesn't the phone do it by it self? and i mean like: any phone with a BT headset, in the let's say past 10 years? it gives you a ring or vibration when a call or message arrives, mo matter if screen or keyboard locked or not, and if a headset is connected - you can use it. without internet connection.
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Sure we may be able to receive calls. But what I want is for it to read the sms or make calls. I can use it, for instance, when I m riding my motorbike.
This topic is pasted all over the net and it doesn't seem to be getting much attention, however I think it should be brought to a better light.
The idea is simple: Enable your Android Phone or Tablet to become a bluetooth reciever(to replace a headset or bluetooth speakers) and broadcast audio to the device and broadcast microphone from the device.
This could be used in several different applications:
1. Using an Android Tablet as a Car Stereo Interface
(Connect Phone to Tablet Via Bluetooth and use it as a hands free speakerphone, or aux out to your stereo)
2. Multiple Android Phones
(Have a business and personal phone? Answer all your calls from one.)
3. Phone or Tablet as Bluetooth Speaker/Mic
(Skype, PS3, Xbox 360, TV, Google Voice)
I would use several of these options on a daily basis, and would most definitely pay good money for an app like this.
So my questions are:
1. Is this possible?
2. If it is, how hard would it be?
3. If it isn't that hard, why hasn't someone done it yet!?
Bump if you want this too!
Just wanted to bump this because we need to put our heads together here and get this done. I need this capability for number 1 on your list of potential uses. I also would pay good money for an app that enabled this. Phones and tablet are rooted and ready to modify whatever is needed. Ii've bumped a couple other threads today as well.
I would also pay for this!
I have been looking for this for a while. I use an old LG Eve in my car and my Captivate's Wifi connection for GPS but I would love to have it work for calls and music too.
I would pay as well.
bumping this just to say that I'm going to research the rules and process for starting a bounty. obviously the smart people we need to work on this need motivation lol
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Hi there,
just wanted to leave an incentive kind of post to say that I've also been looking for exactly the same thing.
My hunting on Google play just stopped after finding this post on XDA.
It's a kind of confirmation that there isn't a solution yet.
Since our rooted androids are more than capable of acting as a Bluetooth receiver, whether they may be based on new or older hardware, this seams like a very logical step in their lifecycle instead of getting forgotten in a drawer full of old and unused electronic waste.
Some doubts:
is a2dp required for this?
Is a2dp hardware related or simply a software feature?
Personally, I could live with a simple one way communication from a phone with mobile network (sender ) to the receiver. The used mic could still be the one on the sender side.
Wouldn't even need to have the receiver in a visible place as I would just connect a stereo cable from its headset output to an aux input on a hifi or a car stereo to hear music or acting as a hands-free system.
Hope this gets some real attention.
Cheers
In one year, nobody found a solution??
I can't beleive there is STILL no progress on this. Maybe I'll try asking a dev that has made similar apps the feasibility of this. There are so many practical uses for this that I cannot beleive no one has capitalized on it.
This would be a killer app if done right. Who here doesn't have an old phone laying around gathering dust? This could start off small; simply enabling the phone/tablet to be essentially a Bluetooth speaker, but then gain features and an interface using A2DP, which would evolve it into a killer way to make any car (with at least a tape deck) able to have full Bluetooth integration and control. I really hope someone can do this!
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yeah so a spare bluetooth phone that connects between a keyboard and PC. Acting like a BT dongle. No way I'm spending 10 bucks for that. if an app...maybe a buck but would prefer free.
looking for this too. Wanting to turn this old phone into a bt audio receiver
Wow, endless searching and now this thread and still nothing :/ i need it for the first idea you listed, did you ever find something?
https://android.googlesource.com/pl.../java/android/bluetooth/BluetoothHeadset.java
Currently the Android Car Multimedia receives Bluetooth Stereo Audio from Phones (Andoird/Apple), how they do it?
Any news?
So many years and still nothing?
May be this is not the right way to do.
I know this is a crazy old subject but others have commented so I don't feel so bad.
I want to make my own android system for my car. I have everything I need for it (hardware/software-wise) except for this one thing.
A few years back there used to be an app called Tablet Talk, it's not exactly what we want but I'm still willing to settle for something like that. The way it works is phone->tablet->handsfree Bluetooth speaker. You could make and receive calls (including seeing the contact names/phone numbers on the tablet) from the tablet itself, then the audio/microphone goes to the handsfree device. Another added feature was when a call is happening the app stops all audio coming from the tablet until the call is done.
Like I said before, it's not perfect but at this point, I don't ever see it happening any other way. I found the app a few days ago, it doesn't exist on the app store anymore, unfortunately, I could get it to run. It just kept crashing.
If anyone knows of something then please let us know.
Years later, found just this thread: I want to do similar thing: Use a private phone (for my sake rooted with custom fw) as a hands-free bt device with an unrooted business phone (non-rooted and secure managed with company tool). I also don't want call forwarding or similar. Just do and answer calls, use phone book and call list via bluetooth like my car radio do for years.
Is there still no solution?