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Bluetooth/Laptop

I have a Belkin bluetooth dongle and i am having trouble sending from my Nokia N95 to laptop???
I can send from laptop to phone but cannot send the other way?? I get the same message of sending failed???
Any ideas???

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,627
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    Laptops firewall ??

    you may need to "allow" traffic via the bluetooth dongle
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  • geordie458
    geordie458 Posts: 252 Forumite
    i might be barking up the wrong tree but when i use mine i have to tell my laptop to "receive" a file if you know what i mean. trying to send a file from the phone always fails, but if i click the little bluetooth icon in the sysytem tray on my laptop and select receive file, it works.
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