How To Connect Your IPhone Or IPod With Windows 7 Via Bluetooth

Previously we’ve talked about how to sync up Bluetooth devices to Windows 7, but we haven’t talked much about how to do it with iOS. Tap the Settings app from your home screen. Once in Bluetooth, Tap the switch to set it to on. Your device should now be discoverable by your computer. Click the Start menu orb and Type bluetooth into the search box. From the list of Control Panel results, Click Add a Bluetooth device. A new window should pop-up, and in the middle of the window will be a white box where your iPhone or iPod should appear. Select your device and then Click Next. Now there are two possible scenarios - depending upon how your computer’s Bluetooth software is setup. Important: Once you start pairing you have about 25 seconds to complete or the process will time-out, and you will have to start over. Scenario 1 - You’ll be prompted with three different pairing options.

Choose Create a pairing code for me. The window will then change to display a 6-8 digit pairing code. An Enter-pin dialog should pop-up on your iPhone. Just Tap in the code displayed on your computer, and then Press the Pair button. Scenario 2 - If the above first scenario didn’t show up for you, then this one will. Your computer should automatically generate a pin, and then on your iPhone, you should have a small Push notification alerting you that it is trying to connect. Just Select Yes and Click Next on your computer. At the same time, Tap Pair on your iPhone. Your computer and your iPhone or iPod Touch should now be paired via Bluetooth. Now you can use your computer to control or play songs from your device. If you go to the system tray’s garage, it should now have a little remote control icon for your iPhone or iPod Touch. With the remote control, you can stop or play songs, switch between them, and control volume. On your iPhone, you can select where you want the music to be played.

Just go to a currently playing song or track and Click the down-arrow icon to make source options appear. Overall the process was pretty simple, and the results are somewhat groovy. Unfortunately, Apple has locked down the device, and there isn’t much more you can do over Bluetooth. But, if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone then there is a whole new bag of features to explore over Bluetooth, even internet tethering. This method works fine to a point for both my iPod touch and iPhone 4. In both cases Windows 7 is unsuccessful at installing the drivers for the devices. Same for me. No drivers seem to be available, Question, what happens if you can’t even get to step 3 to create a code, Typheus : I have same problem! Then check if you have disabled “Restrictions”. You will not be able to add new devices or allow new apps to use connections unless you disabled this function.

After adding the device or allow your new apps to use connections like GPS or bluetooth or whatever you can enable restrictions again. What restrictions are you talking about, On my ipod touch or on my pc, I want to be able to play or pause music on my iPhone from Windows. I followed the steps you listed and experienced Scenario 2. Now Windows can see my iPhone 4S, but the iPhone still says “Not Connected” on the bluetooth settings page. I don’t understand where the remote control app comes from. Is this part of Windows 7, What is a “system tray garage”, Is it the same as the “system tray”, How do I get to the system tray garage to enable the remote control icon you show in your screenshots, No drivers seem to be available. Is there a way to use the phone function over bluetooth, Now you can use ipod touch as a mouse.

Did anybody try use computer for calls from iPhone 4s through bluetooth, Any advice or help, I can tell that you don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s jailbreak. 2. Why don’t you want to jailbreak, There are no risks, but there are plenty of benefits. Unless of course you’re a noob where in that case you can corrupt your iphone and require a restore. On the one hand jailbraking your iPhone can be very useful, that’s true. But on the other hand you really have to be careful with what tweaks you install. Many tweaks are supposed to change settings that are normally not changeable - for a good reason. Changing those settings is in most cases not useful but just for fun (like rearrange the icons in your status bar on top) but can end up in a system that won’t work well anymore. Since my iPhone was jailbroken it used to crash really often.