ive never checked bluetooth since having the phone so tonight i tried it by pairing with my BT device in my comp and it wont pair
Ive been on the apple forums and aparantly this is a fault with the 4.2.1 and some cant use wifi either.
Can someone verify this or tell me how to get around it?

Thanks
Mike

I'm using 4.2.1 on my 3gs and no such issue.

Is bluetooth the only thing not working ?
Your wifi, imei, baseband all working correctly ?

yer wifi works fine,bb works fine too.well i think as i havnt tried to make a call or anythin with it yet.
i even restored it so its not jailbroken and back to normal now and still no BT.Itll turn on but wont pair with anything,my comp nor my other phone :s

according to those over on apple,BT has neer been a feature on the iphone :s

Apple - Support - Discussions - No Bluetooth 4.2.1 ...

what do you think to it?

Are you talking about pairing devices ? or you are talking about file transfer via bluetooth ? File transfer via bluetooth is not supported.
However, tethering via bluetooth works :-)

Originally Posted by miked82

according to those over on apple,BT has neer been a feature on the iphone :s

Can you please be a bit more specific, your comments almost sound like you have been told that Bluetooth is not present in the hardware of the 3GS (which is completely wrong)

The Bluetooth standard is comprised of two different technical concepts. One is the protocol (how the actual wireless communication is handled). This has version numbers like 1.1, 2.0, 2.1+EDR

The other concept is Bluetooth profiles, these implement specific features. Like streaming stereo audio or acting as a headset (mono audio plus microphone), file browsing and exchange, plus many more

Any vendor can choose to implement one or more Bluetooth profile and still call their product Bluetooth compliant.

Apple has chosen to only implement some of the profiles, there is a page at Apple explaining which profiles they do support.

Third party hackers are working on adding missing profiles - but you need to be jailbroken.


Apple has chosen to only implement some

Originally Posted by dtube

Are you talking about pairing devices ? or you are talking about file transfer via bluetooth ? File transfer via bluetooth is not supported.
However, tethering via bluetooth works :-)

yes pairing.it wont seem to pair with anything so i cant accept pics or send them etc.Whats tethering?

Originally Posted by Olethros

Can you please be a bit more specific, your comments almost sound like you have been told that Bluetooth is not present in the hardware of the 3GS (which is completely wrong)

The Bluetooth standard is comprised of two different technical concepts. One is the protocol (how the actual wireless communication is handled). This has version numbers like 1.1, 2.0, 2.1+EDR

The other concept is Bluetooth profiles, these implement specific features. Like streaming stereo audio or acting as a headset (mono audio plus microphone), file browsing and exchange, plus many more

Any vendor can choose to implement one or more Bluetooth profile and still call their product Bluetooth compliant.

Apple has chosen to only implement some of the profiles, there is a page at Apple explaining which profiles they do support.

Third party hackers are working on adding missing profiles - but you need to be jailbroken.


Apple has chosen to only implement some

Sory i was only posting what i read,i know BT was a feature i dont understand myself why that persoion said it wasnt at all.

Please note that i am a noob on these iphones so its all new to me.
Thanks

Originally Posted by miked82

yes pairing.it wont seem to pair with anything so i cant accept pics or send them etc.Whats tethering?

The bluetooth profiles you need are Generic Object Exchange Profile (GOEP) and File Transfer Profile (FTP)

As for tethering, that has different meanings depending on what you mean.

It could mean the PAN bluetooth profile, or it could mean general internet tethering (via USB or via bluetooth) or it could refer to a particular type of jailbreak.

Originally Posted by miked82

Sory i was only posting what i read,i know BT was a feature i dont understand myself why that persoion said it wasnt at all.

It's all explained at this apple support page: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Supported Bluetooth profiles

Originally Posted by miked82

Please note that i am a noob on these iphones so its all new to me.

I didn't mean any offence. Just was trying to explain this to you.