Blackberry Bluetooth trouble

[dfran1]

Originally Posted by dc202

IMHO, this type of "rant" is really not very helpful....

Sorry, but What I am trying to say in that confusion is if you have a blackberry:

1. Try a different version of firmware (software) with your phone (older or a beta version, etc..) because: I have read people with 2 of the same phones (wife or friend has one) and both performed differently with the same firmware, one phone performed better with beta firmware (software) and the other phone performed better with maybe official firmware (software).

2. Take your phone into your cell phone carrier and tell them your problem and tell them others with the same phone (assuming you read someone, at least one, on here does not have the same problem), that their phone works great and yours does not with that particular problem (or problems)! They should transfer all your stuff to a reconditioned phone, you may have to do this a few times to get one that performs the way you need it!

3. After several times doing #2 (assuming your cell phone company has some other phone brand better than yours) call your phone companies customer service and have them look up your returns and problems and maybe they will put you into another phone (hopefully your choice brand and phone) for free.

4. You can go here and try searching or asking for help
these people are very friendly and helpful.
Blackberry Devices -
or
go here (some are not so friendly)
BlackBerry Device Help and Discussion Forums - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

(There are others also)

I hope this helps someone.
Good luck
Don

[markderail]

My third BB with my 2006 Prius. Talk upwards into the mic.

Has nothing to do with the Phone, the car itself is the hands free. When on handsfree, you can increase the speaker volume for the incoming voice.

Just get a friend with any other Bluetooth phone, pair it and try it. See if the problem follows the phone, or the car.

[Smoke-N-Shot]

I have a Blackberry Curve 8330 from Verizion and so far it has worked out fine for all that I need it to do... I just wish that I could access my contact list while driving and just press the send button to talk instead of going through all the different commands to make a call... VERY frustrating indeed...

[asj2009]

I have a blackberry curve from at&t and seems to be no problems either. my wife did say she can tell i am not using the phone directly because there is a slight hollow sound to my voice, but other than that I love it.

[TeacherMan]

Both my wife and I use Blackberry 8900g's and they work just fine. I just leave my BB in my holster and people hear me just fine. The only thing I've noticed is that on my 2010 there is a slight delay (2 seconds or so) before people can hear me talk. That issue does not occur on the 2008.

Tom

[mattjannusch]

I just got my 2010 Prius last night, paired up my BlackBerry 8820 and it works great and sounds just fine. Works and sounds exactly the same as my wife's iPhone 3G over the bluetooth.

[dartfrogger]

[QUOTE=Paradox;969650]I have the Blackberry Tour and no one has ever complained about me sounding bad... If the passenger talks it doesn't sound good they say, but that's about it.

Paradox:
Does your Tour still work with the Bluetooth in your Prius? As I said in an earlier post, mine worked for two days then stopped. I haven't read anyone else's experience with the Tour, though other versions of BlackBerry seem to function just fine. There are a lot of Tours out there, and I find it frustrating -- and a bit inexplicable -- that such a popular phone won't work in a 2010 Prius.

Anybody?

[Complex]

The problem is the Tour's Bluetooth! I have been playing with this for months. I think it’s the Tour and not the Prius. I have a 2010 Prius IV and a 2006 Sienna I mainly worked with the Prius but it tried it on the Sienna and it was muted as well. It paired fine. I hear the callers’ fine but no one can hear me. If I smooch up to the mic, imbedded in the overhead console above the rear view mirror, and scream, they can hear me fine. I don't recommend that option as it is unsafe and u will appear to be a moron. I paired my wife’s LG and it works fine. I tried all Prius adjustments, none worked. ITS THE TOUR. It’s BLUETOOTH SUCKS! They need to fix this.

[bpollard]

My girlfriend used to have a Motorola RAZR (Verizon) and the bluetooth worked great (2010 IV with NAV). Then she switched to a AT&T Blackberry 8330 (Curve) and the bluetooth quality went WAY, WAY down (as if she is talking from the trunk - as someone so aptly described earlier).

This weekend I will be doing some testing and having her compare the call quality on her phone with my blackberry Bold (now I realize taht my bold as A2DP - so it won't be an exact match) but she should hear how bad she sounds....

I would like to try and change the software on her phone but her company has that locked down and I can't do it. So I'm not sure what to do...

[HTMLSpinnr]

** Bumped to Audio and Electronics forum **

My 8900 Curve does come off a bit quiet, even after I did the BT Volume fix (that's my video on YouTube). I'm not sure if other phones are equally quiet. If there was a hidden setting in the phone to try, I'd be looking for it.