Hi,

I am rather new with android. I manage to pair my laptop (ubuntu 11.10) to the phone (vodafone 858) and transfer files _from_ it to the computer over bluetooth. However, if I try to send files from computer, it always tells me "connection refused". Anyone knows if this is possible (without a specified bluetooth app)? It looks as if I should explicitly allow receiving files, and I should be asked about a particular file.

Thanks,
Ott

What protocol are you trying to use? By default, Android doesn't support OBEX FTP (you would need an application like "Bluetooth File Transfer"), the only way to send a file to it would be to use OPP (Object Push Profile).

I was using no particular application, just looked around in the bluetooth menus. A little similar as using the computer -- you just enable bluetooth file sharing and thereafter you can just receive the files sent from the phone.

I also installed "bluetooth file transfer", that one solved basically the problems (I was able to browse and fetch the files on the computer) but I was still unable to send a file to the phone from the computer side. So I am wondering if there is an option, analogous to what I have on the computer to allow receiving files (on gnome it is "personal file sharing" -> "receive files over bluetooth"). That's Android 2.2.1. I know little about bluetooth, but if a device attempts to send a file to another, it uses OPP?

Thanks anyway.

Sorry for my previous message -- I just discovered that one can enable OPP in Bluetooth File Transfer. So it works :-)

Howver, OPP cannot be used without any additional app?