Avoid P800 iSync Bluetooth connection failures

Dec 14, '03 01:36:00AM

Contributed by: paulsuerth

I recently convinced the office to buy me a P800 (no I didn't think it would work either, but I ended up with two!) to write software with (I use and emphatically recommend MobileVB from AppForge). Coincidentally, I could also use it for syncing with my Mac.

However, I was continuously plagued with mysterious dropped connections during the "connecting to " phase. No rhyme or reason, resetting, turning wi-fi on or off, location or distance made it better. Then one day, I tried syncing a second time, and it worked! What was the trick? I have the "auto keylock" preference turned on. After I realized the only difference was that the keypad was opened during the successful sync, I now manually lock the keys and leave the keypad open during a sync and have 100% reproducibility of "good" syncs! Hope this helps someone as much as others' hints have helped me!

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