Bluetooth no longer finds my phone

Hello All,
I used to be able to send files (photos, ringtones, etc) back and forth from my phone to my computer, but for some reason it doesn't work anymore.
Last time I tried was one month ago and it worked no problem.
I've also been able to sync (contacts) no problem, but not anymore - the computer just searches for devices but never finds any. I do set my phone to "discoverable".
I'm using the motorola v551, and in the past month I've upgraded to 10.4.10, and upgraded my RAM as well. Could either of these be the problem?
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Thanks

I tried communicating from my wife's ibook to my phone, to her phone, and from my powerbook to her phone and computer to computer... I can't get any bluetooth communication to work.
My wife is running 10.4.9, so I doubt that that's the problem, and she's not using safari 3 beta, and she hasn't upgraded the RAM. I've had no problems in the past, so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong... the computers just can't find devices that should be discoverable.
Anyone else seen something like this before?
Thanks,
Aaron

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