Bluetooth tethering - so close!

Hi all,
I've paired my PowerBook 13" unibody to my iPhone 4 and even get the blue bar across the iPhone screen saying "tethering". My network operator (vodafone) offer pay per use tethering so if I connect and use I get charged £5 for 500mb. All I need to do is plug in an off I go. However, whilst it looks like I'm tethered the iPhone shows up as not being connected in the Network System Preferences. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Open up System Preferences > Network. In the bar on the right, there should be some item called either iPhone Bluetooth or Bluetooth DUN (something that has to do with Bluetooth). If not, click the plus to add a new network protocol and choose Bluetooth.

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Hi all,
I don't understand why this is not working anymore. In the past I had successfully paired & used a bluetooth tethered connection between my Macbook Pro (OSX 10.6.4) & my iPhone 3GS (pre 4.1). The network connection was working and I was able to surf the web/use MSN etc. This is not a feature I have used in quite some time and for some reason now it is not working. I have done several upgrades on my phone since I last used it, currently on iOS 4.1.
Lets pretend I am starting from scratch and my Macbook & iPhone do not know each other, devices have been forgotten on both.
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- When I try to connect from the iPhone an error is displayed "Connection Unsuccessful. iPhone is not supported" with a button to Forget Device.
What... the ****?
This has worked in the past without a hitch. Has something changed between say iOS 3.x and 4.1 that might cause this to no longer work for me.
Any protips are greatly appreciated!

Don't feel like a noob, my settings changed after the last update without warning and I was having the same issue as you until I found your post that alerted me to the fact that my internet tethering might be off!
So for others out there that are having this issue to turn tethering on go to Settings > General > Network > Internet Tethering > On
Thank you!! I had already wasted over an hour repeatedly syncing and unsyncing my darn bluetooth connection.

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hi there!
I have the same problem too. After trial and error, I managed to get tethering done with bluetooth. please do the following:
1. make sure your iphone shows up under bluetooth devices in your vista computer. else, click add and make sure bluetooth is switched on, on both computer and iphone. go to the properties and make sure under the services tab, Wireless iAP is selected.
2. ignore the message which shows that windows can't find drivers for bluetooth peripheral device. click the on the last option in the message.
3. go to iphone --> settings --> network --> tethering and switch it on.
4. go to network and sharing centre by right clicking on the network icon on the system tray.
5. on the left panel, click on manage network connections.
6. there should be a bluetooth network connection under personal area network. right click it and select view bluetooth network devices.
7. there should be a network access point (your iphone in this case). click on the connect button.
this should work and your iphone's tethering would be activated (blue coloured panels at the top).
till a permanent solution is found, just use this go-around method!
cheers!

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I might have a solution for you, but its a crappy one.
I have the exact same problem with this phone and my new 17 Inch Macbook Pro.
What fixed it for me was using a Bluetooth Dongle instead of the built in Bluetooth. You need to add a second PAN connection in the Network Prefs and repair everything, but when you get it all configured correctly and use the Dongle instead of the built in Bluetooth, I bet it works flawlessly.
There is something wrong with how Apples newer Bluetooth hardware is interacting with this phone. I even went to an Apple Store and tested on another 17 inch Macbook to make sure it wasent just my computer. The older Macbooks worked fine, so its something in the newer hardware.
Call Apple, make them aware that this is an issue with all their newer stuff. Let them (and me) know if using an external bluetooth adapter fixed the issue for you.

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Some website indicates "KB290440" but it is not found in the history of update.
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I had the MotoQ9C for about a year and was using it (OS Windows Mobile 6.0) to tether with my macbook with no problems. However, the phone went belly up and they sent me a replacement. It had the 6.1 OS. Well, it no longer worked with the Macbook after that. So aggrivating. After much discussion with my cell carrier, Alltel, they let me out of my contract a year and a half early because this is a feature I MUST have with my phone and they claimed to have no OS and no phones which would support it.
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AT&T is correct (and donv doesn't seem to understand 'tethering' in this context) - tethering is currently not supported with the iPhone - not via USB nor Bluetooth. The iPhone itself is capable of tethering (either BT or USB) and can be used like that with carriers in other countries. AT&T may decide to support tethering via the iPhone at some point in the future, and will likely charge the same as they do for their other smartphones - an additional $30/month on top of the data plan.
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Since it worked previously, a quick solution is to run System Restore and get back to the previous status when the issue didn’t occur.
If system restore doesn’t help, please also try the following:
1. Check if you can establish the VPN via other connections except the connection through the UMTS card.
2. Reset the PPTP and L2TP WAN miniport with running the following commands one by one in an elevated command prompt:
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Bluetooth Tethering with iPhone 3G 3.0

I hope someone can help here. I have searched through all these forums without any luck.
I am attempting to tether using th iPhone 3G 3.0 via BT with the T500 and I keep getting the message "bluetooth peripheral device" cannot be found. I can however tether via the USB cable but for the life of me I cannot get BT to tether.
I have the latest BT software (6.1.0.5100) from Lenovo. I also tried the WICOMM software from Broadcom (http://www.broadcom.com/support/license.php?file=SetupBtwDownloadSE.exe) no luck.
BTW I can BT join the iPhone 3G with an Asus EeePC with Windows XP and tether all I want. Works great actually.
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.
Doug
Lenovo T500 - Windows Vista Business 64bit - iPhone 3G 3.0
Cheers,
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iPhone 3G 3.0

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Configuration: I have T60 with Windows XP SP3
1. Upgrad the Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate Firmware Update to Version 2.1.211.299
2. Upgrad the Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate Software II to Version 5.5.0.6400
3. Restart the laptop (#2 requires it)
4. After restart enable the Bluetooth (Fn+F5)
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http://www.atpeaz.com/index.php/2010/fixing-the-iphone-bluetooth-internet-tether ing-with-os-x/
Hope you'll find it as useful as I did!
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Come on Lenovo, let's get it sorted.

This may not work for you, but it did for me. Just got mine as well, 10 HD+, and I had no working bluetooth. It would just keep searching and would stop after about 15 seconds. I had to do two restarts to fix my problem.
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