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Went cheap on Bluetooth Dongle, paying the price?

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02-Sep-2009, 07:22 PM #1
Angry Went cheap on Bluetooth Dongle, paying the price?
Hello all, I recently bought a USB Bluetooth dongle on eBay from Hong Kong, for 2.50 . The packaging was very generic, saying Bluetooth 2.0 and that it is Windows Vista ready, and "supporting profiles: Networking, Dial-up, Fax, LAN access, and Headset." Sounds good, because I'm on Windows Vista, right?

I plugged it in and Vista automatically installed these two drivers, listed under "Unknown" in Device Manager:

Generic Bluetooth Radio (with blue bluetooth icon)
Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator (same icon, location is listed as Generic Bluetooth Radio)

and these two, listed under "Network Adapters"

Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)



My problems so far: While the bluetooth icon shows up in the taskbar, searching on the notebook for my LG Xenon (With bluetooth and discoverability on the phone switched on) doesn't show the xenon or another phone which is also in range. However, searching for devices on my phone shows my notebook, but when I try to connect there is no popup on my notebook (I assume there should be one asking for a passcode, correct?) This is as far as I've gotten. Do I need to find a different driver on the internet? There is definitely no brand listed on the packaging.
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