I recently purchased a "WAVLINK Bluetooth CSR 4.0 Dongle" for my computer, with the ultimate intention to transfer photos from a smartphone to the computer. I have had no success in doing so. Here are the pertinent facts:
*The package that the dongle came in said on the back that it is compatible with operating systems from Windows98 (???) all the way up to Windows 7/8.
*On the Ebay webpage, it DID include Windows 10.
*I DID turn the Windows 10 settings to "ON" for the bluetooth option.
*I DID turn the bluetooth and visibility options to "ON" on the smartphone, yet it never detected the phone.
*I DID attempt to update the drives via "device manager", and tried both "search automatically for drivers" and the "browse my computer for drivers" options.
****My motherboard is at least 10 years old, and offers no drivers beyond Windows 8 on its manufacturing website.****
The other day, when I tried to pair an old flip phone with the computer, the phone sensed the computer bluetooth dongle and prompted me to enter a PIN, while the computer generated the PIN. While entering the PIN in the flip phone, the flip phone icon disappeared from the listed devices (on the computer). I have never been able to reproduce a reciprocal recognition between the computer and flip phone since. I originally thought the it was due to the motherboard being 85 years old, but I'm suspected that the dongle is defective. As for the smartphone, the computer does not even recognized it's presence, even though the smartphone's bluetooth and visibility options are switched to "ON". Does anyone have an idea of what the problem is?
*The package that the dongle came in said on the back that it is compatible with operating systems from Windows98 (???) all the way up to Windows 7/8.
*On the Ebay webpage, it DID include Windows 10.
*I DID turn the Windows 10 settings to "ON" for the bluetooth option.
*I DID turn the bluetooth and visibility options to "ON" on the smartphone, yet it never detected the phone.
*I DID attempt to update the drives via "device manager", and tried both "search automatically for drivers" and the "browse my computer for drivers" options.
****My motherboard is at least 10 years old, and offers no drivers beyond Windows 8 on its manufacturing website.****
The other day, when I tried to pair an old flip phone with the computer, the phone sensed the computer bluetooth dongle and prompted me to enter a PIN, while the computer generated the PIN. While entering the PIN in the flip phone, the flip phone icon disappeared from the listed devices (on the computer). I have never been able to reproduce a reciprocal recognition between the computer and flip phone since. I originally thought the it was due to the motherboard being 85 years old, but I'm suspected that the dongle is defective. As for the smartphone, the computer does not even recognized it's presence, even though the smartphone's bluetooth and visibility options are switched to "ON". Does anyone have an idea of what the problem is?