DROID Charge & bluetooth Issues - 9+ posts reporting issues

[rose252]

Safety is going to bite them in the rear on this unless they get this handsfree communication issue resolved. I am trying to pair Motorola H15 but get the error that pin is not recognized. It will not allow me to enter the pin or edit whatever pin they are trying to use. I did pair an older motorola H555, but the Charge ended up killing it and now it will not turn on at all.

My account is attached to my company account at verizon, and I have to use the phone on the road. Our company policy requires use to have handsfree headsets.... I am not sure verizon or samsung is looking at the big picture here in fixing this ASAP

Use at your own risk??? Maybe they will switch my bluetooth for safety purposes? Both bluetooth headsets were both from Verizon

[WCMack]

Dear Rose,

This is probably not what you want to hear, but the obvious workaround is to get a wired headset. They are cheap, don't have the problems with this phone that BT headsets have, and you might be sending less radiation into your brain.

I realize that does not give you what you want, but at least it will keep your company happy, you won't lose calls to customers and maybe you'll be healthier!

[ts47]

Hi Rose,

I feel your pain and totally agree with you.  Have you tried calling Verizon tech support.  The level 2 techs have been a lot of help to me with my bluetooth problems.  I'm not saying they will fix everything.  There are some bluetooth reliability issues with this phone.  They may be able to get enough things working so you can use your headset though.

Good luck!

[PhillipDampier]

There are also problems with the Charge and the OnStar Bluetooth system.  On my Droid X, you could plug an audio cable into the headphone jack to listen to streamed audio (OnStar in my car won't support Bluetooth audio except from a headset) and still be able to use Bluetooth to make and receive calls through the in-car speakerphone system.  With the Charge, if there is something plugged into the headphone jack, you can hear callers but they cannot hear you until you disconnect the audio cable.

Motorola's Bluetooth implementation is much more elegant than Samsung.  I have also run into cases where leaving the Bluetooth powered off on the Charge over a few days will cause OnStar to effectively stop pairing the Charge, even if it is still registered on the phone.  You have to re-pair.  This never happened with the Droid X, so I am not ready to blame GM for this.

[pm771]

Just added one of my own:  http://community.vzw.com/t5/DROID-Charge-by-Samsung/Droid-Charge-loses-Bluetooth-Connection/td-p/699...