Cool Bluetooth Trick [Archive]

PapaDocta

12-03-2005, 12:10 PM

i just found out today that if you change you bluetooth name to the name attached in the file. whenever a nokia phone with bluetooth try to do a search for bluetooth devices and find that name it will automaticlly power off... i tried on my imate jam and nokia 6630 and when the 6630 tried to search for the jam it went bunker... (switched off) but no harm done to the 6630...........

just copy and paste the name from the txt file

HappyGoat

12-03-2005, 02:03 PM

Cool....not sure what the use could be, but nevertheless a funny find...! :D

PapaDocta

12-03-2005, 02:08 PM

the use is..... here in my country (and many others) when you go to the mall or a coffe shop.... people with bluetooth keep scanning for other mobiles to bluejack or send you files and such... so when they try to scan whenever they get to your phone their phone will switch off......... so you can use it so no nokia phone can bluejack your phone!

HappyGoat

12-03-2005, 02:51 PM

Aha, very cool...thanks! :)

bamse

12-03-2005, 03:01 PM

Where do you change the Bluetooth name?

PapaDocta

13-03-2005, 05:03 PM

change the owener name

rakh1

13-03-2005, 06:48 PM

I presume this only works with the newer more featured Nokias?
Tried it using a 6110 and it didnt' work...

R

bamse

13-03-2005, 06:56 PM

I presume this only works with the newer more featured Nokias?
Tried it using a 6110 and it didnt' work...

R

Nokia 6110 does not have Bluetooth, so how could you try it?

rakh1

13-03-2005, 08:02 PM

Yeah - sorry - must be a newer 'i' variant or equivalent....6x10i?

The jist of my question was - does this only work on the pda like nokia phones or should it work on all nokia phones?

R

PapaDocta

13-03-2005, 09:08 PM

it works on nokia based on symbian OSs and you can put this code in any other phone with bluetooth support and it will switch off nokia phones....

so far i have tested on
nokia 6630 switched off
nokia 6600 switched off
nokia 7610 switched off
sonyericsson t68i sonyerricsson is not effected by the code

i believe it's a bug on nokia based on symbain OSs

agiorgitis

13-03-2005, 09:14 PM

papadocta, is this " space 1 space " or " tab 1 tab " ??

interestingfellow

13-03-2005, 10:16 PM

it apears to be "{tab}1{tab}". The only BT phone I have is a Sony T610, so really I have no buisiness on this thread...... sorry, and good luck!

PapaDocta

14-03-2005, 12:01 AM

if you put that as your bluetooth name in the t610 and a nokia phone near you tries to search for devices it will switch off........

it apears to be "{tab}1{tab}". The only BT phone I have is a Sony T610, so really I have no buisiness on this thread...... sorry, and good luck!

PapaDocta

14-03-2005, 12:04 AM

papadocta, is this " space 1 space " or " tab 1 tab " ??

it's "tab1tab"

Lesane

17-03-2005, 12:28 PM

How do you enter a tab? if i use tab, it jumpes to an other field?!
Thanx

Never mind, i used Pocket Word, enterd there the txt and copy paste!!

applecom

17-03-2005, 09:52 PM

same question from me as well

john

bamse

18-03-2005, 01:26 AM

Download the file.

Copy the file to your device.

Open with Word or Notepad or whatever.

Mark the string.

Copy.

Paste it into wherever it is supposed to go.

nossac

18-03-2005, 01:43 AM

Tried it on my Mini.

Got an error

Invalid device name.

Enter a name that starts wt\itha letter and contains the characters _,A-Z, or 0-9

bummer really would have peeved some of the clowns in my office :)

nncuong

18-03-2005, 03:34 AM

agiorgitis

18-03-2005, 07:44 AM

I tried it last night with my friend's Nokia 6600, and it worked!!! :D

victoradjei

18-03-2005, 09:47 AM

Papadocta,

I have bought some software that are registered in my name. If I change the "owner name" I believe they would be disabled. Has anyone tried with such softwares?

Victor

little_frog

18-03-2005, 10:27 AM

It's cool.

I test it on XDAII and 7610. It works

nostvn

18-03-2005, 10:39 AM

Everything is OK (with me :lol: )!

cdx47

19-03-2005, 06:45 AM

Cool....not sure what the use could be, but nevertheless a funny find...! :D

Are you kidding me :?:

Maybe you need to come to the Middle East which is def. Nokia country and see how many times Nokia users do a bluetooth scan in order to send daft messages :)

PapaDocta

19-03-2005, 05:30 PM

Papadocta,

I have bought some software that are registered in my name. If I change the "owner name" I believe they would be disabled. Has anyone tried with such softwares?

Victor

you can change the owner name when you want to do this trick and when you want to use the program change it back to your name! and btw what is the program you are talking about?

@cdx47,
yep it's a lot of fun here in the middle east.. people tries to send you files.. or get phone numbers...

agiorgitis

19-03-2005, 07:13 PM

I wish there was a program to inform us when someone was searching with bluetooth.... :D
Because now you just GUESS that someone MIGHT has searched... :(
Now when i go to public places my face turns to --> :lol: :twisted:

PapaDocta

19-03-2005, 08:11 PM

there isn't a program that will do that.... BUT did ya try Mobiluck... this program is a bluejacking program.. it will alert you when a device in range.. you can use it to see people around ya... and see them disapear when they search you.. if they have nokia...

give it a shot it's a very cool program
www.mobiluck.com

agiorgitis

19-03-2005, 08:42 PM

Nice idea!! I just downloaded it and i'll try it in the next couple of days.
Btw, i didn't know there was a version for WM, thought only for Symbian... :oops:

bamse

19-03-2005, 11:09 PM

What if you just leave the "Make this device discoverable to other devices" box empty? Would someone still be able to connect to the phone to look for phone numbers and stuff?

NYPD

19-03-2005, 11:50 PM

SO all i have to do is write " 1 " as the Owner name, or am i missing something.....

I tried it with Nokia 3650, Nothing happened it detected my JAM...

bamse

19-03-2005, 11:55 PM

SO all i have to do is write " 1 " as the Owner name, or am i missing something.....

I tried it with Nokia 3650, Nothing happened it detected my JAM...

According to earlier posts it has to be "<tab>1<tab>", not "<space>1<space>".

victoradjei

20-03-2005, 07:48 AM

Papadocta,
one of the applications is "bible with you" which gives you a pdb file specific to the owner name you provide at the time of purchase.

disables when a different owner name is detected. guess i will do the switch temporarlly when needed.

victor

buzz_lightyear

20-03-2005, 09:14 AM

really interesting... :o)
that means, nokia phones cannot handle tabs in remote bt device name...

how did you find this out?

:o)
buzz