Bluetooth problem Xperia Tipo

[ticatee]

I have had the Tipo since last October, and apart from initial touchscreen problem, now solved, everything has worked fine. Suddenly, whilst sending photos via bluetooth to my laptop, it ceased to function. It sent several photos, then was unable to send any more. On the phone it now shows the bluetooth and PC pairing as 'connected (no media)'. I have unpaired and paired again, removed the phone from my laptop and added again, but no difference. I now also find that although it pairs with my car as before, when the phone rings when driving, it is the phone that rings and I cannot answer via bluetooth. Have checked settings and all updates are up to date - automatically. Can anyone shed some light on this?

[Rickard · Accepted solution]

As you also have problems connecting to your car i suspect something has happened with your phone. Have you tried restarting the phone and also removed the battery?

If restarting and removing battery doesn't help, try making a repair of the phones software using PC Companion but please note that this will reset your phone.

[ticatee]

Thanks Rickard, I had removed the battery and restarted the phone when it was just the problem with the pc, and it made no difference. However, as I am an optimistic little soul, I thought I would try it again, now that it was playing up with the car as well. I did not want to reset my phone! And lo and behold, this time it worked!  It brought up some message on my laptop which had never appeared before, and then the photo sharing worked! Mind you, this time I kept the battery out of the phone for over 5 minutes.........took it for a walk and showed it some flowers.....

So thanks again, Rickard

[Rickard]

Glad to hear the problem is solved 

[ticatee]

Ah.....I spoke too soon! Just tried to share photos to my laptop and they are not sending again. Have removed battery and restarted phone, but no good this time. I guess I will have to try the PC Companion. When you say it will reset my phone, does that mean I will lose all my photos?

[Rickard]

Sorry to hear problem is back.

A repair of the phones software should not wipe your pictures but it will wipe contacts, messages, settings, apps and so on that are stored on the internal memory.