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Old 20-11-2016, 11:35
Paul_Blackburn
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Have just bought a new phone and am trying to pair it with my laptop using bluetooth.The laptop finds the phone but the phone says no nearby Bluetooth Devices found can someone advise.It is a Samsung J3
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Old 20-11-2016, 11:47
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Typically Bluetooth is used for accessories, not to pair a phone and a PC as bluetooth isn'r really for networking.

I can understand why you would pair bluetooth headphones, a bluetooth keyboard or a mouse to a PC...

I can understand why you would pair a bluetooth speaker, smartwatch, fitness band, car radio system, or other accessory to your phone.

What I don't understand is why you want to pair a phone to a PC as they aren't accessories. What were you hoping to achieve by pairing them?
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Old 20-11-2016, 12:07
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Would I not need to pair the phone with the laptop if I wanted to put a couple of ringtones that I downloaded onto the phone.
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Old 20-11-2016, 12:46
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Just found this on Google and click on add ring tone and cannot go any further.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?site....48.0.0.0.0.16
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Old 20-11-2016, 12:48
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Sound Picker is not listed
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Old 20-11-2016, 12:59
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http://cellphoneforums.net/samsung-g...#axzz4QYLdZi7F

Add audio files to the ringtone list and sound picker is not listed.
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Old 20-11-2016, 17:00
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For what you want to do why don't you simply plug the phone into the laptop and drag n drop the ringtone file you want to use into the phone storage?
I've got some great ringtones and sounds from Zedge, download that app onto your phone.
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Old 20-11-2016, 17:40
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With Samsung phones you use their Kies software to do this sort of job.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/

You plug the phone into the computer using the USB lead that is also used for charging.
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Old 20-11-2016, 19:52
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Have just bought a new phone and am trying to pair it with my laptop using bluetooth.The laptop finds the phone but the phone says no nearby Bluetooth Devices found can someone advise.It is a Samsung J3
As others have said there are various ways to transfer a file from your PC but Bluetooth should work w/o any problems. Have you tried reading the manual (p69)?
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