I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is not the case and Bluetooth works surprisingly well, for transferring files anyway.
I managed to find a Bluetooth 2.0 USB dongle for about $1.50 including postage. Not bad.
I can now successfully send files between my android phone and my computer using Bluetooth.
Insert usb Bluetooth device.
just to be sure:
#kldload ubtbcmfw
Create a config file at /etc/bluetooth
# cd /etc/bluetooth
# touch ubt0.conf
Edit the ubt0.conf file
# ee ubt0.conf
Add these lines to the file:
authentication_enable="YES"
connectable="YES"
discoverable="YES"
role_switch="YES"
Leave the editor. You may need to reboot.
you may want to look in /var/log/messages for something like this:
ubt0: vendor 0x0a12 product 0x0001, rev 1.10/5.25, addr 2
ubt0: Interface 0 endpoints: interrupt=0x81, bulk-in=0x82, bulk-out=0x2
ubt0: Interface 1 (alt.config 5) endpoints: isoc-in=0x83, isoc-out=0x3,
wMaxPacketSize=49, nframes=6, buffer size=294
start the Bluetooth service:
#service bluetooth start ubt0
You may get a warning here like :
/etc/rc.d/bluetooth: ERROR: Unable to setup Bluetooth stack for device ubt0
just try the command again:
#service bluetooth start ubt0
again you may get the same warning but the service may have started anyway.
Next try as normal user to search for nearby Bluetooth devices:
$hccontrol -n ubt0hci inquiry
If Bluetooth is working you'll get your phone discovered and see output like this:
Inquiry result, num_responses=1
Inquiry result #0
BD_ADDR: 11:31:55:90:xx:v8
Page Scan Rep. Mode: 0x1
Page Scan Period Mode: 0x2
Page Scan Mode: 00
Class: 5a:02:0c
Clock offset: 0x1052
Inquiry complete. Status: No error [00]
If you get errors here you're Bluetooth device is probably not supported.
If you just get "Inquiry complete. Status: No error [00]" , turn Bluetooth on on your phone.
Take note of the Bluetooth address - 11:31:55:90:xx:v8 Obviously your number will be different.
To find the name of your phone:
hccontrol -n ubt0hci remote_name_request 11:31:55:90:xx:v8 (use your BD_ADDR)
and you should get:
BD_ADDR: 11:31:55:90:xx:v8
Name: MyPhoneModel
Then edit the /etc/bluetooth/hcsecd.conf file and add these lines or edit on of the example entries that is already there:
device {
bdaddr 11:31:55:90:xx:v8;
name "MyPhoneModel";
key nokey;
pin "1234";
}
The pin can be any number you want "0000" or "1111" are also fine. Use your bdaddr and name
Then :
Turn on authentication:
# hccontrol -n ubt0hci write_authentication_enable 1
# hccontrol -n ubt0hci read_authentication_enable
#hcsecd -d
And pair from your phone. Your bluetooth device should show up in your phone as "yourcomputername(ubt0)". Tap on it and enter the password you put in your hcsecd.conf entry.
If you want to start hcsecd at boot put this into /etc/rc.conf
hcsecd_enable="YES"
Now your phone and computer should be paired. Now to transfer some files. To find the channel your phone uses to transfer files:
#service sdpd start
If you want this to start at boot put into /etc/rc.conf
sdpd_enable="YES"
Now install obexapp
#pkg ins obexapp
then:
start the obex server (as root)
#obexapp -s -C OPUSH
Then as user
$obexapp -c -a 11:31:55:90:xx:v8 -C OPUSH
if the connection is successful, you'll get the obex prompt which means obexapp can send the files you want. You may have to do this command 3 or even 4 times until you get the obex prompt.
When you get the prompt it looks like this:
obex>
Send a file to your phone
obex> put /file/name/youwanttosend
and hit enter and you should get a notification on your phone for accepting incoming bluetooth file.
When you've finished enter di.
obex> di
If you get any errors, make sure you have no quotation marks around the file you're sending and the file name has no gaps. i.e. /home/username/Pictures/my image.jpg will not be sent but /home/username/Pictures/myimage.jpg will.
To send from your phone to computer, make a folder at /var/spool/ called obex
#mkdir /var/spool/obex
And send file from phone to computer, choosing the yourcomputername(ubt0) device. You'll see the file at /var/spool/obex
If you want to send files automatically without all the obexapp commands, use the script here :
[BEGINNING OF SCRIPT]
#!/bin/sh
# $FreeBSD$
# PROVIDE: obexapp
# REQUIRE: LOGIN sdpd
. /etc/rc.subr
name="obexapp"
rcvar=`set_rcvar`
command="/usr/local/bin/${name}"
start_precmd="obexapp_precmd"
obexapp_precmd()
{
rc_flags="-s $rc_flags -C ${obexapp_channel}"
if [ -n "${obexapp_username}" ]; then
rc_flags="$rc_flags -u ${obexapp_username}"
fi
if [ -n "${obexapp_rootdir}" ]; then
rc_flags="$rc_flags -r ${obexapp_rootdir}"
fi
}
load_rc_config $name
: ${obexapp_enable="NO"}
: ${obexapp_flags="-S"}
: ${obexapp_channel="OPUSH"}
: ${obexapp_username="yourloginname"}
: ${obexapp_rootdir="/some/directory/"}
run_rc_command "$1"
END OF SCRIPT
Copy into your favourite text editor (pluma or mousepad) and call it obexapp.sh
In the section
: ${obexapp_enable="NO"}
: ${obexapp_flags="-S"}
: ${obexapp_channel="1"}
: ${obexapp_username=""}
: ${obexapp_rootdir=""}
edit the channel number, obexapp_username to your login name and obexapp_rootdir to wherever you want the files sent from your phone to go to. e.g /home/yourloginname/obex. Save the file and copy it to
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/
#cp /path/to/downloaded/obexapp.sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
chmod it to make it executable:
#chmod 577 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/obexapp.sh
Then add these to /etc/rc.conf
obexapp_enable="YES"
obexapp_username="yourloginname"
obexapp_rootdir="/home/yourloginname/obex"
also make sure devd_enable="YES" is also in /etc/rc.conf. This will start Bluetooth on boot up.
Start the script:
# /etc/rc.d/sdpd onestart
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/obexapp.sh start
Now you should be able to send file from your phone without any commands at all.
To send file to your phone, make this script:
Copy these lines to a mousepad (or other text editor) file:
#!/bin/sh
obexapp -c -a 11:31:55:90:xx:v8 -C 1
Again edit bdaddr and channel number for your phone and save in your home folder or wherever you like and give it any name you like i.e. transfer
Make it executable:
#chmod 755 /path/to/file/transfer
Now to begin transferring files, run the script:
Open a terminal and type as user:
./transfer
Again do this until you get the obex prompt. Usually you only need to do it once, but sometimes it takes 3 times.
obex >
Then use the put command to send files.
obex> put /your/file/name
I've found sending files to be a little slow as I'm using Bluetooth version 2.0 but 4.0 is much faster. I'm wauting for the device and I'll test it when it comes. Also obexapp won't send odt files but will send mp4, mp3 and jpg files.
