Will phonebook be erased with new BT pairing?
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May be a stupid question?but I don?t know the answer:
Question?the 545 is going away?when the new owner goes to synch his phone will my phonebook be erased or is there something I need to do?
Yes I know there is a Bluetooth forum?figured I?d get more exposure here and it?ll eventually get bumped over there anyways
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May be a stupid question?but I don?t know the answer:
Question?the 545 is going away?when the new owner goes to synch his phone will my phonebook be erased or is there something I need to do?
Yes I know there is a Bluetooth forum?figured I?d get more exposure here and it?ll eventually get bumped over there anyways
TIA
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The phonebook does not stay in the car, it stays in the phone. Without a phone paired, there is no phonebook visible in the car. If a new owner pairs his/her phone, that phonebook will become the "current" one.
Pretty cool, isn't it?
Pretty cool, isn't it?
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Very cool!
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Aug 30 2005, 10:15 PM
The phonebook does not stay in the car, it stays in the phone.? Without a phone paired, there is no phonebook visible in the car.? If a new owner pairs his/her phone, that phonebook will become the "current" one.
Pretty cool, isn't it?
Pretty cool, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Aug 30 2005, 07:15 PM
The phonebook does not stay in the car, it stays in the phone.? Without a phone paired, there is no phonebook visible in the car.? If a new owner pairs his/her phone, that phonebook will become the "current" one.
Pretty cool, isn't it?
Pretty cool, isn't it?
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To me, it seems like there is a combo of both aspects at play. First, the phone does seem to download the address book into the car, but then in subsequent use of the phone, the list appears immediately once the car 'recognizes' that phone is paired. But I would also expect that even if the info is in the car's computer, it won't show up once the car pairs with a different phone.
And certainly when the car gets a new software upgrade, all info is lost anyway since the radio station presets are lost every time my car gets upgraded.
And certainly when the car gets a new software upgrade, all info is lost anyway since the radio station presets are lost every time my car gets upgraded.
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You can also "unpair" your phone prior to transfer of ownership. Then there will be no chance of your phonebook being available to the new owner.
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='Aug 31 2005, 04:37 AM
rudy, i'm not questioning you and i know you are always right.? but i'm just wondering does the phonebook stay in the sim card instead of the phone ?? i kind of remember someone mentioned they are having problems transferring phonebook to car since the phonebook saved in the phone but after phonebook saved in sim card, it transferred to car flawlessly.
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Originally Posted by gdavis' date='Aug 31 2005, 06:55 AM
To me, it seems like there is a combo of both aspects at play. First, the phone does seem to download the address book into the car, but then in subsequent use of the phone, the list appears immediately once the car 'recognizes' that phone is paired. But I would also expect that even if the info is in the car's computer, it won't show up once the car pairs with a different phone.
And certainly when the car gets a new software upgrade, all info is lost anyway since the radio station presets are lost every time my car gets upgraded.
And certainly when the car gets a new software upgrade, all info is lost anyway since the radio station presets are lost every time my car gets upgraded.
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Originally Posted by Spadoc' date='Aug 31 2005, 10:10 AM
You can also "unpair" your phone prior to transfer of ownership. Then there will be no chance of your phonebook being available to the new owner.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Aug 31 2005, 10:28 AM
I've suspected that the car may cache the data as well because of the speed that the list displays after the first time. I can't say for sure if it does or doesn't but one thing to keep in mind is that the amount of data being transferred is relatively small and a BT connection is fairly fast so it's possible that it's being tranferred each time. Hopefully we'll get a better answer to this question soon.
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Rudy,Aug 31 2005, 10:28 AM]I've suspected that the car may cache the data as well because of the speed that the list displays after the first time. I can't say for sure if it does or doesn't but one thing to keep in mind is that the amount of data being transferred is relatively small and a BT connection is fairly fast so it's possible that it's being tranferred each time. Hopefully we'll get a better answer to this question soon.