Sunday 28 March 2010

Connect to Internet using a Sony Ericsson K530i phone in Debian GNU/Linux via Bluetooth

Within this post we are going to explain how to connect to internet using a Sony Ericsson K530i mobile phone via bluetooth, in a Debian Sid system.

CONFIGURING OUR K530i PHONE


First step consists on configuring bluetooth settings in our phone.

Activate bluetooth in the phone:
Settings -> Connectivity -> Bluetooth -> Turn on

Set a name for your phone:
Settings -> Connectivity -> Bluetooth -> Phone name
We select a name for our phone, e.g: my_K530i

Make your phone visible to other bluetooth devices:
Settings -> Connectivity -> Bluetooth -> Visibility -> Show phone


INSTALLING BLUETOOTH SOFTWARE