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Hi!
I got a stationary pc with Windows Vista, as it's not having bluetooth, I thought of connecting my Sony Ericsson W595 mobile phone via USB, and access it's bluetooth on my stationary pc. But when I tried to Google this, I came up with nothing :(

Please help! And please tell if I was unclear?

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Short answer for future readers: the setup sketched by — PC → USB → phone (W595) → phone’s Bluetooth — will not allow the desktop to use the phone’s radio as its own Bluetooth adapter. was on the right track; the phone’s Bluetooth stack isn’t exposed to the PC over the USB connection the way a USB Bluetooth dongle would be.

Why this fails (brief, practical explanation): when a phone is plugged into a PC it acts as a USB peripheral offering particular services (mass storage, modem/tethering, vendor tools). To make the PC treat the phone’s Bluetooth as its adapter the phone would need to present the Bluetooth controller over USB (a Bluetooth HCI device) or run a bridge service that emulates an adapter for the host OS — consumer phones (especially older feature phones like the W595) don’t do that. Sharing a phone’s internet connection (USB or Bluetooth tethering/DUN) is a different feature and does not expose the phone’s radio for the PC to scan/pair other Bluetooth peripherals.

Practical alternatives and setup notes: add a small USB Bluetooth adapter that explicitly supports Windows Vista (or the Linux kernel/BlueZ if using Ubuntu). Typical steps on Vista: plug the adapter, install the vendor driver if prompted, then use “Add a device” / Device Manager to pair. On Ubuntu: install and enable BlueZ/Blueman, ensure the bluetooth service is running, then pair with Blueman or bluetoothctl. Common troubleshooting points: check Device Manager for unknown devices or driver-architecture mismatches (32-bit vs 64-bit), confirm the Bluetooth service is started (Services.msc on Windows; bluetooth service on Linux), and test the adapter on another machine to rule out hardware faults.

Bottom line: the PC→USB→phone→Bluetooth diagram is not a practical route; a dedicated USB or PCI(e) Bluetooth adapter is the reliable solution.

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What PC have you got?

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I've got a Windows Vista Home Premium Compuer (Stationary), but I've got Ubuntu installed too.

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I asked what computer you have got, you have already said that it has Vista on it! The reason I need to know what computer it is is that not all computers have bluetooth built in!

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Then all of the answears is in the first post, I DON'T have Bluetooth, but I want to use the Bluetooth device BUILTIN IN my cellphone.

Diagram:
PC -> USB -> Cellphone -> Bluetooth

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I don't understand, do you mean that you want to use your phone to connect bluetooth devices to your computer? If so, it's not possible. Neither the phones or the computers software supports this!

You will have to buy a bluetooth dongle if you want to use bluetooth on your PC!

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Ok, thanks. :)

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