Galaxy S3 shows offline in bluetooth device.

I can pair my Galaxy S3 with my laptop but when it does the status in devices shows offline. I can't seem to get past that. Any help will be greatly appreciated. My S3 connects fine with my Jambox, so I know it can connect. Thank you.

Hi there
I've a galaxy S3 -- Windows 8 blue tooth connection is a bit hit and miss. What I've found usually works is to REMOVE device and then re-pair it again.

It's a pain but it usually works.

Presumably you've enabled the S3 so your computer can see it.

Cheers
jimbo

Seems you are going thru exactly same issue which is bothering me since fortnight. I posted this under other thread:-

I am using Windows 8 64 bit on my new Sony vaio notebook E series SVE15127CB. Recently I checked that my Nokia e 71 mobile and blackberry 8520 are showing offline even after successful pairing. Several times I removed and paired but results wont change. I updated the driver and also installed Atheros newer version ending with 212, but no success. The devices are showing offline. I tried to transfer file still its not working. Also uninstalled the driver and re-installed them no success. You can say I tried EVERYTHING possible in 3 days. No success.

I think windows 8 has a BIG TIME Bluetooth compatibility issues. My last resort is to attempt a recovery. But I cant go for it as I have many application loaded on my note book (as I am into graphic designing stuff). It would be a complex for me to follow the procedure. If anyone can suggest something I have missed would be highly appreciable. Thanks.

Id love my blutooth to work it would be very handy , it worked once but thats it. tried reinstalling drivers but no joy it always shows phone as offline

archie123 said:

Id love my blutooth to work it would be very handy , it worked once but thats it. tried reinstalling drivers but no joy it always shows phone as offline

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Hey, I found the solution to my problem in Windows 8. Actually the culprit was Ccleaner. I had blocked the start up operation thru ccleaner and that was not allowing the Bluetooth to get connected.

Even if you don't have ccleaner installed you can check start up operation by opening the 'Search' from Charms and entering 'msconfig' and in the windows click on 'start up' and there see if 'BTtray' and 'btvStack' are running. They both are for Bluetooth connectivity.

Moreover, please note in windows 8 the paired devices (thru Bluetooth) show offline if there is no file transfer taking place. As soon as you start transferring the files it turns online automatically. A bit puzzling though but new things attract bugs

Yeah i used ccleaner for years but i still use msconfig for services and task manager for normal startup items (no idea why they moved it in win 8) but ive deliberately left every intel wireless and blutooth setting running but still no joy. Out of interest what was the sevice called you switched back on? I have turned alot off since we got this laptop

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Yeah i used ccleaner for years but i still use msconfig for services and task manager for normal startup items (no idea why they moved it in win 8) but ive deliberately left every intel wireless and blutooth setting running but still no joy. Out of interest what was the sevice called you switched back on? I have turned alot off since we got this laptop

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I switched on BtTray - Atheros Qualcomm & BtvStack - Atheros Qualcomm communications. Both were disabled accidently in the start up, I just enables.

Btw, are you constantly updating your windows 8 ? If yes, you can see if you have an old restore point when the windows were updated, or before the date when your Bluetooth was working okay. You can try that too.

Moreover, I was advised by a Sony professional not to update windows 8 for few months to avoid any compatibility or software conflicts. I feel there is no harm in maintaining this procedure.

Hi there
Why on earth people use these products like Ccleaner which mess around with the OS I can never understand. It's a miracle at all that devices still work after all the messing around some of these programs do to the registry and OS.

If you like installing / uninstalling loads of stuff regularly - just backup the OS regularly and restore it again if the software doesn't work. Keep OS on a separate disk / partition so an complete OS image backup shouldn't take more than around 10 - 15 mins - especially if you have it installed on an SSD.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
Why on earth people use these products like Ccleaner which mess around with the OS I can never understand. It's a miracle at all that devices still work after all the messing around some of these programs do to the registry and OS.

If you like installing / uninstalling loads of stuff regularly - just backup the OS regularly and restore it again if the software doesn't work. Keep OS on a separate disk / partition so an complete OS image backup shouldn't take more than around 10 - 15 mins - especially if you have it installed on an SSD.

Cheers
jimbo

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Because ccleaner is an easy way to disable startup programs , which in my opinion is essential (if you know what your doing). Time and time again i have repaired ailing and slow systems simply by disabling the myriad of items people have in starting up with windows , only yesterday i disabled an AOL help tray a friends wife had running (along with countless other pointless processes) , they stopped using AOL as their ISP four years ago. Learning how to and when to disable startup items both in the startup folder and services folder is imo essential to keeping any system running smoothly , Brink has put up a rather usefull tuturiol on here for doing it via windows and ccleaner and i think everyone should read it.

Registry cleaners imo are pointless and some more aggressive ones can cause more issues but as for the rest of the options in ccleaner are brilliant (i will say though the reg cleaner in ccleaner is perfectly safe

Hi
I just signed up for a different issue but had to add that my windows 8 also has issues with my galaxy s3 in respect to connecting to it via Bluetooth.

Aman said:

archie123 said:

Id love my blutooth to work it would be very handy , it worked once but thats it. tried reinstalling drivers but no joy it always shows phone as offline

Click to expand...

Hey, I found the solution to my problem in Windows 8. Actually the culprit was Ccleaner. I had blocked the start up operation thru ccleaner and that was not allowing the Bluetooth to get connected.

Even if you don't have ccleaner installed you can check start up operation by opening the 'Search' from Charms and entering 'msconfig' and in the windows click on 'start up' and there see if 'BTtray' and 'btvStack' are running. They both are for Bluetooth connectivity.

Moreover, please note in windows 8 the paired devices (thru Bluetooth) show offline if there is no file transfer taking place. As soon as you start transferring the files it turns online automatically. A bit puzzling though but new things attract bugs

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Aman,u def dont use windows 8 at all,if u did,u should know that in windows 8 if u look into start up in that msconfig will not show u anything but a message to get into task manager and start up,so dont try to help about windows 8 when u surely use windows 7 still

archie123 said:

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
Why on earth people use these products like Ccleaner which mess around with the OS I can never understand. It's a miracle at all that devices still work after all the messing around some of these programs do to the registry and OS.

If you like installing / uninstalling loads of stuff regularly - just backup the OS regularly and restore it again if the software doesn't work. Keep OS on a separate disk / partition so an complete OS image backup shouldn't take more than around 10 - 15 mins - especially if you have it installed on an SSD.

Cheers
jimbo

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Because ccleaner is an easy way to disable startup programs , which in my opinion is essential (if you know what your doing). Time and time again i have repaired ailing and slow systems simply by disabling the myriad of items people have in starting up with windows , only yesterday i disabled an AOL help tray a friends wife had running (along with countless other pointless processes) , they stopped using AOL as their ISP four years ago. Learning how to and when to disable startup items both in the startup folder and services folder is imo essential to keeping any system running smoothly , Brink has put up a rather usefull tuturiol on here for doing it via windows and ccleaner and i think everyone should read it.

Registry cleaners imo are pointless and some more aggressive ones can cause more issues but as for the rest of the options in ccleaner are brilliant (i will say though the reg cleaner in ccleaner is perfectly safe

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i agree with jimbo,those kinda programs are useless and do more damage than good,why should u use ccleaner when u dont need it in windows 8,for the : i will say though the reg cleaner in ccleaner is perfectly safe...its the most stupid thing to say,there is no program that is safe,nor windows itself its safe and all that when u have no idea what u doin and whats all the stuff in there,r many that have a pc in their home but all they know is to power it on and use the programs or play on them,but thats all,so dont make mistakes sayin its something safe with registry of windows...
and ofc u can look out in internet,which is very vast,about all this crapy programs like ccleaner and ull see that r not recomended at all for no1 for been programs that do more damage than good...

Actually, Aman was right. However what fixed my problem wasn't Cc cleaner removal. I had Spybot Search and Destroy installed. And under task manager "go to service" Bluetooth stack com server service was replaced with Spybot search and destroys service. I uninstalled Spybot Search and destroy thru control panel in Windows 8. Then reinstalled the Bluetooth drivers. Was on the phone all day with Samsung also gave them the updated scoop what was causing the offline Bluetooth issue Galaxy s3/ windows 8

Samsung Ativ 500 t / Galaxy S3

Thanks

A couple of people have noted CCleaner for disabling startup items, you may also use the tools from Microsoft SysInternals, in the package there is an app named "autoruns.exe" - run it as administrator and you can control pretty much anything. Drivers, windows explorer add ons, codecs, services you name it.

BE CAREFUL - the SysInternals suite is intended for developers and pro's at getting in to the real inner workings of your computer.

Google SysInternals or look here Sysinternals Suite

I am also having issues - i get a unrecognised device showing up in device manager - one of the bluetooth services has no driver -