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Persistent Bluetooth grants on Verizon K1M w/ Generic Moto firmware
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Posted by: apocyph

Largely thanks to posts on HoFo I've successfully flashed my Verizon K1M to the Generic Moto firmware, 24.0_00.26.0F. Voice, SMS, MMS, and mobile web all work fine, and the UI is a lot snappier than the craptastic VZW UI.

Now I'm playing with the no-longer-crippled Bluetooth functionality, and I've noticed something very annoying. Every time I attempt to use OBEX or DUN on the phone, even from devices I've paired with and previously granted, the phone prompts me to grant/deny access to the service. A quick example:

* Connect to the DUN profile on the phone via my laptop
* Phone prompts to grant/deny access to DUN from laptop; choose Grant
* DUN works
* Power off and power on phone
* Connect to DUN profile via laptop again
* Phone prompts again!

Using the old VZW firmware, I had a per-device option to automatically grant BT requests, but I can't find that in the generic Moto firmware. The constant prompting effectively breaks bluetooth for me, so it's a huge issue. I've searched around for SEEM edits or config tweaks to work around this, but no luck. Any help is appreciated.

Posted by: apocyph

How embarrassing; I Googled for an hour and mucked with the phone UI for at least that long, but I just found the solution by accident

. In case anyone else is as dense as I am, here's the 'trick':

Once a device has been paired, it shows up in Main Menu > Settings > Connections > Bluetooth Link > Device History. Highlight the device you want to set to automatic, and click with the menu button (the Options soft key is NOT what you want, which is where I was tripped up). When you click the device name with the menu button, the Device Details screen appears, and you can set Access to 'Automatic' just like I used to with the VZW firmware.

Sorry for the trouble.