Cannot Transfer Phonebook

[rmorin49]

I have not been able to transfer the phonebooks on my iphone 3G or my wife's Samsung to our 09 RX350. Any suggestions? If this cannot be done, how do you transfer once contact at a time? Thanks.

[1990LS400]

Neither the entire address book or single address book entries can be uploaded from an iPhone: http://lexusbluetooth.letstalk.com/brands/...mp;passedPaIds=

You can check the above website for the compatibility of your Samsung phone.

Some people have acquired a compatible Bluetooth phone for the sole purpose of uploading the address books they have on their incompatible phones. Older new or used compatible Bluetooth phones can often be obtained on the cheap from eBay -- be sure that you get an unlocked one or, since you are apparently an ATT customer, one that is locked to ATT. If you go this route, you might want to get a phone that you can import your address book to ... i.e. one you can sync to phone software on a personal computer so you won't have to enter your address book manually. If your personal computer doesn't have Bluetooth, USB Bluetooth dongles are cheap - I paid about $10 for one about a year ago.

[zombie37]

Neither the entire address book or single address book entries can be uploaded from an iPhone: http://lexusbluetooth.letstalk.com/brands/...mp;passedPaIds=

You can check the above website for the compatibility of your Samsung phone.

Some people have acquired a compatible Bluetooth phone for the sole purpose of uploading the address books they have on their incompatible phones. Older new or used compatible Bluetooth phones can often be obtained on the cheap from eBay -- be sure that you get an unlocked one or, since you are apparently an ATT customer, one that is locked to ATT. If you go this route, you might want to get a phone that you can import your address book to ... i.e. one you can sync to phone software on a personal computer so you won't have to enter your address book manually. If your personal computer doesn't have Bluetooth, USB Bluetooth dongles are cheap - I paid about $10 for one about a year ago.

While it's true that you can't send your phone book to a Lexus with an iPhone, the limitation is with the car and not the phone. I have an RX400h and a Tundra with the factory bluetooth and can't sync with either but the add-on Parrot LS3200 in my Honda S2000 syncs with my iPhone every time I start the car automatically.

[Alphadog]

Neither the entire address book or single address book entries can be uploaded from an iPhone: http://lexusbluetooth.letstalk.com/brands/...mp;passedPaIds=

You can check the above website for the compatibility of your Samsung phone.

Some people have acquired a compatible Bluetooth phone for the sole purpose of uploading the address books they have on their incompatible phones. Older new or used compatible Bluetooth phones can often be obtained on the cheap from eBay -- be sure that you get an unlocked one or, since you are apparently an ATT customer, one that is locked to ATT. If you go this route, you might want to get a phone that you can import your address book to ... i.e. one you can sync to phone software on a personal computer so you won't have to enter your address book manually. If your personal computer doesn't have Bluetooth, USB Bluetooth dongles are cheap - I paid about $10 for one about a year ago.

While it's true that you can't send your phone book to a Lexus with an iPhone, the limitation is with the car and not the phone. I have an RX400h and a Tundra with the factory bluetooth and can't sync with either but the add-on Parrot LS3200 in my Honda S2000 syncs with my iPhone every time I start the car automatically.

Actually you can argue that both the phone and the car are to blame. The Bluetooth standard uses the term "profiles" to define what BT functions a phone supports. Handsfree, Headset are the common ones for use as a phone or music headphones. When it comes to address books, there are a couple of different profiles that support different things - one profile lets you send one contact at a time (almost a file copy), and another profile supports address book access (viewing the address book on the phone). The iphone allows access to the address book, but not sending contacts. The Lexus supports Contact copy, not address book access. Additionally, the stereo music streaming BT function on the iPhone (A2DP) only supports a subset of controls - so you can send music from your iphone to BT headset or cars that support A2DP, but you can only pause and play - you can't skip to the next track.

I would like to see Apple update the BT functions on the phone, as many other phones support all these profiles. Yes, I have simplified my descriptions of things so I did skip a few steps.

BTW, if other phones can sync their address books with the Lexus, then wouldn't this make the iPhone the problem and not the car?

[billnel]

Neither the entire address book or single address book entries can be uploaded from an iPhone: http://lexusbluetooth.letstalk.com/brands/...mp;passedPaIds=

You can check the above website for the compatibility of your Samsung phone.

Some people have acquired a compatible Bluetooth phone for the sole purpose of uploading the address books they have on their incompatible phones. Older new or used compatible Bluetooth phones can often be obtained on the cheap from eBay -- be sure that you get an unlocked one or, since you are apparently an ATT customer, one that is locked to ATT. If you go this route, you might want to get a phone that you can import your address book to ... i.e. one you can sync to phone software on a personal computer so you won't have to enter your address book manually. If your personal computer doesn't have Bluetooth, USB Bluetooth dongles are cheap - I paid about $10 for one about a year ago.

While it's true that you can't send your phone book to a Lexus with an iPhone, the limitation is with the car and not the phone. I have an RX400h and a Tundra with the factory bluetooth and can't sync with either but the add-on Parrot LS3200 in my Honda S2000 syncs with my iPhone every time I start the car automatically.

Actually you can argue that both the phone and the car are to blame. The Bluetooth standard uses the term "profiles" to define what BT functions a phone supports. Handsfree, Headset are the common ones for use as a phone or music headphones. When it comes to address books, there are a couple of different profiles that support different things - one profile lets you send one contact at a time (almost a file copy), and another profile supports address book access (viewing the address book on the phone). The iphone allows access to the address book, but not sending contacts. The Lexus supports Contact copy, not address book access. Additionally, the stereo music streaming BT function on the iPhone (A2DP) only supports a subset of controls - so you can send music from your iphone to BT headset or cars that support A2DP, but you can only pause and play - you can't skip to the next track.

I would like to see Apple update the BT functions on the phone, as many other phones support all these profiles. Yes, I have simplified my descriptions of things so I did skip a few steps.

BTW, if other phones can sync their address books with the Lexus, then wouldn't this make the iPhone the problem and not the car?