ctodd

We are experiencing the same issues with the new SAMSUNG A900 and Sprint - requires turning BT off on phone and re-enabling it. We have a new Samsung SCH-a950 from Verizon. When the car is turned on the system indicates that bluetooth has connected. We can use the screen in the car to make a call. The problem is that most of the time the voice does not switch over to the car's handsfree system; you have to talk and listen on the phone. Some of the time it works properly (i.e. the cars speaker and mic work). It seems hit and miss, it either connects fully or not, and if not, you make a call, the call goes thru annoying the called person, yet we cant talk to them. But the next time we start up the car, it might work correctly. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? The phone works fine with a bluetooth headset so it seems the phone is OK. The car works fine with another phone (Cingular/Motorola V551 always works) so it seems the car is OK. But the combination is flaky and unsuitable for prime time. I don't know what to do.

I am having a similar problem. We just got from Verizon a Samsung SCH-a950 phone. The Bluetooth connects and works fine, but only "partially" reconnects after that. When it does not fully connect, we can dial from the Nav screen, but the audio is not picked up by the handsfree system; the voice stays on the phone. But some of the time it does fully connect and the voice is on the handsfree system as it should be. My Motorola V551 phone on Cingular works fine. We haven't yet tried moving any phone book entries; we just want the basic handsfree system to work consistently. I don't know whether to complain to Lexus or to Verizon.