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Review on πŸ”Œ Silver USB Bluetooth Adapter for PC - Bluetooth Dongle for Windows 10/8/7 - PC to Bluetooth Adapter - Bluetooth USB Receiver 4.0 for Computer/Laptop - Improved SEO by Jay Blo

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good Bluetooth Network Adapters

For Windows 10 Pro x64, this device is plug and play. I ended up with a little Bluetooth icon in my taskbar and it's backwards compatible. My old Bluetooth version is 1.4 or 2.0 or whatever. had a lot of trouble getting photos from my phone (S3 - I used it for development, not as a phone, and sometimes I use it to take product photos for returns when I'm not taking video). This device didn't have any of these issues, likely due to the higher bandwidth. It can take 10 minutes to an hour for an older device to start transferring photos. Sometimes it can be less than a minute or almost immediately, but very rarely. This device starts transmitting immediately every time. it won't be able to take full advantage of v4 speeds other than responsiveness). The only problem I had was that I had to unplug my phone and then restore it because it showed as paired on my phone and computer, but it wasn't sending photos and allowing an attempt to pair it with a new device me to add it, but no new devices were added to the list. So when I removed and added the device - everything worked fine. So if you are upgrading or migrating from another device and it doesn't work, unpair and restore the devices. This could also be an issue with Android version 3 or 4 or whatever (I'm using a custom rooted upgrade to what was originally on the phone and this particular version has bugs). I wish it was a little smaller so it doesn't break and I can leave it plugged into my computer 24/7. I may end up adding an internal hub as I only have 1 USB 2.0 socket and do everything this way. Ask me for a PIN, password, passphrase, or anything other than maybe clicking OK or Cancel. This makes it incredibly easy to accidentally allow the wrong device to be paired, especially since the Cancel button isn't the default button. So if you type and it shows up, press the spacebar to press OK and you've now paired an unknown device. The confirmation window is a problem with Windows, and if you don't prompt for a passphrase, the device turns on Bluetooth. Other software may be required to do this differently, so it's mostly a problem with the standard Windows drivers. However, there should be room for the hardware to do another check/verification, but I'd have to actually examine the Bluetooth log to confirm this. That's why I didn't deduct any more points for the device itself. If the problem is with the device, then it's 2 and maybe 3 stars. maybe even 1 because security is the most important aspect, but since it might not be a device I can't lower the score without checking first. I'm leaving these notes here so someone who gets to them first can let us know.

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