[HTC Excalibur] pudgedaddy:
OK so this may sound like a broken record, but i will NOT ask 4 help if i feel if i haven't already tried everything else. So here goes (takes a biiig deep breath) .......

This has worked exactly one time since i've upgraded to the kavana 6.1 ROM. I know it's not something wrong with the ROM that would require a reset, since this currently works on my work PC which uses the bluesoleil BT stack.

These are the many many steps I have already tried ( with a little assistance by a few of you already) :

I have made sure that i have gone on my PC to control panel-->bluetooth local COM. Created a toshiba COM port (server-side not client) and have created COM ports ranging from COM Port(s) 2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,16,17,18&19 and each time I've created those COM Ports, I have also mirrored that COM port in Activesync (v 4.5) on my PC to read that COM Port. Second, I have removed any previous pairings from both the PC and from my phone. I then start activesync on my phone and of course it does not detect a partnership, so I search for BT devices and find my PC. I pair to it and when I get to services, it shows wireless stereo and serial port. At this point, I know that I am connected to the PC via BT since my BT icon on my sytem tray has gone from blue w/white BT log to blue w/green BT logo. I then refresh my services several times only for it to give me the same previous 2 services as before. So I thought "maybe it's detecting a serial port that im not assigning Activesync to?"

I then delete the serial COM port I just added in the control panel and refresh my services again on my phone and low and behold, the only service it now shows is wireless stereo. ( SO THIS MUST MEAN THAT IT IS ONLY DETECTING THE SERIAL COM PORT THAT I AM CREATING RIGHT?) I have tried creating a new outgoing COM port on my phone. ( have tried both COM 6 & 7 and also secure connection checked and unchecked. I have also turned on and off OBEX security on my phone. ) I have even tried completely removing activesync and the toshiba bluetooth stack from my PC and re-installing. I have even gone as far as installing toshiba BT stack ver. 4,5 & 6.

Heck, I even found a trial version of bluesoliel just to see if it worked and it didn't even work, same thing with the default MS BT stack. Same issue. I have tried the pairing process from my PC but the only service it wants to connect going that route is wireless file transfer. I have my security on my toshiba BT stack set to low, ( I've even tried standard too) I have tried turning off my firewall (windows firewall only). I have tried disabling my anti-virus ( avast! home edition). I even tried chaning the device name to see if that would work. But no go. Both devices (PC & Phone) have been reset a multitude of times. I have absolutely no problems connecting my device via ActiveSync using the USB Cable. I have tried checking and uncheking the allow USB Connections in connection settings in AS.) I have even tried connecting via connection settings to sniff out the COM ports while I'm trying to refresh the services on my phone at the exact same time it shows smiffing the com port I'm connected to.

So, as you can see by my book I have now written. I am at my wits end on this. Hopefully that wasnt too much to read. I felt like it was important to give you everything I have done so far as not to leave no stone unturned. I really hope this is some sort of simple oversigt on my part. and will welcome any suggestions from anyone, but please, only post a suggestion if you have read what I've already been through. I am not a novice, not a noob and and extremely proficient on my own handling these issues usually. However, I am humbling myself this time for any suggestions that might be a great help.

Thank you and Godspeed.