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Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Romric — Thu, 08 May 2014 23:32:45 GMT

Hi,

Now updgraded my Xepria M to android 4.3 but it seems that BLE is still not supported...

Is the Xperia M hardware capable of that? Any plan for having BLE working on Xperia M?

Thanks

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Rickard — Fri, 09 May 2014 07:00:21 GMT

Hi and welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.

BLE is supported by Xperia M and we don't have any known issues with it. Have you tried it with different accessories?

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Istvan — Fri, 09 May 2014 16:25:37 GMT

I have the same problem with Xperia m dual Bluetooth low energy. Does exist any solution for this problem? BLE is very important for me, but doesnt work.

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

VEF — Fri, 09 May 2014 22:05:05 GMT

BLE checker (App) shows BLE NOT SUPPORTED on my Xperia M (updated with15.4.A.0.23).

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Romric — Mon, 12 May 2014 09:13:59 GMT

Hi Rickard,

I have several Xperia M and quite a few different BLE devices - they work fine with oher phones like the Xperia Z1 but no luck with the Xperia M.

Also as per the other comments, if you do a quick Android app to check the BLE support via the API, it says " BLE not supported" (BLE manager is "null")

I would like to know more on what do you mean by:

"BLE is supported by Xperia M and we don't have any known issues with it."

If it's effectively supported, I am happy to hear how / what to do... As far as I can check, it looks like not...

Please confirm / clarify.

Thanks

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Rickard — Mon, 12 May 2014 09:40:18 GMT

That's strange. According to the information i have it's supported and should work without issues.
Can you please send me a PM with the following details and i'll forward this for further investigation:

Name:
Phone nr:
E-mail:
Country:
Operator:
IMEI nr:
Build number:

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

VEF — Tue, 13 May 2014 21:00:31 GMT

Please keep us informed about current status on Xperia m BLE support. I also have received confirmation from sony that xperia m has BLE support. Still have no confirmation from other sources though.

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

analog — Thu, 15 May 2014 09:23:37 GMT

BLE still not working after 4.3 update (Xperia M Dual).

(After promoting the feature and selling it several month without workink BLE)

Thank you Sony.

Xperia M does not support Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy

rmahmud28 — Thu, 15 May 2014 12:44:27 GMT

Hi,

So as everyone is talking about right now, Xperia M has Bluetooth 4.0 but using a simple app it shows that it does not support LE.

Will this be fixed in a future firmware update?

Thanks.

Re: Xperia M does not support Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy

Romric — Fri, 16 May 2014 23:10:45 GMT

Yes, we can all see that BLE is currently NOT supported on Xperia M, despite prior annoucements / communication.

We are now waiting for Sony to reply on this matter - let's hope they release a new FW to eventually support BLE... As a customer, that's the minimum to expect after a mis-communication...

Re: Xperia M does not support Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy

Johan — Thu, 22 May 2014 08:57:35 GMT

Thanks you all for your patience.

This is still being looked at.

Would you be so kind telling us which BLE accessories you have been try to use with your phone?

Re: Xperia M does not support Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy

Romric — Thu, 22 May 2014 09:13:15 GMT

I am trying to detect standard iBeacons manufactured by April Beacon.

It works well with Xperia Z1 (Android 4.4 - build 14.3.A.0.757) but when I try with Xperia M (Android 4.3 - build 15.4.A.0.23) it does not...

Again, from what I can see in the Android API, everything happens as if the Xperia M is not BLE capable (in other words nothing to do with a particular BLE accessory). So back to the initial question... Does Xperia M support BLE... ? That's still a mystery as of today...

Please keep us posted on your findings. It's been a while we are waiting for a proper answer / solution.

Thanks,

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Istvan — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:18:22 GMT

I don't have more time to wait for Sony's solution, and I testet it with CyanogenMod. Now BLE working. So the bug is in the software, not in a hardware.

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Romric — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:07:23 GMT

Thanks Istvan.. That's the most useful post on this thread so far!

Note to Sony's repesentants: the time you take to answer and fix this software issue is simply not acceptable. Users like me have put effort to bring you all the information you need but still, you are unable to give all Sony Xperia M users a decent answer or solution...

I would have prefer to hear this useful finding from Sony staff... now can we ask for an express fix through a firmware update?

This is only solution to make everybody happy and close this thread that has been active for way too long...

Thanks,

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Romric — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:47:16 GMT

Is there someone from Sony handling this ???

Any ETA to have this fixed?

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Romric — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 05:12:24 GMT

New firmware released for Xperia M

15.4.A.1.9

Unfortunately, it is not available for me yet... so I can't test.

If anyone could test BLE on this new firmware and post the verdict on this thread, that would be appreciated!

Thanks

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

brunoa — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:26:03 GMT

I made the update to 15.4.A.1.9

BLE Checker still show a red screen with "BLE not supported" ! I Bought the xperia M few weeks ago because it has android 4.3 upgrade and BLE support !

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Romric — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:04:52 GMT

Ok thanks, I also got the confirmation that this recent software update doesn't fix anything about BLE.

Now I am wondering if Sony even dare to read this thread.... ?

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

SuperAdi — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:08:45 GMT

I'm trying to use Sigma R1 heart rate monitor and it doesn't work either. BLE not supported. That's not the only problem with Xperia M, also GPS module does not work properly, looses signal and is unable to retrieve until you switch it off and on again. It takes ages for Sony to respond threads, not mentioning of resolving the issues. Poor, poor Sony support and devices...

Re: Does Xperia M support Bluetooth BLE ?

Oblers1 — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 21:33:21 GMT

Hi !

I'm a new user of Xperia M Dual (C2005) ...

However, I can't use BLE devices ! (even though bluetooth 4.0 is integrated)

Accessory: Polar H7 (heart rate sensor)

The Polar H7 is well recognized, but NO applications is able to use it (works fine on iPhone 4S)

I have the following message "Device Does not Have BLE support" !!!!!

I am on Android 4.3 / Build 15.5.A.1.5

I hope you'll find a solution

Thk's