How To Pair Bluetooth Devices with Your Blackberry

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In order to pair a BlackBerry device with a Bluetooth device, the Bluetooth device must be in pairing mode. Most Bluetooth devices are not set to pairing mode by default. Therefore, refer to your Bluetooth device manual for instructions on how to set the device to pairing mode.

1. On the BlackBerry device, in the device options, click Bluetooth.

2. Click the trackwheel and click Add Device. The Select Device list appears and lists devices that are in range and available to be paired.

Note: Only devices that are in range and are in pairing mode will appear in the available device list.

3. Click the device to which you are pairing. The Enter passkey dialog appears.

4. Enter the passkey to authenticate the device. Most Bluetooth devices contain a hardcoded passkey. See your Bluetooth device manual for the passkey.

48 Responses to “How To Pair Bluetooth Devices with Your Blackberry”


  1. 1 Brad ONeal

    I added a device and it does not appear in paired devices and no new devices is displayed if i try to add the device again. Any suggestions? blackberry 7290

  2. 2 s

    and if you dont have the manual how can you know the passkey?

  3. 3 N Lee

    How can I get a pass code for my bluetooth

  4. 4 king wells

    how can i get pass code for bluetooth

  5. 5 king wells

    need to pair blackberry with bluetooth car nkit

  6. 6 Woodsby

    How do I submit an empty passkey on a blackberry 8830? Everytime I try to hit enter it toggles between numeric and alphanumeric prompts.

  7. 7 Angel

    try using 0000 as passkey

  8. 8 Abraham

    how do i get a pass key for bluetooth
    blackberry 8100 headset

  9. 9 joel brumbach

    how do i automatically pair with my car once i have set it up…every time i get in the car it always asks if i want to….i just want it to?

  10. 10 Brittany

    I have the 8830 and the passcode 0000 did work!

  11. 11 Steve

    Hi, Have a VE Holden and pairing with Blackberry Curve. Has worked for a week and now when cinnected have no radio. Always says (voice in) on Radio as if Blackberry is continually sending info. Only way to stop is to turnoff Blue Tooth.

  12. 12 Julia

    to get the passkey you need to go on your laptop and click “set up new blutooth device” once it finds your phone it will give you the passkey for it

  13. 13 Robert

    My 8703 seems only to accept numeric entries for passkey.
    How do I switch it to alpha for entering the passkey?

  14. 14 Nat Hart

    I cannot pair my blackburry 8800 with another bluethooth phone (samsung D600E). Please help

  15. 15 New to cell phones

    I got a refurb BB7290 and Plantronics Explorer 330 bluettoth headset. I charged the Plantronics for 2 hours. Turned both BB7290 and Plantronics on. The plantronics said to hold call button in 6 seconds until blue and red lights are on. I sat Plantronics next to BB. Scrolled to options bluetooth..selected enabled..and it recognized the Plantronics 330..and simply asked for the passkey. I keyed the passkey no problem. Usually passkey is four zeros. I did not have to use capitals etc to get to numbers. I did not have to log into internet. it was simple for me and I’ve never owned a cell phone. I was able to do this with no sim in phone. Thanks for posting the instructions. IT WORKED!

  16. 16 WINSTON

    I CANNOT PAIR MY BALCKBERRY 8700 WITH A NOKIA N70.IT ALWAYS ASK ME FOR A PASS KEY. PLEASE HELP

  17. 17 Amanda

    I have the Blackberry Curve and I paired the HS830 Bluetooth using the passcode 0000. I believe this is the passcode to all bluetooth headsets…..don’t hold me to it but try it.

  18. 18 Slim

    I have a blackberry curve and cannot pair it to a nokia bh800. I entered passcode, enabled bluetooth and then I try to CONNECT says it a waiting for BH-800. And it stays that way. Bluetooth lights indicates it is paired.

  19. 19 Spy

    When attempting to pair two blackberry pearl 8100 phones, must BOTH phone settings be set to “Discoverable”?

  20. 20 Judy

    I just paired my jawbone bluetooth with my Blackberry 8830 and the static is horrific. Anyone have a way to fix this?

  21. 21 Esi

    Ive been unable to find my passkey in the manual.I use a blackberry 8100,could i plse have it sent to my inbox.Thank you

  22. 22 Derrell Victory

    The passcode can be whatever digits you want. I do believe you have to have at least 4 numbers, and just make sure that you input them the same for both devices. 0000 is always the easiest.

  23. 23 Jessica

    hy..if any1 would help me..it would b great..every time i try to send sumthing 2 my blackberry 8110 it always says..”connection failed”..ive tried it like on 4 different fones…can any1 help??? thnx

  24. 24 susan

    jessica i’m having the same problem
    i dont know what to do either….very annoying

  25. 25 john

    yes. 0000 for the passcode works for syncing the headset and blackberry.

  26. 26 Ououi

    i’ve paired my blackberry and nokia but i still can’t send or recieve stuff..! anyone solutions pleaseee!!

  27. 27 Jillian

    Hi, I am trying to pair my laptop with my 8800 – 0000 is not the passkey it is looking for… Can anyone help? Thx!

  28. 28 Kim

    try passkey 0000

  29. 29 Blayne

    So I figured it out! When pairing the devices the passkey should be the same for both…so if u put 2222 on the first device put 2222 on your Blackberry and they will be paired! Yay! Lol

  30. 30 Sam

    on most blackberry pearls or any phone for that matter,the passcode is 1234

  31. 31 Mark F

    I was unable to pair my 220 Playtronics Bluetooth with my new BB Curve, It was previously paired with my old BB Curve; Solution: You need to turn on Bluetooth and hold button down until the light flashed Red & Blue, about 10 seconds, this releases previous pairing with previous phone, I then went to my new BB and added the Bluetooth.
    Code for Playtronic devices I believe is always 0000. Hopes this helps someone in BlackBerry Land

  32. 32 carly

    k so i can pair my blackberry with other devices
    but after that i cant seem to send or receive files
    what do i do?

  33. 33 Jimmy

    how do you connect your blackberry curve to computer with bluetooth?

  34. 34 GeekSquad1

    If you need your passkey go to the place you got your backberry—bestbuy is okay, too—and ask what you need to do, they will come up with something!
    ~???????

  35. 35 Kelly H

    You guys are right about the passkey code. It IS indeed 0000. I have a new curve and could not get the bluetooth to sync so I came on here. It worked! Thank you so much.

  36. 36 jen

    How do you turn on the bluetooth so you can add it

  37. 37 nixyme

    hi I also have the problem of ‘connection failed’ when i try to send a file from my paired samsung phone to my blackberry bold. The strange thing is i have no problem sending files from the blackerry to the samsung!!
    Any ideas?

  38. 38 Nabil

    Nabil
    I have the same problem like you have mixyme, I can send files from my blackberry 8100 but I cannot recieve files at all from any device, Don`t know what to do, many thanks if any one could help to what to do.

  39. 39 lindsey

    i have a tmobile blackberry pearl and i unlocked it an am using it for at&t. i cant get anything to work! the bluetooth doesnt work and the internet doesnt work
    help?!?!

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  41. 41 Beau

    I used 0000 for my blackberry 8330…this has been very helpful

    thanks,

    Beau

  42. 42 Elmar Stellnberger

    In recently shipped bluetooth packages there has been introduced a new bug in asking for the passphrase; see:
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513123

  43. 43 shane

    the delault passcode for most headsets is 0000 I have like 5 diff types of headsets and 0000 works for all

  44. 44 Tameka

    How do I send music from one blackberry to another one? WE both have the 8380. HELP

  45. 45 Robin

    Trying to pair a Motorola HS850 with my Blackberry. Finds the device, and accepts the passcode. However it then appears to be waiting for the headset respond and finally times out without pairing. Can anyone help me with this?

  46. 46 Paul

    my plug on my blackberry is broken and I am looking for a bluetooth adapter that will allow me to download my contact wirelessly from my phone to my computer.

  47. 47 Paul

    to get the passkey you need to go on your laptop or computer and click “set up new blutooth device” once it finds your phone it will give you the passkey for it.

    Question. If the computer does not find the phone does that mean the blue tooth device you are using is not the correct one? I set everything up and my phone is locating the computer but it is asking me for a passkey. I do not have this number. But I called HP and they said that the computer should find the phone and you enter the same pass key for both the computer and the phone and it will pair. The phone is finding the computer but I don’t think the computer is finding the phone. I purchased a Rocketfish Bluetooth adapter from bestbuy.

  48. 48 paula

    I am trying to pair a Blackberry 8900 to the HS830 Bluetooth device.
    I know the passcode is 0000. But the Blackberrry is not detecting the HS830 at all. It detects other Bluetooth items, but not this one. There is nothing wrong with the HS830 as the little blue light flashes and we can pair it to another phone.

    Please heeeeeelp.

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