Yes, there was happiness at the end of the road. After obtaining a Bluetooth adapter for my home machine, I experimented with trying to sync my contacts (using iSync and trying to send one at a time from the Address Book) with no luck. I then turned to the web. MacFixitForums were unhelpful, but the MacInTouch reader reports on iSync pointed out something I had missed, namely that the phone tries to use port 3004 for the mRouter discovery protocol, and that opening ports 3000 through 3004 enables the communication.
I made the change, turned the firewall off and on, and then had to reboot—I suspect because I had to force quit iSync when it failed the first time. After the reboot I was able to synchronize my address book to my phone, all 1471 contacts processed seamlessly.
Remaining issues:
- What’s up with mailing photos from the phone? Worked yesterday, doesn’t work today.
- Bluetooth File Exchange doesn’t work. At all. Can’t move a file, can’t create a new folder.
- Why won’t iSync transfer iCal items to the phone? There’s a calendar on there after all.