Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Alienware Mobile Connect 3.x for Android User's Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Setting up Alienware Mobile Connect
- Using Alienware Mobile Connect
- Troubleshooting
● Go to the Settings tab on your Alienware Mobile Connect application and disconnect any other smartphones that are connected.
● Turn off and turn on Bluetooth on both your computer and smartphone.
● Disconnect additional Bluetooth devices from the phone.
● Do the following, and try pairing again:
1. Go to the Bluetooth settings on your computer and locate your phone in the list of paired devices.
2. Click or tap the name of your phone, and unpair it.
3. Go to the Bluetooth settings on your phone and locate your computer in the list of paired devices.
4. Click or tap the name of your computer, and unpair it.
5. Restart the Alienware Mobile Connect app on your phone.
6. Restart the pairing process.
NOTE: To isolate Bluetooth issues, try pairing the computer and the phone without using the Alienware Mobile Connect
application.
Cannot launch the Alienware Mobile Connect computer application
Probable cause—Another instance of the Alienware Mobile Connect application is active in the background.
Suggested steps
1. Open Task Manager.
2. End the Alienware Mobile connect process.
3. Relaunch the application.
Messages
Text messages are not visible in the Messages tab
Possible cause—You have not given permission to share messages during the initial setup.
Suggested steps
● Ensure that the smartphone and the computer are connected. Go to Bluetooth settings on your smartphone and click or tap the
icon next to your computer's name and turn on the access for messages. On the Alienware Mobile Connect windows application,
click any other tab and then click the Messages tab again to refresh messages.
● You can also go to permissions for the Alienware Mobile Connect app in the Settings to enable the permission.
● If you cannot use other features, uninstall and reinstall the mobile app to initiate the setup process.
Launch the Alienware Mobile Connect application
Alienware Mobile Connect application does not launch automatically, even
after selecting the option to launch on startup.
If you select the option to launch the Alienware Mobile Connect application on startup, the application launches at startup but it runs
in the background. You can click the systray icon on the taskbar to view the application.
Notifications
Smartphone Notifications does not appear on the computer
Possible causes
● You have not given permission to share contacts during the initial setup.
● Notifications are muted in the Alienware Mobile connect smartphone app.
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