What is Bluejacking?

You've read about it on the web; heard about it on the radio; read articles in the newspapers... but what exactly is bluejacking?

*Warning- by the end of 'What is bluejacking?' I can assure you that you'll be sick of the word 'Bluetooth'

First up, you need to know what Bluetooth is. There are lots of types of modern devices that incorporate the Bluetooth wireless communication system as one of their many features. PDAs, mobile phones and laptops are a few of these modern devices. Bluetooth means that Bluetooth enabled devices can send things like phonebook/address book contacts, pictures & notes to other Bluetooth enabled devices wirelessly over a range of about 10 metres.

So, we've got past the boring part. Now, using a phone with Bluetooth, you can create a phonebook contact and write a message, eg. 'Hello, you've been bluejacked', in the 'Name' field. Then you can search for other phones with Bluetooth and send that phonebook contact to them. On their phone, a message will popup saying "'Hello, you've been bluejacked' has just been received by Bluetooth" or something along those lines. For most 'victims' they will have no idea as to how the message appeared on their phone. So, personalised messages like 'I like your pink top' and the startled expressions that result is where the fun really starts.

That, my friends, is the basic answer to 'What is bluejacking?'

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Why Bluejacking?

'Bluejacking' didn't simply arise from nowhere. It had to be made up somehow. 'ajack' on the Esato mobile phone forums discovered the art of bluejacking many months ago, and since then it has taken off.

At one point in time, when bluejacking was a fresh topic, it didn't have just one name. About half of the people talking about what we now call bluejacking once called it 'ajacking'. However, it was soon realised that 'bluejacking' had a lot more to do with Bluetooth, so it just stuck as bluejacking.

I will break the word 'bluejacking' down for you so it's easier for you to understand how bluejacking got its name.

bluejacking

blue is taken from Bluetooth, the technology bluejacking uses.

jacking is derived from both "ajack" and "hijacking" even thought bluejacking does not resemble hijacking - there is no accessing or taking private data from your victim's device.

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Language Hilights

Bluejacker: Name given to a person during the time they are involved in an exchange
bluejacking encounter: Same as 'exchange' but can be used in all tenses
Bluetooth: A short range wireless data connection
Contact: Phone book contact which is sent during an exchange
Encounter: The time in which the bluejacker is bluejacking their victim
Exchange: The period in which the bluejacker sends contacts via Bluetooth to their victim. 'Exchange' is often used in the past tense, e.g. "During my exchange I sent a picture to my victim"
Reveal: When the bluejacker makes themselves known to their victim
Victim: Name given to the person whose Bluetooth enabled device is being bluejacked

Motorola A835 Bluejacking Guide

1. Go to Contacts (Default control is down joystick).
2. Press joystick up once to get to '[Add Entry]'
3. Press 'Select'
4. Highlight 'Phone Number'
5. Press 'Select'
6. Press 'Select' once more and type in a message as the name
7. Press 'okay'
8. Press 'Select' and enter a number (can be anything i.e. 12345)
9. Press 'okay'
10. Press 'Done'
11. Press 'Menu' (Middle key) and move joystick up 1 to highlight 'Send'
12. Press 'Select'
13. Highlight 'Bluetooth' and Press 'Select
14. With [Look For Devices] highlighted, press 'Select'
15. If scan is successful (*see note 1), a list of devices will appear. Select a device from the list with joystick, then press 'Select' to send the contact.

*note 1: The scan has two passes. During the first pass, the phone looks for devices in range. If one is found, it is counted and the scan continues. At the end of the first pass, the phone has the MAC (Media Access Control) addresses of each device in range when the first pass took place. If the scan is interrupted by pressing 'Stop', these addresses will be visible.

In the second pass, the phone attempts to retrieve the Bluetooth Name set in each of the devices. If a device has moved out of range or has a marginal signal, the MAC Address is displayed. Please note that some devices' Bluetooth Names are set to the MAC address by default.

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Motorola E550 Bluejacking Guide

1. Randomly press numbers on the main screen, click store
2. Name will be highlighted, change this to the message you want to send and save it
3. You will now be back at the main menu, press DOWN on the 5 way key to go to contacts
4. Highlight your new entry
5. Click Menu key and select send
6. Click yes at "Temporarily enable bluetooth", then look for devices
7. Send to the most interesting name
8. Laugh at the person looking around confused

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Motorola V500/V600/v551/v547/v555

1. Go to Phone Book
2. Select New Entry
3. Insert the message you want to send in Name, email address etc.
4. Save contact
5. The contact will now be highlighted in the phone book
6. Press the Info button (one with 3 lines on)
7. Scroll to Send and select Send
8. Choose Bluetooth
9. Select Look For Devices
10. Then select the device you want to bluejack
11. That's it!

Nokia 6310 / 6310i Bluejacking Guide

1. Go to Names
2. Select Add name
3. Type your message and press okay
4. Press okay without entering a phone number (unless you want to send one)
5. Press Done
6. Go to Names
7. Select Search
8. Find your message
9. Select Details
10. Select Options
11. Select Send bus. card
12. Select Via Bluetooth
13. If any devices come up select them
14. If it says Business card sent, you have just bluejacked someone

Nokia 6600 Bluejacking Guide

1. First press the 5-way joystick down.
2. Then choose options.
3. Then choose "New contact"
4. Then in the first line choose your desired message.
5. Then press done.
6. Then go to the contact.
7. Then press options.
8. Then scroll down to send.
9. Then choose "Via Bluetooth"
10. Then the phone will be searching for enabled Devices.
11. Then press "Select"

Orange HTC C500 iMate Bluejacking Guide


1. Turn on Bluetooth by pressing Start/Settings/Bluetooth/Bluetooth, and selecting either "on" or "discoverable" then press Done/Done/Done/Home to return to the home screen

2. From the home screen select Start/Contacts then press the left hotkey, now labelled "new".

3. Type your message into the "first name" field and complete any other fields you wish to, but remember that not all phones will recognise the number of fields the C500 does!!

4. When you're finished, select "Done" and you will be returned to the Contacts list.

5. Find your contact by either scrolling down or searching and highlight it.

6. Hit Menu and then "beam contact".

7. You will then see the beaming options screen. "IR will be at the top, with "Align" in the column on the right. Below that, there will be a Magnifying Glass with "Searching" next to it. This is the device searching for Bluetooth devices. When it finds a Bluetooth device it may display the device name or MAC address.

8. Highlight the device and select the left hotkey marked "Beam".

9. The column on the right of the device name should now read "pend". If you have a successful bluejack it will read "done". If the contact is rejected it will display "fail". If the device stays on "pend" for a long time it may be waiting for acceptance, to stop trying to send, highlight it and press the rocker switch in (as if you were trying to select it)

Sony Ericsson T610 / T630 Bluejacking Guide


1. Go into the main menu
2. Go to phonebook
3. Choose Add Contact
4. On the Name box, press Add
5. Type in your message
6. Press okay
7. Press Save
8. Come back to main screen
9. Press down on the joystick
10. Find your new contact
11. Press More
12. Choose Send contact
13. Choose Via Bluetooth
14. Phone will then be Searching
15. When it's finished, it will display "Devices Found"
16. Choose the device you want to Bluejack
17. If successful, your phone will say "Contact sent", if not, "Bluetooth connection failed. Retry?"
18. That's it!

Sony Ericsson Z600 Bluejacking Guide


1. Press Down on Standby Mode
2. Find your pre-made custom contact
3. Press More
4. Choose Send Contact
5. Choose Via Bluetooth
6. Phone will display "Searching"
7. When it's finished, it will display the Found Devices
8. Choose the device you want to bluejack
9. If successful, your phone will say "Contact sent", if not, "Bluetooth connection failed. Retry?"

Palm Tungsten T & T2 Bluejacking Guide


1. Click New in bottom right corner
2. In Last Name field write the message you want to send
3. When message is written tap the Done button
4. Find contact in Address Book and click/tap it
5. Click/tap the blue box with Address written in white
6. Choose Send Contact
7. Choose Send With Bluetooth and "okay"
8. Device will now search for Bluetooth enabled devices
9. Once it found some tick box the ones you want to send to & then send

iba yung bluejacking na tinatawag nila.. yun daw yung pagkuha ng mga contacts at iba pang mga laman ng phone ng friend mo ng hindi niya nalalaman.. yun talaga pero ewan ko kung totoo nga ba ito..

kasi maraming application nun ang naglabasan pero ni isa di ko naman nagawa kung paano..

honga.. ang daming lumabas na mga application dati... pero wla rin eh.. ayaw gumana.. di nakakanakaw.. hmm.. ganun din ung bluejaccing na nalalaman ko... ung makakakuha ka ng files from other phones...

diba ganun yun? andiyan yung bloover, bloover2, bluejackxx pero parang scam lang ang mga yun.. wala namang silbi..

correct bro walang talagang silbi yun.....parang wala lang...

honga eh... amp nga tlaga ung mga applications na un... di mo maintindihan kung anong gamit..

install ko nga lahat yun sa phone ko pero kahit anong kalikot gawin mo di naman nagwowork! amf talga!!

haha.... honga.. ewan ko b kung ano purpose ng mga apps na un.. hmm...

scam lang ata.. :lol:

hehe.. honga.. ewan ko ba what's up with those applications.. meron akong isa dati na nainstall sa phone ko.. pde kang magsend ng Business Card mo automatic.. w/o asking for confirmation dun sa pagpapasahan mo.. pero no use pa rin..

hehe.. honga.. ewan ko ba what's up with those applications.. meron akong isa dati na nainstall sa phone ko.. pde kang magsend ng Business Card mo automatic.. w/o asking for confirmation dun sa pagpapasahan mo.. pero no use pa rin..

baka nakaset as authorized ka na dun sa tao na yun..

nde.. kahit nde ka nakaset na authorized... automatic tlaga syang magrereceive... nakalimutan ko na ung app na un eh.. matagal na un.. tinanggal ko na sa phone ko

haha.. sa akin Oggplay pinakafave ko pre.. tapos Fileman... tapos Blaccballer... Fexplorer.. Guardian ang pinaka The BEST ko din.. hehe.. dami pa eh.. ewan ano pa ba mga usefull tlaga di to. lol

wala.. di ako gumagamit ng mumsms eh.. ung advance device locc na gamit ko... ung N-SMS gamit ko.. pangganti sa mga flooder.. lol.. tsaka ayos din kasi may scheduler na rin! lol.. :) basta the best tlaga Guardian!

haha.. honga.. dpende na rin sa snatcher un.. :P lol... mas maganda ingat tlaga parati! hehe

pano mo nadisable ? sa smart settings ???

hehe.. wOkie.. ako kasi smart settings lang ginagamit ko pangdisable ng 10digit mastercode na yan.. :)

ah ic.. hehe... ayos un bro.. basta ako.. the best pa rin smart settings.. ang laki ng tulong nya sa phone.. hehe.. whew.. OFF TOPIC na tlaga tayo. lol. mamaya papagalitan tayo! hehe..

ayus ka pare..