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I came inside to charge my pc. I had Bluetooth on my phone turned on, I think it was reading that, hopefully its not my wifi hotspot carried out there. Now my Bluetooth says paired, not connected, inside the house with cell phone Bluetooth turned off.
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There isn't any conflicts with WiFi so you shouldn't have to worry about that. I think you're finally onto the problem. Did you pair the OBD Link adapter to your phone at some point?
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You have not confirmed yet that the OBD Link software has been fully unistalled on you laptop. Did you go into "Add or Remove Programs" on the laptop and remove the OBD Link software?
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Now it says paired no connected, I tried this time hitting the connect button on the adapter right before I tried to connect, and the blue light stayed solid while it was trying to connect, then it went back to flashing after fail to connect.
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Wait, you hit the button on the adapter or the connect icon in the FORScan software? And did you uninstall the OBD Link software properly?
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I just ran a check like you showed, mine also shows paired, then when I hit connect forscan it instantly shows connected on by Bluetooth like your did, that goes on for a minute, then I get the error screen, and it goes back to paired
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My guess is bad adapter. It's not maintaining a connection with your laptop. If you are able, install FORScan on another bluetooth enabled Windows laptop and try again. If you get the same results from two different laptops, that really leaves only the adapter as the problem. You're close.