Questions tagged [bluetooth]
Bluetooth is a global open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short wavelength radio transmissions) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs) with high levels of security.
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Finding the Serial Number of a previously paired device (windows/ios)
I think someone took my bluetooth headphones.
I live in a student accommodation - and I've tried walking around and picking up the different Bluetooth devices in the flats.
Most devices only show ...
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Bluetooth suddenly stops working on Linux Mint
I'm running Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon on a Gigabyte Brix GB-BKi3HA-7100. Surprisingly, Bluetooth worked perfectly out-of-the box. I was able to simply click the Bluetooth icon in the task bar, it ...
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Connecting Bluetooth Headphones to PC fails to find drivers
I'm trying to connect Voberry IPX7 headphones to my Windows 7 PC via a bluetooth 4.0 USB-adapter.
They get recognized, but when Windows Update tries to find drivers for the "bluetooth-headphones" it ...
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Bluetooth Headphones are Paired but Cannot Connect without Rediscovering
I have a Windows 10 machine and Sony Bluetooth headphones.
I can pair them as usual, and after pairing them I can connect them and play music on them as usual.
After restarting or waking from sleep, ...
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Bluetooth Media Controls Not Working After Recent Updates
The following updates were recently installed together:
Feature update to Windows 10, version 1803
HP Development Company, L.P. - System - 7.0.1.1
HP - HIDClass - 2.1.3.1
Since the updates, the ...
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`hcitool con` does not find any devices when run in the context of a udev script
I'm trying to automate a task to configure a bluetooth device when it's connected to my raspberry pi 3 running raspbian.
Assuming $x is the address of the device, I need to execute the following ...
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Bluetooth Headset not visible in Sound Output
I've successfully connected my device to a bluetooth headset on Kali Linux operated system.
But, When I run audio, it plays through Analog Audio Stereo (System Audio Output).
I looked for solution on ...
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Qjackctl output audio to Bluetooth speaker (Guitarix)
I'm trying to setup Guitarix on my laptop running Fedora 27 using this guide. Everything works fine but there no audio output.
I guess it's because Qjackctl is using my laptop's internal speaker for ...
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use udev to reload bluetooth service when dongle is plugged in
I have tried to create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/97-bluetooth-input.rules with in it:
KERNEL=="event*", SUBSYSTEM=="bluetooth", DEVPATH=="/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7.1/1-7.1.3/1-7.1....
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Bluetooth won't work after running powertop -c
I'm on Manjaro Linux.
I ran powertop -c, and after the calibration process, my bluetooth stoped working.
Here are the ouputs of somme commands I ran:
$ lsmod | grep bluetooth
bluetooth ...
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HFP/HSP profile in linux
I have Ubuntu 16.04 and already installed BlueZ 5.37, PulseAudio 10.0, and ofono 1.20 (clone from github).
And I need to use phone like modem for transmitting my phone calls to computer. I paired my ...
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Where is the Bluetooth audio control window in Win10
Earlier versions of Windows had a very nice feature where they could control the audio playback from a paired phone, or even direct the audio output from the phone to the PC's speakers (over BT), ...
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OSX Lion Bluetooth RSSI monitor
I have written a simple bash script for Mac Yosemite that retrieves and appends the rssi value of a paired Bluetooth connection to a text file when a desktop icon is clicked. It works ok. Here is ...
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How do i tell if a Bluetooth device is connected to windows 7?
So i have a serial over Bluetooth device that seems to work just fine with my phone, but i cant get it to do the right things on windows 7. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But at the moment, ...
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Linux: How to get Bluetooth peripherals to automatically reconnect when the PERIPHERAL power cycles?
I'm trying to get an Apple Wireless Keyboard working with a Raspberry Pi 2 (stock Raspbian and BlueZ) such that when I power cycle the keyboard, it reconnects. Is there some way to get bluetoothd to ...
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Bluetooth pairing with another device
Given: usb bluetooth dongle paired with with BT speakers using computer.
Will dongle connect to speakers automatically when used in another computer?
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MacBook keeps getting bluetooth pair requests from unauthorized device
My MacBookPro running macOS Sierra has been recently continuously receiving bluetooth pairing requests from an unknown HTC device. The first couple of times I kept on clicking the ignore button, and ...
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Connecting multiple bluetooth devices causing lag
I have my Desktop PC (with ASUS BT400 bluetooth 4.0 dongle) connected to a bluetooth speaker. The latency is unnoticeable for me. Watching movies, the audio and visuals are pretty much in-sync or ...
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Debian bluetooth can't connect to anything
I'm trying to connect different devices with my devian-system (Headphones, Keyboards). The devices are shown in both tools I use so far bluetoothctl and the blueman-applet. But when I'm trying to pair ...
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Windows 10 Bluetooth disappears until power down
I have seen a lot of posts/threads related to windows and Bluetooth "disappearing". Most seemed to be resolved with reboots/service changes/etc. I think my issue may be different but I'm not sure how ...
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BLE support in ubuntu
How can I know if my computer supports BLE, I wrote simple applications on Arduino using this board, now I want to write the same application but on my ubuntu computer, I read that Bluez which is ...
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Changing other bluetooth device's name in Ubuntu 15.10
Here's my list of bluetooth paired devices:
It's really not useful when I want to connect to any of those. Is there a way to edit the names to recognize each different device?
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Act as Bluetooth HID on Windows 10 to remote control an Android device
Is there a possibility to act as Bluetooth HID on Windows 10 to remote control an Android device so that no software needs to be installed on the smartphone?
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Can I boost or repeat a bluetooth signal?
I am getting into smoking meat. The smoker is about 500 feet from the kitchen. I have a thermometer that is Bluetooth enabled. It is paired with an ios device. But I cant be in the kitchen and be ...
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PC based wireless audio receiver (...bluetooth?)
The idea: Having one stationary PC+speakers able to receive and play audio from any mobile devices that come and go (android / laptops). One at a time, just have the PC work as remote speakers.
My ...
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Expose a wired keyboard connected to a laptop to an iOS device as a Bluetooth keyboard
I have a keyboard connected to my Windows laptop and I'd like to use it as a Bluetooth keyboard discoverable by my iOS device. In essence, I want my iOS device to be able to connect to the laptop via ...
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How to add Android phone as a COM port in Windows 10 (via Bluetooth)?
My phone is Meizu M2, which I'd like to connect with my Windows 10 PC (via Bluetooth). I'm using an external bluetooth adapter for the PC.
There's an android app called "Arduino Bluetooth RC Car" (...
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Raspberry Pi 2 Raspbian: OBEX FTP to phone over bluetooth
I am trying to send a file over Bluetooth through OBEX. I have installed the obexftp package. I am able to pair the phone using pair in bluetoothctl. When I try to transfer a file with this :
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Share LAN Internet FROM Windows 10 INTO Lollipop by USB or Bluetooth connection
I have a Desktop Windows 10 PC with LAN and WAN connections (WAN: Wide Area Network, Internet). but no WiFi in it, but it has an USB Bluetooth 2.1 adapter plugged in. I have also an Android Galaxy S4 ...
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unable to control taskbar audio control with keyboard media keys
I am streaming music from phone to computer via bluetooth. I have a bluetooth audio control in my taskbar that doesn't respond to windows media key commands - play/pause, next, prev.
any ideas on ...
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How do I fix the "missing WiFi" issue with the Windows 10 upgrade?
I've read a lot of suggested fixes for this. I've tried the Command Prompt reg edit fix to no avail. I upgraded to Windows 10 back in August 2015. I've not paid attention to the absence of the Wi Fi ...
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Bluetooth earpiece pairs, connects, but plays no sound.
My earpiece worked fine until BOOM, it didn't. (Suspicion: I had recently run "Driver Booster 2", but I seem to recall the earpiece working after that - at least for awhile...Correlation, Causation)?
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Windows 8.1 Bluetooth disables after a while
Since my Windows forcefully upgraded from 8 to 8.1 my Microsoft designer mouse stopped working properly. It's a Bluetooth Low Energy device.
It pairs well, works for some 3-7 minutes, and stops ...
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Strange focus/click issues with Logitech MX1100R wireless mouse
This is a wireless mouse used with a (also wireless) Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard, which has a mouse (trackwheel + buttons) built in. Both use a (different) Logitech BT receiver widget and worked ...
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Is there a way to pair my PC with 2 bluetooth headphones?
Is there a way to pair my PC with 2 bluetooth headphones?
Can anyone list the type of usb bluetooth dongle I would need and type of headphones to do this? Ideally I just want to have one bluetooth ...
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Trying to enable bluetooth on startup (Debian)
I have already paired and connected some devices successfully. In order to do so I had to use rfkill.
$ sudo bluetoothctl
[bluetooth]# power on
Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Blocked
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Share Wi-Fi Internet access via Bluetooth on Raspberry Pi
I have tried multiple ways I got on Google, without luck.
BlueMan based apporaches will NOT work because my Pi does NOT have X running. I would like to solve this just using BlueZ and some simple ...
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Bluetooth file transfer failure
I wanted to send a file with bluetooth from my PC to my smartphone. The smartphone is already paired to the PC.
When I got into the send file wizard, selected the file I wanted to send and clicked ...
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Bluetooth headset does not switch to VoIP
I ran into a problem when using my Bluetooth headphones on Windows 7. They support both the A2DP and the Hands-free profile, however it seems that only one of them can be active at a time.
On my ...
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Is it possible for my bluetooth headset to have high microphone input?
I feel like I'm approaching this problem from the opposite direction from many on the interwebs. I don't care very much about speaker quality. I spend most of the day in voip calls in Google Hangouts ...
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Struggling with my Sony bluetooth headset dr-btn200 Windows 8.1
I have contacted Sony about it, but they simply say that they do not support windows os as this bt headphone is made for phones. (even though windows is listed here)
I have checked this and this (...
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Debian Linux - “hcitool scan” does not find devices
I use free VMware player with Debian 7 image.
I use Cambridge Silicone Radio Bluetooth USB adapter
"hciconfig" shows me two interfaces
(I don't know why two, and I don't know with which I should work)...
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Why/how does switching devices "invalidate" the Bluetooth connection?
Sorry if the title is confusing, couldn't really come up with a more descriptive one.
So I have a soundbar (Samsung HW-F450) with Bluetooth. I can and I do connect to it from my laptop to listen to ...
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Creating a shortcut to connect to a Bluetooth PAN in Win8
I have paired my cell phone with my computer via bluetooth. Whenever I want to use its network connection (over a Bluetooth PAN), I need to click on the Bluetooth Icon, select "Join a Personal Area ...
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How does Windows determine which network status icon to show?
I installed Bluesoleil to experiment with an old Bluetooth adapter, and then I uninstalled it. After it was uninstalled, the systray icon for network status always shows a red X. However, I'm ...
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Bluetooth "Receiving" window stealing focus on Windows 8.1
I am new to Windows as a daily OS at home, having been an OSX user for the past 8 years. The current most irritating thing at the moment is the Bluetooth "Receiving" window/dialog stealing focus and ...
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Why does play/pause on my Bluetooth headset not work with Spotify on Windows 8.1?
In Windows 8 (8.1 specifically) the play/pause button on my Sennheiser Bluetooth A2DP headphones does not play or pause Spotify. The track skip buttons work, but not the play/pause button.
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Bluetooth through internet
Maybe it's silly but I'll ask anyway.
I have two android phones and a game which lets you play together with bluetooth.
Is there a software that can link 2 PC and bridge the two bluetooth ...
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Sharing internet connection via Bluetooth
I am trying to share my laptops (running windows 8) internet connection with my desktop (running windows 7). I have connected two Bluetooth devices correctly but it detects Undefined Network below it ...
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Bluetooth dongle with support for A2DP and the AAC codec
I recently bought some Sony MDR-1RBT headphones which can be used via audio cable, but also via Bluetooth. They support BT 3.0 with A2DP and use SBC or AAC as codec.
Unfortunately they do not support ...
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