YES! Confirming that OTA13 has solved the pairing issue. I can now pair my BQ Aquaris E4.5 with the HFS without any problems.
Furthermore - once pairing is done, I get the "volume" notification with the title: "Bluetooth speakers" and I can play music via the car's speakers (albeit I can't control the playback via the physical buttons on the car, but that is bug #1398193 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1398193)). Also, if I try to place a call I get the "volume" notification again, switching back to the phone's speakers. However, I get no audio neither in the car's speakers, nor in the phone's speakers. After the call ends, I get the "volume" notification again switching to the "bluetooth speakers" (but that is bug #1578176 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1578176). Can anyone else confirm that pairing is now working as intended? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539158 Title: Unable to pair with in-car hands-free system after OTA-9 update Status in Canonical System Image: Fix Released Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: After OTA-9 I started having trouble with my bluetooth connection to the car hands-free system (no sound, and incoming calls no longer displayed the number), so I have reset both the car and the phone connections (eg. forgot the devices). Now I can't even pair the phone with the car's system. The car finds the phone, and then asks me to enter the code "0000" to pair the device, but after a few moments, it just says the connection failed and asks me to try again. Which fails again. It was working fine just before the update. Any logs I should post to help debug? PS - The car is a 2015 Honda Civic Tourer, if that matters. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1539158/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp