The following did the job for me. Remember to change the headset to AD2P under SOUNDS in Ubuntu on your headset.
--- Ref. from source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1139404/sony-noise-cancelling- headphones-wh-1000xm2-3-and-bluetooth-initial-autoconnec --- The "ambient noise" you're hearing is a loopback from your computer's mic coming out through your headphones. This is apparently due to a bug with A2DP's implementation. I fixed this in Ubuntu 19.04 by installing Blueman and pairing my headphones as an Audio Sink rather than a headset: Unpair your headphones, if they're currently paired. sudo apt install blueman Open Blueman, click on "search". Select your headphones, right click, select "Setup" Make sure they're paired as an Audio Sink rather than a Headset Select your headphones as an audio output in your sound settings If you have Spotify open throughout the process you have to restart it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845046 Title: Bluetooth headphones/speaker such as Sony WH-1000XM3 default to low quality headset mode and fails to switch to A2DP when selected Status in PulseAudio: Unknown Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Whenever I turn on my headphones theyll connect to my computer but im able to hear the input audio from my microphone and low quality output audio. I have to disconnect the headphones in the bluetooth devices and reconnect for it to fix the problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-29.31~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: litleck 1398 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: litleck 1398 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Sep 23 17:07:59 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-22 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio Symptom_Card: WH-1000XM3 Symptom_Type: High background noise, or volume is too low Title: [WH-1000XM3, playback] Background noise or low volume UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/12/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: 1.0.19 dmi.board.name: 01NYPT dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvr1.0.19:bd02/12/2019:svnAlienware:pnAlienwareAuroraR5:pvr1.0.19:rvnAlienware:rn01NYPT:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct3:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.family: Alienware dmi.product.name: Alienware Aurora R5 dmi.product.sku: 0729 dmi.product.version: 1.0.19 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pulseaudio/+bug/1845046/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
