I confirm this. Sometimes this happens randomly, but I can reproduce it using provided steps as well.
** Changed in: bluez-gnome (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Bluetooth-applet falls out of the GNOME notification area https://launchpad.net/bugs/81107 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs