Public bug reported: I used to be able to send files over bluetooth from my smartphone to my ubuntu laptop.
Then at some point bug 958661 appeared, where the undiscoverable setting for receiving files over bluetooth (which cannot be found under any bluetooth-related setting) was turned off without a reason, and also, at random times Ubuntu would start to reject all transfer despite that setting being turned on - but at least there was the workaround to manually switch the setting off and on which would "fix" the issue. Now after upgrading to 15.10 I am simply UNABLE to send any file via bluetooth from the android phone to the ubuntu laptop. ALL transfers systematically fail. On the phone side, sometimes I get "connectuion failed" and sometimes "transfer rejected on target" (I am quoting the messages by memory, so the wording may not be exact). Something as trivial and vital as transfering files over bluetooth is still broken (and gets more broken at every upgrade) after so many years. This is outrageous. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: bluez 5.35-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Feb 11 20:14:51 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (853 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) InterestingModules: rfcomm bnep btusb bluetooth MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-27-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: bluez UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-01-18 (24 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V2.07 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: VA50_HC_CR dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.07 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.07:bd10/15/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-571G:pvrV2.07:rvnAcer:rnVA50_HC_CR:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.07: dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G dmi.product.version: V2.07 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer hciconfig: hci0: Type: BR/EDR Bus: USB BD Address: A4:17:31:0D:4A:70 ACL MTU: 1022:8 SCO MTU: 183:5 UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN RX bytes:35370 acl:131 sco:0 events:112 errors:0 TX bytes:5086 acl:26 sco:0 commands:65 errors:0 ** Affects: bluez (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1544701 Title: [REGRESSION] systematically unable to receive files via bluetooth To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1544701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs