Ubuntu – a2dp bluetooth problem on 14.04

killing org.bluez process through sudo kill <org.bluez PID>,

then I wrote

rfkill block bluetooth
sudo service bluetooth stop
sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth

Bluetooth have been swithed off and then on after typing these commands, and my headphones appeared in devices list. Thanks to that answer

I had the exact same problem. My Sony WH-1000XM2 used to work only when initially paired with Ubuntu 18.04. After a reboot or headphones off/on they used to connect automatically but the sound was awful. I had to remove the Bluetooth device and pair it again. I tried all of the solutions on the Internet which claim that configurations in:

/etc/bluetooth/main.conf

or

/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf

should do the trick. Well, they don't. The headphones keep working with the 'HSP/HFP' profile and the 'A2DP Sink' can not be set until the phones are repaired.

The more convenient way is to use the command line instead of physically pressing buttons and reconnecting through the UI. So this answer helped me achieve this. However, this looks like a lot of commands to me, so I scripted them in this gist. It should work out of the box.

Whenever the phones get automatically reconnected (after the initial pairing) and they start using 'HSP/HFP' just execute this script and the profile will be set to 'A2DP Sink'. You may have to tweak the sleep intervals according to your headphones.

I hope this is getting fixed in upcoming releases of PulseAudio and Ubuntu.