Ubuntu 20.04 – Fix Bluetooth Not Working Often

20.04bluetoothtp-link

I'm using powerbeats 3 earphones via bluetooth with my desktop and every 2 days after a boot, I find myself debugging why my earphones don't seem to connect anymore.

I've used the following questions and its answers and used every time I can:

Some of the answers work sometimes, and sometimes a combination of them and rebooting my system seem to magically help.

Symptoms of my earphones not connecting through bluetooth anymore:

  • Using the GUI, while clicking on the connect on/off button to turn it on, it inmediatelly turns itself off.
  • Using bluetoothctl, removing the device, trusting the device again and trying to pair just goes on until it fails due to my device turning off being so long trying to pair.

Might be related to some of these packages:

  • bluez 5.53
  • libbluetooth3 5.53

I'd like help in debugging this problem, I guess I'm tired of rebooting a few times every few days just to get my earphones working.

Edit: I'm using the tp link ub 400 bluetooth adapter.

"lsusb" result:

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1b1c:1b20 Corsair Corsair STRAFE RGB Gaming Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Edit 2: To clarify compared to this other question:

"hciconfig" result:

hci0:   Type: Primary  Bus: USB
    BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:15  ACL MTU: 310:10  SCO MTU: 64:8
    UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
    RX bytes:718 acl:0 sco:0 events:54 errors:0
    TX bytes:3673 acl:0 sco:0 commands:53 errors:0

As you can see, my device shows running compared to the other question in which it shows is DOWN.

Best Answer

The TP-Link UB400 Nano works fine on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS kernel 5.8.0-43, plug & play,Bluetooth headset also working without any issue, (install blueman, if not)

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