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Questions tagged [bluetooth]

For questions pertaining to Bluetooth setup, usage and troubleshooting on the Raspberry Pi, whether onboard or via a USB dongle.

Bluetooth is often used for connecting audio devices (speakers, monoheadset with a microphone or a stereo headset without a microphone), keyboards, and mice.

The Raspberry Pi 3 has onboard Bluetooth (a wireless communications standard) connectivity, and on other Raspberry Pis Bluetooth devices may be connected via a Bluetooth hub on one of the board's USB ports. See eLinux.org for a list of adapters that work with Raspberry Pi.

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SAP error on bluetooth service status

I am getting an error on bluetooth service status. I need guidance to resolve this error. pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo service bluetooth status * bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service;…
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Setup Raspberry Pi 3 as bluetooth speaker

I am looking for a way to configure the Raspberry Pi 3 as bluetooth speaker using Raspbian Jessie. What I mean by as bluetooth speaker is use it to receive audio stream via bluetooth using A2DP and play it via speakers connected to the Raspberry Pi…
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How can I use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard?

I have a spare Mac keyboard that I'd like to use with my Raspberry Pi when it's plugged into my TV, so that I can use it for surfing internet on my TV. Has anyone got a working configuration with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and a recipe for…
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Disable power on Wifi and Bluetooth interfaces during boot?

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2. I'd like to ensure Wifi and Bluetooth do not get powered on or draw current since the device is using wired Ethernet. According to dmesg, the device is booting with: [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:…
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Automatically connect trusted Bluetooth speaker

I have followed the following tutorial (http://mygeeks014.blogspot.nl/2015/01/audio-streaming-to-bluetooth-speaker.html) to connect a Bluetooth speaker to my Raspberry Pi. Everything works as it's supposed to, but the speaker will not automatically…
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How do I get my bluetooth keyboard to pair automatically before I log in?

I asked how to install bluetooth, so I can use an existing mouse and keyboard. I was able to get that to work, but the keyboard ceases to function when the GUI is logged out. That means that I still need a 2.4Ghz keyboard to login, or to use the…
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Automatically accept bluetooth pairings

I am running a headless Raspberry PI 3, and I want it to automatically accept pairings from any device. I saw this answer in an identical question: Automatically accepting Bluetooth connections on a Pi 3 But it seems to be a bit outdated and some of…
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How do I share my phone's WiFi internet connection with my Pi over bluetooth?

I have a rooted HTC Wildfire phone (no SIM), a Pi and a bluetooth dongle and an empty wallet. I want to get my Pi connected to the internet without an Ethernet cable (due to location) and without buying a usb wireless adapter (due to the empty…
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Bluetooth device is not available?

I followed this tutorial to set up my Bluetooth dongle and get it running. I have the same Bluetooth dongle that is in the tutorial, yet I can not seem to get it to work. I get to step "C" and then I run into problems. Here is some commands I ran…
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How do I install Bluetooth for my mouse and keyboard?

Can I get step by step directions for installing a generic Bluetooth dongle, so that I can use an existing bluetooth mouse and keyboard? This answer to the question How can I use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard? suggests that Debian Squeeze should…
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bluetoothctl fails to connect to any device [[ Failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed ]]

When trying to connect a new device through the Raspberry Pi I take the following steps without success. I can re-pair as many times as I want with any device, but I can never connect. Other devices can create a connection with the Pi when it's…
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Automatically accepting Bluetooth connections on a Pi 3

I'm looking to develop a platform for my car which automatically connects any device which attempts to connect to the Pi via bluetooth. Currently it requires a pairing accept by the Pi but in this case there will be no screen so it will need to do…
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hcitool scan says No such device

Using Raspberry Pi 3, Linux test 4.4.9-v7+ #884 SMP Fri May 6 17:28:59 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux root@raspberry:/home/user# hcitool scan Device is not available: No such device What can be the issue here? I have updated to latest #sudo…
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Failed to connect to SDP server on FF:FF:FF:00:00:00: No such file or directory

I am trying to configure Bluetooth PAN on raspberry in order to be able to access it over bluetooth from android ssh client. I was following tutorial. All works fine until the command sdptool get Lan that gives me Failed to connect to SDP server on…
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A2DP stereo audio over bluetooth

Using the instructions in this answer I was able to get Bluetooth working with a small Asus branded USB receiver. I was able to see other Bluetooth devices in the area, but whenever I put my Motorola S10 headset in discoverable mode and ran the…
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