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KrisJed
Asked: 2020-04-11 04:38:28 +0800 CST

Huawei Freebuds 3 pairing with Ubuntu 18.04

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I have a problem with pairing Huawei's Freebuds 3 via bluetooth on Ubuntu 18.04. I have already updated bluez til 5.50. All I got when pairing is a loading circle and then message Not set up. Does anyone got a clue?

Part of syslog looks like that during pairing:

Apr 11 13:44:02 kj-XPS-15-7590 systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Apr 11 13:44:02 kj-XPS-15-7590 systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Apr 11 13:44:02 kj-XPS-15-7590 kernel: [ 8427.752680] debugfs: File 'le_min_key_size' in directory 'hci0' already present!
Apr 11 13:44:02 kj-XPS-15-7590 kernel: [ 8427.752689] debugfs: File 'le_max_key_size' in directory 'hci0' already present!
Apr 11 13:44:32 kj-XPS-15-7590 gnome-control-c[22033]: Setting up /org/bluez/hci0/dev_FC_94_35_C1_C4_A5 failed: Timeout was reached
Apr 11 13:44:34 kj-XPS-15-7590 gnome-control-c[22033]: Setting up /org/bluez/hci0/dev_FC_94_35_C1_C4_A5 failed: GDBus.Error:org.bluez.Error.InProgress: In Progress
Apr 11 13:44:40 kj-XPS-15-7590 systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Apr 11 13:44:40 kj-XPS-15-7590 systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
huawei 18.04

6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Restart the bluetooth service from the console:

    sudo service bluetooth restart

    Open the bluetooth controller and check its working:

    bluetoothctl
show

    This should provide you with a name, alias and some other parameters. If not, then the following won't work and you'll need to check the bluetooth service/device.

    Run the following:

    agent on
default-agent
power on
pairable on

    These may already be configured like this, but it doesn't hurt to run them anyway.

    Check if your device is already registered:

    devices

    If your device is listed:

    remove [MAC_ADDRESS]

    ***Replace [MAC_ADDRESS] with your device's MAC Address

    Put your device into pairing mode and then:

    pair [MAC_ADDRESS]
connect [MAC_ADDRESS]
trust [MAC_ADDRESS]

    If this works, then you can exit with:

    exit
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  2. I have the same headphones, same problem and I found a way to fix that. The problem is in Bluetooth LE and using this manual I can successfully pair my FreeBuds 3 with my laptop. I hope it helps you too.

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/292189/pairing-bose-qc-35-over-bluetooth-on-fedora/293967#293967

    Best Regards, Vitaly Sulimov.

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  3. In my case on Ubuntu 20.04, I used the following commands:

    bluetoothctl
devices
remove [MAC_ADDRESS]

trust [MAC_ADDRESS]
pair [MAC_ADDRESS]
connect [MAC_ADDRESS]

    ...and it worked!

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  4. Did you check the logs in /var/log if there is anything useful in there?

    More information would be helpful, as it can be anything from "is bluetooth turned on" till "bluetooth driver broken".

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  5. After a long struggle I managed to connect them. I do not know exactly what solved the problem, but my workflow was:

    1. I updated system with everything what Ubuntu told me to. There were a couple of updates during last weeks.
    2. Manually removed headphones from bluetooth devices in console.
    3. I couldn't then connect them in console so I tried in standard system's bluetooth manager and they connected, just like that.
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  6. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and I've uploaded blueman and etc another things in this page and the links given. However, it worked with a very simple and different way. I was connecting to the earbuds when I took them from its case, now I tried to connect it from its case (You need to open the hatch of the case and push the button behind for 2 seconds.) Once its colour turns to white and blinks try to connect from blueman through Set up a new device and after few trials and lots of patience :) finally it worked.

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