Now, several minutes after turning on Bluetooth on the computer, it was finally visible from the phone.
So from the phone I tried sending a file, and I got the screen (on the phone) that I attached. It said: "Type the pairing code then press Return or Enter". (note: "the" pairing code. What pairing code? If I am supposed to type it on the computer, which "press return or enter" seems to suggest, then it should show up on the phone - or viceversa) So on the computer some prompt was supposed to show up, but it didn't. A small padlock showed up in the bluetooth icon on the computer, but there was no prompt for a code anywhere, nor did it show up by clicking on the bluetooth icon. After a while the operation timed out from the phone. Then I tried again. This time, at the prompt "type the pairing code then press Return or Enter" (again the one in the screenshot) I tapped on "pair". (the prompt is quite ambiguous: am I supposed to type the code, which I can't possibly know, in which case the "pair" button shouldn't be necessary, or should I press "pair" and *then* I'll be shown the code on the phone and prompted to insert it on the computer, in which case the message is confusing because it's telling me to enter it now??) So I tapped on "pair", and... The file was sent succesfully!! No code showed up anywhere and I didn't have to insert it anywhere. Of course I had paired these two particular devices before, literally years ago (and I'm not abusing the word "literally"). The UI of the whole process is a fucking mess on both sides, both Ubuntu AND Android. There are a bunch of bugs on both sides. Sharing files via bluetooth is a hell. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to bluez in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/958661 Title: "Receive files over bluetooth" randomly stops working - plus setting should be available under BlueTooth settings Status in bluez package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I often send image files via bluetooth from my android phone to my ubuntu PC. It worked fine until yesterday, but now I systematically get "the remote bluetooth device rejected the request". Nothing has changed in the way I transfer files and I'm trying from the very same phone. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic 3.0.0-16.29 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.29-generic 3.0.20 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: teo 32650 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfebf8000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC660-VD' Components : 'HDA:10ec0660,10430000,00100001 HDA:10573055,10431316,00100700' Controls : 25 Simple ctrls : 16 Date: Sun Mar 18 17:55:36 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b1b3e5fe-38e2-44c9-9e48-4564cd9f4d66 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M51Sn ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-16-generic root=UUID=173acbf5-26a0-49e3-8d2b-f1c142582cbf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-16-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-16-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.60.1 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: zram UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-07 (101 days ago) UserAsoundrc: pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse } pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } dmi.bios.date: 12/24/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 303 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: M51Sn dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr303:bd12/24/2007:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnM51Sn:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnM51Sn:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: M51Sn dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/958661/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
