I have a Samsung A411 a cheapo bluetooth dongle and setup was previously
working in 8.04.

Phone asks for password - which I am pretty sure I didn't set to connect
and then fails at pairing.

Failed repeated tries as others above - 
 hcitool scan
Scanning ...
        00:21:D2:27:2B:38       Ian bt


hcitool info 00:21:D2:27:2B:38Requesting information ...
Can't create connection: Operation not permitted


sudo hcitool info 00:21:D2:27:2B:38
Requesting information ...
        BD Address:  00:21:D2:27:2B:38
        Device Name: Ian bt
        LMP Version: 2.0 (0x3) LMP Subversion: 0x420b
        Manufacturer: Broadcom Corporation (15)
        Features: 0xff 0xfe 0x8d 0xfe 0x9b 0xf9 0x00 0x80
                <3-slot packets> <5-slot packets> <encryption> <slot offset> 
                <timing accuracy> <role switch> <hold mode> <sniff mode> 
                <RSSI> <channel quality> <SCO link> <HV2 packets> 
                <HV3 packets> <u-law log> <A-law log> <CVSD> <power control> 
                <transparent SCO> <broadcast encrypt> <EDR ACL 2 Mbps> 
                <EDR ACL 3 Mbps> <enhanced iscan> <interlaced iscan> 
                <interlaced pscan> <inquiry with RSSI> <extended SCO> 
                <EV4 packets> <EV5 packets> <AFH cap. slave> 
                <AFH class. slave> <3-slot EDR ACL> <5-slot EDR ACL> 
                <AFH cap. master> <AFH class. master> <EDR eSCO 2 Mbps> 
                <EDR eSCO 3 Mbps> <3-slot EDR eSCO> <extended features> 

Permissions issue?

I also note the wiki refers to the cli command hidd

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup#Setup%20Devices
"sudo hidd --search"

sudo apt-get install hidd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package hidd

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