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lirannl

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Registered: 2021-10-15

Posts: 10

Can't connect to bt le audio only earbuds

Hi there, I bought the Sony Inzone buds, knowing that they weren't advertised as supporting bluetooth, because they only work with le-audio (HFP/A2DP isn't supported).

Here is the output of

btmgmt info

(my adapter supports bluetooth 5.2)

Index list with 1 item
hci0:   Primary controller
        addr 10:68:38:8C:F4:84 version 11 manufacturer 70 class 0x0c0104
        supported settings: powered connectable fast-connectable discoverable bondable link-security ssp br/edr le advertising secure-conn debug-keys privacy configuration static-addr phy-configuration wide-band-speech cis-central cis-peripheral 
        current settings: powered bondable ssp br/edr le secure-conn wide-band-speech cis-central cis-peripheral iso-broadcaster sync-receiver 
        name archlinux
        short name 
hci0:   Configuration options
        supported options: public-address 
        missing options: 

I use pipewire on kde wayland, not pulseaudio - I know that really matters for LE Audio.
Attempting to connect via bluetoothctl results in

failed to connect: org.bluez.Error.Failed le-connection-abort-by-local

Kernel release:

6.12.7-arch1-1

Last edited by lirannl (2025-01-11 01:09:03)

impossibleveins23

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From: Israel

Registered: 2022-06-18

Posts: 153

Re: Can't connect to bt le audio only earbuds

1. Stop bluetoothd and start it with -d. Recreate the problem and attach output.
2. Execute bluetoothctl info <DEVICE_ID>

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