Pulseaudio selects HSP instead of A2DP and no way to set default action

[Evren Yurtesen]

I am trying to use a bluetooth headphone with ubuntu 14.04 and system defaults to using HSP. The problem is that Once it connects, it should use A2DP and become default device because I am using it from KODI and it is very inconvenient to set it from command line. Otherwise HSP is providing very bad quality audio. There is no way to set a default action, and system does not retain the last set setting. Eg. I can go and set the headphones to use A2DP but when I connect next time, it switches back to HSP. (I believe it could remember the device from the device id at least!)

I asked about this on launchpad answers and somebody closed it and said I should report it as a bug. If you think this shouldn't have been reported as a bug, blame the person who closed my question at launchpad answers :) Below is the link to it and more information and the ugly workaround I implemented in my system:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/288799

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Changing project to pulseaudio. This is likely an issue with the pulseaudio bluetooth components, the kernel, or blueman.

[Axel Leroy (blackeco)]

I run with the same problem with my bluetooth speaker. Everytime I pair it to my computer, GNOME Sound Setings defaults it to HSP/HSF and it doesn't even register when I select A2DP, leaving me only with HSP/HSF and its terrible sound quality.

[Evren Yurtesen (eyurtese-g)]

If you can not change it, then there may be a different problem.
Because I can change it from command line and also if you check the launchpad link in my first post, you can see I wrote a script to do it automatically. (the first .sh script has the command line in my launchpad answers post)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1494230, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.