Comment 45 for bug 872044

I also had the same issues: My rooted Android HTC Inc phone (rom: CM7 s-off) would not pair from phone initially, it would timeout ( in about 2 seconds) and with an error, but if I entered any pin fast enough it could pair. Also I could pair manually with hcitool or bluez-simple-agent; (2) pairing from linuxbox work only twice, but usually would spin indefinately, although my phone was "discoverable" sometimes hcitool would not find my phone, but restarting bluetooth (from unity or cli) always fixed this; (3) once paired I could not send or recieve files, (4) the browse files on device does not let me select any devices and the box of devices is squashed flat.

The fix in comment #14 #22 #35 #36 check personal file sharing (gnome-user-share) worked for me. I had to use the dash to find it. Then suddenly the set up new device worked (although I had just paired and removed it manually with hcitool, which is the only other time the gnome-bluetooth wizard worked, so...), and now I can successfully send and receive files.

So I would say it is possible a problem with obex (since it does have the 2 second problem described in comment #25 #29), but it may also be a problem with gnome-bluetooth, in that if personal file sharing for bluetooth is required, then this should automatically be enabled during setup of a new bluetooth device, or at least the user should be notified and a link to this setting should be in the bluetooth section of system settings (a unity problem), and also in that the browse device feature is not working.