[SOLVED] Bluetooth stops working when wifi is turned on. Realtek RTL8723AE

[Far Spirson]

Realtek RTL8723AE Bluetooth works fine when wifi is turned off but stops when wifi is turned on. Linux Mint 17.1 64bit Cinnamon.

With wifi enabled:
rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

dmesg | grep -i blue
.................
.................
[ 563.094166] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 65535
[ 563.114141] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 65535
[ 563.114151] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 65535
[ 563.114155] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 7
[ 563.114158] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 2
[ 563.114162] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0
[ 563.114165] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0
[ 563.114168] Bluetooth: hci0 SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0

modinfo btcoexist
filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/btcoexist/btcoexist.ko
description: Realtek 802.11n PCI wireless core
license: GPL
author: Larry Finger <email address hidden>
author: Realtek WlanFAE <email address hidden>
author: Page He <email address hidden>
srcversion: 3CC61E00E2CEF446293F879
depends:
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.13.0-37-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
signer: Magrathea: Glacier signing key
sig_key: 2C:B1:13:3B:35:F9:5A:9E:24:DE:AB:EE:B1:2B:A4:49:BC:BA:BB:C9
sig_hashalgo: sha512

[Far Spirson (farspirson)]

I found a solution here https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/issues/18

janfromdd commented on 27 Jan

Hello, yesterday I got Bluetooth working on a HP ProBook 430 with RTL8723BE, here is how:

    Setup a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 from Live Image
    Replaced the original WiFi driver with the files from this repository (downloaded master branch as zip and installed with sudo make install
    reboot
    Downloaded BT driver by troy-tan as rar file
    Installed it carefully as described in the Readme file
    reboot

No changes on other packages were required (bluez-..., blueman, etc.)

The rtlwifi_new fixed my WiFi connection which was unstable with the Ubuntu original drivers. The BT USB driver by troy-tan enabled my system to find and pair bluetooth devices.

I did the same and it worked, so for me this is SOLVED.