Comment 164 for bug 1283003

what an ordeal to get a bluetooth headset working in 16.04, way worse than 14.04 was (at least in 14.04 it only would not keep the output profile and had to select the headset output on every re-connection)

I have a Voyager Legend that will pair but not function. This device shows up initially as headset unit (mono) but selecting it does not work. I have to restart the bluetooth service, kill pulseaudio, then sometimes it will start working in HSP. Then I change it to A2DP mode and it stops working (I can not select it as output anymore, when I change it to A2Dp it jumps from the headse to the first output, selecting headset again it is back in HSP). I have to restart bluetooth again and kill pulseaudio again then I can select it and change to A2DP finally and it keeps and works perfectly... until I disconnect the headset walking away or turn it off.

when I turn it back on again I get no output. looking at logs I see

[pulseaudio] sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: sink is suspended.

any attempt to play audio this error appears. Doing all the "tricks" above ALSO does nothing to fix the sink issue. I have to now change the profile from A2DP back to HSP, then click test a few times and the headset connects, but I can not change it to A2DP again as it jumps up to top output again.

Now at this point I have to do all of the first tricks again (kill pulse, restart blue, etc) and then SOMETIMES I can select A2DP again and it will work again, but many times I have to do this 2 or more times before it will finally work

On a side note at least I was able to use my headset on 14.04 with both my computer and my cell phone at the same time, now that is impossible as it never works if the phone is connected