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Bluetooth headset connected but the sound is not working and the mic is not showing as connected in newly installed Ubuntu 20.04. I have tried many solutions but unfortunately failed.

Can anyone Please Help me? I have attached an Image to understand the issue:

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  • Did it work with the same hardware before installing Ubuntu (with another operating system)? – Pierre ALBARÈDE Apr 09 '21 at 19:10
  • Yes @PierreALBARÈDE , It was working with same hardware before installing Ubuntu. It was working on Window 10 on same hardware. – Atta Ur Rehman Apr 09 '21 at 19:18
  • @PierreALBARÈDE I have attached a ScreenShot. Can you please look into it. In screenshot, I have explained the Issue on Sounds Settings. – Atta Ur Rehman Apr 09 '21 at 19:19
  • I have seen it but it does not precisely answer my question. You should check also Blutooth settings. I have a Bluetooth headset right now working with Ubuntu 20.10 (for listening radio). However the Testing Headset panel "click a speaker to test" does not work. – Pierre ALBARÈDE Apr 09 '21 at 19:23
  • When I click a speaker to test on Testing Headset panel . I am not listening any sound on click right or left speaker option. – Atta Ur Rehman Apr 09 '21 at 19:25
  • The Test Headset panel may be bugged or both of us do not understand it but I can listen to the radio on Firefox. – Pierre ALBARÈDE Apr 09 '21 at 20:40
  • You may obtain more information from the command `% sudo dmesg|grep Bluetooth`. – Pierre ALBARÈDE Apr 09 '21 at 23:54
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    Does this answer your question? [Failed to change profile to headset\_head\_unit](https://askubuntu.com/questions/831331/failed-to-change-profile-to-headset-head-unit) – user68186 May 26 '21 at 21:16

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Here is the detailed article I have written to resolve this problem, the steps of which I'm also adding here. You can follow it and most probably be able to solve your problem.

Bluetooth headset microphone not detected

Open your terminal and follow these steps:

We will use a PPA for adding Pipewire to Ubuntu 20.04, which is maintained regularly:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipewire-debian/pipewire-upstream

To update the PPA packages in your system do:

sudo apt update

Install the package:

sudo apt install pipewire

There is also a dependency needed to be installed with Pipewire, otherwise you will face the issue of “Bluetooth headset won’t connect after installing pipewire”. Install the dependency by:

sudo apt install libspa-0.2-bluetooth

Now, to install the client libraries:

sudo apt install pipewire-audio-client-libraries

Reload the daemon:

systemctl --user daemon-reload

Disable PulseAudio:

systemctl --user --now disable pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket

If you are on Ubuntu 20.04, you also need to “mask” the PulseAudio by:

systemctl --user mask pulseaudio

I am not sure but, if possible, you can try to run this on other versions too. 9. After a new update of Pipewire, you also need to enable pipewire-media-session-service:

systemctl --user --now enable pipewire-media-session.service

You can ensure that Pipewire is now running through:

pactl info

This command will give the following output, in Server Name you can see:

PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.28)

Things should be working by now and you can see your microphone.

If it doesn’t show up, then try restarting Pipewire by this command:

systemctl --user restart pipewire

If it’s still not showing your microphone, you can try rebooting once and remove and pair your Bluetooth device again to check if it works now.

I hope I have helped you solve your problem.

If you want to rollback all the changes we did, you can do it by using:

systemctl --user unmask pulseaudio
systemctl --user --now enable pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket

Refer original thread Failed to change profile to headset_head_unit

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  • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Please format the commands to be typed as `code` using the {_} icon above the edit answer window. – user68186 May 26 '21 at 21:06
  • Since you have copied this answer from another question, I am voting to close this question as a duplicate of the other question where you have copied your answer from. – user68186 May 26 '21 at 21:21