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I am at Settings > Bluetooth. I turned Bluetooth on in order to send a file to my phone and my ZTE Axon7 is listed under "Devices" as "Not set up". When I click on it, the rotating orange circle seems to indicate that it's trying something, but it soon returns to "Not set up".

$ bluetoothctl
[NEW] Controller 2C:33:7A:F2:00:F6 AWESOME-O [default]
[NEW] Device 18:68:6A:EE:7B:B9 ZTE AXON7
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# pair 18:68:6A:EE:7B:B9
Attempting to pair with 18:68:6A:EE:7B:B9
Failed to pair: org.bluez.Error.ConnectionAttemptFailed
[bluetooth]#

I had entered "scan on", and "discoverable on" beforehand (as outlined in this Ubuntu Forums thread), but it doesn't seem to be necessary. I have also installed the latest version of TLP.

How can I connect my phone to my laptop in order to exchange files?

Jani Uusitalo
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Markus Gratis
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  • Suggestion: Ensure that the agent is registered as per this older answer. In terminal [bluetooth]#, run first agent on, default-agent, then only the pairing command. –  Aug 27 '19 at 15:57
  • Try removing the device from Bluetooth settings, close settings. Then open settings and add your device – doug Aug 30 '19 at 13:41

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I had a lot of problems with bluetooth, and navigating the array of settings was problematic. I found that blueman was a really handy interface for setting up devices.

sudo apt-get install blueman
blueman-manager

And try pairing and connecting the devices through this tool?

I found that this tool displayed an error message when pairing a device that I hadn't managed to surface through other approaches.

ben-ledi
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  • Indeed, blueman-manager is the solutiion, all problems gone... Lost so much time with the default Ubuntu bluetooth handler :( – Déjà vu Apr 11 '21 at 07:57