Dev1 Galaxy Forum / Problem sending files to KDE from Android phone over Bluetooth

Re: Problem sending files to KDE from Android phone over Bluetooth

dummy@example.com (ralph.ronnquist) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:39:01 +0000

Antropomorphism for the win.

Re: Problem sending files to KDE from Android phone over Bluetooth

dummy@example.com (devian) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:05:58 +0000

Thanks to Claude I worked this one out.

Run the following commands then reboot to fix the issue:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services

cat > ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/org.bluez.obex.service <<'EOF'
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.bluez.obex
Exec=/usr/libexec/bluetooth/obexd --noplugin=irmc,pbap
EOF

dbus-send --session --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus / org.freedesktop.DBus.ReloadConfig

It turned out to be a race condition during KDE startup.

Problem sending files to KDE from Android phone over Bluetooth

dummy@example.com (devian) — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:19:13 +0000

I recently updated Devuan to the latest release (working really well on the whole) but I have a problem sending files by Bluetooth. I can send files to my phone from my laptop but not the other way around.

I'm using KDE. I've unpaired and re-paired the devices but still can't receive files on the laptop. It used to work fine before the move to Excalibur.

Does anyone happen to have any tips why these problems are occurring? I did Google it... Thanks.