AirPods 4 A2DP silent on Jolla C2, Xperia 10 III after SFOS 5.0.0.72

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REPRODUCIBILITY: Yes
OS VERSION: 5.0.0.78
HARDWARE: Jolla C2, Xperia 10 III
UI LANGUAGE: English
REGRESSION: Yes, Sailfish OS 5.0.0.72 → 5.0.0.78

DESCRIPTION:

Device: Jolla C2
Working version: 5.0.0.72
Broken version: 5.0.0.78, 5.1.0.11
Bluetooth device: AirPods 4

After upgrade, AirPods 4 pair and connect, but A2DP audio is silent.

PulseAudio shows the Bluetooth card and A2DP sink correctly. The active profile is a2dp_sink, the bluez_sink is created, and the sink goes RUNNING. Media playback and module-sine test streams attach to the Bluetooth sink. Sink and stream volumes are normal and unmuted, but no audio is heard.

autodetect_mtu=1 test did not help.

Gave it a shot and tried going to version 5.1.0.11, but it didn’t solve the problem either.

PRECONDITIONS:

SFOS version 5.0.0.77 and higher (for versions 5.0.0.73 and 5.0.0.76, I don’t have any details, but the last known working one was 5.0.0.72).

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Pair AirPods with an SFOS phone

  2. Check that headphones connected

  3. Try to play any sound/ringtone/media

EXPECTED RESULT:

Should be abled to hear media.

ACTUAL RESULT:

No audio is heard.

MODIFICATIONS:

No additional repos or apps, just stock applications from sailfish store.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Additional observations:

  • Both the Jolla C2 and Xperia 10 III display identical behaviour.
  • AirPods Gen 2 worked on Sony Xperia 10 III up to Sailfish OS 5.0.0.73.
  • The switch from AirPods Gen 2 to AirPods 4 on Sony Xperia 10 III happened around the same time as the Sailfish OS upgrade to 5.0.0.76.
  • I cannot confirm or deny whether AirPods 4 worked on 5.0.0.76, as the SFOS upgrade from 5.0.0.76 to 5.0.0.77 occurred close together (within a span of 3 days)
  • Sailfish OS 5.0.0.78, and 5.1.0.11 also does not work with AirPods 4.
  • Reloading module-bluez5-device with autodetect_mtu=1 did not help.
  • HSP/HFP mode does not create a usable Bluetooth sink.
  • The issue appears to be below PulseAudio routing/volume, likely in Bluetooth A2DP transport, codec handling, or device adaptation.
  • Tested it with the Sony WH-H910N, and everything worked great without any issues

Happy to do some more thorough testing on the Jolla C2, whether it’s by going back to an older version or trying out new builds.

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I have a similar issue on a Jolla Phone (2026) running Sailfish 5.2.0.17 with AirPods Pro 2. It worked one evening and then… stopped.

Did some debugging and everything seems fine on paper but no sound comes out. Other Bluetooth headsets work fine.

Rebooting or restarting services has no effect. The issue is present in both Sailfish OS apps and through Android AppSupport.

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I have been debugging this issue further and have found the culprit for my case. Which I think might match what @molly is experiencing.

The volume controls on the AirPods don’t impact Sailfish and work independently.

I got audible sound again after running:

pactl set-sink-volume bluez_sink.[device MAC].a2dp_sink 200%

Then I set it back to 100% and used the volume buttons on the AirPods to reach an acceptable volume.

The bug then becomes that Sailfish should pickup on the volume adjustments on the device and apply them to the general setting.

Just verified that my Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 have the same issue; volume button presses are independent of the OS setting.