Broken pairing, no connection with Bluetooth car kit [10 III, 4.4.0.68]

It is in bluez5-tools. Install with

devel-su
pkcon install bluez5-tools

Then start it (with root priviledges, i.e. after devel-su) with bluetoothctl

Then use the following commands:

scan on - to start scanning

When the car kit is discovered (its MAC address and name will be shown) type

pair [MAC address] to start pairing

then

trust [MAC address] to make the car kit a trusted device

and finally, if it disconnects and does not reconnect automatically

connect [MAC address] to reconnect, at which point it should discover and list UUIDs of your car kit’s Bluetooth profiles.

Then just leave it for a few minutes to synchronize data. Check after a few minutes in the car kit if there is phone book synced, if not, turn off the car kit (e.g. by removing the key in your car) or Bluetooth on the phone, then turn it on again and let them reconnect and do the sync by themselves.

As I wrote, in my case it required proper order and timing, so you may need to give it a few tries. Monitor blutoothctl’s output for whether the devices connect and stay connected during the process. If they disconnect, quickly reconnect them using connect [MAC address] before the car kit assumes timeout and cancels the pairing…

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