That's not /really/ helpful anyway. You'd have installed an extra application, for a wholly unrelated issue, and still have to set the profile to A2DP yourself.
Alistair, there are messages in your logs that seem to point to a firmware issue: Nov 26 16:56:25 albatross bluetoothd[1010]: Unable to get io data for Headset Voice gateway: getpeername: Transport endpoint is not connected (107) Furthermore, I see some slightly unusual messages that point to an issue with the firmware (usually) as well: Nov 26 14:45:14 albatross kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0 Nov 26 14:45:14 albatross kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0 Nov 26 14:45:14 albatross kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0 Nov 26 14:45:14 albatross kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 0 Nov 26 14:45:14 albatross kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 257 Nov 26 14:45:14 albatross kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: SCO packet for unknown connection handle 257 It's possible the hardware gets confused by losing the connection that was initially there. I realize this might not be /so/ helpful, but have you also tried with another model of bluetooth headphones, assuming you have something available? Please see if you can attach the full contents of /var/log/syslog after reproducing the issue (with a different model or with the usual Sonys); once you've made sure that it doesn't contain sensitive data. I'd need to know when you started each attempt so we can see exactly how the system reacts to it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854392 Title: Bluetooth headphones won't use A2DP on reconnect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/1854392/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs