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I have an mpow M5 bluetooth earbuds. They work flawlessly on my Oneplus 6 android device, using Android 10. But when I connect to my notebook using ubuntu 18.04 and open audio settings it won't recognize my bluetooth earbuds microphone. I tried installing blueman and pairing the earbuds from there but no success either. What am I missing?

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After a lot of research and bumping my head, I decided to try out a bluetooth dongle, and manage to get it working. here's what I did:

  • I bought an Orico 5.0 bluetooth dongle.

  • list usb devices using lsusb command. In my case I found this:

Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0bda:8771 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bluetooth Radio
  • download xmpow bluetooth BH519A dongle drivers from this site. Apparently their dongle uses the same firmware as Orico's.

  • install it and reboot your computer, then you are good to go