Bluetooth file transfer with terminal

ftmazzone

Hello

I am facing the same issue than @thomasf with bluetooth file transfer as the Bluetooth File Transfer app disappeared. I've tried with ObexFTP but it seems that it is not installed per default.

Is there a way to transfer files using the terminal and a transfer utility ?

ftmazzone

Hello

I've managed to send a file using Bluetooth. First to get bluetooth running again, I've reset the device.
After this, bluetooth service worked again normally.

As advised by @gpatel-fr, I've installed bt-obex using crackle.

crackle install bluez-tools

I've then opened 3 Terminal tabs to run these tasks in parallel:

Terminal 1

# To find the Android phone receiving the file
bluetoothctl
scan on 
# Find and copy the MAC address of the Android bluetooth adapter to paste it in terminal 3

Terminal 2

# Start the obexd tool
/usr/libexec/bluetooth/obexd

Terminal 3

# Make sure that the Android bluetooth device is discoverable
# Send the file with bt-obex
bt-obex -p [MAC address of the Android bluetooth adapter] /tmp/test-bluetooth.txt

On the Android device, make sure that you accept receiving the file from the Ubuntu Touch device and check that the content is sucessfully received.

gpatel-fr

@ftmazzone said in Bluetooth file transfer with terminal:

I've tried with ObexFTP but it seems that it is not installed per default.

Hello

sorry but what you say is not entirely clear... If the problem is that it's not installed, how did you manage to try it ?
If the problem IS that you could not install it, try to setup crackle, a tool that will allow you to use the nix library from which your tool is available:

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ crackle install obexftp
Installing obexftp... done!
Activating... done!
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ obexftp
Nothing to do. Use --help for help.

As the bluez daemon seems to be installed already, maybe it will work for you. I don't think I have the necessary hardware (another bluetooth device capable of storage) to test it myself.
If yes, don't forget to report back !

ftmazzone

Hello @gpatel-fr

Thanks for your help to install ObexFTP, this worked. However I was unable to pair to a bluetooth device using bluetoothctl. As soon, as I activate the scan scan on, the bluetooth of the device is deactived.

ftmazzone

Hello

I've managed to send a file using Bluetooth. First to get bluetooth running again, I've reset the device.
After this, bluetooth service worked again normally.

As advised by @gpatel-fr, I've installed bt-obex using crackle.

crackle install bluez-tools

I've then opened 3 Terminal tabs to run these tasks in parallel:

Terminal 1

# To find the Android phone receiving the file
bluetoothctl
scan on 
# Find and copy the MAC address of the Android bluetooth adapter to paste it in terminal 3

Terminal 2

# Start the obexd tool
/usr/libexec/bluetooth/obexd

Terminal 3

# Make sure that the Android bluetooth device is discoverable
# Send the file with bt-obex
bt-obex -p [MAC address of the Android bluetooth adapter] /tmp/test-bluetooth.txt

On the Android device, make sure that you accept receiving the file from the Ubuntu Touch device and check that the content is sucessfully received.