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I have a problem when I send my files from phone to ubuntu 12.04 via bluetooth as the phone prompts with the message "the file not sent"! I can send any files from ubuntu 12.04 to my android phone.

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Go to Dash Home search for personal file sharing. If you don't have Unity installed, you can open the program from a terminal with typing gnome-file-share-properties in it.

Ubuntu Personal File Sharing Bluetooth

At the bottom of the box enable Receive files in downloads folder over bluetooth also enable Notify about received file then you're good to go :)

Personal File Sharing Application Ubuntu Bluetooth Sharing

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Iain Wrethman
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[Updated answer tested on Ubuntu 20.04]

I have found that simply installing blueman and using the blueman applet works well:

  1. First, pair your device using the system default bluetooth menu.

  2. Install blueman:

    sudo apt-get install blueman

  3. Run the applet:

    /usr/bin/blueman-applet

  4. Click on the new bluetooth applet indicator and select Local Services from the menu.

  5. Tic the box for Accept files from trusted devices > select a default destination folder > and then click Apply.

screenshot of the popup window for the Local Services options with the box ticked for Accept files from trusted devices. you also need to select a destination directory at this point or it will not allow you to click apply (not shown).

  1. Go back to the [other] system default bluetooth menu > hover your mouse cursor over your Phone/device > and toggle Connection before you send the file to Ubuntu.

screenshot showing the dropdown menu from the default system bluetooth menu with the mouse cursor hovered over the phone/device and the switch is toggled for "Connection"

Sharing from your phone should "just work".

NOTE: If the phone tries to send, but immediately fails, it may be a folder-permissions issue. Files sent via bluetooth are downloaded temporarily to ~/.cache/obexd, and if the owner/permissions of this folder aren't set correctly, the files can't be downloaded there and the transfer fails. Changing the folder's ownership and/or permissions so that your non-root account has read/write access to it should fix the problem.

[Original answer:]

For non-gnome/unity desktop-environments (Xmonad, XFCE, LXDE, etc.), the following works (tested on 15.04):

  1. Make sure you have the necessary dependencies installed:

    sudo apt-get install obex-data-server gnome-user-share

  2. Run gnome-file-share-properties from the command-line, and make sure Receive files in downloads folder over bluetooth and Notify about received file are enabled.

  3. Create a file ~/bin/start-bluetooth-listener which contains the following (the order is important):

    #!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/obex-data-server
/usr/lib/gnome-user-share/gnome-user-share &

    (create the~/bin directory first if it doesn't already exist)

  4. Make the file executable:

    chmod +x ~/bin/start-bluetooth-listener

  5. Either manually run the ~/bin/start-bluetooth-listener script, or set up your desktop-environment to automatically run the script when you log-in (e.g. in XFCE, via the xfce4-session-settings tool).

Now if you try to send a file from your phone to your paired computer via bluetooth, it should work, and pop up a notification window after the file has been received.

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Bluetooth Settings on Ubuntu 20.04

On Ubuntu 20.04, remember that you have to keep the Bluetooth Settings open in order to receive files, otherwise Ubuntu will reject all transfers.

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go to bluetooth sittings and pair your device and choose the device that you want to send or connect audio speaker set shown and put sign on ( use your phone as, and send or play music

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