Bluetooth - How to browse files on a device?

It might sound stupid, but I don't know how to browse files on my device (phone) connected to Ubuntu machine via Bluetooth. I see that the connection is established, I can send files from my computer to the phone, but just can't seem to find how to browse the phone's file system.

I should mention that my Bluetooth adapter is Foxconn / Hon Hai, which hasn't been supported in Linux until recently. However, now I'm able to pair my phone with the computer, and to send files from my computer to the phone. What's not working is sending files from the phone to the computer and browsing phone files on the computer.

The reason why I'm asking this question is actually to check whether my Bluetooth adapter is still not fully supported, or I just don't know how to use it properly.

Solution 1:

1. Create a folder in `/media/mountpoint with root rights
2. Install obexfs
3. pair the phone with the PC

4. Get the device MAC and mount it with obexfs:

   sudo mkdir /media/mountpoint
   sudo apt-get install obexfs
   hcitool scan
   

Scanning ...

8F:77:17:77:44:16 My Android Phone

obexfs -b 8F:77:17:77:44:16 /mountpoint

To unmount the device:

fusermount -u /mountpoint 

Solution 2:

ok then try this:

test before, if your usb dongle was recognized you test it with this command:

lsusb | grep Bluetooth 

if you get this message, its successfuly recognized:

Bus 003 Device 004: ID 1310:0001 Roper Class 1 Bluetooth Dongle

then install an another browser for ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install bluez-utils libopenobex1 bluez-tools 

after the installation, you must restart the bluetooth dongle with this command:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart 

or with this command

sudo service bluetooth restart 

Details of the Bluetooth device is obtained with the command:

hciconfig --all 

if all is ok, install bluetooth applet

Solution 3:

Have a look to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Blueman and install the packages obexftp and obexfs.

Mounting Bluetooth devices

The instructions below describe a method for using different file managers with Blueman. The examples in this section focus on Thunar. If you are using a different file manager, substitute thunar with the name of the file manager you are using.

Create a file obex_thunar.sh with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
[ ! -d ~/Bluetooth ] && mkdir ~/Bluetooth   
fusermount -u ~/Bluetooth
obexfs -b $1 ~/Bluetooth
thunar ~/Bluetooth

Now you will need to move the script to an appropriate location (e.g., /usr/local/bin). After that, mark it as executable with

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/obex_thunar.sh

The last step is to change the line in

Blueman tray icon → Local Services → Transfer → Advanced

to obex_thunar.sh %d. Done.