Pairing a Samsung Galaxy A8 2018 to play Audio from the phone

[onedayfly970]

Hello,

i've sucessfully installed the picoreplayer 7. The picoreplayer is able to play music from the folder. Also Interradio is playing. Now i tried the whole day to connnect my Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) to the picorePlayer. in my Phone i have conected the Picoreplayer. When i click on it, it will a short time the sentence "connectes for Audio" appear, but it is going away very fast and nothing happens.

When i tried to pair the phone, the phone will apear in the webplugin. If i clikc to "connect" in the section "Currently Paired Devices" the symbol will turn green. When i click to "save" the symbol will be red.

I use a Raspberry Zero w with a hifiberry DAC/Zero/min amp.



Here is the Bluetooth log:



pCP Bluetooth extension build:0014
Starting BT Controller
bcm43xx_init
Flash firmware /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM43430A1.hcd
Set BDADDR UART: b8:27:eb:18:be:ca
Set Controller UART speed to 3000000 bit/s
Device setup complete
RPi Bluetooth Hardware Address: B8:27:EB:18:BE:CA
Starting pCP BT Pairing Agent
BT Controller Ready
12-25 22:43 CET INFO ------------Starting pCP BT Speaker Daemon v7.0.0.0014------------
12-25 22:43 CET INFO Resetting asound.conf.
12-25 22:43 CET INFO Removing bt_ from asound.conf
12-25 22:43 CET INFO Current contents of /usr/local/etc/pcp/pcp-bt.conf.
12-25 22:43 CET INFO 68:5A:CF:93:05:30#Galaxy A8#10000#1
12-25 22:43 CET DEBUG PCM Devices found dbus.Dictionary({}, signature=dbus.Signature('oa{sv}'))
12-25 22:43 CET INFO Starting connection signal handlers.
12-25 22:45 CET INFO ---- Caught Connect signal ----
12-25 22:45 CET DEBUG /org/bluealsa/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30/a2dpsnk/source
12-25 22:45 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:45 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:45 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:45 CET INFO Galaxy A8 connected in Player/Streamer mode, but we are expecting it to be a Speaker.
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Attempting to disconnect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Sink
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Attempting to connect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Source
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Error connecting profile: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable: Operation currently not available
12-25 22:46 CET INFO ---- Caught Disconnect signal ----
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:46 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:46 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:46 CET INFO ---- Caught Connect signal ----
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG /org/bluealsa/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30/a2dpsnk/source
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:46 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:46 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Galaxy A8 connected in Player/Streamer mode, but we are expecting it to be a Speaker.
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Attempting to disconnect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Sink
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Attempting to connect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Source
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Error connecting profile: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable: Operation currently not available
12-25 22:46 CET INFO ---- Caught Disconnect signal ----
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:46 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:46 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:46 CET INFO ---- Caught Connect signal ----
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG /org/bluealsa/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30/a2dpsnk/source
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:46 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:46 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Galaxy A8 connected in Player/Streamer mode, but we are expecting it to be a Speaker.
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Attempting to disconnect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Sink
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Attempting to connect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Source
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Error connecting profile: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable: Operation currently not available
12-25 22:46 CET INFO ---- Caught Disconnect signal ----
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:46 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:46 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:46 CET INFO ------------Starting pCP BT Speaker Daemon v7.0.0.0014------------
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Resetting asound.conf.
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Removing bt_ from asound.conf
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Current contents of /usr/local/etc/pcp/pcp-bt.conf.
12-25 22:46 CET INFO 68:5A:CF:93:05:30#Galaxy A8#10000#1
12-25 22:46 CET DEBUG PCM Devices found dbus.Dictionary({}, signature=dbus.Signature('oa{sv}'))
12-25 22:46 CET INFO Starting connection signal handlers.
12-25 22:49 CET INFO ---- Caught Connect signal ----
12-25 22:49 CET DEBUG /org/bluealsa/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30/a2dpsnk/source
12-25 22:49 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:49 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:49 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk
12-25 22:49 CET INFO Galaxy A8 connected in Player/Streamer mode, but we are expecting it to be a Speaker.
12-25 22:49 CET INFO Attempting to disconnect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Sink
12-25 22:49 CET INFO Attempting to connect Node: /org/bluez/hci0/dev_68_5A_CF_93_05_30, profile:A2DP Source
12-25 22:49 CET INFO Error connecting profile: org.bluez.Error.NotAvailable: Operation currently not available
12-25 22:49 CET INFO ---- Caught Disconnect signal ----
12-25 22:49 CET DEBUG HCI:hci0
12-25 22:49 CET INFO MAC:68:5A:CF:93:05:30
12-25 22:49 CET INFO TRANSPORT:a2dpsnk

I'Ve searched a lot, with no conclusion to solve the problem.
I tried to connect an edimax wlan dongle to the rpi zero w und treied to turn off the builtin wlan, but the rpi will not accept the dongle. The blue light will not flash...

Sorry for my english.

Does anbody can help me?

Thanks

[onedayfly970]

I've tested too pair an old Iphone 3G. This phone will conect to the picoreplayer. Also in the bluetooth section "Currently Paired Devices" the symbol is green. The connection to a Samunsung Galaxy S9 will work. The picoreplayer is playing music via buletooth. :-)

Only the Galaxy A8 will not work :-(

If i click on the smartphone on the picoreplayer, the smartphone give me the information, that he will try to connect. A little bit late the phone tell me, that the phone is connected for audio and the symbol turns blue. A few sesonds later the symbol on the smartphone will turn black and the smartphone looses the connection.

The difference between A8 and S9 is:
One UI-Version A8 1.0 - S9 2.5
Android Version A8 9 - S9 10

It seems to be a problem of the Galaxy A8. Does anbody have a solution to solve the problem?

Thx.

[jimbobs]

As a beginner myself, I'm not sure that this addresses your question at all.

I'm running Squeezer on a Samsung A5 to control my music and it works just fine. It uses wi-fi connectivity rather than Bluetooth. I wonder if your issue could be related to the Bluetooth profiles for each device?