1.1.7.28 Bluetooth Tethering via Connman no longer supported

asked 2015-09-09 18:56:29 +0300

moofang
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updated 2015-12-15 09:18:14 +0300

c.la
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Bluetooth tethering used to work on Jolla via the "Tethering" app (https://github.com/jlehtoranta/harbour-tethering-gui), but no longer works since 1.1.7.28. This is already reported to the app developer (https://github.com/jlehtoranta/harbour-tethering-gui/issues/4) but I took a look at the app code and realized it is only a frontend that makes dbus calls to connman, and that the problem appears to be at connman - and thus probably system level rather than a problem with the "Tethering" app itself. Specifically, attempting to enable "Tethering" for bluetooth with Connman via dbus, eg

dbus-send --system --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=net.connman /net/connman/technology/bluetooth net.connman.Technology.SetProperty string:Tethering variant:boolean:true

Now returns

Error net.connman.Error.NotSupported: Not supported

Has something changed with connman or with the bluetooth driver or something in 1.1.7.28?

As bluetooth tethering is a really valuable feature for me (and I'm sure many other people), I would greatly appreciate it if someone could take a look and see if this can be properly diagnosed and fixed up :)

EDIT 2015-12-15 by c.la: this topic will be discussed on Dec, 17th Jolla Community meeting. If you plan to attend please edit the post and add your name in the list of substitutes in case I can't show up (50% chance atm)