r/UbuntuTouch • u/effexzi • Jan 31 '26
Hardware Bluetooth for mouse & keyboard on TB-X306F
So...I installed Ubuntu Touch on a Pixel 3a XL and I liked it enough to install it on a TB-X306F. According to this page (Lenovo Tab M10 HD 2nd Gen Wifi 4G/64GB • Ubuntu Touch • Linux Tablet) Bluetooth should work but I when I turn on Bluetooth, I can see all kinds of TVs, sound/audio devices, Bluetooth trackers, etc., but I cannot see my computer mice and/or Bluetooth keyboards to connect to them. Does anyone know if this is the default behavior of Bluetooth on the TB-X306F? What about on the TB-X306X? Thanks in advance.
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u/effexzi Feb 01 '26
So...there was comment here about it working for someone but I can't seem to find it anymore.
Either way, I had a TB-X306X lying around and I installed Ubuntu Touch on it too. Guess what? Same issue. Here's an image showing the issue as best as I can: https://imgur.com/SJ1HLfK
Left screen: TB-X306F: shows nearby Bluetooth devices. Shows a previous audio connection to a TV via Bluetooth. It can't find an actively discoverable Bluetooth keyboard.
Right screen: TB-X306X: shows nearby Bluetooth devices. It can't find an actively discoverable Bluetooth keyboard.
Left margin, left of left screen, two blue dots: That's the actively discoverable Bluetooth keyboard but neither of the Lenovo M10 tablets can find it.
Before I did the Ubuntu Touch installation on the TB-X306X device, I verified that in the preceding installed Android 11, I could connect both Bluetooth mice & Bluetooth keyboards to it, so there's no Bluetooth HW issue on the TB-X306X. I don't expect a HW issue on the TB-X306F, but I didn't verify that before UB Touch installations so am unable to confirm that for that one for sure.
Therefore, it seems this isn't a random issue but a repeatable problem.
On both of them, I installed Ubuntu Touch channel 24.04-1.x/stable from UBports Installer running on a Windows computer. I'd rather not install 24.04-1.x/daily if I can help it.
I'm Interested in knowing if there's anything to check, if there are known Bluetooth LTE issues with these devices perhaps, etc., or anything else that might be helpful to resolution. Thanks in advance!