I’ve been fighting with my Sony WF-C510 for days.
I’ve tried it on Ubuntu, Debian, and Linux Mint. Same result every time: It connects successfully, but never shows up as an audio output device.
I even bought a USB Bluetooth dongle, thinking my laptop’s chipset was the problem… but nope. It still connects as a device, not a headset.
I’ve restarted Bluetooth services, switched from PulseAudio to PipeWire, and tried every “set-card-profile” trick from AI and forums, but nothing works.
Has anyone actually managed to get a Sony WF-C510 working properly on Linux?
It’s clear this is purely Sony’s fault for not caring about or supporting Linux drivers. Are they just ignoring the entire platform at this point?
Any workaround or success story would save my sanity.
Distros Tested: Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12-13, Mint 22 Issue: Connects, but no A2DP/HSP profile visible
I did that too, and I did it a lot of times. I uninstalled and reinstalled all the Bluetooth packages (BlueZ, PipeWire, and WirePlumber). Then I started the Bluetooth service manually from the terminal and paired the device through bluetoothctl, cleared the cache in /var/lib/bluetooth, and re-paired from scratch on different distros.
Still no luck, 🤷♂️ it connects every time, but it never shows up as a headset.
Make sure to properly reset the devices, both BT on desktop, not just unpair but removing past pairings, and headsets.
Also try pairing with something else, e.g. mobile.
Unfortunately as I don’t know why it worked I can’t help more than that, best of luck.