Comment 49 for bug 879923

sudo hciconfig hci0 sspmode 0 isn't solution for me as it's (the sspmode) not supported by my Bluetooth chip.
I can pair the devices but all file transfers will fail regardless of direction. The connection will just timeout.

The Bluetooth HW is 0a5c:201e Broadcom Corp. IBM Integrated Bluetooth IV on a IBM Thinkpad X41.

Tested with Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.3.7), ZTE Blade (Android 2.2), Huawei Ideos X5 (Android 2.2) and Nokia N82 (S60) - similar results for all.

I suspect this is HW specific as file transfer to / from desktop computer with external Bluetooth dongle (ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)) works ok with the same phones.

Mar 6 00:31:52 X41 bluetoothd[21676]: Stopping discovery
Mar 6 00:32:32 X41 bluetoothd[21676]: 98:F5:37:8B:DF:AA: error updating services: Connection timed out (110)
Mar 6 00:32:32 X41 kernel: [91110.846866] hci_link_tx_to: hci0 link tx timeout
Mar 6 00:32:32 X41 kernel: [91110.846874] hci_link_tx_to: hci0 killing stalled connection 98:F5:37:8B:DF:AA
Mar 6 00:32:32 X41 bluetoothd[21676]: 98:F5:37:8B:DF:AA: error updating services: Software caused connection abort (103)

That's typical log output for failed file transfer attempt.

I can do further tests if instructed.