# Can't enable HSP/HFP in bluetooth headphones **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-enable-hsp-hfp-in-bluetooth-headphones/16296 "2021-08-02T16:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-enable-hsp-hfp-in-bluetooth-headphones/16296/13 "2021-08-02T20:49:42Z")
This may not help you at all, if any, but please do check out my post that I had last month about my own bluetooth issues here: [Bluetooth Doesn't Connect on Fresh Gnome Install](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/bluetooth-doesnt-connect-on-fresh-gnome-install/15496) Essentially, I couldn’t get it to work, so I did a clean install, updated the system with `pacman -Syu` and did only these two commands: **sudo pacman -S --needed bluez bluez-utils pulseaudio-bluetooth** **sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth** And somehow it just started working. I wish I could explain why. All I can say is sometimes certain bluetooth devices are a hit or miss and unfortunately there isn’t a simple, quick fix for every issues, sometimes it’s down on the kernel level, other times it’s with one of the bluetooth packages. I don’t know how you feel about a clean install (that’s like a last resort option), but it may be something to consider as in my case I needed bluetooth to work since that was a deal breaker for me. I wish I could provide more help! But I hope my suggestion may be of value if you get to that point. Good luck for now! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-enable-hsp-hfp-in-bluetooth-headphones/16296)._