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Where is ET? Sep 29, 2022 @ 8:45pm

Bluetooth adapter not found

Bludtooth randomly stopped working today. The bluetooth icon in game mode is greyed out and inaccessible. When you go to desktop mode to bluetooth settings, it only says that no bluetooth adapters were found. Ive tried shutting down and turning back on, tried searching for an update.

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Grishnak Nov 27, 2022 @ 7:05pm

Exactly same situation here. Can't find an answer anywhere.

Where is ET? Nov 27, 2022 @ 7:44pm

Originally posted by Grishnak:
Exactly same situation here. Can't find an answer anywhere.

Unfortunately only bad news, I ended up doing an RMA.

Last edited by Where is ET?; Nov 27, 2022 @ 7:44pm

Ontaru Jan 13, 2023 @ 9:19am

Had the same, i just restarted the deck and everything went back to normal

tacosauce890 Jun 13, 2023 @ 12:07am

Had this issue today, was using my deck(docked), shut it down and went away for 2 hours, leaving it as is, came back and Bluetooth in desktop mode was there but non-responsive - menu said my keyboard and mouse were connected(Logitech Pebble mouse and K380 keyboard) but the devices didn't act like they were connected at all. Reboot to game mode, Bluetooth menus were totally gone, without rebooting I went to desktop and saw "no Bluetooth adapters found" and no BT tray icon. Started searching and did a complete shutdown again, gave it 5 minutes and restarted in game mode, suddenly Bluetooth was working like it never had a problem...
Dunno what caused it, dunno what fixed it, maybe this helps someone else - do a complete shutdown, wait 5 minutes, and try to start it up again, maybe it fixes it

On latest stock update as of 6/12/2023
OS Version 3.4.8
Build 20230508.1
Kernel 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune

owl.loverhoot Aug 27, 2023 @ 7:03pm

still no decent answer?

Where is ET? Aug 29, 2023 @ 3:36pm

Originally posted by owl.loverhoot:
still no decent answer?

Only thing that worked was RMA unfortunately.

owl.loverhoot Aug 29, 2023 @ 9:10pm

Originally posted by Where is ET?:
Originally posted by owl.loverhoot:
still no decent answer?

Only thing that worked was RMA unfortunately.

RMA?

bananapeehole Dec 20, 2023 @ 4:20am

RMA means Return merchandise authorization. They mean that they had to send their deck back. Ugh. That's not a good sign. I'm having the same issues. Weird. All I did last night was connect my Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Tried it with PS2 emulator. Didn't work on game, but once I left the game, controller worked. Woke up today and tried to fix it.... But I came across this "no Bluetooth Adapters found. Argh.

Last edited by bananapeehole; Dec 20, 2023 @ 4:21am

bananapeehole Dec 20, 2023 @ 8:31am

So, after just rebooting my steam deck everything was back as it should be.
- shrug -

Rokuz Jan 5 @ 12:35am

Hi guys, I also came across similar nonsense on my SteamDeck.
Rebooting didn't help me, but the following worked:
1) Turn on airplane mode;
2) Turn off (not restart) the Steam Deck;
2.1) Clap your hands;
3) Turn on the Steam Deck and turn off airplane mode.

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