How to enable hard-blocked bluetooth in Thinkpad Edge 320

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Published on 2012-08-26T18:54:48Z Indexed on 2012/09/08 15:50 UTC
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I'm trying to use the built-in bluetooth device of my Lenovo Thinkpad E320. It seems to be hard blocked, but i can't find any possibility to unblock it.

rfkill list returns:

0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth   
Soft blocked: yes   
Hard blocked:yes

cat /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth returns:

status:     disabled
commands:   enable, disable

I tried to enable it by:

  • Pressing Fn+F9 (Radio controll)
  • echo enable | tee /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
  • rfkill unblock bluetooth
  • Trough the BIOS. But it's not mentioned at all

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