Bluetooth Connection Error Already Exists

Crimson0087

Pi Model or other hardware: 4
Power Supply used: OEM power supply
RetroPie Version Used 4.7.1
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: Keyboard
Controller used: ps4 and 8bitdo
Error messages received:An error occurred connecting to the bluetooth device (Creating device failed: org.bluez.Error.AlreadyExists:already Exists)
Verbose log (if relevant):

Please help. I have tried all I know. I opened up the source of the configs document and deleted the controller config file. When I go back into reconnect I first check the list of connected devices. It states that there are no connected devices. I then try to reconnect the device and am faced with this error. It does this for 8bitdo and ps4. Please help

Crimson0087

Anyone? Please help if you can.

vatfr

Same issue here.

Completely stuck since I upgraded to 4.7.1... It was working totally fine before that :(((

I'm a beginner on Retropie and I don't know what to do to fix the issue :(

I tried to reinstall bluez etc. but nothing seems to work

moosefrmer

I was having this exact issue on my fresh 4.7.1 install/8bitdo controllers. It only occurred after I set it up once in the wrong mode or made some mistake - I cant remember exactly - removed the registered device and tried to re-pair.

Anyway, the way I got around it was by uninstalling the underlying bluez package. To fix, I did the following:

Uninstall bluez

sudo apt --autoremove purge bluez

Reinstall bluez

sudo apt install bluez

Reboot

After this, I went through pairing the devices again as if it were a fresh install and it worked wonderfully. I think you basically have one shot at pairing it correctly.

Anyway, this worked for me, hope it helps.

uanv18

@moosefrmer

This seems like the exact same problem I was having (trying to configure the 2nd controller after picking the wrong one the 1st time). I uninstalled and re-installed per these instructions and now I am not able to get any Bluetooth devices to even show up. Before it was giving me like 4 random Mac addresses + my computer in the other room. I will keep trying but, has this happened to you or anyone else here? Do you know if there is something else I can maybe try?

Thanks in advanced!

pyramid_scheme

Experiencing the same issue since updating to 4.7 (pi 4)

Previously I had working bluetooth but it seems to be messed up since the update.

I also tried removing bluez and reinstalling but now cannot see any bluetooth devices when scanning .

What's the fix guys? Would prefer to not re-image my SD card!