Dell 7480 bluetooth not detected

in bluetooth options it tells me that no device found
how to intall the driver for bluetooth for my device?

please post the output of

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

first. use the option ā€œpreformatted textā€ (the 3 ticks) and paste it inside them

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inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width                                ī‚² 1 āœ˜ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.1-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
    root=UUID=94056c3c-7682-4647-ae52-62c2357c4be2 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=16903b87-9499-4dcb-907d-8ae397807ed4 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7480 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0CDXCF v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 1.32.1 date: 07/05/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 34.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 34.4/60.0 Wh (57.3%)
    volts: 8.3 min: 7.6 model: SMP DELL DM3WC64 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.64 GiB used: 4.46 GiB (58.4%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake
    gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 500 min/max: 400/3000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 500 2: 500 3: 500 4: 500 bogomips: 20004
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
    intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
    pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional,
    RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia HP Integrated Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6321
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 422x237mm (16.61x9.33")
    s-diag: 484mm (19.05") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x333d built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:1916 memory: 7.46 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: N/A device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
    device-ID: 8086:1916 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9d70 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.1-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.84 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
    status: active tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 67.65 GiB (28.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1
    size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HPS1NFAV temp: 22.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 59.8 GiB size: 58.56 GiB (97.93%) used: 13.83 GiB (23.6%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 94056c3c-7682-4647-ae52-62c2357c4be2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 400 MiB size: 399.2 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 22.6 MiB (5.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 723E-0A93
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 170.46 GiB size: 166.72 GiB (97.81%)
    used: 52.41 GiB (31.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
    label: N/A uuid: 06f345a5-0511-43fe-b7d8-9997a5430090
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 1.39 GiB (17.7%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 16903b87-9499-4dcb-907d-8ae397807ed4
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Microdia HP Integrated Webcam type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6321 class-ID: 0e02
  Device-2: 1-10:7 info: Broadcom 5880 type: smart card driver: N/A
    interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5834 class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C pch: 32.5 C mobo: 31.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 230 Uptime: 3h 54m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1347 libs: 376 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole
  inxi: 3.3.31

well i wonder a liffle bit, can you also post the output of

rfkill

a first step is to check your bios settings about any network/wireless options.
you have a combined wifi/bluetooth hardware-card. they should be recognized both and i wonder that wifi-part is detected while the bluetooth isnā€™t.
so check the bios-settings if there is something related disabled or set.

p.s.:
also check if there are physical switches or key-combinations to activate/deactivate at the laptop and the ā€œtravel/fly-modeā€.

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rfkill                                                                                 ī‚² āœ” 
ID TYPE DEVICE         SOFT      HARD
 0 wlan dell-wifi unblocked unblocked
 1 wlan phy0      unblocked unblocked

Do you know if Bluetooth has ever worked on the device? Some Dell Latitude 7480s were sold with Bluetooth deactivated at the firmware level as required for security reasons by some companies and government agencies. Bluetooth may also have been an optional choice for anyone purchasing online from Dell. You havenā€™t mentioned if the device is new or had a previous owner, but you may want to check in the BIOS to see if Bluetooth can be activated, or if it is greyed out & not possible to activate.

I found this out via this topic at Dell: ā€ŽLatitude 7480 Bluetooth | DELL Technologies

Sadly, the solution in that case was:

Hey guys,

Iā€™ve made a few inquiries and it turns out that the Bluetooth is disabled at a firmware level. As you mentioned in one your posts itā€™s aimed at customers in specialized areas where Bluetooth isnā€™t allowed. Iā€™m afraid that only hardware replacement will resolve this.

If Bluetooth has been deactivated on the motherboard, maybe a USB Bluetooth dongle might be a possible solution?

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