Bluetooth ear buds no battery info

hello all

System:    Kernel: 5.12.17-1-ck-zen2 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-ck-zen2 root=UUID=ce5da691-f89b-4cd8-b44f-90011d7f627a rw 
rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 resume=UUID=1c553e07-4c85-4cb4-845d-6e5ec3419d20 loglevel=3 
sysrq_always_enabled=1 mitigations=off 
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux 
base: Arch Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: MEDION product: E14304 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
Mobo: MEDION model: NS1xAR serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: A6R618_V0.17.2_M00P1T0G0 date: 12/24/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.5 Wh (98.9%) condition: 45.0/45.0 Wh (100.0%) volts: 11.6 min: N/A 
model: MEDION Li-ion Real Battery type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M570 serial: <filter> charge: 75% rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 4300U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen 2 family: 17 (23) 
model-id: 60 (96) stepping: 1 microcode: 8600106 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 21560 
Speed: 2491 MHz min/max: 1400/2700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2491 2: 3182 3: 2506 4: 3361 
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
Type: mds status: Not affected 
Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers 
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled 
Type: srbds status: Not affected 
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 
class-ID: 0300 
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting 
alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
Monitor-1: eDP res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x174mm (12.2x6.9") diag: 355mm (14") 
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.40.0 5.12.17-1-ck-zen2 LLVM 12.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.2 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 
class-ID: 0403 
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor driver: N/A 
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480 
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.6 
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.17-1-ck-zen2 running: yes 
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280 
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a 
class-ID: e001 
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.83 TiB used: 396.42 GiB (21.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket Q4 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: RKT40Q.2 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Generic model: SD MMC MS PRO size: 7.61 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 115.23 GiB size: 115.23 GiB (100.00%) used: 30.91 GiB (26.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 546 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.59 TiB size: 1.59 TiB (100.00%) used: 353.64 GiB (21.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 115.23 GiB size: 115.23 GiB (100.00%) used: 30.91 GiB (26.8%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 115.23 GiB size: 115.23 GiB (100.00%) used: 30.91 GiB (26.8%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 7.26 GiB used: 2.2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 306 Uptime: 2h 0m wakeups: 20 Memory: 7.26 GiB used: 4.1 GiB (56.4%) Init: systemd v: 249
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1479 lib: 358 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06

SoundPeats earbuds are not showing any battery info in KDE. not in notification area, nor in the system info - energy.
They do show in Android.
For instance Logitech mouse is shown,
all updated.
any ideas how to force the info to show up?

Did you search in arch wiki and in KDE/earbuds manuals?

E.g. (just guessing):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bluetooth_headset#Battery_level_reporting

I did, nothing specific

Thanks, I did that. system loads updated values.
no change.
No battery level mentioned in Battery nor in Bluetooth devices.

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Is your bluetooth a BT/Wifi combo unit on your Intel 3165 chip?

If so, this could be part of your problem as this is an old Intel chip no longer receiving updates and support from Intel.

I assume your Android device which works correctly is not using the same onboard chip.

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Yes, you are right, it is the 3165 chip.
Too bad they install it on the ryzen 3 board...
can updating the firmware help?

You can look on the Intel website for a newer firmware, but it is doubtful if you will find one.

there is an upgraded firmware inside the linux-firmware-iwlwifi-git from Aur. It causes system not to boot as it replaces linux-firmware and amd- ucode.