No audio on paired Bluetooth headsets

Since the ICS update months ago, I have had Bluetooth headset audio issues. Trying both my original headset and a brand new headset, I can pair successfully. But neither headset has any audio - I cannot hear anything and no one can hear me. I have tried both headsets with another phone and both work great.
I have done multiple hard resets. Nothing helps. Any suggestions?

I also have a Bluetooth OBD II device to read status from my cars. It works just fine on multiple vehicles. It pairs and gives real time data without issue. So it's not a Bluetooth general issue but specific to audio.

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OK, I have the two following pieces of hardware:
Motorola H350 Headset
ASUS Bluetooth USB Dongle, using a CSR radio
I'm trying to use btsco to use my bluetooth headset. I haven't gotten it to work yet. What I'm posting here is what I'm doing, my config files: and the results I get.
/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf:
# RFCOMM configuration file.
rfcomm0 {
# Automatically bind the device at startup
bind yes;
# Bluetooth address of the device
device 00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9;
# RFCOMM channel for the connection
channel 1;
# Description of the connection
comment "Motorola H350 Headset";
/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
# HCI daemon configuration file.
# HCId options
options {
# Automatically initialize new devices
autoinit yes;
# Security Manager mode
# none - Security manager disabled
# auto - Use local PIN for incoming connections
# user - Always ask user for a PIN
security auto;
# Pairing mode
# none - Pairing disabled
# multi - Allow pairing with already paired devices
# once - Pair once and deny successive attempts
pairing multi;
# Default PIN code for incoming connections
passkey "0000";
# Default settings for HCI devices
device {
# Local device name
# %d - device id
# %h - host name
name "BlueZ (%d)";
# Local device class
class 0x3e0100;
# Default packet type
#pkt_type DH1,DM1,HV1;
# Inquiry and Page scan
iscan enable; pscan enable;
# Default link mode
# none - no specific policy
# accept - always accept incoming connections
# master - become master on incoming connections,
# deny role switch on outgoing connections
lm accept;
# Default link policy
# none - no specific policy
# rswitch - allow role switch
# hold - allow hold mode
# sniff - allow sniff mode
# park - allow park mode
lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park;
I anonymized the MAC of the Bluetooth headset because otherwise, somebody would probably yell at me for the security vulnerability. Because with that MAC, someone could uh ..... they could ...... uhm ...... well I anonymized it anyways.
So without further ado, here's what I do to try and get my bluetooth headset going:
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# lsmod | grep ^snd_bt_sco
snd_bt_sco 14028 0
[root@yvonne bluetooth]#
That ensures I've got the appropriate module loaded.
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# ps ax | fgrep "hcid
> dbus"
2987 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
3000 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/hcid -f /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
3494 tty1 S 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
3495 ? Ss 0:00 dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8 --print-address 6 --
4758 pts/4 R+ 0:00 grep -F hcid?dbus
[root@yvonne bluetooth]#
I've got HCID going, with DBus started first (read up about that on the forums)
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# rm /var/lib/bluetooth/00:08:2B:03:68:D2/linkkeys && touch /var/lib/bluetooth/00:11:1B:09:31:E5/linkkeys
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9 Motorola H350
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# btsco -v 00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9
btsco v0.42
Device is 1:0
Voice setting: 0x0060
Can't connect RFCOMM channel: Connection refused
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# rfcomm connect 00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9
Can't connect RFCOMM socket: Connection refused
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# rm /var/lib/bluetooth/08:08:1C:91:71:D2/linkkeys && touch /var/lib/bluetooth/00:08:D2:44:35:D2/linkkeys
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9 Motorola H350
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# hcitool cc 00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9
[root@yvonne bluetooth]# btsco -v 00:0C:55:AA:A3:A9
btsco v0.42
Device is 1:0
Voice setting: 0x0060
Can't connect RFCOMM channel: Connection refused
[root@yvonne bluetooth]#
Note that each time after I wipe out the keys from /var/lib/bluetooth, I'm putting the headset back into pairing mode by holding down its "phone" button.
So I'm kind of at the end of my rope here. Something is going wrong during pairing, but what is it? dmesg isn't giving me any clues here either. Is the PIN not getting transmitted properly or something?[/code]

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But somehow I found a way, and now it works. I had to do some things not documented anywhere, excepte from some obscure places from 2003 etc.
The most significant problem I encountered was that my phone would never find my computer, even though I set pscan and iscan enabled.
Here's a line of code I found that fixed the problem for me. It could work for you too, since your problem looks exactly like the things I saw when the phone couldn't see my computer.
dbus-send --system --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/hci0
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