Bluetooth Tracking (Samsung)

Configuration
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I’m currently trying to track in devices (in this case a Samsung Galaxy S21) with Bluetooth.
Unfortunately I can’t do that. It will never be found.
I tested both bluetooth_tracker and bluetooth_le_tracker.

The config looks like this:

bluetooth:
  device_tracker:
    - platform: bluetooth_le_tracker
      track_new_devices: false
      interval_seconds: 30
      consider_home: 10

The Devices yaml looks like this:

samsung_handy:
  name: "Samsung Handy"
  mac: "BT_F0:CD:31:9C:7E:4F"
  icon: "mdi:cellphone"
  track: true
  hide_if_away: false

Have any of you ever done this? Would be very grateful for some help.
PS: I can’t track the phone via the app and the phone isn’t on WiFi either.

2

The above looks incorrect.
Usually mac addresses are just pairs of hex and colons. T is not part of hex and not underscore either.

3

According to the documentation, the prefix “BT_” must be included in Bluetooth. However, I have already tried this with and without BT. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work.

4

I am using BLE transmitter from companion app with esphome BLE trackers around the rooms. If you just want to use Home Assistant OS BLE, you can also use Bluetooth LE Tracker.

5

That’s exactly what I would like to do. I just didn’t manage to track a Samsung phone. Can I motivate you to test it out and see if it works for you?

6

For me, after enabling it companion app, using Passive BLE monitor custom integration works perfectly.

I added manually UUID into integration and it tracks if it can receive the BLE signal or not (assuming you have Bluetooth controller)