Dobrica Pavlinušić's random unstructured stuff
Ubertooth One: Revision 2

https://greatscottgadgets.com/ubertoothone/

https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/ubertooth

dpavlin@nuc:~$ lsusb -d 1d50:6002
Bus 002 Device 015: ID 1d50:6002 OpenMoko, Inc. Ubertooth One

install

https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/ubertooth/wiki/Build-Guide

dpavlin@nuc:~$ sudo apt install ubertooth

dpavlin@nuc:~$ sudo ubertooth-util -vV
Firmware version: 2012-10-R1 (API:1.00)
control message unsupported
error: -9

very old firmware, let's upgrade it

dpavlin@nuc:~$ sudo ubertooth-dfu -d /usr/share/ubertooth/firmware/bluetooth_rxtx.dfu -r
libUSB Error: Input/Output Error:  (-1)
Switching to DFU mode...
Checking firmware signature
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libUSB Error: Input/Output Error:  (-1

# reset failed, plugin out, plug in

dpavlin@nuc:~$ sudo ubertooth-util -vV
Firmware version: 2018-12-R1 (API:1.06)
ubertooth 2018-12-R1 (user@localhost)