BlueToolFixup has known issues with macOS 12+

[dhinakg]

As detailed in acidanthera/bugtracker#1669, Apple has been actively working on the Bluetooth stack in macOS Monterey. Recent betas have broken the approach BlueToolFixup used to enable Bluetooth for non-native Broadcom and Intel chipsets. There are several known issues:

• transport-encoding no longer works to change the transport type
  • Transport type is also dependent on SMBIOS in some cases (ref)
  • Even though it does not affect the transport type anymore, setting transport-encoding still has adverse effects for unknown reasons
  • Specifically seen to break power cycling BCM20702 (non-PatchRAM) on legacy Macs
• bluetoothd now has several checks that raise issues
  • With Beta 10, any vendor that is not Broadcom or CSR is ignored
  • Certain checks cause bluetoothd to take different codepaths which may or may not be supported for the specific chipset

If you are experiencing issues with Bluetooth on Monterey, please post here (do not create a separate issue) and make sure to include:

• your motherboard/laptop/Mac model
• the specific Bluetooth chipset you have
• an IOReg

[BrandTime]

ASUS K550J, OS Version: Monterey beta 10 (21A5552a), MacBookPro11,4 Bluetooth: BCM94360HMB MacBook Pro.ioreg.zip

Can't turn on Bluetooth, Seems to fit this issue (With Beta 10, any vendor that is not Broadcom or CSR is ignored).

[MaximeH38]

ASUS K550LX, OS Version: Monterey beta 10 (21A5552a), MacBookAir7,2 WiFi/Bluetooth Combo: BCM94352HMB / BCM20702A0 Bluetooth is on but I can't send files to my iPhone, only receive. Handoff works only one side. iPhone -> Mac My bluetooth card is not recognised like a Broadcom???? I have attached my ioreg and a screen of my Bluetooth section in System Information

MacBook Air de Maxime IOReg.zip

[grivenDE]

I have the exact same behavior as MaximeH38.

Laptop: Thinkpad S240 Yoga (Yoga S1) WiFi/Bluetooth Combo: BCM94352HMB / BCM20702A0 (DW1550) OS Version: Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558) SMBIOS: MacBookPro 14,1

Card is recognized as "THIRD_PARTY_DONGLE" as well and I experience the same restrictions as MaximeH38

[dMatik02]

ASUS X99 DELUXE, OS Version: Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558), iMacPro 1.1 SMBIOS Azurewave (4360/20702 combo) with BCM20702A1 [0b05:180a] Airdrop/Handoff works only one way (iPhone to Hack/Real Macbook to Hack), if i turn off bluetooth can't turn it back on untill I run " sudo killall -9 BlueTool bluetoothd " terminal comand or restart the hack. From beta 10 i'm using new BlueToolFixup with the bypass vendor check patch. Bluetooth Headphones connect and work.

Dacian's iMac Pro.zip

Thank you for your time and work !

[tsurugiugsr]

Dell G5 5587 laptop using SMBIOS MacbookPro 15,3 Dw1820a and dw1560 never worked right Before monterey beta10 system report showed this AirDrop and Handoff only worked in one-way. And on B10 with bypassed vendor BluetoolFixup And they won’t connect to any Bluetooth devices.DW1560 can't even scan. Both cards have USBPorts mapped IOReg.zip .

[texem]

is this thread for formerly natively working BCM94360CS2 as well ? I never had issues and requirements for any (fixup) kexts but wake from sleep BT is down since 12.0b7 up to now.

z390pro / SMBIOS imacpro 1.1 Module is shown normally in Sysinfo.

[Edwardwich]

laptop = hp-da1023nia i5 8265u I have Wireless n7265 bluetooth 0.0A2A I can't tern on bluetooth in Mac OS Monterey RC and beta 10 ioRegMacBook Pro.zip

[oscarsanchezdm]

montereyRC.zip Hi, I'm also experimenting issues with Bluetooth on macOS Monterey RC. I had no problems on Big Sur. My specs are: MB: MSI Z490 Tomahawk Bluetooth device: 0a5c:6412 / Dell DW1820A Running on Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558).

I cannot enable bluetooth under System Preferences. It shows as disabled, but the enable button does nothing.

I forgot to thank you for your time and your work :)

EDIT: I was not loading BlueToolFixup properly. Now I got bluetooth working (using version 2.6.1). However, i'm having issues with AirDrop, Continuity and Sidecar.

[amiralimahmoudi]

z390P/ iMac 19,1/ Silicon Cambridge Radio Bluetooth with archer t9 wifi/ Monterey RC BlueTooth pair with AirPods and other devices but HandOff and Airdrop won't work at all

[5T33Z0]

In Monterey 12.0.1, my internal WiFi BT Card (Broadcom BCM94352HMB DW1550) is detected as dongle as well:

In Catalina it looks like this:

This is the Kextloading sequence and Min/Maxkernel Settings:

Now, if I boot Monterey, BT works. But as soon as I disable it, I can't re-enable it. I guess because it thinks the "dongle" has to be reconnected.

[buyddy]

I can confirm that 2.6.1 works with the Monterey 12.0.1 release. However Airdrop from Hackintosh to iPhone does not work with my DW1560 card. But iPhone to Hackintosh works

[mswgen]

LG Ultra PC 15UD50N-GX56K (i5-10210U) Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 macOS Monterey 12.0.1 I can't turn Bluetooth on. (Using BluetoolFixup.kext from latest release) Maybe this commit world fix it. (but not released yet) mswgen’s MacBook Pro.ioreg.zip

[BrandTime]

LG Ultra PC 15UD50N-GX56K (i5-10210U) Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 macOS Monterey 12.0.1 I can't turn Bluetooth on. (Using BluetoolFixup.kext from latest release) Maybe this commit world fix it. (but not released yet) mswgen’s MacBook Pro.ioreg.zip

You can use this kext to fix this issure.( https://dortania.github.io/builds/?product=BrcmPatchRAM&viewall=true&version=2.6.1&sha=44c30250f8ef4175671a96fc5afe5cbfcf609c88 )

[buyddy]

LG Ultra PC 15UD50N-GX56K (i5-10210U) Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 macOS Monterey 12.0.1 I can't turn Bluetooth on. (Using BluetoolFixup.kext from latest release) Maybe this commit world fix it. (but not released yet) mswgen’s MacBook Pro.ioreg.zip

The new commit does fix the firmware upload issue. I can confirm that. I have the same BT as yours.

[mswgen]

LG Ultra PC 15UD50N-GX56K (i5-10210U) Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 macOS Monterey 12.0.1 I can't turn Bluetooth on. (Using BluetoolFixup.kext from latest release) Maybe this commit world fix it. (but not released yet) mswgen’s MacBook Pro.ioreg.zip

The new commit does fix the firmware upload issue. I can confirm that. I have the same BT as yours.

Mine doesn't work......

[1alessandro1]

Here with the Fenvi T919

• Device id and vendor id14e4:43a0 aka BCM94360CD

Bluetooth specs:

  Bluetooth Controller:
  Address:  NULL
  State:    Off
  Chipset:  BCM_20702B0
  Discoverable: Off
  Firmware Version: v150 c9317
  Product ID:   0x0001
  Supported Devices:    0x382039 < HFP AVRCP A2DP HID Braille AACP GATT Serial >
  Transport:    USB
  Vendor ID:    0x004C (Apple)

The mac address starts with:

With iMac19,1 SMBIOS and working iServices, bluetooth works perfectly (on and off) but as @buyddy said, Airdrop works only one way, from e.g. iPad to my machine and not the other way around

I'll continue to follow this thread for any updates.

[G0LD]

In my Case with an Intel AC 9506 card in my Lenovo Ideapad 3 Laptop the debug version of Bluetoothfirmware.kext worked for me (2.6.1). My BT works fine with Monterey 12.0.1

[code-gezellig]

I can confirm the version 2.6.1 (https://dortania.github.io/builds/?product=BrcmPatchRAM&viewall=true&version=2.6.1&sha=44c30250f8ef4175671a96fc5afe5cbfcf609c88) fixed the issue for Intel AC 9560 Idk why it is still not in the release section. Of'course AirDrop doesn't work like it was before. But the problem is in IntelBluetoothFirmware kext I guess.

[vit9696]

We will not release BlueToolFixup before Monday.

[buyddy]

I noticed something on Airdrop behavior after using 2.6.1 for a day. Airdrop from iPhone to Hackbook always works, however the other way around has about 10% chance of success. I have an iPhone 12, it can always get detected, however most of the time, sending from Hackbook to it won't work. Randomly, it does worked a few times. I have another iPhone 13 Pro. Half of the time it won't be detected by Hackbook. When it does, airdrop works normally. I suspect there are some channels that are working and some not?

[Faruolo2]

im experiencing the same problem as the other folks in here: cannot send files from mac to iphone, only receive.

the card is a DW 1560, and my machine is a Dell optiplex 3070 micro motheboard chipset H310

Jarvis Mac mini.zip

[dnlzzxz]

LG Ultra PC 15UD50N-GX56K (i5-10210U) Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 macOS Monterey 12.0.1 I can't turn Bluetooth on. (Using BluetoolFixup.kext from latest release) Maybe this commit world fix it. (but not released yet) mswgen’s MacBook Pro.ioreg.zip

The new commit does fix the firmware upload issue. I can confirm that. I have the same BT as yours.

Mine doesn't work......

Same here!

Intel AX200 card. On the beta 10, the 2.0.1 patch worked, but now on the 12.0.1 it doesn't work.

I don't know if i'm doing something wrong... Already updated all kexts. MacPro7,1-IOregdump.zip

[VictorSnow]

DW1560 Bt failed, Wifi works fine on 2.6.1

errorLog_brcm.txt

E580.reg.zip

[Bustycat]

My dongle is ‘IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter, GBU521’ and Magic Trackpad 2 performs worse since macOS 12.0.1, as it sometimes ignores my click. Of course on my AORUS Z370 build, the chipset becomes THIRD_PARTY_DONGLE.

The same issue also happens on my H61 build with Magic Trackpad. BrcmPatchRAM 2.6.0 and 2.6.1 do not address this problem. I can’t provide further information currently because I am going to travel later.

(I have two external Apple trackpads)

[rainshang]

Hi, I just updated my Hackintosh (AsRock H470 ITX) from Big Sur to Monterey 12.0.1 (21A559) through Software Update. No surprise, the Bluetooth was dead. So I checked the thread then updated BrcmPatchRAM to 2.6.1 and began to use BlueToolFixup.

The Bluetooth partially works, like

1. A non Apple ID logged in MBP can AirDrop to this Hackintosh. That's good. However, this Hackintosh can't find the MBP.
2. A same Apple ID iPhone can AirDrop to this Hackintosh as well. And tis Hackintosh can find this iPhone (I guess it's because of the same Apple ID) but cannot AirDrop.
3. Once I turn off Bluetooth in settings panel, I can't turn it on back. Need a restart...

Basically, the current kext makes my Bluetooth kinda half duplex, in yes out no 🤣. BTW, my WiFi/Bluetooth card is an m.2 DW1560. Here is the current status on Monterey.

Hope we can make this text work properly on Monterey soon. IOReg.log

[andreszerocross]

DW1560

DW1560 should be Broadcomm BCM94352Z (Dell just rebrand and change the name).

However, i have notebook with this BCM94352Z in Monterey and Bluetooth is detected as internal not "THIRD_PARTY_DONGLE"

[andreszerocross]

It looks your BCM94352Z use different Bluetooth Firmware Model

[rainshang]

It looks your BCM94352Z use different Bluetooth Firmware Model yeah, I noticed it as well. weird. It's was just like yours in Big Sur. It has become like THIRD_PARTY_DONGLE since I use 2.6.1 in Monterey.

[1alessandro1]

Quick update on the FenviT919 situation... After updating to iPadOS15.1 (stable) I managed to successfully transfer PDFs/PNGs from my machine running Monterey stable 12.0.1 with AirDrop

However, as previously reported by @buyddy

noticed something on Airdrop behavior after using 2.6.1 for a day. Airdrop from iPhone to Hackbook always works, however the other way around has about 10% chance of success

there's still a margin of success when transferring a file

I was also wondering if the file is only transferred after I click on the pop-up window "Open with", or if it's lost somewhere if the pop-up window closes up instantly on the iPad (at least when I was running iPadOS 15.0.2)... But now it seems like when it successfully manages to transfer, the popup appears and it lets me open the PDF with acrobat. Otherwise, I guess it's automatically deleted?

[stanleyhalim]

Wifi Working, Bluetooth can't turn on. BlueToolFixup.kext make "halt critical error" while loading kext.

[Sher1ocks]

on/off is working :0 https://github.com/acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM/pull/18 thanks williambj1, zxystd!

[Core-i99]

This doesn't really have anything to do with Bluetooth not working....or not working correctly.

Some users (including me) have reported a very slow boot and rebooting when waking from sleep with Monterey without using a Bluetooth card.

I have told 2 people from the FB hackintosh group that they need to try fixing Bluetooth in order to get normal boot times, which worked. Their Bluetooth was just not working (because of incorrect kexts) but even without a Bluetooth card there is a slow boot (and crashing when wake) for some users.

In total I saw 4 people (including me) which had slow boot problems. And 1 person who's system reboots when waking from sleep. He saw the crash reports in console on the timestamp of wake up.

The crash log found with the console app which is attached here. bluetoothd-2021-10-29-195453.ips.zip

I am not a developer by myself...otherwise I should of try something. Any ideas on how to solve this are appreciated. I am thinking about blocking bluetoothd from loading. But I am not sure if that's a good idea.

[buyddy]

on/off is working :0 acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM#18 thanks williambj1, zxystd!

Does this also fix the Airdrop problem?

[1alessandro1]

@buyddy check that when you AirDrop something, the WiFi doesn't automatically disconnect/reconnect. This is happening on my end, only when airdropping

[usr-sse2]

@TheHackGuy Which board-ids were these people use? Did they have BlueToolFixup (after merging acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM#17) installed when the crashes/slow boot happened?

[Core-i99]

@TheHackGuy Which board-ids were these people use? Did they have BlueToolFixup (after merging acidanthera/BrcmPatchRAM#17) installed when the crashes/slow boot happened?

@usr-sse2 yes I tested yesterday with the latest bluetoolfixup from that timestamp which was after that was merged.

I am not home this weekend and will do some more tests later. Currently I use imac19,1(Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95) on my desktop.

I noticed that without working bluetooth on my laptop the boot is still fast. So I an thinking it could have something to do with smbios (my laptops has MacBookPro14,1)

I will also test in my desktop with a bluetooth card and see if the boots gets fast.

[usr-sse2]

@TheHackGuy Both of your models (iMac19,1 and MacBookPro14,1) have UART Bluetooth modules, so this patch is useful for them. It changes the transport type from UART to USB by patching the board-id list. Maybe the slow boot is because bluetoothd tries to communicate with a non-existent device, and with USB it can detect that there is no Bluetooth adapter.

[buyddy]

Just tested the latest commit, it did fix the Bluetooth Toggle issue, but airdrop is still not functioning fully. However, now I did find out how to drop from Hackbook to other iOS devices. It is a bit tricky, you will need to have two other Airdrop capable devices. When you are trying to send the file to one device, it will be queued and the transfer is blocked. However, as soon as you open the second device and scan for airdrop, the Hackbook will be able to send out the file.

[buyddy]

@buyddy check that when you AirDrop something, the WiFi doesn't automatically disconnect/reconnect. This is happening on my end, only when airdropping

I do not experience any disconnect from wifi.

[narcyzzo]

AX201 here, on/off switch fixed but does nothing, cant enable bt.

[trankkilou]

ASUS X99 DELUXE, OS Version: Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558), iMacPro 1.1 SMBIOS Azurewave (4360/20702 combo) with BCM20702A1 [0b05:180a] Airdrop/Handoff works only one way (iPhone to Hack/Real Macbook to Hack), if i turn off bluetooth can't turn it back on untill I run " sudo killall -9 BlueTool bluetoothd " terminal comand or restart the hack. From beta 10 i'm using new BlueToolFixup with the bypass vendor check patch. Bluetooth Headphones connect and work.

Dacian's iMac Pro.zip

Thank you for your time and work !

I have exactly the same behaviour with my DW1560 , Asus Z390 smbios 19,1. Did you find the issue ?

[trankkilou]

Just tested the latest commit, it did fix the Bluetooth Toggle issue, but airdrop is still not functioning fully. However, now I did find out how to drop from Hackbook to other iOS devices. It is a bit tricky, you will need to have two other Airdrop capable devices. When you are trying to send the file to one device, it will be queued and the transfer is blocked. However, as soon as you open the second device and scan for airdrop, the Hackbook will be able to send out the file.

oh nice I will try this !

[dMatik02]

ASUS X99 DELUXE, OS Version: Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558), iMacPro 1.1 SMBIOS Azurewave (4360/20702 combo) with BCM20702A1 [0b05:180a] Airdrop/Handoff works only one way (iPhone to Hack/Real Macbook to Hack), if i turn off bluetooth can't turn it back on untill I run " sudo killall -9 BlueTool bluetoothd " terminal comand or restart the hack. From beta 10 i'm using new BlueToolFixup with the bypass vendor check patch. Bluetooth Headphones connect and work. Dacian's iMac Pro.zip Thank you for your time and work !

I have exactly the same behaviour with my DW1560 , Asus Z390 smbios 19,1. Did you find the issue ?

With the last commit I can turn on and off bluetooth, the rest is the same, handoff and airdrop work only from real mac/iPhone to hack....

Also i've noticed, these errors appear in console like 10 seconds appart and also when I try to airdrop something from hack to iphone/mac " error 23:50:04.917582+0300 bluetoothd stopTrackingForSession: sensor tracking is not supported on this platform error 23:50:04.918862+0300 bluetoothd stopTrackingForSession: sensor tracking is not supported on this platform error 23:50:04.921765+0300 bluetoothd Failed to add rule error 23:50:04.921859+0300 bluetoothd Failed to enable HW filtering for UUID "

[buyddy]

ASUS X99 DELUXE, OS Version: Monterey 12.0.1 (21A558), iMacPro 1.1 SMBIOS Azurewave (4360/20702 combo) with BCM20702A1 [0b05:180a] Airdrop/Handoff works only one way (iPhone to Hack/Real Macbook to Hack), if i turn off bluetooth can't turn it back on untill I run " sudo killall -9 BlueTool bluetoothd " terminal comand or restart the hack. From beta 10 i'm using new BlueToolFixup with the bypass vendor check patch. Bluetooth Headphones connect and work. Dacian's iMac Pro.zip Thank you for your time and work !

I have exactly the same behaviour with my DW1560 , Asus Z390 smbios 19,1. Did you find the issue ?

With the last commit I can turn on and off bluetooth, the rest is the same, handoff and airdrop work only from real mac/iPhone to hack....

Also i've noticed, these errors appear in console like 10 seconds appart and also when I try to airdrop something from hack to iphone/mac " error 23:50:04.917582+0300 bluetoothd stopTrackingForSession: sensor tracking is not supported on this platform error 23:50:04.918862+0300 bluetoothd stopTrackingForSession: sensor tracking is not supported on this platform error 23:50:04.921765+0300 bluetoothd Failed to add rule error 23:50:04.921859+0300 bluetoothd Failed to enable HW filtering for UUID "

I have similar errors, when Hackbook initiate the airdrop, I am seeing:

default 19:47:00.441301-0500 bluetoothd ShouldScan=1 AnyValidScanRequests=1 anyValidScanRequestInPaused=0 fObserverState=Active ClientScanPowerAssertRequired=0 default 19:47:00.441379-0500 bluetoothd state 32 default 19:47:00.441415-0500 bluetoothd allowDupes 0, agent: 0 default 19:47:00.441499-0500 bluetoothd active 0 default 19:47:00.441585-0500 bluetoothd ScanParams:AD:0 AS:0 MSL:3 (30/300) PSV:1 [com.apple.bluetoothd-central-151-1 SO:0 AP:0 AD:0(30/300) AS:0 RAS:0 DMN:1 FG:0 ADVBF:0] | default 19:47:00.441629-0500 bluetoothd Returning scan parameters: Main:30.00ms/300.00ms LP:0.00ms/300.00ms Dm:(m:30/300) Cond:0:1:0 Sc:1:0 (passive) Dupfilter:Enabled minScanLevel:3 ENAssertion:N default 19:47:00.441711-0500 bluetoothd needToRestart=1 default 19:47:00.441751-0500 bluetoothd Starting passive scan (300.00ms/30.00ms) with duplicate filter enabled OneAdvDp=1 scNeed=1 stateO=0, retainDups=0 fScanFiltersNeedUpdating=YES error 19:47:00.443221-0500 bluetoothd Failed to add rule error 19:47:00.443619-0500 bluetoothd Failed to enable HW filtering for UUID

However, as soon as another iOS device start to scan the Hackbook, I am seeing:

default 19:47:00.443830-0500 bluetoothd ShouldScan=1 AnyValidScanRequests=1 anyValidScanRequestInPaused=0 fObserverState=Active ClientScanPowerAssertRequired=0 default 19:47:00.443876-0500 bluetoothd state 32 default 19:47:00.443941-0500 bluetoothd allowDupes 0, agent: 0 default 19:47:00.443996-0500 bluetoothd active 0 default 19:47:00.444148-0500 bluetoothd ScanParams:AD:0 AS:0 MSL:3 (30/300) PSV:1 [com.apple.bluetoothd-central-151-1 SO:0 AP:0 AD:0(30/300) AS:0 RAS:0 DMN:1 FG:0 ADVBF:0] | default 19:47:00.444209-0500 bluetoothd Returning scan parameters: Main:30.00ms/300.00ms LP:0.00ms/300.00ms Dm:(m:30/300) Cond:0:1:0 Sc:1:0 (passive) Dupfilter:Enabled minScanLevel:3 ENAssertion:N default 19:47:00.444250-0500 bluetoothd needToRestart=1 default 19:47:00.444349-0500 bluetoothd Starting passive scan (300.00ms/30.00ms) with duplicate filter enabled OneAdvDp=1 scNeed=0 stateO=0, retainDups=0 fScanFiltersNeedUpdating=NO default 19:47:00.447242-0500 bluetoothd Scanning started successfully

It looks like the issue is from this fScanFiltersNeedUpdating, I think if we can force this parameter to be NO all the time, "HW filtering for UUID" should not fail. And airdrop should be working just fine.

Edit It seems that "scNeed" is also different in the success vs fail scenarios.

[HandaTakuya]

Bluetooth not full working

Lenevo L340 Gaming i7 9750H DW 1560 macOS 12.0.1

Jakkapan’s MacBook Pro.zip

[VictorSnow]

DW1560 Bt failed, Wifi works fine on 2.6.1

errorLog_brcm.txt

E580.reg.zip

Bt works now using the latest patch 2.6.1

thanks

[anonymous-writer]

I solved the problem with unlocking AppleWatch on my Zenbook.

I don't know exactly what the solution was because I also had to reinstall Monterey. But if I remove the latest BlueToolFixup.kext, the unlocking via the AppleWatch no longer works and the Daemon "bluetoothd" crashes after every sleep.

My card. https://www.hackintosh-forum.de/forum/thread/46325-original-apple-dual-band-bcm94360cs2-inklusive-pci-express-adapter/

Many thanks to the development team for the great job.

[trankkilou]

DW1560 Bt failed, Wifi works fine on 2.6.1 errorLog_brcm.txt E580.reg.zip

Bt works now using the latest patch 2.6.1

thanks

Sorry for the dumb question bit where did you find this patch ?

[Core-i99]

@TheHackGuy Both of your models (iMac19,1 and MacBookPro14,1) have UART Bluetooth modules, so this patch is useful for them. It changes the transport type from UART to USB by patching the board-id list. Maybe the slow boot is because bluetoothd tries to communicate with a non-existent device, and with USB it can detect that there is no Bluetooth adapter.

@usr-sse2 I can confirm the latest version of bluetoolfixup solved it for 12.0.1

A friend of me also noticed that 12.1 beta 1 has no issues, bluetoothd doesn't seem the crash anymore without bluetoolfixup which solves sleep and slow startup.

Thanks to all the devs. You guys do great work.

[buyddy]

@usr-sse2 @vit9696 Is there a way to force fScanFiltersNeedUpdating=NO when bluetoothd execute passive scan? It looks like this could be a quick fix for the half working airdrop?