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dokterdok / Continuity-Activation-Tool

An all-in-one tool to activate and diagnose macOS 10.10-12 Continuity on compatible Mac configurations.
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GMYLE Bluetooth Dongle Plugged in, still getting "NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0" #278

Open holincart opened 8 years ago

holincart commented 8 years ago

I'm on a mid 2010 MacBook pro, running OSX 10.11.2.

I've got my GMYLE BL 4.0 dongle plugged in, and CAT consistently reports my hardware as not supporting it. The relevant line from running the tool:

"NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0, necessary for Continuity Current LMP Version=4, expected 6. Aborting."

The diagnostic tool reports the same V=4/expected 6 issue. I've tried this with my system bluetooth turned on and off. The tool will detect when I unplug/replug the dongle, yet it still produces this error.

Am I missing something? What am I doing wrong here? Thanks!

sysfloat commented 8 years ago

Open System Information and go to Bluetooth. Whats you LMP Version there?

holincart commented 8 years ago

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.4.3f4 16616 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Address: 00-00-00-00-00-00 Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: No Handoff Supported: No Instant Hot Spot Supported: No Manufacturer: Ericsson Transport: USB Firmware Version: 0.15216 (0.0) Bluetooth Power: Off Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x8218 HCI Version: 0x0 HCI Revision: 0x3B70 LMP Version: 0x0 LMP Subversion: 0x00 Auto Seek Keyboard: On

sysfloat commented 8 years ago

It seems like your dongle is either not correctly recognized or you've got the wrong dongle. Your Manufacturer should be Broadcom.

CreativeAnto commented 8 years ago

Will this dongle work with my MacPro 12 Core (Mid 2010) ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GMYLE-Ultra-Mini-USB-Broadcom-Bluetooth-Adapter-Dongle-Class-2-V4-0-Dual-Mode-/151811980079?hash=item2358b2fb2f:g:GaMAAOSw~gRV4UMW

I want to buy it today once I know it's the right one and that it will work. I have an ASUS dongle that worked perfectly before I upgraded to El Capitan... but no luck with that now.

Regards, Anthony

holincart commented 8 years ago

It's definitely the right dongle. After turning off bluetooth in my statusbar, and unplugging/replugging the dongle and looking at the Bluetooth page, it now reads broadcom and LMP version 6:

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.4.3f4 16616 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes Handoff Supported: No Instant Hot Spot Supported: No Manufacturer: Broadcom Transport: USB Chipset: 2070B0 Firmware Version: v14 c4096 Bluetooth Power: Off Discoverable: On Connectable: Yes Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x0A5C Product ID: 0x21E8 HCI Version: 0x6 HCI Revision: 0x1000 LMP Version: 0x6 LMP Subversion: 0x220E Device Type (Major): Computer Device Type (Complete): Mac Portable Composite Class Of Device: 0x38010C Device Class (Major): 0x01 Device Class (Minor): 0x03 Service Class: 0x1C0 Auto Seek Keyboard: On

Going to disable SIP and try this all again.

holincart commented 8 years ago

It worked, awesome!

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.4.3f4 16616 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes Handoff Supported: Yes Instant Hot Spot Supported: Yes Manufacturer: Broadcom Transport: USB Chipset: Unknown (ffff) Firmware Version: v14 c4096 Bluetooth Power: Off Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x0A5C Product ID: 0x21E8 HCI Version: 0x6 HCI Revision: 0x1000 LMP Version: 0x6 LMP Subversion: 0x220E Auto Seek Keyboard: On

Now to turn Bluetooth back on in the status bar and see if my trackpad and keyboard connect...

CreativeAnto commented 8 years ago

Hi Holincart.... I have a MacPro 12 Core (Mid 2010) running El Capitan 11.2.3. I used to have CAT running perfectly on Yosemite with my ASUS Bluetooth 4.0 Dongle, but ever since I upgraded to El Capitan the CAT has been broken.

Could you send me a link to the dongle that you purchased to get CAT to work on El Capitan... and could you tell me where to download the very latest version of the CAT software with all the latest patch updates... and how you can turn SIP off..?

Regards, Anthony

holincart commented 8 years ago

I bought this dongle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010NISKFK

CAT itself works, after I did the steps I mentioned above. I haven't had the chance to fully determine whether or not continuity itself is operating properly (though the OS lets me activate it now).

The SIP instructions are found in the main readme of the project:

https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool#cant-open-the-tool

mobile4 commented 8 years ago

holincart Did you try CAT and GMYLE on 10.11.3?

duecedriver commented 8 years ago

I bought a BT dongle off amazon based on the correct 4.0 broadcom chipset.. a UD-400M

it shows the same incompatibility notice as mentioned above.. here is the system profile info with SIP back on and CAT not installed, since it won't..... apple BT off, dongle plugged in...

product IDs are different.. perhaps it can be added or overridden?

thanks

\ Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.4.3f4 16616 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Name: Address: Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: No Handoff Supported: No Instant Hot Spot Supported: No Manufacturer: Broadcom Transport: USB Chipset: 2046 Firmware Version: v208 c522 Bluetooth Power: Off Discoverable: On Connectable: Yes Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x8213 HCI Version: 0x4 HCI Revision: 0x20A LMP Version: 0x4 LMP Subversion: 0x21D0 Device Type (Major): Computer Device Type (Complete): Mac Portable Composite Class Of Device: 0x38010C Device Class (Major): 0x01 Device Class (Minor): 0x03 Service Class: 0x1C0 Auto Seek Keyboard: On Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.4.3f4 16616 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Name: Address: Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: No Handoff Supported: No Instant Hot Spot Supported: No Manufacturer: Broadcom Transport: USB Chipset: 2046 Firmware Version: v208 c522 Bluetooth Power: Off Discoverable: On Connectable: Yes Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x8213 HCI Version: 0x4 HCI Revision: 0x20A LMP Version: 0x4 LMP Subversion: 0x21D0 Device Type (Major): Computer Device Type (Complete): Mac Portable Composite Class Of Device: 0x38010C Device Class (Major): 0x01 Device Class (Minor): 0x03 Service Class: 0x1C0 Auto Seek Keyboard: On

mobile4 commented 8 years ago

duecedriver What is UD-400M? Is it asus? When you plug in dongle what is the system profiler info?

duecedriver commented 8 years ago

yeah sorry about that .. realized after sending yesterday that even with the bluetooth switched off.. the bluetooth in system reports is the apple board...

here is what shows up in the usb bus...

this is the dongle...

BCM20702A0:

Product ID: 0x21ec Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.12 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp Location ID: 0x06200000

this is the entire UBS bus hub with apples built in board on it as well...

USB Bus:

Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCIPCI PCI Device ID: 0x0aa7 PCI Revision ID: 0x00b1 PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de

BCM20702A0:

Product ID: 0x21ec Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.12 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp Location ID: 0x06200000

BRCM2046 Hub:

Product ID: 0x4500 Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.00 Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x06100000

Bluetooth USB Host Controller:

Product ID: 0x8213 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) Version: 2.08 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x06110000

BCM20702A0:

Product ID: 0x21ec Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.12 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp Location ID: 0x06200000

BRCM2046 Hub:

Product ID: 0x4500 Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.00 Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x06100000

Bluetooth USB Host Controller:

Product ID: 0x8213 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) Version: 2.08 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x06110000

Bluetooth USB Host Controller:

Product ID: 0x8213 Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.) Version: 2.08 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Apple Inc. Location ID: 0x06110000

Thanks

it looks like the dev ID is just a bit off and not loading the kext...

mobile4 commented 8 years ago

Try to: Load system without dongle Switch of bluetooth Turn of computer Insert dongle Turn on computer Turn on bluetooth System profiler must show Bluetooth Low energy support - Yes. Handoff and Instant Hotspot are not supported. If you got it - you are ready to apply CAT.

duecedriver commented 8 years ago

yeah.. I think that is the problem.. this dongle shows the correct chipset and manufacturer but I think the device/product id is not in the apple bluetooth kext and won't load? I tired what others have done.. shut off the bluetooth unplug and replug.. but not via reboots..

can you confirm that my device id's are in the apple plist?

mobile4 commented 8 years ago

I cannot. Basically chipset is important. One more time. When you plug in dongle what does the system profiler say? You have gmyle dongle, haven't you?

duecedriver commented 8 years ago

I posted it above..

BCM20702A0:

Product ID: 0x21ec Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.12 Serial Number: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp Location ID: 0x06200000

it shows broadloom

its the correct chipset but the id's have to match what is in apples kexts for them to load for the device.

when bought on amazon it said gmyle but its not on the package.. just that its 4.0 + EDR BCM20702

my guess is that the CAT tool would have to inject the 0x21ec id into the proper kext for it to work.

bluetooth never picks it up, continues to show the built in Apple/BCM hardware

blloyd78 commented 8 years ago

I have the same UD-400M dongle and I too cannot get it to work. I spent some time messing around with the BrcmPatchRAM tool ([https://github.com/the-darkvoid/BrcmPatchRAM]), but this didn't seem to do anything either.

I've been through the suggested steps above with no success. Does anyone have any other ideas I can try?

Thanks.

duecedriver commented 8 years ago

that 21ec hex is not the device ID that these working broadcom dongles are using and that is expected by the apple kext, hence its not loading...

with sip we cant just go and exit the kext to insert the new ID since it will no longer pass signing as I understand it. it must me injected at the time the pre linked kernel in being built but that is beyond my abilities..

for the 10 bucks I wasted probably buying the right one is easiest solution, but given the poor advertising on amazon, I thought this was the right one as someone in the reviews said it was a gymle..

blloyd78 commented 8 years ago

According to the BrcmPatchRAM site it should be possible to edit that hex value. I couldn't get it to work though.

archaik commented 8 years ago

I've installed the listed Broadcom Wi-Fi chip in my 2011 iMac, which previously had Atheros. I cannot get my system to recognize the GBU521 dongle though. I am getting the same line in CAT:

"NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0, necessary for Continuity Current LMP Version=4, expected 6. Aborting."

@mobile4, I've done the steps you listed, but 4.0 is still not loading.

One thing I can think of, I didn't disconnect any wires from the stock bluetooth chip, I only swapped the the Atheros for the Broadcom Wi-Fi, which reads fine. Is it necessary to disconnect the stock bluetooth wires as well? My system seems to be loading the 2.1 chip instead of the 4.0 dongle.

sysfloat commented 8 years ago

@archaik yes disconnecting the old chip should solve this. As you've already concluded, any other connected bluetooth chip/device could cause problems and should therefore be disconnected.

archaik commented 8 years ago

Thank you. @sysfloat By the way, is there a way to do this by unloading kext? I don't really want to open my iMac again.

archaik commented 8 years ago

For those still having issues with "NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0", this may be of some help. I solved my problem without opening my iMac.

The key was to download the Bluetooth Explorer app from Developer Tools for Xcode, from Apple. Here's a link to get that done: http://www.geekguides.co.uk/414/how-to-select-a-bluetooth-adapter-in-os-x/

The steps I followed:

-Installed the necessary Broadcom BCM94360CD chip internally: -Selected the Broadcom Bluetooth dongle, using the steps from the above article -Restart Mac -Run system diagnostics for CAT

On this run, I'm guessing you may no longer see the "NOT OK" error and your 4.0 dongle will be recognized. As long as you keep the bluetooth dongle plugged in, Bluetooth Explorer should keep your bluetooth loading to the dongle, not your internal 2.0 bluetooth, every time you start your Mac.

Hopes this helps!

duecedriver commented 8 years ago

for me and this particular dongle.. it was not that the original built in bluetooth was blocking activation as my other systems that are osx and dont have bluetooth would fail to load it as a bluetooth device also, stilll points to the device id not loading the kext.. if this tool fixes that it would be easier than having to edit plists and such.. although what kind of overhead is there having to have this tool always running in the background..

archaik commented 8 years ago

i don't know if it's a fluke just for me, because i see now the tool says "the change will NOT last after a restart," but to my knowledge, it isn't running in the background, and it DOES keep your desired bluetooth selection after restart. no maintenance required.

worth a shot.

archaik commented 8 years ago

nvm. !!! it reverted back on it's own sometime since yesterday. thought it was all good after many restarts. EDIT: this does actually work with some occasional glitches I'm guessing. After a restart, it went back to 0x6 with no need to select with Bluetooth Explorer again. Again, i say, worth a shot.

SwedeFlyer commented 8 years ago

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dougc84 commented 8 years ago

If you, like I, end up getting the UD-400M (marketed as GMYLE, though I don't think it actually is), you've been scammed. This is a Bluetooth 2.1 device marketed as a 4.0 device. This is why it will not work.

blloyd78 commented 8 years ago

Are you sure dougc84? How did you figure that out?

I'll plug mine into a Windows PC tomorrow and see what it detected.

blloyd78 commented 8 years ago

OK, as promised I have plugged my UD-400M into a Windows PC and it definitely:

Any other ideas out there please?

dougc84 commented 8 years ago

Then it's a mismatch of drivers. On OS X, it is reported as a Bluetooth 2.1 device with no low power mode. It's also branded as + EDR, which does not exist on 4.0. My guess is there has to be some sort of driver trickery used on certain devices to activate its 4.0 abilities, none of which are available on OS X.

For the record, the IOGEAR one rocks.

opedrero commented 8 years ago

UD-400M Same problem, any update for this?

YogaFlame commented 8 years ago

I bought the GMYLE from eBay here but I received a USB Bluetooth dongle packaged as a UD-400M. I'm having no luck with Out-of-box compatibility like the folks here. Same problems as described above.. please, somebody tell me they've got it working. I've emailed the seller and even GMYLE about my situation but have yet to hear anything positive back. I hope someone with this dongle has got it working...

It only shows up in my system profile under "USB" as: BCM20702A0: Product ID: 0x21ec Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.12 Serial Number:
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp Location ID: 0x1d100000 / 1 Current Available (mA): 500 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

EDIT: I saw on this page he listed an Inatek BTA-BC4B6 with the same Product ID & Vendor ID. Is something fishy going on here?

airmanchairman commented 8 years ago

@YogaFlame - try cycling Bluetooth on & off in Apple Logo -> System Preferences until you see in Apple Logo -> System Report -> Bluetooth -> Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: YES Then return to the CAT tool and re-run it; Failing that, get the Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR4.0) dongle - its cheap as chips and works for me!

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I bought the GMYLE from eBay here but I received a USB Bluetooth dongle packaged as a UD-400M. I'm having no luck with Out-of-box compatibility like the folks here. Same problems as described above.. please, somebody tell me they've got it working. I've emailed the seller and even GMYLE about my situation but have yet to hear anything positive back. I hope someone with this dongle has got it working...

It only shows up in my system profile under "USB" as: BCM20702A0: Product ID: 0x21ec Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.) Version: 1.12 Serial Number: 001986000F56 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp Location ID: 0x1d100000 / 1 Current Available (mA): 500 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

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YogaFlame commented 8 years ago

Just to update everyone on the GMYLE / UD-400M issue I've had. I've confirmed it does not work on my Mac Pro running Sierra 10.12.1. I got a statement back from GMYLE stating their device is not supported under OSX and they have updated their product descriptions accordingly. Strange... because their site did say it supported OSX (it is now gone).

I looked at the IOGEAR GBU521 but they don't officially support OSX either and although I see people saying it works on El Cap, I don't see anyone saying it works on Sierra so that makes me nervous. @dougc84 - Can you confirm this?

@airmanchairman, if you can recommend a CSR dongle that you know would work on my Early '09 Mac Pro running 10.12.1, please let me know. There's so many different kinds out there and after this experience, I'm wary of taking any kind of purchase risk again.

Thanks

dougc84 commented 7 years ago

@YogaFlame The IOGEAR GBU521 is what I have, and while it's ugly as sin sticking out of the side of my MacBook, it definitely works. I'm on 10.12.1, and it works just fine. Actually, since Sierra came out, Handoff has been even more reliable.

NisseA commented 6 years ago

Do you need an airport wifi card to get the GMYLE from eBay to work?

albertservices commented 5 years ago

I'm using CSR 4.0 Dongle but it says handoff not supported , what should I do

Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 6.0.7f10 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Name: MacBook Pro Address: 00-1A-7D-DA-71-13 Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes Handoff Supported: No Instant Hot Spot Supported: No Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio Transport: USB Firmware Version: 8891 Bluetooth Power: On Discoverable: Off Connectable: Yes Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x0A12 Product ID: 0x0001 HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6) HCI Revision: 0x22BB LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6) LMP Subversion: 0x22BB Device Type (Major): Computer Device Type (Complete): Mac Portable Composite Class Of Device: 0x38010C Device Class (Major): 0x01 Device Class (Minor): 0x03 Service Class: 0x1C0 Auto Seek Keyboard: On