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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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Halfway functioning on mid-2011 MacBook Air #57

Open fabioware767 opened 9 years ago

fabioware767 commented 9 years ago

Hi, first of all let me say that the Continuity Activation Tool is a GREAT piece of code. Thanks! I've installed 1.1.1 version on my mid-2011 MacBook Air but AirDrop works only FROM Mac to iPad, not vice-versa. Mac can see iPad, iPad can't see Mac. Any hint? Please note my Yosemite is in Italian. Thank you and keep up the great work!

niamiot commented 9 years ago

I also face the problem with the last version of the tool (11-24-2014) on my mid 2011 MacBook Air and any of my iOS devices ( iPhone 5 iPad mini). Why this issue has been closed? fabioware767, how do you solve this problem?

dokterdok commented 9 years ago

There seems to be an issue with Handoff/AirDrop working one-way only on some Macs, but it's currently hard to know where it's coming from: people that have new, Continuity compatible Macs are experiencing this issue as well. I can't say if this is related to the unsupported hardware by Apple, or the way Continuity is implemented (or other).

Here are a few steps that worked for me before, your mileage may vary:

  1. Open Terminal, type sudo killall blued, which will restart your Bluetooth deamon.
  2. Open Terminal, type sudo killall sharingd, which will restart the Sharing Daemon that enables AirDrop, Handoff, Instant Hotspot.
  3. Open a Safari page on your Mac (e.g. Google.com). Keep the window open (it should stay open, not necessarily in the foreground). This will make your Mac advertise the handoff packets continuously.
  4. Turn your iOS lock screen off then on, and see if the handoff icon appears on the bottom left. If it appears then your iPhone should have made the Continuity handshake.
  5. Keep the iOS screen turned on, then from your Mac share an AirDrop file. Your iOS device should appear after a few seconds.
niamiot commented 9 years ago

Thank for your response and reopening the issue. Unfortunately this does not solve my issue. My iOS device cannot see the MacBook ( whereas the MacBook sees the iPhone) BTW I'm not able to check handoff because the MacBook and idevices have not the same Apple id. I'm Only able to test airdrop sharing.

fabioware767 commented 9 years ago

niamiot, sorry for closing the issue. I moved the question to another thread, that I thought it was more appropriate. However, that thread was closed as well, so thank you dokterdok for reopening this. I will check the proposed solution as soon as possible.

dokterdok commented 9 years ago

A couple points that could help:

A few links to discussions on the same topic: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6613378, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6604445

niamiot commented 9 years ago

Yep , I've tried to re-install the patch with the last version but it doesn't change anything.

awdl0 is not found and I double check taht BT and WiFi connection are on,there's no Firewell activated and Airdrop is discoverable by everyone.

I've also tried to log out and in of icloud account ( from the links you've provided) but I still face the same issue.

It remains some trick to test from the 2nd link you've provided.

My feeling is that there is an Apple bug and not CAT one's.

dokterdok commented 9 years ago

Ok, could you please share the output of kextstat | grep AirPort in Terminal? Could you also please:

  1. Open Console and type sharingd in the search field
  2. Open Terminal and type killall sharingd
  3. Look for the "Device Capabilities" line that showed up in Console
  4. Copy and paste the result here

Thanks

niamiot commented 9 years ago

Ok here is the message ( don't know what you expect but sounds not bad): 05/12/2014 17:45:23,804 sharingd[514]: 17:45:23.804 : Device Capabilities (Handoff:YES, Instant Hotspot:YES, AirDrop:YES, Legacy AirDrop:YES, Remote Disc:YES)

dokterdok commented 9 years ago

Ah, that doesn't sound too bad indeed. I thought that there would maybe be a driver conflict, but apparently not. The only thing that seems irregular is the fact that your awdl0 interface was down. AWDL (Apple Wireless Direct Link) is one of the pillars of Continuity. You could try this command in Terminal sudo ifconfig awdl0 up, which could bring it back up. If that doesn't change anything, then I'd wait until OS X 10.10.2 comes out which focuses on Wi-Fi reliability issues .

niamiot commented 9 years ago

Nop, it does'nt resolve the issue. So I've to wait 10.10.2 and cross fingers :)

niamiot commented 9 years ago

Some interesting news : I just contributed in issue https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/issues/87 and it raises interesting behaviors

to sum up, I've got

with mid-2011MBA WITHOUT BT4 Dongle :

with mid-2011 MBA WITH BT4 Dongle :

with late 2008 macbook : CAT installed without insering my BT4 dongle (otherwise bluetooth is :-1: ):

fabioware767 commented 9 years ago

Hi everybody, I am soooo happy to announce that, after updating to Yosemite 10.10.2 and CAT 2.0, now AirDrop works perfectly between my mid-2011 MacBook Air and my iPad Mini WiFi 16GB!!! And of course it works in both directions, Mac to iPad and iPad to Mac. Thank you dokterdok for your wonderful work!!! Niamlot, I hope the latest OSX patch will help you too.

niamiot commented 9 years ago

@fabioware767 unfortunately 10.10.2 doesn't change anything from my side. iOS devices can't see the MBA..... I have to investigate a bit more for understanding what"s going wrong

fabioware767 commented 9 years ago

@niamiot Sorry to hear that. If it can be of some help, my processor is a 1,8 GHz Intel Core i7. Once installed CAT (all the versions I've tried) I did NOT log out and then in again from iCloud to avoid loss of data. However, after the latest update everything works. If I can provide any useful information to you, I'd be glad to. Just ask. Best of luck!

cgarrigues commented 9 years ago

I installed the CAT with the latest version on Saturday on my Mid-2011 MBA.

I took all the devices out of iCloud and then put them back in.

The MBA can now always see my iOS devices, but their ability to see it comes and goes (mostly goes). I haven't been able to identify what causes it to sometimes work.

JohnD68 commented 9 years ago

Hi there, I wanted to first say thank you for the CAT, it works part way and I was wondering if there is any further trouble shooting that I can do to make it work in both directions.

I have a MBA mid 2011 running OS X 10.10.3 iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8.3

I have installed the tool and now I can...

  1. Air drop from OS X to iOS works
  2. Air drop from iOS to OS X does not as the phone does not see the Mac
  3. Continuity does not work in either direction.
  4. Using Instant Hotspot does not work. I need to turn WiFi off on OS X shut the Hotspot off on the phone then turn the Hotspot back on the phone the re-enable WiFi on the Mac in order to see and connect.

Any help or pointers you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

frizby66 commented 9 years ago

I have a MBP and Iphone 6 running same OS X & IOS.

  1. Air drop from OS X to iOS works This suggests hardware and patch is working.
  2. Air drop from iOS to OS X does not as the phone does not see the Mac You checked the contact settings for Airdrop? Sometimes it can cause problems. Try changing to Everyone and see if that helps. Also make sure the Airdrop is visible in the control centre on iPhone.
  3. Continuity does not work in either direction. Assume you have signed out and back in on iCloud on both devices and made sure continuity is switch on in the control panel?
  4. Using Instant Hotspot does not work. I need to turn WiFi off on OS X shut the Hotspot off on the phone then turn the Hotspot back on the phone the re-enable WiFi on the Mac in order to see and connect. Common problem and not really an issue to do with CAT, more issues with wifi and OS X. I find bluetooth hotspot is much more reliable.

On 27 Apr 2015, at 21:23, JohnD68 notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi there, I wanted to first say thank you for the CAT, it works part way and I was wondering if there is any further trouble shooting that I can do to make it work in both directions.

I have a MBA mid 2011 running OS X 10.10.3 iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8.3

I have installed the tool and now I can...

  1. Air drop from OS X to iOS works
  2. Air drop from iOS to OS X does not as the phone does not see the Mac
  3. Continuity does not work in either direction.
  4. Using Instant Hotspot does not work. I need to turn WiFi off on OS X shut the Hotspot off on the phone then turn the Hotspot back on the phone the re-enable WiFi on the Mac in order to see and connect.

Any help or pointers you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/issues/57#issuecomment-96805198.

jvmoney commented 9 years ago

Has there been a solution to this issue? I am having the same problem where transfers from macbook to ios device is fine, but not able to send it the other way bc I don't see my macbook air (mid 2011) from my phone. anything else I can try?

fabioware767 commented 9 years ago

jvmoney, I am still stuck there. Same problems that you have.

jvmoney commented 9 years ago

Thanks. For those that got this working, any potential work arounds that I could try?

SJ50 commented 9 years ago

I have same issue, my iphone 5s can not see air-mid2011. but I can send file and use continuity to iphone.

SJ50 commented 9 years ago

Out of blue, I open Disk Utility and run "Repair Disk Permissions", it took almost 10 minutes changed lots of files permission now I can see my macbook air on my iphone5s and can send file using airdrop.