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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Iogear GBU521 dongle mouse connection issue #97

Closed michaeltilst closed 9 years ago

michaeltilst commented 9 years ago

Hi @dokterdok

I have a iMac 2011 (mid)

I bought the Iogear GBU521 dongle and used the Continuity Activation tool 2.0. I had some issues when CAT didn't detect my dongle until I disabled the native BT card (using a wired mouse to avoid the system warning).

Anway - CAT detected the dongle and run the processes as it should. After reboot everything seemed perfect in "about this mac -> system information" (see screenshot) EXCEPT that my magic mouse/trackpad didn't work anymore. I tried everything to reconnect the mouse to the "new" bluetooth connection (the dongle instead of the onboard card). Pressing OPTION+bluetooth icon in menubar confirmed that the dongles bluetooth connection was active.

Tried to "uninstall" in CAT but mouse/keypad still didn't work after reboot. Restored the "iobluetoothfamily.kext" via timemachine and managed to change active BT-card to the original BT-card. And magic mouse/keypad was working again.

Do you have a solution for the lost connection to my mouse/keypad?

Looking forward to hear from you :-)

Michael

screenshot

System diag., when the dongle is inserted but internal BT-card is active:

--- OS X Continuity Activation Tool 2.0.0 --- by dokterdok

--- Initiating system compatiblity check ---

--- Hardware/OS checks --- Verifying Continuity status... OK. OS X reports Continuity as inactive Verifying Mac model reference... OK. Known compatible Mac Model detected: iMac12,1 Verifying Mac board-id... OK. Long board id detected: Mac-942B5BF58194151B Verifying OS X version... OK. Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) detected Verifying Wi-Fi hardware... OK. A Broadcom AirPort card is active, and is using the Continuity compatible Brcm4360 kext Verifying AWDL status... OK. An AWDL interface is up, Wi-Fi is ready for Continuity Verifying Bluetooth hardware... OK. The internal Bluetooth card is active Verifying Bluetooth version... NOT OK. Your hardware doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0, necessary for Continuity. Current LMP Version=4, expected 6. Verifying Bluetooth features... OK. Bluetooth features are currently not compatible with Continuity. This tool can try to fix this. Verifying Bluetooth firmware... OK. Bluetooth firmware version: v208 c518

--- Modifications check --- Verifying OS kext protection... OK. Kext developer mode is already active Verifying kexts readability... OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were found and could be read Verifying Bluetooth blacklist status... OK. Your Mac model is not blacklisted Verifying Wi-Fi whitelist status... OK. Your board-id is not yet whitelisted. This tool can fix this. Verifying old Wi-Fi kext presence... OK. Legacy Brcm4331 Wi-Fi driver is present. This tool can fix this. Verifying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK. The legacy Wi-Fi patch is not present. This tool can fix this. Verifying BT4 dongles compatibility... OK. Compatibility with BT4 USB dongles is not enabled, this tool can fix this if a dongle is plugged in

Press any key to go back to the main menu...

When IoGear dongle is active, the diag. looks like this:

--- OS X Continuity Activation Tool 2.0.0 --- by dokterdok

--- Initiating system compatiblity check ---

--- Hardware/OS checks --- Verifying Continuity status... OK. OS X reports Continuity as inactive Verifying Mac model reference... OK. Known compatible Mac Model detected: iMac12,1 Verifying Mac board-id... OK. Long board id detected: Mac-942B5BF58194151B Verifying OS X version... OK. Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) detected Verifying Wi-Fi hardware... OK. A Broadcom AirPort card is active, and is using the Continuity compatible Brcm4360 kext Verifying AWDL status... OK. An AWDL interface is up, Wi-Fi is ready for Continuity Verifying Bluetooth hardware... OK. The internal Bluetooth card is active Verifying Bluetooth version... OK. Bluetooth 4.0 detected Verifying Bluetooth features... OK. Bluetooth features are currently not compatible with Continuity. This tool can try to fix this. Verifying Bluetooth firmware... OK. Bluetooth firmware version: v14 c4096

--- Modifications check --- Verifying OS kext protection... OK. Kext developer mode is already active Verifying kexts readability... OK. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth kexts were found and could be read Verifying Bluetooth blacklist status... OK. Your Mac model is not blacklisted Verifying Wi-Fi whitelist status... OK. Your board-id is not yet whitelisted. This tool can fix this. Verifying old Wi-Fi kext presence... OK. Legacy Brcm4331 Wi-Fi driver is present. This tool can fix this. Verifying legacy Wi-Fi card patch... OK. The legacy Wi-Fi patch is not present. This tool can fix this. Verifying BT4 dongles compatibility... OK. Compatibility with BT4 USB dongles is not enabled, this tool can fix this if a dongle is plugged in

Press any key to go back to the main menu...

michaeltilst commented 9 years ago

Found a solution myself: When the active bluetooth connection changes it is NOT possible to reconnect the mouse/keypad via the bluetooth icon in the menubar! Instead enter "settings->Mouse" and let the app search for the mouse. Once it detects the mouse simply click "next" and everything is back to normal again.

Repeat procedure for Keypad.

Everything works perfect now! Keep up the good work, @dokterdok

Merry christmas everybody

Hackmodford commented 9 years ago

Your iMac has an Atheros wifi card in it correct? And you were able to get everything working by just adding the dongle and running the tool?

According to the charts our 2011 iMacs need the wireless card updated.

dokterdok commented 9 years ago

Many thanks @michaeltilst for sharing your solution. @Hackmodford No, his iMac has Broadcom Wi-Fi hardware, which works with Continuity. iMacs can either have Broadcom or Atheros Wi-Fi hardware. That's why there are two distinct iMac lines on the chart. You can run the System Diagnostic feature of CAT to find out which brand you have. Season's Greetings

JCBerger commented 9 years ago

@michaeltilst Did you have to do anything special for the mouse to be found? I'm in the "settings->Mouse" part, but it just keeps searching with "No mouse found."