BTstack cannot be activated on iPhone 3G with IOS 4.2.1

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Hi,

I have a fresh installation of IOS 4.2.1 on a jailbreaked and unlocked iPhone 
3G.
BTstack     version:0.7-2
BTstack GPS version:1.7.4-2

Because my GPS module of the iPhone is broken, I am using BTstack GPS for 
navigation.

Since recently (I have not updated anything) I am not able to activate BTstack.
I am only getting the iPhone busy cursor endlessly.

I have tried all suggested methods from "Issue 91", but to no avail.

I have turned BTstack logging on, repeated the procedure but the 
/tmp/hci_dump.pklg remains empty (zero bytes).

I have attached the /var/log/BTstack.log.

I would appreciate any help because next week I need to do some heavy traveling 
on an unknown terrain and without navigation it would be a great pain.

Thanks in advance,

Original issue reported on code.google.com by topalo...@gmail.com on 26 Apr 2013 at 3:16

Attachments:

• BTstack.log

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Hi. You can try older versions of BTstack (I hope) to see if that gets it 
running.
 * https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5138628/BTstack-0.5-1715.deb
 * https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5138628/BTstack-0.4-1652.deb

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2013 at 12:02

• Changed state: Accepted

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Hi,

thanks for pointing me to the right direction.

First the good news: It works again :-)

The less good news is, I needed to work my way around the solution...

At first I tried as you said with combination:
BTstack     version:0.5-1715
BTstack GPS version:1.7.4-2

This combination was not very stable, so I thought I make another version 
combination.
It was very hard to find previous versions of BTstack GPS software, but luckily 
you have posted links in some previous issue posts, so I "stealed" from there 
:-]

After I while, I found the right combination:
BTstack     version:0.5-1715
BTstack GPS version:1.6.1-29985

Now it seems to work reliably... :)

One question:
Is it a big effort to maintain a download list of all released version of both 
BTstack and BTstack GPS?
I think it would be great help for people that have older hardware/IOS and need 
the right combination of both...

Nevertheless, for me personally, the most important thing is, if you can find 
_WHY_ it did not work with the "latest greatest" versions and eventually fix 
the problem, otherwise I would never dare to update my versions again...

Thanks a lot for the help!

Original comment by topalo...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2013 at 8:32

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hi. I'm glad you got it working somehow. I don't expect major improvements for 
BTstack GPS or BTstack currently as I'm focussing on my "Bluetooth Companion" 
approach.

Let's try to get some more data. Could you try the latest BTstack version again 
with the older BTstack GPS? The main difference is that the older version uses 
some horrible code for the RFCOMM data, whereas the newer uses better, 
well-written code that is integrated. We use this newer code in Celeste to 
transfer large files in Celeste, so it really should work better. (although it 
doesn't help you yet)

iPhone 3G with 4.2.1 is a bit untested. I kept mine on 3.1.1 to be able to test 
the very oldest firmware that I currently support.

Original comment by matthias@bluekitchen-gmbh.com on 29 Apr 2013 at 7:59

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Hi,

I will not be able to test it in the next couple of weeks, but I will surely do 
so, sometimes end of May.

I will let you know, once I am ready to go.

Regards,

Original comment by topalo...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2013 at 10:48

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Hi,
Downloaded Btstack GPS 1.7.4-2 on my iPhone 3G but it doesn't work either.
Bluetooth apple dead, BTstackGPs did check verification and then loaded....and 
kept on for ages.
Re-boot, nogo, reinstalled, nogo.
Will try to do the same as topalo... And see what it does.
Have only an iPad1 and iPhone3G jailbreaked with me, no PC.
Wanted a better GPS reception for the geocaching by using external model.

Original comment by willy.de...@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2013 at 4:20

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hi there. I went through the changes between 0.5 and 0.6 and think I found the 
detail that might cause the problem on iPhone 3G/4.2.1. Could you try this 
version please and let me know if it works?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5138628/ch.ringwald.btstack_0.6-1_iphoneos-a
rm.deb

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 16 Sep 2013 at 7:07

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Is this likely to fix the problems on 3G/3.1.3 as well?

Original comment by JJHayes...@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2013 at 1:17

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hi. I'm not aware about a particular problem with on 3G/3.1.3. In fact, I did 
test the 0.6 version on Cydia with my old 3G/3.1.3 (I don't have an 3G/4.1.2) 
for testing and had to guess what could have stopped it from working. Feel free 
to test this version on your device and report back anyway :)

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2013 at 11:11

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I'm referring to the issue that popped up here:
http://code.google.com/p/btstack/issues/detail?id=301

I've still been unable to get it working correctly.  I will give this 0.6-1 
version a shot.

Original comment by JJHayes...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2013 at 1:18

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I'm not able to get v0.6-1 to install - I keep getting error 256, and btstack 
reports:
Internal BTstack Error
Cannot connect to BTstack daemon
Please reinstall BTstack package and/or make sure that /Library/LaunchDaemons/ 
is owned by user 'root' and group 'wheel' (root:wheel)...

Have tried reinstalling and reinstalling in safe mode, and checked that 
ownership is ok (root:wheel)

Original comment by JJHayes...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2013 at 4:11

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I did eventually get 0.6-1 to install on iPhone 3G 4.2.1, and it did not fix 
the issue, still getting the disconnect after a few seconds.

Original comment by JJHayes...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2014 at 12:32