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RehabMan said:
Native WiFi, Atheros AR9280 168c:002a working without patching BIOS!!

Edit 2014-11-09: If you have not changed the regdomain on your card (to match your locality and to match OS X valid regdomains), you should do so while it still has the standard ids. Because after you re-brand and install it, you'll not be able to change the regdomain using CommView/RCU. Because I forgot to do this, I need to remove the card again from the laptop, rebrand back to the standard device-id, fix the regdomain, then switch back to the normal device-id (something for tomorrow).

For changing the regdomain, see this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/97428-ar9280-athr-unknown-locale-xx-eeprom-mod.html. The Linux method linked later in the thread is the easier than using Windows: http://blog.asiantuntijakaveri.fi/2014/08/one-of-my-atheros-ar9280-minipcie-cards.html

I am writing this message with my Lenovo U430 using native OS X Atheros drivers for AR9280. No more USB WiFi, no more annoying "Wireless Network Utility" for me...

Summary:
- rebrand an AR5BHB92 (AR9280) as 168c:0034 17aa:3114, which are the IDs for the Lenovo WB222 (AR946x).
- use an injector to load the native kext for AR9280
- patch the kext (using Clover config.plist patches) to make the kext treat it as AR9280

Note: No idea if this configuration works in Windows. I haven't gotten that far yet... In Linux it is easy to build a custom ath9k driver.

I used Linux to do the rebrand. Details are here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/115110-rebranding-atheros-928x-cards-guide.html (Recovery guide is the Linux method).

The patches for config.plist (KernelAndKextPatches/KextsToPatch):
Code: 
<dict>
	<key>Name</key>
	<string>AirPortAtheros40</string>
	<key>Find</key>
	<data>g8H5g/kp</data>
	<key>Replace</key>
	<data>g8Hvg/kp</data>
	<key>Comment</key>
	<string>AR9280 rebranded as AR946x</string>
</dict>
<dict>
	<key>Name</key>
	<string>AirPortAtheros40</string>
	<key>Find</key>
	<data>QYP6MA+HqQAAAA==</data>
	<key>Replace</key>
	<data>QboqAAAAkJCQkA==</data>
	<key>Comment</key>
	<string>AR9280 rebranded as AR946x</string>
</dict>


Basic process:
- rebrand the card in another computer that does not implement a whitelist
- install the card in the U430, verify you can get past BIOS whitelist check
- install the injector kext
- edit config.plist to include the patches.
- reboot, verify the kext is loaded with 'kextstat|grep -y airport'. wifi will not work yet.
- rebuild cache with 'sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions && sudo kextcache -u /'
- reboot
- this time, wifi should work. add the interface in SysPrefs->Network->[+] if necessary

The injector kext is attached.
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Hi RehabMan,

I'm using chameleon instead of clover. How can i apply this patch to chameleon?
Thanks.
 
RehabMan said:
Chameleon is not supported for this laptop. People using Chameleon/Chimera on modern UEFI capable hardware are making a big mistake. I won't help you make that mistake.

Use Clover.

The guide is here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...ideapad-u330-u430-u530-using-clover-uefi.html

Also note: I'm not using that patch anymore. I'm using FakePCIID instead.
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Thanks RehabMan.

I successfully broung up my rebranded AR5B195 with your FakePCIID.
Now it can be used in both Ubuntu and Yosemite.

So did you figure out how to bring it up in windows 7 now? I tried a lot of ways and still failed.

Thanks.
 
snoopywing said:
Thanks RehabMan.

I successfully broung up my rebranded AR5B195 with your FakePCIID.
Now it can be used in both Ubuntu and Yosemite.

So did you figure out how to bring it up in windows 7 now? I tried a lot of ways and still failed.

Thanks.
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I don't think it can be done on Windows. It would probably involve a driver patch, and since 64-bit Windows does not allow unsigned drivers, the resulting driver would need to be signed again. And from what I understand, a certificate for Windows driver signing runs $10k.

I use a USB WiFi (Edimax) when I run Windows, which works just fine.
 
Should it be safe to update to 10.10.2? I'm assuming that as long as I backup the non-vanilla kexts it should be fine, but I'm not going to update yet just in case (given that it's so fresh).
 
itechnoguy said:
Should it be safe to update to 10.10.2? I'm assuming that as long as I backup the non-vanilla kexts it should be fine, but I'm not going to update yet just in case (given that it's so fresh).
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I guess we'll find out... It is always possible that some of the kext patches won't work with the new binaries and may need changes.
 
Hi I followed Rehabman's guide and installed OSX 10.10 on my Lenovo u530. However, when I got to Trackpad under System Preferences, it says No trackpad found. The trackpad works as a mouse(left-click, right-click, moving), but the multi-touch gestures don't work. Does anybody know to solve this?
 
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