[Guide] Dell XPS 13 9350 macOS 10.12.1

[ic3dm4n]

Hi, I was wondering how to activate the bluetooth of DW1820A, in the about page it appears as :

several people have tried but ended buying a compatible card DW1560. (i think DW1830 is the recommend card for skylake now)

another dell laptop can work with DW1820A. you could browse the project at:
https://github.com/syscl/M3800

Edit:
if its just bluetooth you want with DW1820A:
1. boot to windows 10.
2. reboot to sierra (with the bcrm kexts)
3. play with bluetooth
.. sleep will unload/disable bluetooth

 

[ic3dm4n]

ApplePS2SmartTouchPad.kext
- for sierra
1. working keyboard (brightness & volume keys)
2. smooth touch pad settings

the version is actually 4.6.5. combine with 4.6.8 plugin for keyboard.
maybe 4.7.3 works but I could not find any on the internet.

 

[RehabMan]

What's the particular meaning of not working AppleHDA?

Meaning patched AppleHDA not implemented.
Your ioreg shows AppleHDA working.
But ACPI is not patched correctly at all. Renaming B0D4 to HDAU is wrong. Skylake does not have an HDAU device.
For Skylake "hda-gfx" should be injected on IGPU and HDEF.

 

[nos1609]

Thank you so much for much, I wonder how did you switch to DW1830, DW1830 has 3 antenna connectors, J0, J1 and J2, while XPS 13 9350 has only 2 antennas, so which two connectors did you cennect?

I've connected only two of them and so far have no issues. The J0 and J1 as on the 1820A one. The grey wire to the filled triangle, the black one to the transparent one.

 

[duguzuyang]

I've connected only two of them and so far have no issues. The J0 and J1 as on the 1820A one. The grey wire to the filled triangle, the black one to the transparent one.

I am using the same connection method, yes the card certainly works, but I doubt its speed. It should be a very fast wifi card, while with only 2 antennas connected, I am getting only around 100Mbps in Windows( it shows the connection speed in control panel, I do not know how to check the connection speed in macOS ). I am using a AC router and can get 867Mbps using original DW1820A, I am thinking whether DW1560 is a better choice for XPS 13 9350 due to having only 2 antennas.

 

[javorosas]

Noob here. I'm installing macOS Sierra to my 9350 with the intention of using it for music production. This means I care a lot about the thunderbolt 3 port working for my audio interface. Any updates about TB3 working will be infinitely appreciated.

Who's working on this? Is there any GitHub page I can subscribe to?

 

[azlvda]

I finally get backlight control FN+F11 and FN+F12 keys working on xps 13 9350 i7 6560u

thanks to tdmsn, shixuev5 and rehabman

just followed this guide
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/xps-9550-osx-10-11-4-full-supported.189494/page-4#post-1239164

but BRT6 change to

        Method (BRT6, 2, NotSerialized)
        {
            If (LEqual (Arg0, One))
            {
                Notify (^^LPCB.PS2K, 0x0406)
            }

            If (And (Arg0, 0x02))
            {
                Notify (^^LPCB.PS2K, 0x0405)
            }
        }

this is for VoodooPS2Controller

edit:
update as rehabman sugestion

 

[RehabMan]

I finally get backlight control FN+F11 and FN+F12 keys working on xps 13 9350 i7 6560u

thanks to tdmsn, shixuev5 and rehabman

just followed this guide
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/xps-9550-osx-10-11-4-full-supported.189494/page-4#post-1239164

but BRT6 change to

        Method (BRT6, 2, NotSerialized)
        {
            If (LEqual (Arg0, One))
            {
                Notify (LCD, 0x86)
                Notify (^^LPCB.PS2K, 0x0206)
                Notify (^^LPCB.PS2K, 0x0286)
            }

            If (And (Arg0, 0x02))
            {
                Notify (LCD, 0x87)
                Notify (^^LPCB.PS2K, 0x0205)
                Notify (^^LPCB.PS2K, 0x0285)
            }
        }

this is for VoodooPS2Controller

It is better to send the codes as a single: 0x0406, 0x0405.

 

[cyf]

The bios for this guide is version 1.4.4. However, the latest listed on the Dell website is 1.4.10 (see below). Can anyone tell me if I should hold off on updating the bios? I'm ready to start the process but am holding off until I know whether I should update or not.

This is from the information on Dell ( http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=1P3WX ):

Fixes & Enhancements
Fixes
1. Correct Storage information in the Pre-boot Diagnostic test
2. Improve BIOS Recovery feature
3. System stability during Sleep

Enhancements
- Not Applicable.
Version
Version 1.4.10, 1.4.10
Category
BIOS
Release date
22 Nov 2016
Last Updated
22 Nov 2016

 

[duguzuyang]

The bios for this guide is version 1.4.4. However, the latest listed on the Dell website is 1.4.10 (see below). Can anyone tell me if I should hold off on updating the bios? I'm ready to start the process but am holding off until I know whether I should update or not.

This is from the information on Dell ( http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=1P3WX ):

Fixes & Enhancements
Fixes
1. Correct Storage information in the Pre-boot Diagnostic test
2. Improve BIOS Recovery feature
3. System stability during Sleep

Enhancements
- Not Applicable.
Version
Version 1.4.10, 1.4.10
Category
BIOS
Release date
22 Nov 2016
Last Updated
22 Nov 2016

I am using BIOS Version 1.4.10, there is no problem at all.