[Guide] Dell XPS 9560 Mojave VirtualSMC, I2C Trackpad, Clover UEFI Hotpatch

[Feartech]

Note: There is a script that will generate LiluFriend.kext automatically in my hack-tools github project.

i saw that earlier and will make an attempt later on, cheers!

 

[polarbear128]

Note: There is a script that will generate LiluFriend.kext automatically in my hack-tools github project.

Can confirm generating and using LiluFriend.kext obviates the need for the vsmcgen=1 boot flag, at least on the XPS 15 9560.
Thanks, @RehabMan , those scripts are very helpful!

 

[RehabMan]

Can confirm generating and using LiluFriend.kext obviates the need for the vsmcgen=1 boot flag, at least on the XPS 15 9560.
Thanks, @RehabMan , those scripts are very helpful!

Cool... thanks for testing.

 

[killswitx]

Everything works great went through the instructions to the dot and it is fantastic.
The only issue i see is wifi, the guide is based around dw1560. My issue is that the speeds are quite slow (9MB/s) I tested it by copying files from my NAS on my network where i use netgear r7000 (with dd-wrt) i have VHT80mhz enabled. Yet on my old mbp with n wifi only it is faster like 17MB/s.
Also after doing all the post install later i went to connect to bt my headphones and it went bt unavailable. After reboot the bt was still unavailable later i have switched of notebook and later came back to it this evening and bt was there and also was able to connect to headphones and works fine. Was wondering if there could be some erratic issues maybe i miss the right kext for dw1830?

Since nobody has really added to this anything i guess then the issue probably would be only the card itself also adding to this that yesterday i tried to change the anthenas from black to white and as well the third one i tried multiple ones that i got from china and pretty much all yeld the same result which is a little better but far from what i believe 802.11ac can do (16MB/s).
Anyone can suggest what max speed are you getting on dw1560 vs dw1830?

 

[polarbear128]

Since nobody has really added to this anything i guess then the issue probably would be only the card itself also adding to this that yesterday i tried to change the anthenas from black to white and as well the third one i tried multiple ones that i got from china and pretty much all yeld the same result which is a little better but far from what i believe 802.11ac can do (16MB/s).
Anyone can suggest what max speed are you getting on dw1560 vs dw1830?

I have the dw1830, and am getting:

Externally I'm getting:

PING ms
3
DOWNLOAD Mbps
45.36

UPLOAD Mbps
109.99

through speedtest.net.

In System Info, I'm getting
Transmit Rate: 351 (and with a refresh, 145)

Alt-Clicking the wifi icon, I'm getting
Tx Rate: 145Mbps

In Network Utility, I'm getting
Link Speed: 144Mbit/s

Which is all around 18MB/s

*EDIT* Actually that was mostly on the 2.4GHz AP. On the 5GHz, I'm getting a uniform 351

 

[killswitx]

I have the dw1830, and am getting:

Externally I'm getting:

PING ms
3
DOWNLOAD Mbps
45.36

UPLOAD Mbps
109.99

through speedtest.net.

In System Info, I'm getting
Transmit Rate: 351 (and with a refresh, 145)

Alt-Clicking the wifi icon, I'm getting
Tx Rate: 145Mbps

In Network Utility, I'm getting
Link Speed: 144Mbit/s

Which is all around 18MB/s

*EDIT* Actually that was mostly on the 2.4GHz AP. On the 5GHz, I'm getting a uniform 351

thanks for that actually i have check and tx rate shows 540mbps, but well nowhere near that now uhm :/
strangely when i do speedtest i get 240mbps which i believe is max of our line here (virgin) but that should be also seen when transfering on lwan damn :/

 

[LeLunZ]

Hi everyone.

I got my System to work. and updated to 10.14.2
The Problems I got now are only USB-C and LAN struggles.

First, I haven't installed the DW1560. I am getting it in a few days. Hong Kong shipping^^

My Dell USB-C DA300 Adapter works only when plugged in between start of clover and Mac OS boot.


When its working while having a second display connected, and I am trying to plug into the USB-C Adapter a third display the system gets a panic and crashes.
But I can plug my Second Monitor into the usb-C adapter without crashing. But then again, if the third on the native port gets a connection I get a panic.

When a Monitor is connected to the Adapter the other slots (USB A 3.0, Lan...) don't work.

Lan only works with my Apple USB A Ethernet Adapter.
When I am trying with my Dell adapter I won't become a IP address but It says cable connected. Static ip also don't work.

But when trying first with Apple USB Ethernet adapter, getting an IP address, and then trying with my dell works. its using the same ip which the Apple USB Ethernet adapter got...

But the USB-C hotplug and monitor problems are my biggest problem. So please help! all the problem and reporting files are added.



Panic:

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8011cda1ed): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9458938b, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x00000000000001dc, CR3: 0x000000001f010000, CR4: 0x00000000003626e0
RAX: 0x40ea56b7e04100ee, RBX: 0x0000000000000002, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000001
RSP: 0xffffff81f90c3e30, RBP: 0xffffff81f90c3e90, RSI: 0x0000000000000001, RDI: 0x0000000000000002
R8: 0x0000000000000003, R9: 0xffffff8043060420, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000002, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff81b7762000, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7f9458938b, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00000000000001dc, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 0, VF: 1


Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81f90c3900 : 0xffffff8011baeafd mach_kernel : _handle_debugger_trap + 0x48d
0xffffff81f90c3950 : 0xffffff8011ce85a3 mach_kernel : _kdp_i386_trap + 0x153
0xffffff81f90c3990 : 0xffffff8011cd9fca mach_kernel : _kernel_trap + 0x4fa
0xffffff81f90c3a00 : 0xffffff8011b5bca0 mach_kernel : _return_from_trap + 0xe0
0xffffff81f90c3a20 : 0xffffff8011bae517 mach_kernel : _panic_trap_to_debugger + 0x197
0xffffff81f90c3b40 : 0xffffff8011bae363 mach_kernel : _panic + 0x63
0xffffff81f90c3bb0 : 0xffffff8011cda1ed mach_kernel : _kernel_trap + 0x71d
0xffffff81f90c3d20 : 0xffffff8011b5bca0 mach_kernel : _return_from_trap + 0xe0
0xffffff81f90c3d40 : 0xffffff7f9458938b com.apple.driver.AppleIntelKBLGraphicsFramebuffer : __ZN31AppleIntelFramebufferController20invokeHotplugHandlerEj + 0x4e1
0xffffff81f90c3e90 : 0xffffff7f94568930 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelKBLGraphicsFramebuffer : __ZN31AppleIntelFramebufferController18SWInterruptHandlerEP8OSObjectP22IOInterruptEventSourcei + 0x1b2
0xffffff81f90c3ed0 : 0xffffff80122575dd mach_kernel : __ZN22IOInterruptEventSource12checkForWorkEv + 0x13d
0xffffff81f90c3f30 : 0xffffff8012255672 mach_kernel : __ZN10IOWorkLoop15runEventSourcesEv + 0x1e2
0xffffff81f90c3f70 : 0xffffff8012254bfc mach_kernel : __ZN10IOWorkLoop10threadMainEv + 0x2c
0xffffff81f90c3fa0 : 0xffffff8011b5b0ce mach_kernel : _call_continuation + 0x2e
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelKBLGraphicsFramebuffer(12.0.4)[0E71EF1C-A01B-354E-987D-476E0029C6ED]@0xffffff7f9453b000->0xffffff7f9475ffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[7EA30FDD-A2FB-390F-99DD-42BC19691BB4]@0xffffff7f92495000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[99A8A054-9F64-3FB8-BB1D-5973F8AB04A1]@0xffffff7f92bb3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(404.2.2)[FA92A03C-F113-384A-9B1F-B2C52DE7F4D2]@0xffffff7f93cf7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[75A625B5-0DEB-343A-A723-9D72533F098C]@0xffffff7f930e7000
dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.28.4)[400C2E21-0880-36D7-AC5E-6B9BC885F158]@0xffffff7f93079000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(530.14)[C5617AC3-A68D-36CE-AC22-7C7C81318961]@0xffffff7f92d60000

 

[Feartech]

Note: There is a script that will generate LiluFriend.kext automatically in my hack-tools github project.

just a quick one to say thanks for the LiluFriend creator, worked here as well, not at first though as i needed to update my other kexts, then all was good and working perfect, cheers!

 

[killswitx]

hi

just migrated my old mbp to this xps and looks fab!
I just wanted to ask there is little annoyance and thus a secondary button click the one that gets the context menu does not work. While all other gestures work fine now. Just secondary click if i want to do i have to press ctrl + click. Anyone knows could this be? I have installed the voodooi2controller into L/E.

 

[blazinsmokey]

Since nobody has really added to this anything i guess then the issue probably would be only the card itself also adding to this that yesterday i tried to change the anthenas from black to white and as well the third one i tried multiple ones that i got from china and pretty much all yeld the same result which is a little better but far from what i believe 802.11ac can do (16MB/s).
Anyone can suggest what max speed are you getting on dw1560 vs dw1830?

I have the dw1830, and am getting:
Externally I'm getting:
PING ms
3
DOWNLOAD Mbps
45.36
UPLOAD Mbps
109.99
through speedtest.net.
In System Info, I'm getting
Transmit Rate: 351 (and with a refresh, 145)
Alt-Clicking the wifi icon, I'm getting
Tx Rate: 145Mbps
In Network Utility, I'm getting
Link Speed: 144Mbit/s
Which is all around 18MB/s
*EDIT* Actually that was mostly on the 2.4GHz AP. On the 5GHz, I'm getting a uniform 351

That's what I'm getting DW1560 when option click my WiFi icon.
My link Speed in Network Utility is 1.3Gbit/s.
Transmit Rate matches in System info with 867.

The problem with the 1830 is it needs an extra antenna to get full speeds. Our laptops have room for 2 but you can make it work I believe.

Quoted from KNNSpeeds original guide.

I installed a DW1830 card on eBay and bought an extra antenna for it (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MAV4Z2O/?tag=tonymacx86com-20). Proper installation of the antenna is required to get 1.3Gbps Wi-Fi—there is room next to the existing antennas, but you will need to perform a little surgery on the antenna cover to get it to fit. Dell’s Service Manual is necessary for the procedure, which does involve removing the display (http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/xps-15-9560-laptop_Setup Guide_en-us.pdf). The prerequisites are mandatory.

You can also look here to see if this can help your installation.

Good luck!