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

[Feartech]

What should I attach?

your problem reporting files as mentioned in the FAQ i linked you

 

[Benni]

Why not just use the guide on the first page of this thread? There's literally 80 + pages of people who had success by using this guide...
It's basically foolproof if you follow all instructions provided.(Challenge accepted, perhaps)

 

[romanmykytiuk]

Hey guys.
I would like to ask you forgiveness. I bought new sss - samsung evo 970 plus and it works awesome. I installed Catalina with the clover provided and I’ve got a great working machine. So apologies for my mistakes. Have a nice day.

 

[Libertov]

Ok guys i have an odd thing going on after upgrading to 10.15.2. Let's see if i can explain this right.
First of all everything was working perfectly in 10.15.1, and is currently working in my Windows 10 (Dual Boot).

The normal 130W power adapter shows plugged in on the status bar but it is NOT Charging the laptop. I thought it might be a bad power supply but I tried in Windows and it works fine. I also tried a second power supply and ii did the same. I tried a 60W USBC power supply from the 13in XPS and it works fine.

I though hmmm maybe the power cord needs to be plugged in before i start the laptop...and 1 time it actually worked, but it has only worked 1 time. I have tried various ways, plugged in a boot, not plugged in, rapidly plug it in but nothing.

Any thoughts?

 

[Sammy1881]

Ok guys i have an odd thing going on after upgrading to 10.15.2. Let's see if i can explain this right.
First of all everything was working perfectly in 10.15.1, and is currently working in my Windows 10 (Dual Boot).

The normal 130W power adapter shows plugged in on the status bar but it is NOT Charging the laptop. I thought it might be a bad power supply but I tried in Windows and it works fine. I also tried a second power supply and ii did the same. I tried a 60W USBC power supply from the 13in XPS and it works fine.

I though hmmm maybe the power cord needs to be plugged in before i start the laptop...and 1 time it actually worked, but it has only worked 1 time. I have tried various ways, plugged in a boot, not plugged in, rapidly plug it in but nothing.

Any thoughts?

Is it actually NOT charging the laptop or it's just the status bar that says so.

I have the same issue where both my status bar and activity monitor says it's not charging if I plug in my charger after I'm already booted into macOS but it is charging the battery regardless.


You can test it by noting down your current percentage and then leave the charged plug-ed in for few mins and then replugging it, the battery percentage should change in both activity monitor(restart app) and status bar.

 

[CronosDage]

Not able to get the USB/Clover showing as a boot option in the BIOS with this guide

 

[InsaneCultist]

Not able to get the USB/Clover showing as a boot option in the BIOS with this guide

You may have to add it manually, depending on the make and model of your USB stick. THIS GUIDE shows how to add a "DVD" option, but it is equally applicable to USB. In the 4th image, under "File System List" you'll want the one that is mounted at the USB port. You'll also need to give it a name - I typically just use "USB" for mine.

 

[sebcioz]

Hey, what your average power consumption during sleep? My battery goes from 100% to basically 0% in around 10-12 hours. I've disabled power nap, wake on lan/usb etc. Do you have any ideas what can affect my battery consumption?

Results for: 

10:21 (went to sleep at: 71%)
12:51 (I woke it up to check batery stats: 55%)
17:52 (I woke it up to check batery stats: 21%)

pmset -g assertions

2020-01-12 17:52:36 +0100
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 1
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  1
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
   InternalPreventSleep           1
Listed by owning process:
   pid 410(sharingd): [0x00000340000183dd] 00:00:01 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "Handoff"
   pid 263(nsurlsessiond): [0x00000326000b83c7] 00:00:28 BackgroundTask named: "NSURLSessionTask 021210E3-A589-4B1C-AF12-041AF4375DD9"
    Timeout will fire in 10772 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
   pid 307(UserEventAgent): [0x00000336000b83d6] 00:00:12 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.remindd.dataaccess.fetch.7FB3B59D-AF37-4824-BFEF-93D90A24DB5A"
    Created for PID: 1067.
   pid 307(UserEventAgent): [0x00000326000b83bf] 00:00:28 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.contextkit.mobileasset.check"
    Created for PID: 358.
   pid 121(hidd): [0x0000002600098099] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle serviceID:100000653 name:AppleUserHIDEventSe product:Karabiner VirtualHI eventType:3"
    Timeout will fire in 10800 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 74(powerd): [0x0000001300088000] 07:31:51 ExternalMedia named: "com.apple.powermanagement.externalmediamounted"
   pid 74(powerd): [0x0000031d000d8359] 00:00:38 InternalPreventSleep named: "com.apple.powermanagement.acwakelinger"
    Timeout will fire in 7 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 382(useractivityd): [0x00000340000183dc] 00:00:01 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "BTLEAdvertisement"
    Timeout will fire in 58 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
Kernel Assertions: 0x4=USB
   id=500  level=255 0x4=USB mod=01/01/1970, 01:00 description=com.apple.usb.externaldevice.14700000 owner=Flash Drive FIT
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

pmset -g log|grep -e " Sleep " -e " Wake " -e " DarkWake "

2020-01-12 10:21:44 +0100 Sleep                   Entering Sleep state due to 'Clamshell Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using Batt (Charge:71%) 8972 secs
2020-01-12 10:21:47 +0100 Wake Requests           [*process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=59795 wakeAt=2020-01-13 02:58:22 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report,311"]
2020-01-12 10:21:47 +0100 PM Client Acks          Delays to Sleep notifications: [com.apple.apsd is slow(2544 ms)]
2020-01-12 12:51:14 +0100 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Sleep notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(2469 ms)] [BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(498 ms)] [IONVMeController driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(1406 ms)]
2020-01-12 12:51:16 +0100 Wake                    Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] : due to PBTN/Lid Open Using BATT (Charge:55%) 649 secs
2020-01-12 12:51:16 +0100 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(354 ms)] [AppleHDADriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(558 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1046 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageDriverNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1266 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1138 ms)] [ApplePS2Controller driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1376 ms)]
Sleep/Wakes since boot at 2020-01-12 10:20:44 +0100 :1   Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0
2020-01-12 13:02:05 +0100 Sleep                   Entering Sleep state due to 'Clamshell Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using Batt (Charge:50%) 759 secs
2020-01-12 13:02:08 +0100 Wake Requests           [*process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=50174 wakeAt=2020-01-13 02:58:22 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report,311"]
2020-01-12 13:02:08 +0100 PM Client Acks          Delays to Sleep notifications: [com.apple.apsd is slow(2743 ms)]
2020-01-12 13:14:42 +0100 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Sleep notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1493 ms)] [BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(501 ms)] [IONVMeController driver is slow(msg: SetState to 0)(922 ms)]
2020-01-12 13:14:44 +0100 Wake                    Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] : due to PBTN/Lid Open Using BATT (Charge:48%) 52 secs
2020-01-12 13:14:44 +0100 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(351 ms)] [AppleHDADriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(554 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1043 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageDriverNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1281 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1138 ms)] [ApplePS2Controller driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1359 ms)]
Sleep/Wakes since boot at 2020-01-12 10:20:44 +0100 :2   Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0
2020-01-12 13:15:36 +0100 Sleep                   Entering Sleep state due to 'Clamshell Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using Batt (Charge:48%) 16582 secs
2020-01-12 13:15:38 +0100 Wake Requests           [*process=powerd request=UserWake deltaSecs=49364 wakeAt=2020-01-13 02:58:22 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report,311"]
2020-01-12 13:15:38 +0100 PM Client Acks          Delays to Sleep notifications: [com.apple.apsd is slow(2014 ms)]
2020-01-12 17:51:56 +0100 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Sleep notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1569 ms)] [BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(495 ms)]
2020-01-12 17:51:58 +0100 Wake                    Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] : due to PBTN/Notification Using AC (Charge:20%)
2020-01-12 17:51:58 +0100 Kernel Client Acks      Delays to Wake notifications: [AppleIntelFramebuffer driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(378 ms)] [AppleHDADriver driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(623 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageInterfaceNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1040 ms)] [IOUSBMassStorageDriverNub driver is slow(msg: SetState to 1)(1438 ms)] [ApplePS2Controller driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1331 ms)] [PRT1 driver is slow(msg: SetState to 2)(1117 ms)]

 

[iHac2theMacs]

Hi all,
Been trying to reinstall Mojave on my machine for weeks now to no success. It gets through one white apple screen, flashes grey (like the install screen grey), then goes back to the white apple screen where it hangs on like 95%. I can't even share what is going on behind the scenes because when I put it into verbose mode it STILL will show the apple screen rather than the code. What am I doing wrong?? FYI my BIOS is 1.11, all the settings are matched with the guide, and the EFI folder I'm using is 3.4 from the OP downloads. I'm sorry I can't give you more info than that.

 

[suvasco]

Hi all,
Been trying to reinstall Mojave on my machine for weeks now to no success. It gets through one white apple screen, flashes grey (like the install screen grey), then goes back to the white apple screen where it hangs on like 95%. I can't even share what is going on behind the scenes because when I put it into verbose mode it STILL will show the apple screen rather than the code. What am I doing wrong?? FYI my BIOS is 1.11, all the settings are matched with the guide, and the EFI folder I'm using is 3.4 from the OP downloads. I'm sorry I can't give you more info than that.

Have you tried installing Catalina instead? Works fine for me, a few issues but they were easy to mitigate