Yosemite IOGear not working properly

[insanity83NL]

Hi everyone,

I did a clean install of Yosemite and got virtually everything to work except my IOGear 4.0 Bluetooth dongle.
It used to work in Mavericks before.
Currently Yosemite sees the dongle but my wireless keyboard and magic mouse are not connecting. I'll try to post as much info so hopefully someone has a working awnser ^^



Thnx for the help in advance guys ^^

Cheers all !

 

[movierelics]

I don't know if this will help you or not, but I've got the same dongle as you and at first I had some issues getting my trackpad to work, but I re-paired it and now it's working. The only differences I'm seeing between our two systems is the firmware in the dongle is different. Don't know if that is a problem or not, but just FYI.

Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: No
Instant Hotspot Supported: No
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport: USB
Chipset: 20702A3
Firmware Version: v14 c4611
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: On
Connectable: Yes
Auto Seek Pointing: Off
Remote wake: On
Vendor ID: 0x0A5C
Product ID: 0x21E8
HCI Version: 0x6
HCI Revision: 0x1203
LMP Version: 0x6
LMP Subversion: 0x220E
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 0x380104
Device Class (Major): 0x01
Device Class (Minor): 0x01
Service Class: 0x1C0
Auto Seek Keyboard: Off

 

[insanity83NL]

I don't know if this will help you or not, but I've got the same dongle as you and at first I had some issues getting my trackpad to work, but I re-paired it and now it's working. The only differences I'm seeing between our two systems is the firmware in the dongle is different. Don't know if that is a problem or not, but just FYI.

Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes
Handoff Supported: No
Instant Hotspot Supported: No
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport: USB
Chipset: 20702A3
Firmware Version: v14 c4611
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: On
Connectable: Yes
Auto Seek Pointing: Off
Remote wake: On
Vendor ID: 0x0A5C
Product ID: 0x21E8
HCI Version: 0x6
HCI Revision: 0x1203
LMP Version: 0x6
LMP Subversion: 0x220E
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Mac Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 0x380104
Device Class (Major): 0x01
Device Class (Minor): 0x01
Service Class: 0x1C0
Auto Seek Keyboard: Off

so, got a tutorial of some sorts that would get me that firmware as well?

thnx in advance ^^

 

[Daniel.E]

Did you do anything special to get the BT to show up? I just upgraded and my IOGear doesn't even appear.

 

[insanity83NL]

Did you do anything special to get the BT to show up? I just upgraded and my IOGear doesn't even appear.

IOGear didn't show up at all at first. Wasn't untill I found a patched kext file.

 

[Daniel.E]

Where did you find it? this sounds promising http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...-success-except-imessage-bluetooth-trick.html

 

[insanity83NL]

Where did you find it? this sounds promising http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...-success-except-imessage-bluetooth-trick.html

The method seems ok, but I do not have a different install. Thnx anyways

 

[Daniel.E]

Try this...

If you have it installed, remove /System/Library/Extensions/GenericUSBXHCI.kext, recache and reboot.

Use these commands in Terminal:

sudo -s

Enter your password.

rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/GenericUSBXHCI.kext

touch /System/Library/Extensions/

Then reboot. Hope this solves the issue.

It almost fixed the problem for me, the only thing it's not working properly is the trackpad.

 

[insanity83NL]

Try this...


It almost fixed the problem for me, the only thing it's not working properly is the trackpad.

Unfortunatly it didn't work. :'(
However the bluetooth seems to register now:

Apple Bluetooth Software Version:    4.3.0f10 14890
  Hardware, Features, and Settings:
  Address:    00-02-72-32-C6-22
  Bluetooth Low Energy Supported:    Yes
  Handoff Supported:    No
  Instant Hotspot Supported:    No
  Manufacturer:    Broadcom
  Chipset:    Unknown (ffff)
  Firmware Version:    v14 c4096
  Bluetooth Power:    Off
  Discoverable:    Off
  Auto Seek Pointing:    On
  Remote wake:    On
  Vendor ID:    0x0A5C
  Product ID:    0x21E8
  HCI Version:    0x6
  HCI Revision:    0x1000
  LMP Version:    0x6
  LMP Subversion:    0x220E
  Auto Seek Keyboard:    On
  Services:
  Bluetooth File Transfer:
  When receiving items:    Accept all without warning
  State:    Disabled
  Bluetooth File Exchange:
  When other items are accepted:    Save to location
  When receiving items:    Accept all without warning
  State:    Disabled
  Bluetooth Internet Sharing:
  State:    Disabled
  Incoming Serial Ports:
  Bluetooth-Incoming-Port:
  RFCOMM Channel:    3
  Requires Authentication:    No
  Outgoing Serial Ports:
  Bluetooth-Modem:
  Address:    
  RFCOMM Channel:    0
  Requires Authentication:    No

[B]BCM20702A0:[/B]


  Product ID:	0x21e8
  Vendor ID:	0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.)
  Version:	1.12
  Serial Number:	00027232C622
  Speed:	Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:	Broadcom Corp
  Location ID:	0x14500000 / 1
  Current Available (mA):	500
  Current Required (mA):	0

 

[insanity83NL]

I did a fresh install to start fresh. Hopefully that might help as well ^^
If anyone has a solution please let me know.

Thnx in advance ^^