mrbonkers Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I recently purchased a BCM94331CD wireless/bt card from aliexpress but I still unable to get Handoff/Continuity/AirDrop to work. do you guys have any solution? For Handoff: in the system preference>bluetooth it shows Handoff Supported: No For AirDrop: Doesn't have the option to "show everyone" and it does not discover any iPhone/iPad Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 4.4.5f3 17904 Hardware, Features, and Settings: Name: iMac Address: F4-F9-51-E8-B5-89 Bluetooth Low Energy Supported: Yes Handoff Supported: No Instant Hot Spot Supported: No Manufacturer: Broadcom Transport: USB Chipset: 20702B0 Firmware Version: v118 c9122 Bluetooth Power: On Discoverable: Off Connectable: Yes Auto Seek Pointing: On Remote wake: On Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x828B HCI Version: 4.0 (0x6) HCI Revision: 0x23A2 LMP Version: 4.0 (0x6) LMP Subversion: 0x4176 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: On bought the card from http://www.aliexpress.com/item/BCM94331CD-Dual-band-2-4-5G-450M-BT4-0-4Antennas-Wireless-Network-Card-BT4-0-for/32494574285.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.56.hS5Owm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheonlyone4ever Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 ok first let me try to explain something quick then i will try to help you , i have bcm4360cd , handoff , continuity , instant hotpot and air drop all of them work out of the box with that card , the problem you have is that your bluetooth has a different letter in product id and maybe your bluetooth is not compatible out of the box , but don't worry maybe all you need to do is run continuity tool to enable those features , i will show you how , here i uploaded this video to another user who has the same problem simply follow the video , i also wrote the instructions for you in english , so use the commands that i included for you in the zip file. remember to choose number 2 when you answer the question and press enter at the end of the installation here is the link to the video https://mega.nz/#!u5lVzSyJ!tRt3HjFFMalazHDiW-dbKbLp9Suzl0V6kdouuSCje7o if it doesn't work the first time try it a second time and if after the second time still doesn't work then maybe most likely you are using an incompatible SMBIOS. first go to system preferences - sharing and put a check mark on bluetooth sharing that will turn on these 2 options Discoverable: On Connectable: Yes then follow the video the first video is the installation the 2nd video is just the proof that the method works ignore the device id that you see in that video , i was showing a guy who has a usb dongle how to enable handoff on his device but is the same step as your device , except you have a different device id but is the same process ok in my bcm4360cd my device is Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x828D and based in the info that you have provided your device is Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x828B did you install the usb cable that comes with the card to the usb header in the motherboard? did you rearrange the cables to match the pins in the usb header? ok simply do this , go to system preferences - bluetooth and try to turn the bluetooth off and on if is turning off and on just fine then everything is all right if is not then tell me and i will tell you what you need to do to fix also i think that there is a typo in your board description i look for Z107X-UD5 and i couldn't find anything , i know about the 170 so i look for this Z170X-UD5 and i found this http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5480&dl=1#ov is this your board? is very weird that your bluetooth don't work out of the box , maybe you don't even need to run continuity tool and all you need to do is rearrange the cables , by default those cables come in position 1 and 3 , and in your board they go in position 3 and 5 the sameway they go in my board , you need to put those wires like in the picture , you can easy lift the black part that is holding the cable , be careful don't brake it , you only need to lift it up a little bit then pull the cable out and then put it or move it where it has to go. i hope you understand my english , this is the picture for that board model that i put in the link Continuity Tool.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 thank you, it's working now! didn't know patching was necessary since it was suppose to work OOTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi62 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 7/11/2016 at 9:53 PM, iamtheonlyone4ever said: ok first let me try to explain something quick then i will try to help you , i have bcm4360cd , handoff , continuity , instant hotpot and air drop all of them work out of the box with that card , the problem you have is that your bluetooth has a different letter in product id and maybe your bluetooth is not compatible out of the box , but don't worry maybe all you need to do is run continuity tool to enable those features , i will show you how , here i uploaded this video to another user who has the same problem simply follow the video , i also wrote the instructions for you in english , so use the commands that i included for you in the zip file. remember to choose number 2 when you answer the question and press enter at the end of the installation here is the link to the video https://mega.nz/#!u5lVzSyJ!tRt3HjFFMalazHDiW-dbKbLp9Suzl0V6kdouuSCje7o if it doesn't work the first time try it a second time and if after the second time still doesn't work then maybe most likely you are using an incompatible SMBIOS. first go to system preferences - sharing and put a check mark on bluetooth sharing that will turn on these 2 options Discoverable: On Connectable: Yes then follow the video the first video is the installation the 2nd video is just the proof that the method works ignore the device id that you see in that video , i was showing a guy who has a usb dongle how to enable handoff on his device but is the same step as your device , except you have a different device id but is the same process ok in my bcm4360cd my device is Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x828D and based in the info that you have provided your device is Vendor ID: 0x05AC Product ID: 0x828B did you install the usb cable that comes with the card to the usb header in the motherboard? did you rearrange the cables to match the pins in the usb header? ok simply do this , go to system preferences - bluetooth and try to turn the bluetooth off and on if is turning off and on just fine then everything is all right if is not then tell me and i will tell you what you need to do to fix also i think that there is a typo in your board description i look for Z107X-UD5 and i couldn't find anything , i know about the 170 so i look for this Z170X-UD5 and i found this http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5480&dl=1#ov is this your board? is very weird that your bluetooth don't work out of the box , maybe you don't even need to run continuity tool and all you need to do is rearrange the cables , by default those cables come in position 1 and 3 , and in your board they go in position 3 and 5 the sameway they go in my board , you need to put those wires like in the picture , you can easy lift the black part that is holding the cable , be careful don't brake it , you only need to lift it up a little bit then pull the cable out and then put it or move it where it has to go. i hope you understand my english , this is the picture for that board model that i put in the link Continuity Tool.zip Hi the video you posted is no longer available I have same card as you but my bluetooth is not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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