The Windows Tweaker Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hello once again! I've successfully updatet to Mac OS X 10.7.2 and the system runs fast and stable. The only problem is the ethernet card. I have atheros network card which isn't supported. Because the system can't find an ethernet card i think this is the reason that the Mac AppStore, iCloud and FaceTime aren't working. Is that correct? Is there a way to work around it? These are the specs of my notebook: Acer 6930G-594G64mn Mac OS X 10.7.2 Core2Duo T5900 2.2GHz nVidia GeForce 9600M GS 512 MB 4GB DDR2 667 MHz 320GB HDD (2x160) 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1026] (rev b0) i've used a valid serial in SMBIOS.plist. I dont know how to make a DSDT for my notebook, so i haven't tried that. Looking forward for you idea's Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdtran1025 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 what boot loader do you use? At the opening page of this forum, there's a sticky for Chameleon SVN2.1. The newest release, r1658 should help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1764629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 i currently using the latest bootloader "Chameleon v2.1svn r1664" but is doesn't fix the problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1764774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 http://code.google.com/p/iats/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1764948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Yeah, i've haves tried that kexts. Problem is that osx can't control the LAN and Wi-Fi inside my notebook. Is it not possible to put an mac address inside of the boot.plist? Kind of emulating? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yeah, i've haves tried that kexts. Problem is that osx can't control the LAN and Wi-Fi inside my notebook. Is it not possible to put an mac address inside of the boot.plist? Kind of emulating? if it's BCM, we may solve it with EFI string but i had the L1 kext for a while with my BCM and didn't had problems what happen when you try to install this Kext? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurruwiwi Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Hi there, I have an Acer 6935G with absolutely everything working and rock solid. iAtkos 10.7.2, iCloud and everything. iCloud would not work on update to 10.7.2 when I tried logging in with my iPhone's ID. At the time I didn't have Ethernet working, but what fixed it for me was Champlist app. (http://www.osx86.net/cat/2-bootloaders.html) . In about this mac, my laptop showed up as a Mac Pro mid 2010 (maybe because I have 4GB DDR3 + 9600 GT). I looked up on google and it took me to a wiki page, and from there I chose the Macbook Pro model closet to my laptop, based on CPU and Gfx card, my case P8600. Ticked to generate new Serial Number, and when everything is valid, on the low-right corner there is a SAVE - AS... click that and say YES to overwrite smbios.plist. Reboot and iCloud/Facetime working. Only after did I fix the ethernet. Let me know if you need the kext! Good luck Oh, also be sure to be using latest Chameleon 2 rc5 r16xx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 if it's BCM, we may solve it with EFI string but i had the L1 kext for a while with my BCM and didn't had problems what happen when you try to install this Kext? I get this error: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 have you tried this one? it's saying it support your laptop 6930G http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140907 but anyway, lets check something, go to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist locate your WI-Fi card, and find if IOBuiltin=Yes or No Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Hi there, I have an Acer 6935G with absolutely everything working and rock solid. iAtkos 10.7.2, iCloud and everything. iCloud would not work on update to 10.7.2 when I tried logging in with my iPhone's ID. At the time I didn't have Ethernet working, but what fixed it for me was Champlist app. (http://www.osx86.net/cat/2-bootloaders.html) . In about this mac, my laptop showed up as a Mac Pro mid 2010 (maybe because I have 4GB DDR3 + 9600 GT). I looked up on google and it took me to a wiki page, and from there I chose the Macbook Pro model closet to my laptop, based on CPU and Gfx card, my case P8600. Ticked to generate new Serial Number, and when everything is valid, on the low-right corner there is a SAVE - AS... click that and say YES to overwrite smbios.plist. Reboot and iCloud/Facetime working. Only after did I fix the ethernet. Let me know if you need the kext! Good luck Oh, also be sure to be using latest Chameleon 2 rc5 r16xx . Thanks for your reply I have made an custom SMBios.plist close to my laptop. I've chosen for the MacBookPro5.1 (begin 2008). To bad is doesn't work for iCloud. I tried many configuration but non seems to work. Another question. Do you have also Wi-Fi with a touchscreen disable/enable button? Did you get you Wi-Fi working. I've changed to Intel 5100 card for the BCM4312 802.11b/g card but osx can't find the card. Can you help me with that also? Everything works great and stable except the Wi-Fi and LAN. have you tried this one? it's saying it support your laptop 6930Ghttp://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140907 but anyway, lets check something, go to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist locate your WI-Fi card, and find if IOBuiltin=Yes or No I use an Wi-Fi USB stick for internet. OSX can't find my BCM4312 802.11b/g card. I set it to "true" but it doesn't work "have you tried this one? it's saying it support your laptop 6930G" Also tried yes. Didn't help. But many thanks for the tip! Any other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 all i can think of is getting a wi-fi card that work (MiniPci or something) and to make EFI string for it to be built-in, this can work, the thing is, you must have some kind of internal interface for this, as those, and some other apps (not even related to apple) search for your physical MAC address. so USB won't help cause you can't create any EFI for it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurruwiwi Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I have made an custom SMBios.plist close to my laptop. The problem is NOT how smbios reports your specs to "about this mac", but rather that with Champlist, it also include an option to create an genuine hardware serial number specific to your model. It then injects this into the smbios too This way, iCloud and Facetime accepts it because the info matches up to their algorithms. Try it, takes 2 minutes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Never thought about that. I'll give it a try. Thanks for info. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 The problem is NOT how smbios reports your specs to "about this mac", but rather that with Champlist, it also include an option to create an genuine hardware serial number specific to your model. It then injects this into the smbios too This way, iCloud and Facetime accepts it because the info matches up to their algorithms. Try it, takes 2 minutes. Have tried it out, but it doesn't work. Could you help me with it? In the attachment you can find my latest smbios.plist. Please tell if you need extra information SMBios.plist.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurruwiwi Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I wouldn't be able to check on my side. On Champlist, were you able to generate a valid serial number? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Yes it generated a valid serial but does not make iCloud work. I even tried a serial from a real macbook but also did not work. A bit strange.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurruwiwi Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Try the following, From your hack, go to iCloud.com from Safari. See if you can login. If you do, reboot and try with the Lion app in System Preferences. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1765969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Thanks. I can login into iCloud.com. I've already used it as an beta tester. On the second hard disk in my notebook i've Windows 7 installed. From there i can use the iCloud program without problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1766021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Windows Tweaker Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 any other suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271028-looking-for-fix-for-mac-app-store-icloud-and-facetime/#findComment-1766170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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