macOS Sonoma Wireless Issues Discussion.

[miliuco]

@hackattak

 

Posts 1 and 2 of this thread:

https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/358630-get-back-fenvi-t919-and-other-broadcom-wi-fi-on-macos-14-sonoma-thanks-to-olcp/#comment-2818615

 

Broadcom wifi working on Ventura or Sonoma prior to 14.4 can work on Sonoma 14.4 or 14.4.1, follow instructions (post 2 is for 14.4 or 14.4.1).

[Max.1974]

Hi all friends, since I decide put my Broadcom Wireless Card + BT on my Aorus Z790 (with intel WI-Fi 6 Ax211 + intel BT), when I mapped my usb ports, I block intel BT and use BRCM Broadcom bluetooth working fine, and using compiled Clover 5156 or 5157 (not works with "another" boot loader), to send from my Desktop to my iPhone works fine or another real Mac. Include too my not real Mac Lenovo E470. 

 

I believe that coders will find way to work AirDrop with intel Wireless card. 

 

[miliuco]

@Max.1974

I'm skeptical, I don't think Intel wifi can ever use Airdrop.

Apple configures macOS by default to use Airdrop only under very specific conditions.

itlwm spoofs itself as wifi but it is not seen by macOS as real wifi.

AirportItlwm works the way Airdrop compatible wifi work, it can support Airdrop in theory but so far the developer has not been able to do it, this kext comes from the Linux driver and the Linux code surely lacks what Broadcom has to allow Airdrop.

[Max.1974]

Hi my friend works from Desktop to iPhone for while, and I believe it's not Bluetooth or even Wireless, but permission or configuration from Kext. 

 

See my Desktop Airdrop intel Wireless + Broadcom BT to my Iphone 

 

Spoiler

 

[Max.1974]

Spoiler

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

see my friend @miliuco and above too 

 

My Lenovo 100% intel Wifi and BT to my Desktop intel Wifi + BRCM BT

 

And both to my Iphone 

The "secret" to me is Clover and compiled Kexts and Bootloader with GCC compiler 

[witjojo]

Hello everyone,

 

I have a "Lenovo ThinkCentre M93 Tiny" with the Mini PCI-E WIFI card BCM94352HMB. As far as Ventura, the WIFI worked without any problems.

But now I can't get the WIFI card to work under Sonoma. I've read everything here over and over again 20 times. Unfortunately I can't come to a positive solution.

 

The system is configured as Mac Mini 7,1 and I made all the settings for WIFI as described here.

Here are screenshots of my system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During root patching, the graphics and WIFI cards were correctly recognized and the graphics card is also patched correctly.

 

 

 

But the WIFI card is not patched properly. Tha WIFI card is displayed here as a FakeBCM card.

 

 

I hope you can help me.

 

Edited March 30, 2024 by witjojo

[Max.1974]

Hi @witjojo 

 

Maybe you can try use MacBook Pro 15,1,  15,2  or  16,2 SMBIOS.  

 

And if you can, post your EFI 

[witjojo]

Hi Max,

 

I have now switched my SMBIOS to MacBook Pro 15.2 and repached again. But no difference, no WiFi.

I noticed that Bluetooth is also recognized as a third party dongle. That wasn't the case at Ventura.

 

Here is my EFI. I deleted IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext from the EFI, because I can only upload 10 MB.

EFI.zip

 

Edited March 30, 2024 by witjojo

[datafeedexpert]

15 hours ago, witjojo said:

Hello everyone,

 

I have a "Lenovo ThinkCentre M93 Tiny" with the Mini PCI-E WIFI card BCM94352HMB. As far as Ventura, the WIFI worked without any problems.

But now I can't get the WIFI card to work under Sonoma. I've read everything here over and over again 20 times. Unfortunately I can't come to a positive solution.

 

The system is configured as Mac Mini 7,1 and I made all the settings for WIFI as described here.

Here are screenshots of my system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During root patching, the graphics and WIFI cards were correctly recognized and the graphics card is also patched correctly.

 

 

 

But the WIFI card is not patched properly. Tha WIFI card is displayed here as a FakeBCM card.

 

 

I hope you can help me.

 

1 - AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC_Injector.kext , Add Max Kernel 22.99.99

2 - Your EFI has missing IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext

Macmini7,1 is good for your Hardware
 

Edited March 30, 2024 by datafeedexpert

[witjojo]

1 hour ago, datafeedexpert said:

1 - AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC_Injector.kext , Add Max Kernel 22.99.99

2 - Your EFI has missing IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext

Macmini7,1 is good for your Hardware
 

 

 

1. I thnk Max Kernel 22.99.99 is not necessary.

2. I deleted IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext from the EFI, because I can only upload 10 MB. It's inside my EFI.

I think if Macmini 7,1 or MacBook Pro 15,2 is not important.

 

 

[datafeedexpert]

36 minutes ago, witjojo said:

 

 

1. I thnk Max Kernel 22.99.99 is not necessary.

2. I deleted IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext from the EFI, because I can only upload 10 MB. It's inside my EFI.

I think if Macmini 7,1 or MacBook Pro 15,2 is not important.

 

 

Try Adding Max Kernel 22.99.99
its confirmed from my side i am having same hardware & the same issue when updated to Sonoma 14.4 

[witjojo]

5 hours ago, datafeedexpert said:

Try Adding Max Kernel 22.99.99
its confirmed from my side i am having same hardware & the same issue when updated to Sonoma 14.4 

 

That can't be right, can it?

Sonoma is 23.0.0 and if Max Kernel is 22.99.99 then AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC_Injector.kext will not be injected.

This would mean that AirPortBrcmFixup.kext is not needed for Sonoma. Only the IOSkywalkFamily.kext and IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext and the root patching?

 

I have changed to Max Kernel 22.99.99. But I still don't have WiFI.

 

If you have the same hardware, can you give me your EFI to test? Maybe I have errors somewhere else in settings, ACPI, USB, etc.

 

[miliuco]

@witjojo

Load IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC.kext instead of AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC_Injector.kext.

Spoiler

Maybe you need extra kexts but try the above and comment.

 

And add a signature to your Account Settings.

Edited March 30, 2024 by miliuco

[Max.1974]

Hi @witjojo try use this first, without open config.plist with another program, only ProperTree or PlistEdit Pro. 

 

Test first and don't forget us Reset Nvram on boot. 

 

Good Lucky 

 

 

 

 

EFI TEST1 30032024 OC Clean.zip

[witjojo]

56 minutes ago, Max.1974 said:

Hi @witjojo try use this first, without open config.plist with another program, only ProperTree or PlistEdit Pro. 

 

Test first and don't forget us Reset Nvram on boot. 

 

Good Lucky 

 

 

 

 

EFI TEST1 30032024 OC Clean.zip 21.51 MB · 2 downloads

 

I tried

 

 

[Max.1974]

Oh, so sorry, i try fix your EFI but its prepared to use OCLP, and im not run this program. Sorry! 

 

[datafeedexpert]

12 hours ago, witjojo said:

 

That can't be right, can it?

Sonoma is 23.0.0 and if Max Kernel is 22.99.99 then AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcmNIC_Injector.kext will not be injected.

This would mean that AirPortBrcmFixup.kext is not needed for Sonoma. Only the IOSkywalkFamily.kext and IO80211FamilyLegacy.kext and the root patching?

 

I have changed to Max Kernel 22.99.99. But I still don't have WiFI.

 

If you have the same hardware, can you give me your EFI to test? Maybe I have errors somewhere else in settings, ACPI, USB, etc.

 

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240331JmPKq7HC/w9ZFw3Q4

Here are the EFI, you can try via USB don't Replace it directly to your bootable SSD EFI Partition, First check using Bootable USB then Reply here ..... Don't forget to Reset NVRAM while changing anything from EFI Side.... 

Edited March 31, 2024 by datafeedexpert

[witjojo]

15 hours ago, datafeedexpert said:

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240331JmPKq7HC/w9ZFw3Q4

Here are the EFI, you can try via USB don't Replace it directly to your bootable SSD EFI Partition, First check using Bootable USB then Reply here ..... Don't forget to Reset NVRAM while changing anything from EFI Side.... 

 

I now used your EFI. Then NVRAM reset and re-root patched with OpenCore Legacy Patcher.

The system boots perfectly. But unfortunately still no WIFI.

 

Strangely, Bluetooth is also shown as a third party dongle.

 

 

Why isn't the BCM94352HMB card recognized/patched correctly? The card worked up to Ventura, but with the "AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360_Injector.kext".

@datafeedexpert can you help further? Or are there any other experts who can help me?

 

Edited April 1, 2024 by witjojo

[Slice]

4 hours ago, witjojo said:

 

Why isn't the BCM94352HMB card recognized/patched correctly? The card worked up to Ventura, but with the "AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360_Injector.kext".

@datafeedexpert can you help further? Or are there any other experts who can help me?

 

This is the thread about WiFi that was working in Ventura and not in Sonoma. It is not your mistake. It is Sonoma.

[witjojo]

5 hours ago, Slice said:

This is the thread about WiFi that was working in Ventura and not in Sonoma. It is not your mistake. It is Sonoma.

Yes, but others here in the forum have the BCM94352HMB running under Sonoma.

[datafeedexpert]

12 hours ago, witjojo said:

 

I now used your EFI. Then NVRAM reset and re-root patched with OpenCore Legacy Patcher.

The system boots perfectly. But unfortunately still no WIFI.

 

Strangely, Bluetooth is also shown as a third party dongle.

 

 

Why isn't the BCM94352HMB card recognized/patched correctly? The card worked up to Ventura, but with the "AirportBrcmFixup.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortBrcm4360_Injector.kext".

@datafeedexpert can you help further? Or are there any other experts who can help me?

 

• Add -brcmfxbeta if AirportBrcnFixup and the Skywalk etc won't load. (Thanks @deeveedee) Verify loaded kexts by using kextstat | grep -v com.appleFollow @cankiulascmnfye 's Step too

Edited April 1, 2024 by datafeedexpert

[witjojo]

On 4/1/2024 at 4:23 PM, datafeedexpert said:

• Add -brcmfxbeta if AirportBrcnFixup and the Skywalk etc won't load. (Thanks @deeveedee) Verify loaded kexts by using kextstat | grep -v com.appleFollow @cankiulascmnfye 's Step too

 

I add -brcmfxbeta and amfi=0x80 but AirportBrcnFixup and the Skywalk etc won't load. And no WIFI.

Which version of OpenCore Legacy Patcher you used? Have you build your own Patcher?

 

And I really only need the 3 kext below and the Patcher for the BCM94352HMB card? The AirportBrcmFixup is not needed, right?

Edited April 3, 2024 by witjojo

[amirali mahmoudi]

Hello there guys

after updating to macos 14.4 my wifi not working even updated OCLP to 1.4.3 bu still not working

here is my EFI, can you please help?

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ca7t3qd7kak01zgwp5d18/EFI.zip?rlkey=0hd7t2z86fgy54o3a1zij1nf5&dl=0

[datafeedexpert]

13 hours ago, witjojo said:

 

I add -brcmfxbeta and amfi=0x80 but AirportBrcnFixup and the Skywalk etc won't load. And no WIFI.

Which version of OpenCore Legacy Patcher you used? Have you build your own Patcher?

 

And I really only need the 3 kext below and the Patcher for the BCM94352HMB card? The AirportBrcmFixup is not needed, right?

I think you have to build OCLP using @cankiulascmnfye mentioned changes using Morden / Legacy , i think your  BCM94352HMB is a Legacy card 

[witjojo]

8 hours ago, datafeedexpert said:

I think you have to build OCLP using @cankiulascmnfye mentioned changes using Morden / Legacy , i think your  BCM94352HMB is a Legacy card 

 

• For Modern WiFi Cards (= Broadcom BCM94350, BCM94360, BCM43602, BCM94331, BCM943224): set self.modern_wifi  = True

• For Legacy WiFI Cards (= Atheros Chipsets used in legacy Macs, Broadcom BCM94322): self.legacy_wifi  = True

You think I need chnage to Legacy WifI Cards?

 

Yesterday I tried to build an own OCLP. But I had some errors during build. It didn't work to build an own OCLP.

Hasn't someone already created their own OCLP for the BCM94352HMB card?

Edited April 3, 2024 by witjojo