Alternative to Tosh BT Stack - Page 4

Arn't those the old drivers? ie WIDCOMM Bluetooth 4.0.1.700

Has anyone got the newest WIDCOMM drivers to work? WIDCOMM Bluetooth 4.0.1.2101

Hi,

I was trying to help you people out but you have to be patient and follow the steps to the letter. Let's start, go to http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/show...9&page=3&pp=15 and look up a post from int03h. Download, unrar, and go to the directory with the file "btneighbourhood.dll". Change the name to "btneighborhood.dll", note the American spelling. In the same directory there is a script file. Make the same correction inside twice for both occurrences. Now uninstall the Tosh stack. Go to \windows\inf and move the files bt*.* to some other directory--this will prevent the MS stack from being auto-installed. Now install the new stack and when it says that the device is not found just say continue. Reboot. Once rebooted go to Control Panel device manager and update the driver--it will have an exclamation mark next to it. Reboot again. Done.

Everyone here is talking about the 4.0.1.2101 Widcomm drivers!


As for detailed instructions on how to use the 4.0.1.2101 Widcomm drivers:

As evidenced by the previous page of this thread I have written up detailed instructions on how to use the 4.0.1.2101 Widcomm drivers and PM'ed those intructions with links to files to several people here. However I WILL NOT POST THOSE INSTRUCTIONS IN AN OPEN FORUM since the legality of doing so is in question. Widcomm licenses it's drivers to Hardware manufacturers for use with their products. It can be assumed that Dell did NOT license the latest Widcomm stack since they provide the crappy Toshiba stack for the Truemobile 350 device .

It a mod gives me permission to post my instructions then I will gladly do so. In the mean time they are available to those who ask.

For those who have already received my instructions PLEASE FORWARD THEM TO ANYONE WHO REQUEST IT! I would appreciate it if you give me due credit. Please DON'T post the instruction to a public area unless you know beyond doubt it is legal to do so.

Martian

Can you please PM it to me? You or someone ? C'mon ?

would someone mind PM them to me.

I would also appreciate the instructions PM'ed to me.

Or just do the YOU SEND IT Again. Put instructions in HTML or TEXT file and YOUSENDIT and link like you did before. Whatevers convenient for you.

http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...L110WSMF6Q75CA

All patched, the neighborhood dll renamed, the inf file for Dell included. Latest version.

All I had to do was:

1) Uninstall Toshiba
2) Turn off bluetooth/wifi with the keyboard button
3) Move C:\Windows\Inf\bt*.* to C:\Windows\Inf\Backup
4) Install WIDCOMM by clicking setup in that zip file.
5) When it says "no device detected, press cancel to continue anyway," press cancel.
6) When Windows pops up a "new hardware found," don't do anything---just keep going through the WIDCOMM installation. Eventually it will automatically install when the WIDCOMM installation gets far enough.
7) Restart, with Bluetooth on.

No futzing with wierd stuff. Have fun guys!

Great. Added to your Reps. (if that helps)

PS: I have noticed a lot of conflicts and speed loss on my WiFi when I use the BT with my headset. (Bluetooth Voice with Moto HS 810 via Skype via WiFi connection).

I know how Spread Spectrum technqiues work and on researching BT & Wifi interference all I can find are research papers outlining the fallback mechanisms and algorithms (I know what they mean), but none talk about a simple TO DO, to MINIMIZE (if not eliminate) the interference.

Is there an easy fix ? PS: Is there a preferred WiFi channel to use?

One more Q. Can this be installed the same way on a i6000 ?

My guess is that if you use the same Bluetooth module (350 I think), it can.

And if a new widcomm version comes out, how do we upgrade?

Good Question. Added Rep for you.

Yep!

Original patches and information came from http://forum.gsmhosting.com/ They always have links and patches to the latest Widcomm stuff.

It is best to use WiFi channels 1 or 11 as they are at the ends of the 2.4 GHz spectrum. At least from my experience they seem to work better. My i9300 came with the Intel 2915 so I'm actually planning to buy an 802.11a router to free up the 2.4 GHz spectrum for my Bluetooth devices.


Also It looks like the files from Domenic should work fine. If anyone still wants my links and directions send me a PM.

Martian

now here is a pickle for you guys

After reinstalling XP on my W3V, I want to get the bluetooth working. First attempt - downloading the toshiba stack from the asus support page. Since I thought that I want to use the MS stack, I only tried to install the driver from the toshiba files. It recognizes it as a usb bluetooth though, even though it is internal. Anyway, bt does not seem to work (according to the sound XP makes when I want to switch it on).

So now I tried the Toshiba bluetooth monitor method, without any success. I.e. after going to the control panel there is no bluetooth device.

So I checked the instructions about the MS stack (someone said to check if there is a bt.inf file and then if there is something bt*.* in the registry under don't run) Anyway, everything is fine with the files but it does not install the bt.

It always recognizes some new hardware as UGPZ, but unfortunately, now it always shows me only this toshiba USB bt driver as suggestion for installing, which always leads to an error message (something like: can't install because there is an invalid service install in the inf file).

What should I do? Any suggestions... I am kind of sick of the whole thing by now. BTW - I would really prefer the MS thing to this other Widcomm or whatever thing. Please help.

A.

Aendruh...did you try the fix (of sorts) that I posted here:

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?p=1062611

On using the MS SP2 driver??

yes

yes I did try this... I installed the bluetooth monitor, but after restarting nothing installs automatically. It only recognizes the hardware as UGPZ when I press the bluetooth on switch. But since I tried to install the toshiba stack driver only, it always gives me a USB bluetooth driver as compatible (even though my BT is internal). So I have no idea what to do next. Anyone know how I can get actually rid of this driver I tried to install before, i.e. so that windows does not suggest this anymore?

No one any ideas?

I tried something new - installing the toshiba bluetooth stack first. I checked - everything seems to work fine. Now, I was hoping that even if I uninstall the stack again, maybe the drivers remain. So I kicked the stack and then continued with Bluetooth Monitor as suggested earlier in this or another thread. However, the same problem. XP recognizes my new hardware device, but does not find any drivers. And Windows does not do any installation for itself. So does this mean I will be stuck with the Toshiba stack?

Another question: someone said you will have 1 process running if you use the MS stack, but 5 if you use Toshiba. How about the memory usage? Toshibas 5 take up about 18MB together, what does the one MS process do? How about the 3 running if one uses Widcomm?

Hope to get an answer this time...

A.

3 processes for Widcomm here, 19 MB total. I'm running all the available services--totally unnecessary in fact--just being lazy and ticked all local services. Widcomm drivers (patched and re-patched for btneighborhood.dll issue) have a setup.exe, what happens if you run it?

I didn't try to use the Widcomm stuff yet, since I wanted to try MS first. But still can't get it to work.