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Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

anyone know if its possible to reinstall the bluetooth module??

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

I have the exact same problem. Does the FM radio works ? The FM radio (not the FM transmitter) and the bluetooth are on the same chip (Broadcom BCM2048). If they both are broken perhaps it is an hardware fault.
I didn't still send my n900 to nokia because I am afraid about how much time they take to repair it (leaving me without it)...

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

fm radio works fine. just tested. it does say that the blueooth is automatically enabled. so my bluetooth symbol shud come on?

it doesnt. .... very odd...

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

Just found this....
see post 2

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ght=bluetoothd

do you think this is a good idea??? will the mac folder be reinstated??

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

rather thad just outright deleting the MAC address folder, i moved it to an alternate position (i have an "And" folder used for nitdroid)

rebooted....

IT WORKS!!!!! yahoooooo! think i lost all my pairings but who cares... looks like deleting this works afer all....

"Deleting the /var/lib/bluetooth/<macaddr> fixed the problem." indeed it does....

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_bridger (Post 881570)

Code:

bluetoothd (start) waiting

bluetoothd (start) starting

bluetoothd (start) pre-start, process 3184

bluetoothd (start) spawned, process 3185

bluetoothd (start) post-start, (main) process 3185

bluetoothd (start) running, process 3185

but nothing happens...

Hi when i wrote

start bluetoothd

I got this reply:

Start: Not found

PL advise is my hard ware has caught up with some issue.

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

you must enter it as root user.

open terminal and type 'root' or 'sudo gainroot' without the ' and '

then type 'start bluetoothd'

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

Thank you for all your help and replies guys (and girls of course):)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_bridger (Post 882423)

"Deleting the /var/lib/bluetooth/<macaddr> fixed the problem." indeed it does....

Hm ... I deleted this folder (and saved it to my comp just in case) but I still have the same problem

... but I also didin't deinstall all above mentioned and other programs (except the ones mentioned in my first post and AutoDisconnect of course) :D

... so I have also stopped

Code:

bluetoothd (stop) running, process 1976

bluetoothd (stop) pre-stop, (main) process 1976

bluetoothd (stop) stopping, process 1976

bluetoothd (stop) killed, process 1976

bluetoothd (stop) post-stop

bluetoothd (stop) waiting

and started the bluetooth service:

Code:

bluetoothd (start) waiting

bluetoothd (start) starting

bluetoothd (start) pre-start, process 2220

bluetoothd (start) spawned, process 2221

bluetoothd (start) post-start, (main) process 2221

bluetoothd (start) running, process 2221

... and then tried

Code:

sdptool browse

Code:

Inquiring ...

Inquiry failed

... if in my case really is just one of the "hundreds" of installed programs causing the problem, well then I have a problem:p
(but still much better then a HW problem)

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

i am a noob and facing the same problem can sum1 tell me the software u guys used to delete the folder /var/lib/bluetooth/<macaddr>. plz guys i am desperate.

Re: N900 Bluetooth problem - Not working!

Hello Noob. ;) One of the convenient way to do so is to manually delete the folder.

1°) If you don't have it yet, install this application :
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/rootsh/

2°) You need then to open a terminal. Either you find it in the app menu, either you use the shortcut sym/ctrl-shift-x

You see at the end of the bootom line a'$' sign : it means you have a simple user access to the N900. I guess the user privilege aren't enough to be able to delete the folder you want. So you want to become root.

3°) you become root either by taping the command
sudo gainroot
or simply
root

New lines are written to the screen and you can see now the sign "#" at the end of the last one. It means you're root, ie God of the N900. Keep in mind you have now the power of destruction on your system, so be extra careful, specially as you are going to use the rm command.

4°) Simply type
rm -rf /var/lib/bluetooth/<macaddr>, where <macaddr> is replaced by your own mac adress.

At this point you may not have a single clue about the name of that folder as you may not know what your Mac Adress is.

So a trick is to type only
rm -rf /var/lib/bluetooth/
and then stop typing.

Then hit the Tab button at the bottom of the screen (do that once or twice). It should print all the folders and files listed in "bluetooth". The one named with your Mac address is like XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, so you can't really miss it.

Underneath you'll find the line you just typed before, waiting to be completed with the name of the folder you want to delete (be extracareful not to hit enter at that moment as you would destroy the whole bluetooth folder).

Just start typing one or two letters of the <macadr> folder (respect the case). Hit "Tab" button again : it should auto complete the name folder, saving you time and errors in typing the whole name. Now you can hit the enter key to delete the folder. And close the term application.

Please note I don't take any responsability if you brake your system by following this guide. Besides I don't know either if this process will solve your bluetooth problem (But I hope for you it works).