From: Michal Semler <cijoml@volny.cz>
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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] getting bluetooth v1.2, success report
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:56:57 +0200

Dne =FAt 29. b=F8ezna 2005 10:07 Marco Trudel napsal(a):
> Hello
>
> I downloaded the Bluetooth Firmware Updater from apple, putted my dongle
> into the apple and run the updater. everything went perfectly fine...
> i now have Build 1586 (HCI 18.2) and Bluetooth 1.2... nice!
>

Download it from dongle via btdfu - then it should have right timing.

> If someone has no mac operating system and is interested in the
> GenericCSR.dfu, I can email it.

We all have it :)

>
> My last questions (hopefully) regarding this topic now are:
> - What is dangerous about updating the dongle?
> the procedure itself? only the linux btdfu tool (secure with mac)?

you can destroy it, but now are all dongles very cheap

>
> - Widcomm delivers update-software too, will/should this work too with the
> GenericCSR.dfu?

We know nothing about this software - it should be better then Marcel's btd=
fu,=20
coz they have specifications

>
> - I now have to run hid2hci every time after I plug the dongle in (thanks
> for the info marcel). What is this exactly doing, why is it necessary?

yes, it is

>
> - doing hid2hci I get:
> Switching device 0a12:1000 to HCI mode failed (Invalid or incomplete
> multibyte or wide character)
> but everything's fine after that. is this a problem? why the error?

error somewhere in usb subsystem - contact usb guys

>
>
> Thanks for all your hints and help!
>
> regards
> Marco


Michal

>
> Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > Hi Adam,
> >
> >>Yes, the "if you are lucky" part is very important. The one-line patch
> >>may look simple, but it took a LONG time of experimenting to figure it
> >>out!
> >
> > you can also make your dongle unusable when you try the wrong firmware
> > or if the btdfu aborts at the wrong time, because of a timeout.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Marcel
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Michal Semler


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