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Calle
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Shadowdash/bluetooth not working on tablet

Post by Calle »

Hi,
I recently installed shadowdash on a Lenovo a3500-fl tablet and it seems to hang when I try to connect with my lowcost BT2serial adapter on my MS2. It works fine on my smartphone, and my laptop with tunerstudio works also.
I have tried other shadowdash versions, factory resetted the tablet and reinstall of shadowdash, rooting etc.
When sending S with blueterm on the tablet I get the response "MS2/Extra release 3.3.1 20131206 18:45GMT(c)KC/JSM/JB MS2" so I guess the bluetooth connection work.
Any suggestion on what else I can try?
Should I get a new bluetooth adapter or tablet to solve the problem?
I have attached the debug file from my tablet and a log file from blueterm.
Thanks in advance,
Calle
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Re: Shadowdash/bluetooth not working on tablet

Post by LT401Vette »

It is hard to say. Your SD log shows no sign of it ever connecting and getting a signature.

If you are getting a signature response back in Blueterm, like you say it would seem the Bluetooth is working. You blueterm log does have some strange characters before the firmware version, I'm not sure it those are related to the problem.

However, I had another user a while back with a Lenovo and similar issue. It worked fine on 2 other devices he tried, but the Lenovo was not. Unfortunately with so many tablets out there and new ones being made all the time, driver issues on the tablet itself are not terribly uncommon. I have seen several where there was a problem and an OS update fixed it. So I can't rule that out.
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Re: Shadowdash/bluetooth not working on tablet

Post by LT401Vette »

One other thing that might be worth trying. Download and try Shadow Logger.

That is a very basic app and has more comm debug in it.

http://tunerstudio.com/index.php/downloads
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Re: Shadowdash/bluetooth not working on tablet

Post by Calle »

Lenovo just released an upgrade to kitkat, now its working.
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Re: Shadowdash/bluetooth not working on tablet

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Calle wrote:Lenovo just released an upgrade to kitkat, now its working.
Awesome..
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