Bluetooth Unavailable (iPad) about btstack HOT 17 CLOSED

hi. Hard to say, do other extensions like SBSettings work? 
Anyway, lease try to re-install/update MobileSubstrate using Cydia
There was a problem with it last week. Please report back here. Best Matthais

SBSettings does work, I can use it successfully to control wifi, ssh, and 
veency.

One thing I have noticed is that after a complete power cycle my iPad is very 
unresponsive. Swiping between pages hangs and it takes away for presses to be 
recognized. SSHing into the iPad and doing 'sudo launchctl unload 
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.BTServer.plist' stops this and brings 
back the normal responsiveness. Once I've done this I can usually run BTStack 
GPS at least once before getting the "Bluetooth not accessible" message.

I'll try reinstalling MobileSubstrate today and get back to you on if it fixes 
it.

what's the verdict? did it help?

Unfortunately reinstalling sbsettings did not work.  My bluetooth is still 
showing as unavailable but it is active as other devices can detect my iPad. 
BTStack GPS does work when activated but regular bluetooth does not work and I 
cannot disable it either.

What logs can I get for you that would help you diagnose the problem?

Before we check the logs, please try the following (slightly updated) version 
of BTstack. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5138628/BTstack-0.2-799.deb In that, 
BTstack shuts down Apple Bluetooth server when it quits, this helps getting 
Apple's BT activated again. Do you know how to install the .deb? 

I'm familiar with .debs and I've downloaded and installed it. It did have an 
error, listed below, but completed install. I do not have my gps available at 
the moment but I'll test everything out tonight and get back to you.

/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/extrainst_: line 5: ldid: command not found.

strange that the deb would complain about a missing ldid on OS 3.2. ldid is 
crucial for 4.0, but irrelevant for 3.2. Your problems actually are not 
relevant to the GPS itself, it's more switching between Apple's Bluetooth Stack 
and mine. I'm curious too.. :)

Well it appeared to work initially but playing around last night with iBluever 
and BTStack GPS (man I wish I could use them together) it appeared again.

Right now if I power cycle my iPad on start it's slow and hangs until I use 
launchctl to unload BTServer. Also until I unload BTServer neither BTStack GPS 
or iBluever will run. Once I stop BTServer I can run either but when they are 
off my bluetooth still shows as up to other devices and it shows as unavailable 
under Settings.

Very weird.

can you try uninstalling iBluever and see if switching between BTstack and 
Apple's Bluetooth work at least?

I have the same problem on iPod touch. 

My bluetooth is working fine. 
But BTStack GPS still says 'Bluetooth is not accessible'.
Actually it is, but BTStack GPS thinks it itsn't.

OMFG... I'm so stupid!!! ; )

I was running Apple's bluetooth while opening BTStack GPS.
And that won't work of course. Forgive my bad.

I had exactly the same issue. Feel dumb :) The program interface is very 
minimal, no help, no intro, just a message "Bluetooth not accessible". I 
suggest as a quick fix some help would be useful for paid application. As 
permanent fix it'd be nice to automatically deactivate Apple's stack upon 
BTStack launch and activate reverse back when external GPS is not available or 
upon program exit. 

Hi. The BTstack apps do turn off Apple's Bluetooth but In the last BTstack 
Package, this got disabled by accident. Will be fixed in the next BTstack 
update.

Due to the install of bt stack over-riding the ipad or devices bluetooth - all 
you need to do is turn off bluetooth in the setting menu of the device and then 
activate the bt stack mouse app.

it will search then select the mouse by tapping the screen on the item and it 
will work.

i spent nearly a entire morning trying to find this out and i couldn't believe 
it when it worked.

Since the December 2010 update of BTstack, Apple's Bluetooth is properly turned 
off. It will also provide a new manual switch app/prefs bundle to select: off, 
iOS Bluetooth, or BTstack.

hi guys srry to interrupt but whenever i turn on btstick on my ipad 2 ios 7 is 
makes the Bluetooth unavailable plz help.