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0a5c:2100 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth 2.0+eDR dongle not working

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I have a Broadcom BCM2046, it appears as connected in the bluetooth widget over the panel, and the hcitools drops me data, but it doesn't work at all, I've tried to connect from another device and it's inexistent and viceversa from PC to the device

hcitool dev and lsusb

hci0:   Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB

BD Address: 89:21:09:79:B5:1B  ACL MTU: 1017:8  SCO MTU: 64:0

UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 

RX bytes:779 acl:0 sco:0 events:27 errors:0

TX bytes:376 acl:0 sco:0 commands:27 errors:0



Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of       BCM2046 Bluetooth)

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0a5c:2100 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth 2.0+eDR dongle

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answered 3 Years ago shionnky · Accepted Answer

Open up a terminal from Applications -> Accessories. Type:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

At the bottom of the file, make two new lines, like this:

usbserial

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Then close the editor program and save it. Reboot the computer and hopefully you’ll be right from now on!