Sorry about that, I had to get that out of my system.
I haven't checked to see if there is a newer update available that fixes the problem yet, but I am now naturally hesitant to try updating unless Dell support specifically states in the installation notes that the newer (newer than 6.) version has corrected the issue of WIPING OUT YOUR ENTIRE COMPUTER. I actually thought I'd done something wrong the first time, so I tried it again. I had to restore from a backup not once but twice (definition of insanity is doing things over and over expecting a different result). It's a small consolation, I know, but I'm glad it wasn't only just me who had this problem.
Thus, be warned: updating your bluetooth driver may erase your hard drive!!ĭoes anyone know if those installers have a "dry run" option to see what it would do without actually doing it? There is a thread in the microsoft forums on that: see here It seems I am not alone with that "problem". Still I have wasted most of my working day finding the best and fastest way to recover.
Lucky enough, I was finally able to restore everything with Windows 7 System Restore from the recovery tools of the advanced boot options. The btwinlog.txt shows that it went through all folders in alphabetic order and was busy deleting my files when I interrupted it.
I killed the msiexec process but, of course, damage was done. I have checked the program files folder with explorer only to find empty directories. At some point I have noticed that the programs in the start menu disappeared.
It started uninstalling the previous version which took strangely long. Here example how it can looks (note about brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.Yesterday, I wanted to update the WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software for the Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth Module for my E6410. Without WiFi firmwareīluetooth will not initialize and will not work properly.įirmware for WiFi already included to kernel, but you may need to do additional These devices requires two kinds ofįirmware - first for WiFi, and second for Bluetooth. WiFi chipset (this can be BCM43XX 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter or just Some Bluetooth controller (for example, BCM4354 and BCM4356) are integrated to Notes about combined WiFi+Bluetooth devices Here quick naming convertion: Original name There may be incorrect naming between presented firmware name and name You may list all Bluetooth devices like this:īluetooth: hci1: BCM20702A1 (001.002.014) build 0000īluetooth: hci1: BCM20702A1 (001.002.014) build 1467īluetooth: hci1: Broadcom Bluetooth DeviceĬongratulations, now your bluetooth device successfully loaded. When you inserting Broadcom Bluetooth device you prefered Linux distribution There are autogenerated DEB and RPM packages for RedHat and Debian based distributions. InstallationĬheck your Linux distribution repositories. As a repository maintainer, I cannot provide security fixes. You will have to use these devices at your own risk. Since Broadcom has stopped active support for its consumer devices, your system may be subject to security risks. Recently several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Bluetooth stack such as CVE-2018-5383, CVE-2019-9506 (KNOB), CVE-2020-10135 (BIAS) and more.
Since February 2017, Broadcom ships their drivers directly to Windows This package intentended to provide firmware of Broadcom WIDCOMM® Bluetoothĭevices (including BCM20702, BCM20703, BCM43142 chipsets and other) for Linux Broadcom Bluetooth firmware for Linux kernel