Android 5.1 and WIFI card Broadcom 1501

[Serhiy Silvertyuk]

Android 5.1 is not working with wifi carf Broadcom 1501.  HDD formated as ext3. android-x86-5.1-rc1.iso was installed on HDD.

Note: Android-x86 4.4. working properly. 

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Full adapter name^   Dell DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card Network Adapter

[Serhiy Silvertyuk]

I tested all version of Android-x86 4.4. Results:

- Android-x86 4.4 R1 - working properly

- Android-x86 4.4 R2 - working properly 

- Android-x86 4.4 R3 - WIFI is unavailable (((( 

- Android-x86 5.1 - WIFI is unavailable too (((( 

What is happened from version R3? How fix it?

[Serhiy Silvertyuk]

For all, who have problem with Broadcom WLan. This error due to incorrect detect Wlan by android. Android detected card as B43, but is incorrect. User "Malchugan" find in Internet fix for error. I am not Android specialist, i not known this commands, but after put its - Wlan working properly.

su
rmmod bcma
rmmod wl
rmmod b43
rmmod ssb
modprobe -r sta ssb wl
modprobe wl
depmod -a
depmod

[lexblaze]

Thanks Serhiy Silvertyuk, I was finally able to use the built in BROADCOM 4311 in my Compaq C702TU, I jus removed the ssb driver folder from /lib/modules/4.0.9-android-x86+/kernel/drivers which seams to be the B43 pci bridge according to https://searchcode.com/codesearch/view/57697014/.

   

[lexblaze]

Once Again Thanks upon trying it as well with the android x86 kitkat with mesa 10.4.7 by Mauro Rossi from https://groups.google.com/forum/?nomobile=true#!searchin/android-x86/hazy/android-x86/Qz9QUSG_iDo/ZtgxMwmJDgAJ was also able to use the BROADCOM 4311 by just deleting the ssb driver

[inues]

Got my Broadcom BCM43228 chip in my Dell latitude e6230 to work by going into terminal and running these commands on android x86 5.1 rc1

su
rmmod bcma
rmmod wl
rmmod b43
rmmod ssb
modprobe -r sta ssb wl
modprobe wl

dhcpcd wlan0

Have to do it after each boot though. I'm an android novice.Does anyone know how I could permanently fix this?

[Chih-Wei Huang]

You can add a custom script to do that on booting:

In the directory you installed android,
create a directory named scripts,
then put a script (any name is ok)
containing the above commands you listed
(except su and dhcpcd wlan0 which are not necessary).

Note you need to do it in the debug mode
or another operating system that
can access the partition and directory
you installed android-x86.


Of course a more better approach is to
modify /system/etc/init.sh to add these commands
according to your device model,
then submit a patch.


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Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org