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Bluetooth COMPLETELY dissapeared

After updating to Lion (10.7), I tried going into bootcamp, but found out bluetooth was gone completely. I mangaed with a wired keyboard alone to look in device manager, control panel, Ncpa.cpl (all internet devices e.g. wifi, ethernet, bluetooth), and the task bar, and bluetooth is nowhere to be found. I also tried startup repair and system restore, in addition to directory services repair mode. Does anybody have an idea of what's going on?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), Bootcamp Windows 7 x64, i7 2.93 ghz

Posted on Jul 27, 2011 11:07 AM

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Evanjs Author

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Posted on Jul 27, 2011 2:16 PM

So I fixed it, and I knew the root cause from the beginning but I finally found out how to fix it. I had MotionInJoy (PS3 Controller driver) installed, and a short while ago, te bluetooth driver for motionjoy (which is SUPPOSSED to be designated to a dongle I have on the side of my keyboard, else it would override the existing Apple bluetooth adapter) somehow overrode the default apple bluetooth adapter in bootcamp. So I eventually found out during the installation of the Apple drivers (bluetooth) that as soon as the bluetooth drivers were installed, the motionjoy ones overrode them. So, after multiple apple driver reinstalls, I figured out how to COMPLETELY remove the MotionInJoy drivers (Device Manager>MotionInJoy drivers>Check off box to completely disable driver software>Click Ok). After the MotionInJoy drivers are removed, the Apple bluetooth drivers automatically install themselves as they should. If by any chance SOMEBODY has the exact same problem, I hope this helps.

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Jun 25, 2012 11:59 AM in response to azykk

are the motioninjoy drivers still there?

azykk

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Jun 25, 2012 12:22 PM in response to rickfromenschede

Alright never mind i got it working, just did a system restore and my keyboard works again, guess i'll just go and buy an xbox controller usb cable since i'm never touching motioninjoy again

Jun 25, 2012 12:33 PM in response to azykk

You can buy a cheap 2.1 bluetooth usb stick for like 10$ and install the drivers on there. I did it and it works 😝

Max!

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Jul 5, 2012 10:03 PM in response to Evanjs

Hi there, I've got 3 drivers to disable (MotionJoy ones) on the Device Manager, but I can only disable 2 before uninstall them. What is the exact thing I've got to do to install the Bluetooth drivers? And which ones?

Thanks in advance.

Aug 9, 2012 11:47 AM in response to Evanjs

wow.. I'm surprised how many people ahd the exact same issue (including myself) thank you Dear amazing evanjs

Feb 6, 2013 9:57 PM in response to Evanjs

I had to log in and thank you for this. I was working on this for almost 2hrs when I came accross your answer.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Sep 27, 2013 11:47 PM in response to Evanjs

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! I had NO IDEA that the motionjoy was doing that. I always wondered why bluetooth randomly disapeared. Had to log in and personally thank you. This helped a lot. Now I can use my mighty mouse and keyboard again! YAY!!!!!!

tinabo

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Oct 3, 2013 1:44 AM in response to Evanjs

I don't know how to thank you for this! I went everywhere, from rolling back to updating Boot Camp, but this finally solved it.Thank you so much!

Cattbill

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Nov 13, 2013 8:58 PM in response to Evanjs

I can not thank you enough. I was minutes from reinstalling windows when I found your post. Thanks a million. You are the man! Worked perfectly! Thank again!

Dec 10, 2013 4:58 PM in response to Evanjs

Thank you so much! Would have never guessed that it actually was that ********* motioninjoy Driver. Wohoo! 🙂

LTKI

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Jan 17, 2014 1:34 PM in response to Evanjs

YOU ARE MY HERO!! Almost reinstalled windows... you are a genius ^^

xsmijko

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Jan 27, 2014 8:14 AM in response to Evanjs

Hi Evanjs, THX a lot! Removing Motioninjoy drivers helped!

Jun 8, 2014 11:49 AM in response to Evanjs

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH. I LOVE YOU.

It wasn't even my ps3 controller I was trying to make work it was a friend's! <3

suha52

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Jun 8, 2014 10:02 PM in response to Evanjs

My Bluetooth has now totally disappeared. Things suchs as bluetooth places, the abilit to synchonise etc all has mysteriously now gone. I have followed your instructions above and have tried to install a driver from broadcom, but it cant seem to find my bluetooth device.

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ailia

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Jul 22, 2014 10:50 AM in response to Evanjs

This x1000. It took way too long reading way too much bad advice before I finally found out that the motioninjoy driver was the problem. Uninstall it, restart in safe mode (just to be sure), restart normally, job done.

Is there any way to use the motioninjoy driver without it totally screwing with the bluetooth drivers? Would still like to use my PS3 pad on the mac.

Bluetooth COMPLETELY dissapeared