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    [4.1-unstable] Need testers for a bluetooth major improvement

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    • Substring
      Substring @DjLeChuck last edited by

      @DjLeChuck supernature2k DS4 worked straight out of the box, no need to use the CLI ... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ?!?!?

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      • jimmirehman
        jimmirehman @Substring last edited by

        @Substring installed over 4.1, rasp pi3, internal BT.

        on first reboot it immediately told me another software update was available. but first i attempted to pair my NES30. Pair a controller instantly found like 10 devices in my area. Paired the NES 30, it was fine. turned off the controller, turned it back on via Start+R (which never ever worked before) and the controller won't reconnect. Rebooted the recalbox, still wouldn't reconnect. So i plugged it in via USB and ran the second update. when that finished it said the update turned off vibration for PSX or something. So i attempted to re-pair my NES30. Now the BT is acting like it did prior to the "Better bluetooth" update. It only finds my TV and my iMac instead a ton of devices. When it finally does find my NES30, i try to pair it, it says its successfully paired but the controller is still blinking and it doesn't actually connect.

        I tried turning the controller off and back on with just START. nothing
        turned it off and back on with START+R. Nothing.

        I don't know why but START+R has never worked for me ever, even on the 4.0 release . I alway had to turn the controller on and off multiple times before it would just decide to connect.

        Did the update after the "better bluetooth" update kill the new BT functionality? Cuz now it takes longer to find devices and only finds me TV and iMac half the time.

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        • supernature2k
          supernature2k @jimmirehman last edited by

          @jimmirehman maybe stupid question but... did you ever update the 8bitdo firmware? Start+R mode is not available in old firmwares...

          Pi powered NES | Gameboy HD | RecalStation | RecalDrive
          Upvote messages if it has been useful ;)

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            Substring @jimmirehman last edited by

            @jimmirehman you have to switch back to the update type i mentionned on the first post, because you switched back to the unstable branch (well, ES did it for you, sadly). Once your on my branch, do not follow updates

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            • jimmirehman
              jimmirehman @supernature2k last edited by

              @supernature2k running the absolute latest release version of the nes30 firmware. Updated it this past weekend

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              • jimmirehman
                jimmirehman @Substring last edited by

                @Substring so switch the better Bluetooth update then once it reboots, change back to "stable" updates to kill the update prompt?

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                  Substring @jimmirehman last edited by

                  @jimmirehman just don't do any update once you switched to the BT specific update unless you want to get back to the "normal" unstable

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                  • jimmirehman
                    jimmirehman @Substring last edited by

                    @Substring ok, giving this another shot. And after i pair the nes30, i should be able to connect it via START+R correct?

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                      Substring @jimmirehman last edited by

                      @jimmirehman yup. The pad will autoconnect only if the bluetooth on recalbox is already started. If it doesn't connect, Power cycle

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                        Substring @jimmirehman last edited by

                        @jimmirehman A few tips :

                        • make sure you cleared the known paired device from your pad
                        • forget known pads on recalbox
                        • try again

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                        • jimmirehman
                          jimmirehman last edited by

                          Ok, went back to the "better Bluetooth" version.

                          Pi3, NES30 (fw: 2.70), internal BT

                          scanned for BT devices (tons found, no names though, only MAC addresses)

                          NES30, paired instantly (i know its MAC address, so i picked it from the list)
                          NES30, configured without issue
                          NES30, played games without issue
                          NES30, reconnected from sleep mode in 3 seconds
                          NES30, reconnected after recalbox reboot in 3 seconds

                          THIS. IS. AWESOMESAUCE.

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                          • jimmirehman
                            jimmirehman last edited by

                            one issues, not related to BT, but whenever i scrape either via the scrape menu or editing the games metadata, the description and images do not save. I scraped all my nes titles using screen scraper (which is way faster than all other methods btw) but after getting the data for all 63 games, the system said it was successful but when i went to the NES section, none of the titles had the metadata. not sure if this is a bug in this particular release, but previously in the release version of 4.0 scraping worked fine.

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                              Substring @jimmirehman last edited by

                              @jimmirehman this is off topic 😉

                              And thank you for your feedback, i'm really glad it's working that good for everyone 🙂

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                              • jimmirehman
                                jimmirehman @Substring last edited by

                                @Substring i'm sorry, i wasn't sure if the scraping was broken in this release

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                                  Substring @jimmirehman last edited by

                                  @jimmirehman make a separate topic for your scraping issue, let's stick to bluetooth here please 🙂

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                                  • jimmirehman
                                    jimmirehman @Substring last edited by

                                    @Substring This is amazing! This is how I expected the controller to pair and function with recalbox. It was such a crap shoot turning on the RB and hoping my controller would pair with it everyday, often taking 5-10 minutes of power cycling the controller.

                                    Now it is FLAWLESS! Thank you thank you thank you

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                                      Substring last edited by

                                      Thank you everyone for yoyr feedback 🙂 this will be added in the next ynstabke release 🙂

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                                      • jimmirehman
                                        jimmirehman last edited by

                                        Just bought a nes30pro, got it to pair initially but it won't reconnect. I hold the power button to turn it on, I think that's all I have to do on this model for it to reconnect but the blue LEDs just keep blinking. Any suggestions?

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                                        • paradadf
                                          paradadf Staff @jimmirehman last edited by

                                          @jimmirehman haven't you tried simply pairing it again?

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                                          • jimmirehman
                                            jimmirehman @paradadf last edited by

                                            @paradadf yeah I did and it would just immediately say paired. I just deleted all controllers and repaired them both. All is wellmow

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