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I know this has probably been done to death but has anyone had any luck getting the scrol excel to talk to a bluetooth dongle?

Sorry but the kernel does not support bluetooth, so no.

i found an indian tablet with i think the allwinner chip 3g BT but the link to the firmaware download just looped back to the sales page still looking for an allwiner kernel with the BT stack

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to use or install bluetooth on these elite tablets, many thanks again people

maraledeb wrote:Can anyone tell me if it is possible to use or install bluetooth on these elite tablets, many thanks again people

Try using the forum search engine as this question has arisen so many times that when I searched "bluetooth" I got 17 Pages....

However, I lifted this directly from the Storages Options Facebook page in answer to some-one's question:

"The Bluetooth functionality is linked to hardware which the Scroll range does not currently offer, so unfortunately firmware updates would be unable to add this functionality."

Iv'e made it easy for you for 3G though: http://tinyurl.com/cn9zvyw

a simple yes or no would have done

maraledeb wrote:a simple yes or no would have done

I apologise if I sounded a little sharp but there was already a topic with exactly the same name as that which you posted which as good as told you your answer. I know your tab is an Elite and the original topic was about an Excel, however the Scroll Allwinner set up does not support bluetooth unless it says so in the specification on the box when you buy it.

As with most things manufactured or like when you purchase insurance - if it isn't listed then it isn't there and it isn't covered.

I have merged these two topics so we don't end up with 18 pages found when searching bluetooth, to try and keep things flowing as easily as possible for other members.

Using AOKP (which is a custom firmware) i have managed to get blutooth working on my Excel (somewhat erratically) by using a broadcom mini usb bluetooth dongle in the OTG cable connected to my samsung S2 via bluetooth and uploaded a picture but its hit and miss if it works or not as sometimes the tablet does not load the dongle
so find a firmware for the Elite (or clone)with a kernel that supports usb BT and flash the new firmware