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I've got Android VM 4.3 on Ubuntu 16.10 working fine.
Even Bluetooth is working (I can detect some bluetooth devices from the Android VM) (I'm using a USB dongle on my PC).

The problem is that the version detected by Android seems to be OLDER than what my Bluetooth really is:
It's a Bluetooth 4.0 dongle, confirmed on my Ubuntu PC with:

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$ hciconfig -a
hci0:	Type: Primary  Bus: USB
	BD Address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:14  ACL MTU: 310:10  SCO MTU: 64:8
	UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
	RX bytes:724 acl:0 sco:0 events:55 errors:0
	TX bytes:3943 acl:0 sco:0 commands:55 errors:0
	Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x5b 0x87
	Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 
	Link policy: RSWITCH HOLD SNIFF PARK 
	Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT 
	Name: 'nathan-MS-7788'
	Class: 0x100104
	Service Classes: Object Transfer
	Device Class: Computer, Desktop workstation
	HCI [b]Version: 4.0[/b] (0x6)  Revision: 0x22bb
	LMP [b]Version: 4.0 [/b](0x6)  Subversion: 0x22bb
	Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)

but, using an app installed on the VM like "BLE checker", it shows : BLE Not Supported.

EDIT: Okay, Android 4.3 has a lot of problem apparently with Bluetooth 4.0 (LE), even natively ... I've switched to Android VM 5.1 and it works

Could you please share the exact steps ? It will be really helpful for me.

Does the android on Virtual Box able to switch on the bluetooth and search other device ?

Thanks in advance -
Tutai

I am trying this in many ways. I am using VirtualBox 6.0 on Windows 10. The CSR 4.0 Bluetooth dongle is working properly in the host OS. However, something I am missing and the Android-X86 8.1 rel_2 could not detect the external BLE dongle. Can someone help me on this ? My inbuilt laptop Bluetooth is working fine but I want to use the BLE dongle in my desktop. Could you please help me on this ?

Can i get connected with you and get it done?

Tutai wrote:My inbuilt laptop Bluetooth is working fine but I want to use the BLE dongle in my desktop

Does your Android VM have drivers for the BLE dongle? If your built-in is working, but the BLE doesn't, that's what I would suspect.

I have the same concern, but does it mean that Android X86 comes with thinkpad on-board BLE driver but not for any external USB dingle ?

Could be... from the signs of it, that's what I think might happen. You'll need to ask the Android-x86 people.

In fact you're really lucky that it even works with your built-in Bluetooth adapter, since Android-x86 is not even a supported guest.

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