Keyboard Bluetooth broken on MRA58R?? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm on stock unrooted MRA58R and bluetooth, for the most part, works just fine. I have two audio devices paired and a pebble smartwatch, which all function flawlessly.
Recently, I tossed a bluetooth keyboard into the mix (make that two).
The two keyboards I've tried so far is the "Logitech Tablet Keyboard" and the Logitech K380 (which is brand new).
Both devices pair just fine, But they do NOT connect!
I've tried clearing data/cache for bluetooth share, rebooting, toggling airplane mode, toggling bluetooth, un-pairing and re-pairing, and both keyboards work fine on a kindle fire HD6(FireOS 5) and my old LG G3 (running 5.1.1 LP) as well as my windows 10 laptop.
Something is seriously wrong.
If someone could point me towards a log that i can pull which bluetooth errors dump to, i'll gladly provide it.
TL;DR: i've tried every trick in the book but my N6 still does not play nice with bluetooth keyboards.
EDIT: Here's my logcat capture when i attempted to connect the keyboard: http://pastebin.com/sr0i4PPk

SOLVED. by... well.. myself.
I COMPLETELY forgot that I was running a custom kernel until i saw this fly through my logcat:
Code:
11-16 22:57:14.456 9661 9821 E bt_btif : bta_hh_co_open: Error: failed to open uhid, err:No such file or directory
Which gave hint to a missing HID driver.
Downloaded a kernel that contained a compatible HID driver, and now it works like a charm. (Which happened to be Despair Kernel R38. Thanks bro!)
Side note: i'm unrooted because i like to use android pay, but still have a custom kernel for the added features and benefits over stock. As long as i keep SE Linux enforcing, android pay is a happy camper.

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[Q] HP touchpad KB bluetooth won't pair

it pairs fine with my Archos, and the nook (flashed to CM7-177) detects it and attempts to pair but never finishes.
any ideas? do I need to "unpair" from the archos (which is in another room with BT off and I power cycled the KB...)
I am having the same problem. HP touchpad keyboard will not pair. Also tried it with my LG Optimus V phone -- won't pair with that either.
My NC is running CM7.
The phone is rooted stock android.
Any ideas?
Download bluekeyboard jp in the market, its free. My nook would detect the ipad keyboard, but would never pair with it until I downloaded bluekeyboard jp.
hope this helps.
To pair, type in a code on the NC, then press power on the keyboard, then the code, then enter.
#workslikeachamp
lowpeezy said:
Download bluekeyboard jp in the market, its free. My nook would detect the ipad keyboard, but would never pair with it until I downloaded bluekeyboard jp.
hope this helps.
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Are you referring here to the Apple Wireless Keyboard? If yes, would you mind giving me the exact steps you're using to make it work? I've tried everything, including using bluekeyboard jp, it says connected and paired, I choose it as my input method, android keyboard disappears, message tells me not to touch my keyboard as it's connecting, and still nothing happens when I try using the keyboard. Am I missing something obvious?
Edit: got it working, don't know what I did that made it finally happen (except ask for help). Had tried so many times. Happiness!
I got one the other day from OD, it paired up after a few tries, I didn't enter anything on the keyboard, I just entered 0000 as the code. If it doesn't work, keep powering it off and rescanning. I'm running CM7 as well.
Would definately like to figure out how to remap the WebOS buttons to android functions.

[Webtop]: Bluetooth crashes webtop.

I recently purchased an HDMI cable to use my Bionic with, and alongside it, I also have an Acer AK00LB bluetooth tablet keyboard that I purchased for my Android devices. I have used this keyboard with everything; it works perfectly with my computer and the base Android OS on the Bionic. However, when I pair and attempt to use it with the Webtop mode enabled, the entire phone crashes from anywhere to a few seconds to a minute of use. It doesn't do this unless the Bluetooth keyboard is connected and typed on. I don't know whether it's the custom ROM I have installed, a problem with the webtop itself, or the keyboard. Has anyone else run into this problem?
I am using:
An Acer AK00LB IconiaTab keyboard.
ROM: [R3]BLURR3D v2.0
The Webtop is base. I have not tried reflashing the webtop partition yet.
I am also using Webtop2SD and the appropriate 'ubuntu expansion' packages.
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[Q] bluetooth keyboard help

hey guys I've been searching for a solution all day and I'm out of ideas.
my bluetooth keyboard came in the mail today and for some reason it refuses to work on cm9. the keyboard works perfectly with my netbook, my friends iphone, his ipad, and even booted into webOS but when I'm booted into cm9 nothing happens. I can successfully pair it and it says its connected in the settings but none of the buttons respond. Does anyone know what the problem might be?
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I don't know if this will help, but I've got a Motorola BT keyboard that is designed for android that doesn't work directly with WebOS (or Windows for that matter). To get it to work with WebOS I have to press and hold the 'V', 'A' and 'R' keys when I turn it on.
Perhaps your keyboard has some similar way of selecting alternate platforms?
ByteWrencher
nope that doesn't work :[.
so I tried my friends bluetooth keyboard and it works great. It seems android 4.0.3 on touchpad seems to be partial to certain keyboards..
kimchiman52 nope that doesn't work :[.
so I tried my friends bluetooth keyboard and it works great. It seems android 4.0.3 on touchpad seems to be partial to certain keyboards..
So what keyboards are compatible with HP touchpad? I'm thinking of ordering one next week but don't want to waste the money on one that doesn't work.

Bluetooth keyboard connects but can't type

Specifically it's an ION iCade. I've tested on stock, CM, and SlimLP, and it doesn't work. It is able to pair and connect, but beyond that it just does nothing. It will pair and type on my iPhone but not my Fire. I have tried unchecking and rechecking the "Input device" option, and it says "Connected to input device", but it doesn't show up in "Language & input" (though I'm not sure if it's supposed to.) I have tested mame4droid and mame4droid reloaded as well on every rom (on the slim chance that it's being recognized as a controller, not keyboard) and it has the same problem -- nothing happens.
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I'm quite new to Android (first device I've gotten) so maybe I'm missing something obvious.
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
possibleNoob said:
Specifically it's an ION iCade. I've tested on stock, CM, and SlimLP, and it doesn't work. It is able to pair and connect, but beyond that it just does nothing. It will pair and type on my iPhone but not my Fire. I have tried unchecking and rechecking the "Input device" option, and it says "Connected to input device", but it doesn't show up in "Language & input" (though I'm not sure if it's supposed to.) I have tested mame4droid and mame4droid reloaded as well on every rom (on the slim chance that it's being recognized as a controller, not keyboard) and it has the same problem -- nothing happens.
Edit: I have also tried an app called Bluetooth Keyboard Bug Fix (com.heightdev.ganhou), and it didn't do anything to help either.
I'm quite new to Android (first device I've gotten) so maybe I'm missing something obvious.
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
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Hmm. Don't know, dug mine out and tried it now, my bluetooth keyboard just connects. Didn't see a check box anywhere. I thought it might ask for a code but it didn't. Shows up in Keyboard and Language settings in section I don't think was listed before connection called Physical Keyboard rather than in the keyboard and input methods list.
Yeah that section vanished when I turned keyboard off.
So erm can say that stock can use a bluetooth keyboard but not much in way of clues as to why not your one.

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