Android Bluedroid?

[Doofus]

In my available BT devices is ioe called "Andriod Bluedroid". I know what the protocol is, but what is the device likely to be, and/or is there a way to find out?

[V8RAW]

Bluedroid is the Bluetooth stack used by Android devices. It is the software layer that handles everything Bluetooth-related on Android.

[Doofus]

V8RAW said:

Bluedroid is the Bluetooth stack used by Android devices. It is the software layer that handles everything Bluetooth-related on Android.

I know. As I said, I understand the protocol, I just don't know why I now have a device called that in my available devices list. I can pair with it, and it gives me a passkey.

[V8RAW]

Android phones, tablets, TVs, and embedded systems that use Bluedroid, not accessories so your not looking for things like headsets.

Last time I searched for a rogue wireless device (WiFi not BT) it took over a year and it was found by chance.

[jimmyjimjim]

V8RAW said:

Android phones, tablets, TVs, and embedded systems that use Bluedroid, not accessories so your not looking for things like headsets.

Last time I searched for a rogue wireless device (WiFi not BT) it took over a year and it was found by chance.

I'm now curious as to what it was. When I got my latest router, I went through and named everything so as to track it; the management app did a pretty good job of identifying what things were from their mac address; there were only a few I had to think about.

[Andeh1]

V8RAW said:

Android phones, tablets, TVs, and embedded systems that use Bluedroid, not accessories so your not looking for things like headsets.

Last time I searched for a rogue wireless device (WiFi not BT) it took over a year and it was found by chance.

What was it!?

[V8RAW]

Andeh1 said:

What was it!?

This occurred in an office, where something was attempting to connect to every Wi-Fi access point hundreds of times a minute. The AP logs filled up, the CPUs maxed out, and eventually, the APs rebooted themselves.

After searching the offices, we sat in the boardroom to discuss the next steps and I noticed a black button on the table top. I asked what it was and voila, it was a wireless "call for service" button you could press and call in a member of the reception staff to help with something in the room.

Once that device was removed, the Wi-Fi worked perfectly.

Just so you know, the button used a Tuya chipset that is known to be bad.

[Andeh1]

Interesting! Thank you. I'm being increasingly lured into the tuya ecosystem with several dozen smart devices now sitting within it (garages, lights, garden lights etc)

Whilst it works well & tuya has a huge ecosystem of devices, I'm painfully aware I'm becoming China's most valuable asset should anything ever kick off!!!