Hacker News Reader

Comment by adorton | Hacker News Reader

I have a pretty new one (9370 I think) and I love it. No coil whine, the build feels great, and I have no complaints about that keyboard or trackpad. My only real complaint so far is the bluetooth is flaky.

View on HN

Does the Bluetooth connection just drop out between suspensions? I’ve have this issue across both XPS 13’s I’ve owned. It’s incredibly frustrating and seems to be a long running issue [1]. If you care about Bluetooth I wouldn’t recommend an XPS 13

1.https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/XPS-1...

Yeah, mine drops after suspending. Sometimes it shows the device is disconnected and I need to re-pair it. Not sure if that is a problem with the system or my MX Ergo, but it never has problems on my Windows machine. Occasionally the whole bluetooth system dies and I need to reset.

Haha, I was just going to ask about Bluetooth. I've got 9350 and while single device Bluetooth works quite well (okay, today it broke but it usually works) connecting Bluetooth headphones and a Bluetooth mouse at the same time makes the connection super unstable. That's with the proprietary firmware.

There are all kinds of issues in XPSes as far as I've seen. But generally it works well on Linux. I mean the same issues plague Windows too (I compared).

I have given up on bluetooth ever being sane. If I don't connect my JBL, my xbox remote or anything bluetooth for more than a week then the connection is kapput and I have to delete and re-add the device. Windows, Linux, doesn't matter. It magically stops working when not used enough.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com