Apple Watch Unlock Unreliable

I have a near perfect build running on a prebuilt desktop HP 580-023w on High Sierra. iMessage, FaceTime, Airdrop, continuity, handoff, you name it. This is my final issue that I have been unable to solve for over 2 months.

Case 1: I must use certain darkwake values (1, 4, 5, 8, or 9) to have my hack wake up fast and never to a black screen. However when I use these values, Apple Watch unlock works maybe 60% of the time with the other times it prompting me for the password with no indication why or rhyme or reason when.

Case 2: When I use other darkwake values (2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11), Apple Watch unlock works perfectly 100% of the time, but my hackintosh is slow to wake and will wake to a black screen after a day or two requiring a restart.

Things I've Tried:

  • Every darkwake value and the result is either one of the two cases.
  • Different sleep and hibernation modes.
  • Made sure there was no wireless interfence.
  • Made sure wake for network access is disabled as well as signing out and back in of iCloud, restarting watch, etc.
  • Mapped all of my USB ports correctly as well as the bluetooth adapter.

It's definitely a software issue, but I am close to giving up as I've seen some people on tonymac have this issue with no real solution. Thought I would give this a last ditch effort and see if anyone here has any ideas to make Apple Watch unlock reliable, but also wake from sleep reliable.

  • CPU: i5-7400
  • GPU: 1060 3gb
  • RAM: 8 gb (from prebuilt)
  • Motherboard/Laptop model: Odense2-k (from prebuilt)
  • Audio Codec: ALC3863-CG
  • Ethernet Card: Realtek RTL8161
  • Wifi/BT Card: BCM94360CS2 with PCIe adapter
  • What guide/tool followed: Vanilla on sidebar only
  • Config.plist: The same as vanilla guide Kaby lake sample, except the port limit patches have been disabled and headless mode added in device properties.
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