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[LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:31 pm
by Cybereu
I spent more than $50 to find a bluetooth dongle that could have BDADDR(bluetooth device address) changed. For other people do not get frustrated(like i got) trying to find a dongle that works, I decided to do this topic with a list of what worked(or not) and where to purchase them.

Following bluetooth chips can have their bdaddrs permanently modified:
CSR bluecore4-rom
CSR bluecore2-ext


Some Broadcom chips can work, their bdaddrs can be temporarily modified.

You should prefer CSR bluecore4 chips over any other chips (some CSR bluecore2 chips and some Broadcom chips do not work reliably).

Warning: most of the CSR dongles from ebay/dealextreme don't work because they are counterfeits!

The chip manufacturer and version are displayed in gimx-bluetooth:



Bluetooth Dongle list

WORKS (bdaddr changed permanently):
WORKS (bdaddr not changed permanently, not recommended, can operate unreliably):

DOES NOT WORK (bdaddr cannot be changed, etc.):
sorry for bad² english

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:26 am
by tarrant_01
I've been using http://www.rocketfishproducts.com/produ ... LBTAD.html. It resets to the default address when it gets unplugged. Not sure if that's normal. I can get the above info if necessary.

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:15 am
by Matlo
Yes please do it.

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:55 pm
by McKack
Perhaps there should be three categories, or a (resets) label or something next to the ones that reset. Unless it's one of the Bluecore types without exceptions.
One of the two I have resets.

Aslo, do you know if it's possible to get the above info in Windows somehow, Matlo?

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:07 pm
by Matlo
McKack wrote:Perhaps there should be three categories, or a (resets) label or something next to the ones that reset. Unless it's one of the Bluecore types without exceptions.
One of the two I have resets.
Good idea.
McKack wrote:Aslo, do you know if it's possible to get the above info in Windows somehow, Matlo?
I guess it's not possible without writing some code.

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:06 pm
by tarrant_01
Well this is all i got returned to me:

Code: Select all

hci0:	Type: BR/EDR  Bus: USB
	BD Address: 00:19:15:66:E0:49  ACL MTU: 1017:8  SCO MTU: 64:0
	Firmware 82.67 / 14

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:35 pm
by Matlo
What's the Manufacturer? (as displayed in sixemugui)

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:54 pm
by Dr-Ripper
Emtec EKCOB100 <-- is OK

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:32 pm
by Matlo
Dr-Ripper wrote:Emtec EKCOB100 <-- is OK
Please give the chip manufacturer and version.

Re: [LIST] Bluetooth dongles

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:07 pm
by tarrant_01
Matlo wrote:What's the Manufacturer? (as displayed in sixemugui)
"Broadcom Corporation (15)"