Bluetooth dongle

This bluetooth dongle list is not exhaustive. Please add any working dongle to this page; don't forget to mention: the chip manufacturer and version, the price and the store.

Using GIMX+bluetooth requires a bluetooth dongle or module that can have its bdaddr (bluetooth device address) modified.
Following bluetooth chips can have their bdaddrs permanently modified:

• CSR8510
• CSR bluecore4-rom
• CSR bluecore2-ext

Some Broadcom chips can work, their bdaddrs can be temporarily modified.
You should prefer CSR bluecore4 and CSR8510 chips over any other chips (some CSR bluecore2/3 chips and some Broadcom chips do not work reliably).
Note for PS4 users: you should look for a bluetooth dongle based on the newer CSR8510 chip, which is the first bluetooth 4.0 chip from CSR.
Warning: most of the CSR dongles from ebay/dealextreme don't work because they are counterfeits!
The chip version can be displayed using the hcirevision command that is provided in the GIMX install package.
Open a terminal and type:

$ hciconfig hci0
	Chip version: CSR8510

If it does not display anything your dongle is very likely not a good one.

WORKS (bdaddr changed permanently)

• BTA-401 / BTA-402 / BTA-406 from Orico (CSR8510)

Sold on ebay.

• CSR8510 dongle from miniinthebox.com

• Ultra Mini Bluetooth 2.1+EDR USB 2.0 Dongle (CSR Bluecore4-rom) (Recommended, Chinese seller, ships worldwide) (Warning: it seems the chip may vary)

• CUBIX Bluetooth Micro Dongle USB Adapter BM-2236 (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

(Alternative, Chinese seller)

Sold on Chinese website detail.tmall.com.

Warning: the chip may have been replaced by a broadcom one (to be confirmed).

• 00049232 Hama Nano Bluetooth USB Adapter, version 2.1+EDR class2 (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

Sold in France by Intermaché for 14.99€.

Sold on Polish website elektroshop.com.pl for 34,90zł.

• IT WORKS BT-10M (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

Sold in France by Darty for 9.90€.

• Trendnet TBW-107UB (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

Sold in France by Carrefour for 14.90€.

• SMK-LINK VP6493 (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

Sold in the U.S. by Fry's Electronics for 22$.

• Sweex - BT214 - class I (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

Sold on Amazon and ebay.

• Sweex - BT204 - class II (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
  

Sold on Amazon and ebay.

• Trust BT-2400p 15542-04 (CSR Bluecore4-rom) (Warning: 15542-05 doesn't work)

• Peabird PEAB-BT-SM04C-100M (CSR Bluecore4-rom)

• Super Mini Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter Dongle (CSR Bluecore4-rom) (not recommended, the chip may vary)

• Cirago BTA-6210 (CSR Bluecore4-rom)

• Linksys USBBT100 version 1.0 (CSR Bluecore2-ext)

• Pluscom BT20 (CSR Bluecore4-rom)

• Cellink BTA-3000 (CSR Bluecore2-ext)

• Fujitsu FMWBA-101 (CSR Bluecore2-ext es2)

• EPoX BT-DG03 (CSR Bluecore2-ext)

• LogiLink USB 2.0 to Bluetooth Class 1 (CSR Bluecore4-rom manufactored by Cambridge Silicon Radio (10))
  

Sold in Denmark for 35KKR (6$)

• Kensington K33902US (CSR(10) Bluecore4-rom))

Bought at BestBuy locally in Canada/US (39.99), Kensington also sells Online (19.99)(BestBuy will price match)

• Alienware M18x internal BlueTooth Module (Dell 375)

• Ugreen US192 (CSR8510) Official seller, ships worldwide.

(I strongly recommend buying from this link, do not buy the other Ugreen dongle that looks very similar, the non compatible one doesn't have the keychain slot on top)

Probably the cheapest compatible dongle you will find

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

• COM1 dongle (unknown reference) (Broadcom chip)

• RF-FLBTAD (Broadcom chip)

• IOGEAR GBU421W6 (Broadcom Corporation (15))

• RocketFish RF-MRBTAD (Broadcom Corporation (15))

• Mac mini (Late 2009) Built-in BT 2.1 + EDR (Broadcom Corporation (15))

• Super Mini Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter Dongle (Broadcom Corporation (15))

• Dell Latitude E4620 Laptop internal BlueTooth Module (Broadcom Corporation (Company ID: 15))

Notes: Running on a VMware Player (virtual Machine) - Ubuntu 13, 64-bit. Response has a +3 seconds latency

DOES NOT WORK (bdaddr cannot be changed, etc.)

• Trust BT-2400p 15542-05 (Broadcom)

• HP SDCAB-0705 (Broadcom)