Bluetooth dongle
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.
Contents
Bluetooth Dongle list
WORKS (bdaddr changed permanently)
- Ultra Mini Bluetooth 2.1+EDR USB 2.0 Dongle (CSR Bluecore4-rom) (Recommended, Chinese seller, ships worldwide)
(Alternative, Chinese seller)
Sold on Chinese website detail.tmall.com.
Warning: the chip may have been replaced by a broadcom one (to be confirmed).
Sold in France by Intermaché for 14.99€.
Sold on Polish website elektroshop.com.pl.
Sold in France by Darty for 9.90€.
Sold in France by Carrefour for 14.90€.
Sold in the U.S. by Fry's Electronics for 22$.
Sold on Amazon and ebay.
Sold on Amazon and ebay.
- Super Mini Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter Dongle (CSR Bluecore4-rom) (not recommended, the chip may vary)
- Pluscom BT20 (CSR Bluecore4-rom)
- Cellink BTA-3000 (CSR Bluecore2-ext)
- Fujitsu FMWBA-101 (CSR Bluecore2-ext es2)
- EPoX BT-DG03 (CSR Bluecore2-ext)
WORKS (bdaddr not changed permanently, not recommended, can operate unreliably)
- COM1 dongle (unknown reference) (Broadcom chip)
DOES NOT WORK (bdaddr cannot be changed, etc.)
- HP SDCAB-0705 (Broadcom)