Please recommend a Bluetooth dongle.

Kortsen

I have tried a couple of cheap BT dongles I have with my OPI-PC with every Android IMG I can find and can tell you that Cambridge Silicon Radio chips don't work.  Do you have BT working? What adapter are you using. Which Android IMG are you using?

bruski

H3 Hisilicon ethernet cable does not work on all images here
only worked one time with original rom without playstore
WiFi dongles and bluethoot does not work
urgent developers orangepi this board has to fix that
it is declared failure of this board
I regret buying this plate H3

We NEED MORE ANDROID DEVELOPMENT

THIS IS A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

crazykill

Wifi works with zidoo image and  adapter with ralink
Rtl8188 chipset plugged in the bottom port BEFORE TURNING ON the board

mslav01

I install apk USB Device Info. After run download DB update, and my bluetooth is now work and RTL8188 on all usb port.
Sorry for my bad English.
I tryed on zidoo, 203k4, and other android images in all work.

baltazar

I have the same problem.
I tried using USB Device Info application and it recognizes the dongle, but Bluetooth is not visible in Settings.

I tried using a new BT dongle (cheap one) and also an old Level One dongle. With the command "su busybox lsusb" I get the ID 0a12:0001 on both devices. Looks like they both use the same Cambridge Silicon Radio chips.

Seems like the device is blacklisted: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/46457-bluetooth-dongle/

Is there a way arround this?

BTW, the post also suggests that a Dlink DBT-122 dongle could work.

didacgil9

Did you manage to get it working after all?
I bought a USB Bluetooth dongle and yes, I see it as well with USB Device Info, but I can't activate it. I am using the Tronsmart image

crazykill

Dongles with CSR chipset work on zidoo and belink image.

didacgil9

Great! It worked. Let me write the steps in case somebody tries as well.

I have tried with the Beelink image
Connected my Bluetooth into a USB port
Installed the apk USB Device Info that you can find in the Google Play
Uploaded the DB via the USB Device Info application.
After this, I closed the USB Device Info
Opened the Android Settings.
Now the bluetooth is available.

I have at home a Bluetooth GPS module, that I want to connect to the OrangePi. Even I could pair the BlueGPS to the board, it did not recognize it as a GPS. I installed an app to read external GPS devices, and I can actually read the GPS values, but Sygic does not see the GPS hardware.
I will investigate a little further and post the results. But I must say that I am getting more and more excited with the potential of this board.

pacitzu

didacgil9 replied at 2016-1-14 22:30
Great! It worked. Let me write the steps in case somebody tries as well.

I have tried with the Bee ...

I did exactly as described in the previous message.

I installed Beelink_X2-SC_V1.1-Custom_ROM in my "ORANGE PI PC".

I entered CRS4.0 bluetooth dongle

I launched "USB Device Info" and updating the database.
The result is in the image below:

Vendor ID: 0a12
Product ID: 138a

But there is no bluetooth in the settings.
Why?

didacgil9

I am not sure, but could it be that your product is "not in db", and as it is not in the database, it could not install the drivers?

I am right now dealing with a similar problem for a touch panel via USB. I can see the vendor code and the product id, but I do not get it in the DB and I can't use it.
Let's see if somebody knows more than I do, and we get some help in how to fix these aspects.