USB compatibility list

This is a list of USB devices that have been tested on the Pandora. If the device you want to know about isn't listed here, don't worry! Just go to the USB reference page, look up the specs of your device, and you may be able to figure out if it's compatible.

Networking

Please see the Mobile broadband page for tips on how to get these working, as well as this tutorial from the GP32X forum.

HSDPA (3G) Modems

Device	Driver	Connector	Supported standard	Current draw	Suggested connection to Pandora	Works on Pandora	Additional comments
ZTE K3565-Z / MF626 / MF627 / MF636	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes [1]	A how-to by shideneyu for this modem can be found here
BandLuxe C270	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	A how-to by relliker for this modem can be found here
Huawei E156G	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes [2]
Huawei E160	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	250mA	Standard-A port	Yes	As the entry for Huawei E220 was wrong, this Current draw could also be wrong.
Huawei E160E	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	250mA	Standard-A port	Yes	As the entry for Huawei E220 was wrong, this Current draw could also be wrong.
Huawei E1750	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes [3]
Huawei E220	Not required	Standard-A	USB 1.1	500mA	Standard-A port via High Speed hub	Not on new kernels.	The successful Pandora E220 tests were done by DJWillis on an old kernel (long before Pandora shipped). It seems that they are NOT working any more. Also tested on Linux (was it working?) This entry originally said 250mA, but there is no source and current sources say 500mA.
4G-Systems XS Stick P14	Not required (usbserial module)	standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes [4]	Requires usbmodeswitch program.
iPhone 3GS (Probably also 1G/3G)	ipheth	Standard-A	USB 2.0	500mA	USB A (Standard-A port?)	Should work in Angstrom with some work.	Requires a good bit of dependencies to get working. Tested with Debian from SD, but should work in Angstrom with some work. The ipheth wwan0 device only provides a connection over the 3G modem, even if you're connected to a wifi network. I used the iproxy and SSH tunneling method with proxychains to get to the wifi network.
HTC Desire	not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	500mA	USB A (Standard-A port?)	Yes	Requires internet connection sharing to be enabled from the phone.

USB to Ethernet adapters

To enable USB Ethernet adapters on the Pandora, you may need to left-click the networking icon on the panel in Xfce, and select "Ifupdown (bnep0)".

Device	Driver	Connector	Supported standard	Current draw	Suggested connection to Pandora	Works on Pandora	Additional comments
Apple USB Ethernet Adapter MB442Z/A	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	Reportedly uses an ASIX AX88xxx chipset.
Apple USB Ethernet Adapter model A1277	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	250mA	Standard-A port	Yes	ID 05ac:1402 Apple, Inc.
Conrad 3-Port-USB-Hub und Netzwerk-Adapter	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	A lot! 50% of battery charge only brings you 2h40min (min brightness, no other devices attached)	Standard-A port	Yes	Has a 3port USB Hub included. External power supply can (and should) be attached, not included though. ASIX Chipset. 20€ @ Conrad Electronics. Not tested in Linux.
Wii USB 2.0 10/100M adapter (use ASIX AX 88772 USB 2.0 chip)	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	250mA	Standard-A port	Yes	ID 0b95:7720 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772. This clone from DealExtreme works too.
Connectland USB 2.0 10/100M Ethernet Adapter	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	250mA	Standard-A port	Yes	ID 0b95:7720 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772 - Works fine, Sometimes a reboot is necessary (ZaxxonHF5RC1).
Belkin Gigabit USB 2.0 Network Adapter	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	The shape of it make is a bit awkward to fit if you connect it directly, but it has a short adapter cable. I only get ~95Mbit on a gigabit network, but then the pandora's cpu maxes out. (it may be that the driver/usb stack isn't very well optimized), has horribly bright blue LEDs.
MosChip MCS7830 USB 10/100 Ethernet adapter	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	ID 9710:7830 MosChip Semiconductor MCS7830 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter. Kernel module: mcs7830.
EU.MARK USB 10/100M RJ45 Ethernet Network Adapter Dongle	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	USB ID: 9710:7830 - bought from DealExtreme
Digitus DN-10050 Fast Ethernet USB Adapter	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	MosChip MCS7830-based adapter. USB ID 9710:7830.
Edimax EU-4230 Fast Ethernet USB Adapter with 3-port USB hub [5]	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	Ethernet USB ID 0b95:772a ASIX Electronics Corp. 3-port USB2.0 hub USB ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. Optional power adapter for USB hub.

USB WiFi adapters

The Pandora stock kernel doesn't seem to come with any wireless driver support outside of the internal WiFi chip. The only way you'll get wireless working is to build your own kernel with it included or try compat-wireless.

As for hofix 6a4 compat-wireless seems to be present in the kernel out of the box, so one can build a USB wireless driver for Pandora following this algorithm

See also this thread on the forums for the latest.

Device	Driver	Connector	Supported standard	Current draw	Suggested connection to Pandora	Tested on Pandora	Additional comments
Belkin N1 Wireless USB Adapter (F5D8051) ("Ver. 2053") (MARVELL v1021)	N/A	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	No connection was attempted.	No native driver support and ndiswrapper obviously won't work.	There's a previous revision of this dongle which is supposed to have a Ralink chip, but they revised it and put a different chip inside. Reported (by whom?) to work with ndiswrapper and works in Linux.
Cisco/Linksys AE1000 High Performance Wireless-N USB Adapter	rt3572sta (RT3572USB)	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	USB A (Standard-A port?)	Works with a modified driver.	(Compiled module for pandora:pandora forum) Download the driver from ralink's driver site, edit ./common/rtusb_dev_id.c, before "#endif // RT2870" add "{USB_DEVICE(0x13B1,0x002F)},", compile.' Reported (by whom?) to work in Linux.
Belkin Surf micro	rtl8192cu	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	USB A	Yes. Tested by Hoodoo	Works with the manufacturer's driver built following the guide for firmware compatibility with hotfix6a4.binary and source
Netgear WNA1000M	rtl8192cu	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	USB A	Yes. Tested by mcbearface	Works with the manufacturer's driver built following the guide for firmware compatibility with hotfix6a4.binary and source|} Storage External Hard Disk Drives Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments Freecom 250GB 2.5" portable Not Required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct Yes Inside it's a Samsung Model HM251JX. So I guess anything based on that will also work OK. LaCie Rikiki 250GB USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive Not required standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Standard-A port via powered High Speed Hub Not when unpowered, needs testing with a powered hub Not only does it fail to spin up, but it causes the Pandora's screen to pulsate wildly, much like an old CRT would if you placed a speaker or a magnet near to it. Not tested with a powered hub. Seagate Seagate® Expansion™ External Drives Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct No Tested by Hitnrun. "Isn't even detected in lsusb (drive powered by external power source)" Verbatim 250GB Model #47580 Hard Drive Not required Direct USB 2.0 Unknown Direct Yes Tested by almatuk. "Watched videos directly from it at full speed, no need for powered USB hub. Had issues playing roms directly off it however as it was formatted NTFS. I'm sure if I formatted to FAT32 these would disappear." Western Digital 160GB Elements External USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown standard-A port via powered High Speed Hub Yes Western Digital 250GB Elements Portable USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct or standard-A port via High Speed Hub Yes Western Digital 250GB My Passport Essential USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive Not required Direct? USB 2.0 Unknown Direct? Maybe Tested by TheDarkSpectrum48K. The first time it "works perfectly!". The second time it didn't work. Western Digital 400GB My Passport Essential USB 2.0 2.5" HDD model WDME4000TE Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct Yes Tested by Peca. Western Digital 500GB Elements Portable External Hard Drive Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct Yes Tested by Esn. The USB cable that came with it was bad, so I used another one.[6] Western Digital 500GB My Passport Essential External Hard Drive Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct Yes Tested by Esn. Works fine. Came pre-formatted in NTFS, but should work if you downloaded the community codec pack. It said 1TB on the packaging, but there was 465GB free space, so I'm pretty sure it was actually the 500GB one.[7] Western Digital 1TB My Passport Essential SE External USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct or through powered High Speed Hub Yes Tested by Mycohl. Externally powered hub recommended to conserve battery power. Western Digital Elements 2TB 3.5" Hard Drive Model:WDBAAU0020HBK Not Required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Direct Yes Tested by kilowatt. DVD/CD Drives Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments Lite-On EZ-DUB DVD/CD Multi-Recorder (Model eZAU120) Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Powered by included mains adapter - DC 12V 1.8A Standard-A port No Works in Linux. Memorex 20x Multi Format DVD Recorder External - DVD±RW (±R DL) Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Powered by included mains adapter Standard-A port Yes Video display device VGA DVI HDMI adapter No devices have been tested yet Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Output connectors Works on Pandora Additional comments No devices have been tested yet External graphic card Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Output connectors Works on Pandora Additional comments Tritton see2 usb 2.0 to SVGA adapter sisusb USB USB 2.0 High Reduces Pandora's battery life in half (10h → 4h) VGA (D-SUB) Yes, but has performance issues. Needs to be integrated with preferences. Currently I must edit xorg.conf and mess with xinerama. Good for presentations, dragging a window is bearable, but hi-res video is slow. Works in Linux without any issues. Video capture devices Webcams Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments Exoo No Driver/USB 2.0 Webcam (Model No.: M053) Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Standard-A port No Bought from DealExtreme. Works in Linux. Logitech Quickcam Communicate Deluxe Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 Unknown Standard-A port No USB ID: 046d:0992, works though uvcvideo. Works in Linux. Logitech HD Webcam C270 720p Not required Standard-A USB 2.0 500mA Standard-A port Yes, but audio untested ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Audio recognized, but not tested. More info to come. Works in Linux. Audio devices Microphones/recorders Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments Zoom H2 Handy Recorder not required standard-A USB 1.1 300mA standard-A port via High Speed USB hub Yes, needs a USB hub. Can record into Audacity, but won't be recognized unless connected through USB hub.[8]. MIDI controllers EvilDragon bundled the usb MIDI class drivers in the default firmware image, therefore ANY class-compliant MIDI device should work with the Pandora, out of the box.[9] Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments Akai LKP25 Not required Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes [10] M-Audio MIDISPORT 2x2 Anniv Not required Unknown Unknown 400mA Unknown Unknown ID 0763:1050 Midiman. High current draw! USB audio controllers Aka. "professional soundcard"; see definition on Wikipedia. Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments Cakewalk UA-1G not required Standard-A USB 2.0 200mA Standard-A port No ID 0582:00e9 Roland Corp. This device may be similar to older Edirol/Roland USB audio devices. Widely reported (by whom?) to work in Linux. Input devices Any HID (Human Interface Device) compliant keyboard, mouse or game controller should work on the Pandora. Most of those device are low speed or full speed USB device and will need to be connected though either a USB OTG adapter/cable or a USB2 hub in order to work on the Pandora. External Game Controllers Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Suggested connection to Pandora Works on Pandora Additional comments 2-TECH SNES-to-USB adapter Not required Standard-A Low speed Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub Yes USB description is "HuiJia USB GamePad", lsusb calls it "0e8f:3013 GreenAsia Inc." USB Super RetroPort (SNES-to-USB adapter) Not required Standard-A Probably USB 1.1 Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub No Bought from RetroZone. Works in Linux. USB RetroPort (NES-to-USB adapter) Not required Standard-A Probably USB 1.1 Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub No Bought from RetroZone. Works in Linux. Trio Linker Plus II (PlayStation,-GameCube,-and-Dreamcast-to-USB adapter) Not required Standard-A Probably USB 1.1 Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub No Bought from Play-Asia. Works in Linux. NAZAR V47 USB Force Feedback Vibrating Gamepad Controller for PC Not required Standard-A Probably USB 1.1 Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub No Whether it really contains the claimed force feedback feature is unknown as this feature does not work under Linux - bought from DealExtreme. Works in Linux. 10-Fire-Button Double Vibration Feedback USB PC Arcade Joystick Not required Standard-A Probably USB 1.1 Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub No Whether it really contains the claimed force feedback feature is unknown as this feature does not work under Linux - bought from DealExtreme. Works in Linux. Official PlayStation 3 controller Not required Standard-A Full speed Unknown USB A To Mini B Cable via High Speed Hub No This is for USB not bluetooth compatibility. Sixaxis and DualShock not tested. Works in Linux. Thrustmaster Firestorm Digital 3 Gamepad Not required Standard-A Low speed Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub Yes ID 07b5:0213 Mega World International, Ltd Thrustmaster Firestorm Digital 3 Gamepad. Wired Xbox 360 Controller xpad module Standard-A Probably USB 1.1 Unknown Standard-A port via High Speed Hub No This also includes gamepads for PC that needs the Windows Xinput driver. Such gamepads include the Logitech Chillstream. Works in Linux. WiseGroup.,Ltd SmartJoy Dual PLUS Adapter (dual PSX to USB joypad adapter) Unknown Standard-A Unknown 100mA Unknown No ID 6677:8802. Works in Linux. Graphics tablets Device Driver Connector Supported standard Current draw Works on Pandora Additional comments Bamboo Multitouch Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No [11] It's not known if this works in Linux. Genius Tablet Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes, via USB hub It's not known if this works in Linux. Wacom CTH-460 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No [12] Would need a patched driver to work. It's not known if this works in Linux. Wacom Volito2 Tablet (Model: CTF-420) Not required Standard-A Low speed 40mA [13] No USB ID: 056a:0062 Mice Device Connector Works on Pandora Additional comments Apple Mouse (M5769) USB No Seems to disable USB port, reboot afterwards required Apple Mouse with Scroll Ball (A1152) USB No Seems to disable USB port, reboot afterwards required Connectors, adapters, and hubs This section is intended as a general guide. Items in this section are standard USB accessories, so drivers are not required. Compatibility with Pandora is assumed. Please note that any external product links are provided for reference only, and are not an endorsement. OTG (On The Go) Adapters Device Works on Pandora Additional comments Generic adapter No Find on eBay Find on Amazon These links are not 100% accurate. Check for `mini-a`, and on eBay, the price is higher by about $8. Nokia USB OTG adapter Yes Electronic Product Online Compact USB Hubs Device Works on Pandora Additional comments Griffin SmartShare USB [14] No Belkin F5U415 4 Port USB 2.0 Swivel Hub [15] No Comes with an optional power adapter. Belkin F5U701 USB 2.0 7 Port Mobile Hub [16] Yes Tested by pabloh. Comes with an optional power adapter. ID 0e8f:0016 GreenAsia Inc. No Tested by tsh. Labeled as high speed. Bought from ebay. Trust 4 port netbook hub ID 05e3:0608 Yes Tested by tsh. Bought from Amazon. High Speed 4 Port Mini USB 2.0 Hub for Laptop PC (non powered) Yes Octopus-style small cheap unpowered USB hub. Bought from ebay Keeptech USB 2.0 Hub (7 Ports) with Power Adapter, KT-UH703 [17] Yes Tested by Esn. Works powered or unpowered. Logitech Premium 4-Port USB Hub [18] Yes LUPO 7-port USB 2.0 Hub (cheap octopus type which can be powered as there is dc socket) Yes. Can use a power supply but wasn't tested with one. Tested by kilowatt. Bought from from amazon uk LogiLink USB 2.0 Hub 4-Port UA0086 [19] Yes Tested by Jones. Comes with an optional power adapter.