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.
SIIG JU-NE0012-S1 USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet Adapter	Not required	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	Standard-A port	Yes	Bought from Newegg

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

As for hotfix 6 Release Candidate the kernel includes drivers for these Realtek chips: RTL8712/8188/8191/8192SU/8192CU

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
Advance Mini Wireless N150	rtl8192cu	Standard-A	USB 2.0	500mA	USB A	Yes.	Having some difficulties with some access points, because it's not possible to manually set the bitrate. There's a little hole on it, so it's useful to attach it to the OP.
ASUS WL-167G v2	rt73usb + rt2x00usb + rt2x00lib	Standard-A	USB 2.0	300mA	USB A	Nothing in lsusb, nothing in dmesg :(. Have to be plugged into a non-powered (or powered) USB hub. dmesg shows "failed to request firmware error"}. You just have to "cp /lib/firmware/rt73.bin /your/pandora-rootfs/lib/firmware/"}	0b05:1723 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. WL-167G v2 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]. Works pretty fine on Linux PC.
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.
Belkin Surf micro	rtl8192cu	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	USB A	Yes	Should work out of the box since Hotfix 6 Release Candidate
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.
D-Link WIRELESS G USB ADAPTER DWL-G122 rev.E1 F/W 5.00	rt2870sta + rt2800usb + rt2800lib	Standard-A	USB 2.0	450mA	USB A	lsusb shows it, sometimes have to plug and reboot. No modules are loaded.	07d1:3c0f D-Link System AirPlus G DWL-G122 Wireless Adapter(rev.E) [Ralink RT2870]. Works pretty fine on Linux PC.
Digitus Wireless 150N USB 2.0 Adapter	rtl8192cu	Standard-A	USB 2.0	500mA	USB A	Yes	Having some difficulties with some access points, because it's not possible to manually set the bitrate - Bundled with a non-WiFi Pandora coming from Craig's shop
Netgear WNA1000M	rtl8192cu	Standard-A	USB 2.0	Unknown	USB A	Yes	Should work out of the box since Hotfix 6 Release Candidate
TRENDnet TEW-424UB V2	?	Standard-A	USB 2.0	400mA	USB A	lsusb shows it, but no module is loaded	0457:0163 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. 802.11 Wireless LAN Adapter. Same behavior on a PC.

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.
Rosewill RHB-220 4-port USB 2.0 Hub	Yes	Tested by Tyrant1919. Unpowered. Bought from Newegg.