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Has anyone used one of these before?
Looking for a recommendation for one that will work with an android (Samsung Galaxy 4s)
It's basically a system where you plug in a bluetooth transmitter to the OBD2 port and it communicates to an app on your phone and displays engine parameters and trouble codes
Holy shit, I just asked the same question on another forum. I think I'm going to pick the dongle up when I put in my nest order for my Saturn.
This is the one I have...
http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-...d+ii+bluetooth
It syncs up with my Motorola Xoom tablet just fine, and I haven't had any major problems with it. I know that the cheaper units will start to drop off bluetooth if you start reading too many sensors at the same time. I had this thing plugged into a Prius at one point and it was reading like 30 sensors without issues. It was recommended by the developer of one of the Android applications that I was working with.
cool, from what I'm finding the Torque app is the most popular.
Here's a WIKI on the different communicators:
http://torque-bhp.com/wiki/Bluetooth_Adapters
Yep, Torque is pretty neat. There's lots of other uses for it too though. If you go to the track, and you get a good 10Hz external GPS, you can do all sorts of cool telemetry with them, and real time data overlay on in-car video... Though the Bluetooth GPS receivers seem to have some odd issues with other Bluetooth devices too. The build in GPS in most Android devices is only 1Hz, and there are some delays. But it's all pretty fun to mess with. Not to mention, not having to take your car somewhere to get your trouble codes read. :)
Codes are the reason I want to pick an adapter up. I work on enough OBDII stuff to make it very handy.
i bought one of these too, but unfortunately the bluetooth on my tablet broke lol... so no i have it i might send it back. i paid the 23.99 shipped from amazon for the BAFX version. it synced great at first now my tablet is shitting out cus it won't pair with my plantronics ear piece anymore.
forrest89sei a former member on here has one on his 06 CRV that he uses all the time with his samsung galaxy s2 (and he used it with his old galaxy s1 aswell) i have been needing to pick one up as well...tired of renting the $110 deposit code readers lol
thanks for the info, I sent him an email
i have a similar one for datalogging wirelessly with OBD1 through Bluetooth. haven't tried it yet. also i hope it tells you when theres danger to manifold and when your floor panel will fall out.
The one I'm looking at reminds me not to granny shift.
the one i got to work reminds me to double clutch
you two must have the same one (Y)
Yeah, you can set it either way. It also has a feature that shows you where the Spoon engines are right before Race Wars.
it has an option to select between gallo 18s and gallo 24s
