Cool little device for your phone and car
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It looks like a very well-done app. If it included OBD monitoring (various temperature sensors, etc), it would be a slam dunk.
Too bad my BMW is too old-no port.
BTW, I do have Dynolicious (performace measuring app) on my iPhone. Have not used it lately this winter.
BTW, I do have Dynolicious (performace measuring app) on my iPhone. Have not used it lately this winter.
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
If it included OBD monitoring (various temperature sensors, etc), it would be a slam dunk.
Yeah. For that, they would need to implement vehicle-specific PIDs, which I doubt they'd do at this price. It's most likely just a generic fault code reader.
If it included OBD monitoring (various temperature sensors, etc), it would be a slam dunk.
Yeah. For that, they would need to implement vehicle-specific PIDs, which I doubt they'd do at this price. It's most likely just a generic fault code reader.
It lacks real time data like coolant temp, oil temp, air temp, etc. If it can detect CELs, why not add those feature, too?
Garmin EcoDrive dongle for $99 does everything this thing does AND display real time data like mentioned above and still does OBD codes and CEL stuff.
Crash detection is nice though..
Garmin EcoDrive dongle for $99 does everything this thing does AND display real time data like mentioned above and still does OBD codes and CEL stuff.
Crash detection is nice though..
Originally Posted By: 97tbird
Garmin EcoDrive dongle for $99 does everything this thing does AND display real time data like mentioned above and still does OBD codes and CEL stuff.
Do you know if it can display oil temp on our cars?
Garmin EcoDrive dongle for $99 does everything this thing does AND display real time data like mentioned above and still does OBD codes and CEL stuff.
Do you know if it can display oil temp on our cars?
IDK that for sure for BMWs specifically, but I remember someone posting about it showing oil temp on some forum post long time a go.
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oil temp only available with Android app.
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I am not sure how is this one any better than a cable plugged into your laptop.
Originally Posted By: 97tbird
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oil temp only available with Android app.
I'm assuming this is the Garmin Mechanic app that works with Garmin ecoRoute. I sent them an email asking if it's able to pull oil temp from my car.
Another much cheaper option is Torque app for android, but it can't read oil temp from my car even though it can read it from other cars.
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I'm assuming this is the Garmin Mechanic app that works with Garmin ecoRoute. I sent them an email asking if it's able to pull oil temp from my car.
Another much cheaper option is Torque app for android, but it can't read oil temp from my car even though it can read it from other cars.
So can someone driving by connect and see the data on your car?
I suppose if they know the bluetooth address of your phone, they could spoof being your phone and connect.
It just doesn't seem a major concern given the far more valuable targets out there to be hacked.
I.E. I think they would be more likely to hack your phone looking for your on-line banking info than hacking into a device attached to the OBD-II port of your car.
Originally Posted By: sasilverbullet
So can someone driving by connect and see the data on your car?
It just doesn't seem a major concern given the far more valuable targets out there to be hacked.
I.E. I think they would be more likely to hack your phone looking for your on-line banking info than hacking into a device attached to the OBD-II port of your car.
Originally Posted By: sasilverbullet
So can someone driving by connect and see the data on your car?
It looks like a nice little device for the not so automotive inclined.
I love Torque Pro and my bluetooth adapter on my Android phone.
Some of the features make me want to promote it at work for all of us to have in our company cars, since we all have iPhone's.
I love Torque Pro and my bluetooth adapter on my Android phone.
Some of the features make me want to promote it at work for all of us to have in our company cars, since we all have iPhone's.
But now I see it's only targeting the iPhone 4S and 5. Wonder if it will work on the 3GS.
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: 97tbird
EDIT
oil temp only available with Android app.
I'm assuming this is the Garmin Mechanic app that works with Garmin ecoRoute. I sent them an email asking if it's able to pull oil temp from my car.
Got a response from Garmin: basically, they don't know because they do not have a list of what cars allow what features, and no way of testing all of them.
Originally Posted By: 97tbird
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I'm assuming this is the Garmin Mechanic app that works with Garmin ecoRoute. I sent them an email asking if it's able to pull oil temp from my car.
Got a response from Garmin: basically, they don't know because they do not have a list of what cars allow what features, and no way of testing all of them.
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