Best OBD2 Bluetooth? App?

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dumbagain

NAXJA Forum User

Location

ohigho

• Jun 28, 2018

• #1

just discovered these obd2 apps and the fact you can go wireless or wired connections from XJ to phone.

anyone recommend one bluetooth obd2 plugin over another?

what apps you like best (free or paid)?

all i really looked at was torque pro. i'd like to read codes, clear, see some real time data, etc

 

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sinat01

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Preston county, WV

• Jun 30, 2018

• #2

I got a Bluetooth reader off of amazon for like $8 and the tourqe pro app

 

Johnnie Walker

Piece of Fish!

NAXJA Member

Location

WA state

• Jul 1, 2018

• #3

Torque app will do the things you have asked. Pro is worth the few $

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

 

Ecomike

NAXJA# 2091

NAXJA Member

Location

MilkyWay Galaxy

• Jul 8, 2018

• #4

I am still trying to find one that actually works on my 2001 Saturn, and my Samsung Android. I was never able to get the blue tooth link on the last 2 OBD-II's I tried to actually work. WE have a tool forum here that might have some clues.

 

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sinat01

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Preston county, WV

• Jul 8, 2018

• #5

https://www.amazon.com/Kitbest-Blue...1087587&sr=8-4&keywords=bluetooth+OBD2+reader
pretty sure this is the one I have

 

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Greenspan

NAXJA Forum User

NAXJA Member

Location

Los Angeles

• Jul 9, 2018

• #6

Torque keeps diaconnecting on me. I feel like it updatea readinga once every3-5seconds and sometimes freezes. Is that a Torque problem or a problem with the reader?

 

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sinat01

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Preston county, WV

• Jul 9, 2018

• #7

might be with the reader. I havnt had an issue with the app for the 2+ years ive been using it

 

Nimrod

Degenerate Jeeper

NAXJA Member

Location

Duck River

• Jul 9, 2018

• #8

I went with an ELM327 dongle and a Dash Commander app for my iPhone. All the app has ever been good for is reading and clearing CEL codes. I bought it mostly to get a constant digital readout on engine temp, but I was never able to get the temp function to work. Likewise, it does not give me real time RPMs. So, basically, I'm pretty disappointed with it.

 

Ecomike

NAXJA# 2091

NAXJA Member

Location

MilkyWay Galaxy

• Jul 9, 2018

• #9

Mine was with the OBD-II reader, and only on one car I think? Maybe both.

But it was not the cars, as my buddies cell phone and OBD-II-BTooth worked on both cars. And my Old cable style OBD-II scanner worked on both cars.

Could there be a memory capacity issue or other stuff running on the phone causing the issue?

Greenspan said:

Torque keeps diaconnecting on me. I feel like it updatea readinga once every3-5seconds and sometimes freezes. Is that a Torque problem or a problem with the reader?

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