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Old 02-05-2013, 10:33 AM
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Lightbulb Just an idea....

So recently i've been looking at Apps on these "smart phones"/devices that most of us own today. It came to me that people are actually making apps which can give a read out on variables such as boost, fuel trims etc via using OBD2 Wifi adapter..

Seems like the RPD most people isn't as lucky to own one or don't want to go through the hassle of getting one, installing, or w.e.

So idea i came up with is... why not make an App based on the RPD?? I do know of a few programmers who i can talk to & work something out with them..

What do u guys think??
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Already done. It's called Torque. There are several threads here about it.
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I'd pay $20
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How about $4.95?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...51bGwsMSwyLDNd
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Looks like somebody beat me to it and mentioned the torque app. Now if somebody could eliminate that stupid bluetooth adapter required for the torque app and just made an OBDII to Micro USB that would be bank. I refuse to pay $150 for a bluetooth OBDII cable. My Dashhawk cost less than that.
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I had torque on my android but for the cell I hardly use the Gauges how accurate are they

U could use a cheap eBay one that's the one I use for the torque app

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my bluetooth adapter cost $24.95. If you paid $150 you're nuts.
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Originally Posted by AaronJ
Looks like somebody beat me to it and mentioned the torque app. Now if somebody could eliminate that stupid bluetooth adapter required for the torque app and just made an OBDII to Micro USB that would be bank. I refuse to pay $150 for a bluetooth OBDII cable. My Dashhawk cost less than that.
I got mine for $20 that works just fine. But it's just annoying having to setup bluetooth anyway. direct connection would also be faster.
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works great. $24.95

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WIFI > Bluetooth.. Isn't torque an android only app?? Does it actually show AFR?
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It shows anything that your ECM can measure, same as an Interceptor, so yes, it does AFR. Torque is an Android app, but there is one for i stuff too. I don't know the name of it however. I also don't know if it is wifi or bluetooth but I don't really see a reason to care either.
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Dashcommand for iDevice would be best.
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