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What OBD dongle is everyone using? I've been looking at the Vgate iCar Pro Bluetooth 4.0.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Vgate-Blue...+Bluetooth+4.0 Also, can the GTS code changes be done through Bimmercode or is specialised coding required?
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What other advanced options are people doing?
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Thanks domino_z . Have you had many issues with error codes? Do you usually get them with basic coding or is it a matter of happening when you make a mistake in doing the code changes?
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My dongle just arrived so I'll get to coding in the coming days.
I'll be changing: * Legal disclaimer remove * Auto start/stop remember last selection * Door lights on when reversing * Heated seat temperatures down 5C across the board * Mirrors fold on CA locking (delay to zero)
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The car already reads messages to me while the car is moving, so I'm happy with that for the moment. What advantage does the zoomed rear view provide? I only ever use the top down view anyway, so it may not be a benefit to me. The chirping makes sense although the car makes a decent "chunk" noise when locking, so it may be something I turn on and switch off later (plus I go to work early most days and I don't want to wake up the house with beep beeps).
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Thought I'd ask before ordering an OBD adapter for my iPhone. Cheers, Ed
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When you go to buy your OBD dongle, Amazon Australia has them at comparable prices to elsewhere. Mine was just under $40 and arrived in two days.
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Well, all I can say is that my fears were completely unfounded. The hardest part was getting the phone to pair with the dongle. After that, it's pretty darn simple. Just go through the modules you want to alter and select the changes. Then hit code and the app does its magic. A fair whirs and groans later, the ECU restarts, a couple error messages pop up on the screen (which are easily cleared via the app if you are on Android - you need a separate app on iOS) and the car is ready to go. One suggestion I will make is to write a list and which module they are under. You can do this by having a practice run in the Demo mode of the app. The list will help you breeze through without having to faff about finding things. The only issue I had, and this has been well documented so wasn't a surprise, is that you lose your radio presets and equaliser settings. Putting the eight presets back in took about two minutes as I knew exactly what went where, and I had taken a photo of my equaliser settings a little while back when playing with the sound, so that won't take more than five minutes to put back in place. Overall everything went as planned and I left for work bang on time. The changes have stuck and the car is as I would like it to have been from factory.
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