woodie99

Just interested to see how many people are using the elm327 Bluetooth adapter and running torque from an android ? Getting set up to do it myself. Any tips or software advice? I will primarily be using My phone, but will set my laptop up also ..... thanks

Gee oh Dee

The IT guy I work with mentioned something about this, never looked into it though.

Evil Drew M

I have a high-dollar OBDII scanner so I don't use it but a few people whom I trust speak VERY highly of it.

The big deal is to research your adapters and get the best one you can afford since that is the key piece AND the piece that will cause the most issues in the long run.

woodie99

Well I got interested in the idea with my powerstroke, I just bought another xj last week, which by the way pardon my rudeness, new member saying hello. I work a lot and forgot I hadn't said hello. In the process of gathering up parts for a lift, larger tires, bumpers, and little fine tuning. Its been couple years since I owned a Jeep but Ive had several, cj's, yj's, & a few xj's. I will post some pics soon, been busy researching parts and getting a tick list started. Thanks again for the membership.

kashwak

I have been wanting to purchase that unit for a while as I have a tablet computer capable of streaming live engine data. Will be interested to hear if they're good..

woodie99

I got Bluetooth adapter in the mail today, I found out real quick u have to buy full version of torque. The free one is useless, its only $5 on android market though. Gonna play with it next day or so get it lined out .....

kashwak

Ya thats the program I use, its pretty sweet. Hopefully you have luck with the full version cause I really wanna order this part if it works

woodie99

I'm gonna have to play with it, my no reading instructions won't do this time I can get them to pair, but not connect. I only had 10 min before I had to go to work.... LOL I hate reading instructions!

woodie99

it does in fact work. i hooked it up and linked my android to it and to my suprise there is alot of info on there if u use torque and the plug ins that go with it u can monitor just about everything. so 19$ for the adapter on ebay, 4.99$ on android market for torque(plug ins are free) and u can monitor system, read and clear trouble codes for sure..... it does alot more, but i haven't gotten that far yet. it looks like with your laptop it can get quite involved, i will save that for later!

kashwak

Damn the one I was gonna get was $99. Is the connection with yours consistent? I heard that was the main complaint for cheaper adapters was losing connection all the time. But thanks for testing that with a cherokee, I'm gonna go buy one now.

woodie99

It takes a min to connect at first, it hasn't lost connection yet, but I just got it going so I really can't say yet
here are a couple of screen shots, one is gauges the other is the map option