Bluetooth or standalone scanner?
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Bluetooth or standalone scanner?
Hi,
I bought a cheap bluetooth scanner when I bought my GS300 2007 a year ago. Now when the engine check is on, I tried to connect it, but a mobile-app (tried both iphone (Car Scanner ELM OBD2, and OBD Auto Doctor) and android (Torque Lite app)) does not connect over the bluetooth. I guess, it must be outdated bluetooth driver in the reader unit, otherwise what it could be...
So, I'm going to buy a scanner. There are options, but really it's a choice between a bluetooth-mobile-app and standalone scanner. I have questions:
I noticed that standalone scanners vary in price and ability to read codes /diagnostics - the more expensive, the more diagnostics it can do.
What about the bluetooth-mobile-app scanner - does the spectrum of functionality depends on mobile-app only? Or, is there something intrinsic to the scanner itself?
If ability to read codes and do diagnostics relies only on the mobile-app, then all I need is some reliable bluetooth connector and a good app. Do I get that right?
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
I bought a cheap bluetooth scanner when I bought my GS300 2007 a year ago. Now when the engine check is on, I tried to connect it, but a mobile-app (tried both iphone (Car Scanner ELM OBD2, and OBD Auto Doctor) and android (Torque Lite app)) does not connect over the bluetooth. I guess, it must be outdated bluetooth driver in the reader unit, otherwise what it could be...
So, I'm going to buy a scanner. There are options, but really it's a choice between a bluetooth-mobile-app and standalone scanner. I have questions:
I noticed that standalone scanners vary in price and ability to read codes /diagnostics - the more expensive, the more diagnostics it can do.
What about the bluetooth-mobile-app scanner - does the spectrum of functionality depends on mobile-app only? Or, is there something intrinsic to the scanner itself?
If ability to read codes and do diagnostics relies only on the mobile-app, then all I need is some reliable bluetooth connector and a good app. Do I get that right?
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Nov 2019
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From: CA
Hi,
I bought a cheap bluetooth scanner when I bought my GS300 2007 a year ago. Now when the engine check is on, I tried to connect it, but a mobile-app (tried both iphone (Car Scanner ELM OBD2, and OBD Auto Doctor) and android (Torque Lite app)) does not connect over the bluetooth. I guess, it must be outdated bluetooth driver in the reader unit, otherwise what it could be...
So, I'm going to buy a scanner. There are options, but really it's a choice between a bluetooth-mobile-app and standalone scanner. I have questions:
I noticed that standalone scanners vary in price and ability to read codes /diagnostics - the more expensive, the more diagnostics it can do.
What about the bluetooth-mobile-app scanner - does the spectrum of functionality depends on mobile-app only? Or, is there something intrinsic to the scanner itself?
If ability to read codes and do diagnostics relies only on the mobile-app, then all I need is some reliable bluetooth connector and a good app. Do I get that right?
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
I bought a cheap bluetooth scanner when I bought my GS300 2007 a year ago. Now when the engine check is on, I tried to connect it, but a mobile-app (tried both iphone (Car Scanner ELM OBD2, and OBD Auto Doctor) and android (Torque Lite app)) does not connect over the bluetooth. I guess, it must be outdated bluetooth driver in the reader unit, otherwise what it could be...
So, I'm going to buy a scanner. There are options, but really it's a choice between a bluetooth-mobile-app and standalone scanner. I have questions:
I noticed that standalone scanners vary in price and ability to read codes /diagnostics - the more expensive, the more diagnostics it can do.
What about the bluetooth-mobile-app scanner - does the spectrum of functionality depends on mobile-app only? Or, is there something intrinsic to the scanner itself?
If ability to read codes and do diagnostics relies only on the mobile-app, then all I need is some reliable bluetooth connector and a good app. Do I get that right?
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
You can Google any codes pulled. I think the internet is way more useful than those high end readers for figuring out the codes.
Good lu👍
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