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OBD Bluetooth compatable with iPhone3?
v8kid - 17/5/12 at 11:22 AM

Has anyone used a OBD bluetooth with an iPhone 3 (notS)?

Infuriatingly my tintop does not have water temp gauges or ammeters and I also fancy the other data OBD gives but I've found my iPhone 3 to be bluetooth resistant to some stuff (it won't connect)

Cheers!

roadrunner - 17/5/12 at 11:44 AM

I use mine, but with a HTC DESIRE HD, and it works fine. I cant see there being any differences on how they work with different smartphones.

blakep82 - 17/5/12 at 11:51 AM

quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
I use mine, but with a HTC DESIRE HD, and it works fine. I cant see there being any differences on how they work with different smartphones.


phone shop told me iphone's bluetooth ONLY* works with bluetooth headsets, and can't transfer pictures and stuff, so i think its unlikely to work, so for that reason, i left there with a HTC desire HD too...

*i suspect it would work if you jailbreak your phone, but i don't know.

scudderfish - 17/5/12 at 11:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
I use mine, but with a HTC DESIRE HD, and it works fine. I cant see there being any differences on how they work with different smartphones.


iPhones have a very poor implementation of bluetooth. It can be used for headphones/car kits, but not data transfer.

Greenie - 17/5/12 at 01:28 PM

My only works with the my bluetooth in my car, wont entertain anything else, I think Apple have to allow them to talk to the hands-free devices ...

roadrunner - 17/5/12 at 02:26 PM

And I thought i phones where supposed to be the dogs dangleys, I guess thats why I never had one.

v8kid - 17/5/12 at 04:10 PM

ta Guys on the bay then for a cheapo android phone just for this.

BTW still love iPhone as a phone

britishtrident - 17/5/12 at 04:20 PM

You can get wifi OBD dongles that work with iPhones at a higher price than the bt ones and the elm chip in the ebay ones is still the fake type.

britishtrident - 17/5/12 at 04:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
ta Guys on the bay then for a cheapo android phone just for this.

BTW still love iPhone as a phone


if you want to go that route then an Orange San Francisco II from the Orange Online shop and debrand it, see http://sanfranciscoandroid.co.uk/

However if you don't need it as phone then a hand held scanner that has live data will be better.

v8kid - 18/5/12 at 11:22 AM

Thanks BT I looked at the wifi OBD but all the ones I could find were quite bulky and had remote wifi modules. I really just want something that is attached to the port all the time in my tintop so i can see water temp, amps etc.

I think I'll go for a secondhand android phone off ebay and hope it will work.

Cheers!