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Torque Pro (OBD 2 & Car)

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Right was looking around and found this app looks good and has good reviews Too!
also if you go onto their page its own video is a bit faster at explaining it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en_GB

This is a Review of it




Looks a good we app tells you all this (depending what car though)

Here is what it says

Description
See what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more!

Torque is a vehicle / car performance / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II bluetooth adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU

Layout your own dashboard with the widgets / gauges you want!

It can use the GPS to provide tracker logs with OBD engine logging so you can see what you were doing at any point in time

It can also show and reset a DTC / CEL / fault code like a scantool. Helps you fix your car and helps keep repair costs down!

Torque also features:

* Dyno / Dynomometer and Horsepower/HP & Torque
* Can read Transmission Temperatures (vehicle dependant)
* 0-60 speed timings - more accurate than just using plain old GPS - see how fast your car is (or truck )
* CO2 emissions readout
* Customisable dashboard & profiles
* Video your journey using the Track Recorder plugin with onscreen OBDII data overlay - a black box for your car/truck!
* Automatically send GPS tagged tweets directly to twitter (for example if you are going on a road trip)
* Massive fault code database for lookup of fault codes from different manufacturers
* Theme support (choose from different themes to change the look of your dashboard)
* Send logging information to web or email CSV/KML for analysis via excel / openoffice reader
* Heads up display / HUD mode for night time driving
* Compass (GPS Based) that won't suffer magnetic interference
* GPS Speedometer/Tracking and realtime web upload capability - see what you were doing and your engine, at a point in time
* Turbo boost feature for vehicles that support MAP and MAF sensors (VW & Golf / Audi / Seat etc supported)
* Alarms and warnings (for example if your coolant temperature goes over 120C whilst driving) with voice/speech overlay
* Car dock support
* Graph data
* MPG
* Able to share screenshots to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Email, etc
* AIDL API for third party apps, A simple Telnet interface for developers to talk to the adapter, and an OBD scanner.
* Works on tablet devices like the Motorola Xoom, Dell Streak, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Nook

Whats you all think? does anyone use it ?

Update
Right a wee update Its a amazing app to have if you havent got it i suggest getting it! really really good and just to show off a little here is a couple youtube vids of mines which i took today!
In the videos it shows the verbal warning i get to say optimum vehicle temp has been reached and a icy warning on part 2 plus you can see the speed, Boost gauge, intake temp etc. This is a free plug in you download from playstore and is great!


Part 1

in this video you will see the torque camera working and and verbal alarm come on also you will see the car go into overboost (i think )

Part 2



A storm comes over in the second vid and you will see a purple haze due to my phone camera hating the dark you will also se the wipers go crazy then at end of the vid it gets brighter you will see my car accelerating and hear it!
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That looks great, how much does it cost? I might give it a go if not too expensive. I'd like to know if anyone has used it with an ST and how well it works.

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Erm 3quid for app and about 5-6quid for bluetooth obd2 adapter depends what adapter if you click the review you will see what he is using and if you go into the app page it gives you a guide to what bluetooth ones but people are using cheap ones and working fine I did see a fiesta or st site somewhere about someone using it

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Yeah I have it on my phone.

Really interesting info, been meaning to try it out on my new Focus...

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Nice focus btw seen one a week ago and blew me away! And let us know how you get on I'm gonna get the OBD2 bluetooth and get the app soon as need to try it out

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right ordering tonight before i forget :P

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Is there one that works on the iPhone that does a lot of stuff.

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I don't know bud but I will look into it for you :)

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Is there one that works on the iphone that does a lot of stuff.

Dash command it's in the App Store

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Dash command it's in the App Store

Cheers mate,did have a quick look but like the idea just to leave it plugged in,did see that one on there

but didn't know if it would link to the elm as you know how fussy apple are.

Thanks

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Having seen this thread, I have a bluetooth device on the way from eBay. Fingers crossed it works alright! I know some of the devices also come with Wi-Fi transmitters for those with iDevices. It isn't something I'll be looking any further into though!

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let us know how you get on mate i showed my mate it n he has ordered too lol will be a bunch of us using it! btw what one did you order?

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Hey mate! I ordered this one here. My quick research last night said that the ones that look like the one I've ordered are all the same, fundamentally, but have different labels simply stuck to the outside. With that in mind, I found the cheapest (and actually with fast delivery) and bought it there and then. Hopefully it works; I should be able to have a play tomorrow or over the weekend with it.

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Hey mate! I ordered this one here. My quick research last night said that the ones that look like the one I've ordered are all the same, fundamentally, but have different labels simply stuck to the outside. With that in mind, I found the cheapest (and actually with fast delivery) and bought it there and then. Hopefully it works; I should be able to have a play tomorrow or over the weekend with it.

That counts me out,don't work with iPhone :angry:

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Dash command it's in the App Store

so thats your software now to find your harware just go to eBay and type in "OBD iphone" and you should see quite a few things on there you can get what i did notice is that the ones for iPhone seem to be a bit more expensive

Oh i ordered this one ment to be sent via first class post but got a message from DPD this morning saying it will arrive monday :S that was a nice surprise! :D

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That counts me out,don't work with iphone :angry:

I think that's just the seller putting a disclaimer on there for no apparent reason (and in bad English). It comes with software for Windows and yet that warning says it doesn't work on Windows... :wacko:

I don't see why it can't work on iPhone, it just communicates through bluetooth, so any bluetooth device should work if it has software to read the data.

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True! Mines comes Monday

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Feedback so far for those interested:

My cheapo eBay device connected both to my Nexus 7 tablet and Galaxy S2 phone. It definitely connected quicker to my phone, but as both of my devices have been rooted and flashed with custom ROMs, that could be the reason why.

It connected happily to my MK7 Fiesta and I also tested it on the parents' 2004 C-Max. It was able to read error codes - or lack of error codes, I should say - and it happily read all of the other available data. While it might sound obvious, do turn on the ignition to connect to the ECU!

When I went for a short drive with it connected, I appeared to lose the connection after about 30 seconds and it never came back whilst driving around. I personally am not too bothered by this as I am more interested in having it in the event of any problems, rather than tracking data as I travel. It was fine whilst the car was turned on, but not travelling.

Also, I was surprised to see that it worked on my phone whilst my phone was connected to the car bluetooth! With the engine on, I made a phone call using the in-car bluetooth and the app continued to report live data. Impressive.

I'd be interested to know how others get on.

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here is a screenshot of the set up I have (please note this isnt connected to anything as im in the house just showing my set up)

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Hey all a wee update with me i got the adapter on Saturday (was ment to be Monday but came the day after) so was very surprise i was like a kid on Christmas! was great it read everything and after a few adjustments with it its really great i cant recommend it enough!!! you can even set a wee alarm to let you know that the engine is running at optimum temperature (where it says optimum running temperature reached! ) and a cold engine warning where it says (when you over rev or thrash before temp is perfect) "engine optimum temperature has not been reached" its amazing and im loving it! tells the boost psi intake temp etc its absolutely great. you can install plug ins like my favourite one called "track record" where you can use it was kind of dash cam but has all customisable dials etc displayed on screen to see everything is working and about your car its amazing and i already created a video but will take another one for you guys though.

also reads codes not that i have any! i just think its a great app

to work out the horse power of the car you need the weght which is in pounds so
2405lbs for 5door then you add your weight :)

Feedback so far for those interested:

My cheapo eBay device connected both to my Nexus 7 tablet and Galaxy S2 phone. It definitely connected quicker to my phone, but as both of my devices have been rooted and flashed with custom ROMs, that could be the reason why.

It connected happily to my MK7 Fiesta and I also tested it on the parents' 2004 C-Max. It was able to read error codes - or lack of error codes, I should say - and it happily read all of the other available data. While it might sound obvious, do turn on the ignition to connect to the ECU!

When I went for a short drive with it connected, I appeared to lose the connection after about 30 seconds and it never came back whilst driving around. I personally am not too bothered by this as I am more interested in having it in the event of any problems, rather than tracking data as I travel. It was fine whilst the car was turned on, but not travelling.

Also, I was surprised to see that it worked on my phone whilst my phone was connected to the car Bluetooth! With the engine on, I made a phone call using the in-car Bluetooth and the app continued to report live data. Impressive.

I'd be interested to know how others get on.

on my bluetooth device i have no disconnections re-connections at all just works perfect only thing is i dont like to leave it in the obd but thats just me lol

will add a video later today if i get a chance

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Looks good, I'm tempted to get it myself. It would be interesting to watch the throttle position while using cruise control, and to try and figure out from the boost gauge if you're on overboost (although good luck with that on normal roads).

The only thing that worries me is, could other people connect their phones to it without your knowledge or does it have some secure way to pair with your phone?

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you should mate the throttle position moves when on cruise control! (because its watching the sensor at the engine) so it opens and closes but starts at 16% (because obv the engine needs it slightly open to run) and goes to 80% i think (which is full throttle) because the engine actually adjusts the throttle so never open really 100% (this is controlled by the ecu)

with the boost gauge you will enter your local air pressure to get most accurate readings
i dont know but it would be pretty secure because once your on it it doesnt accept any more phones unless you go into the menu and change that option....but to be fairly honest i unplug mines when i get out the car anyway so in only ever connected when in the car (the obd port is easy to put the bluetooth obd in no problem without looking! )

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check post below for the update with my videos !

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Update

Right a wee update Its a amazing app to have if you havent got it i suggest getting it! really really good and just to show off a little here is a couple youtube vids of mines which i took today!

In the videos it shows the verbal warning i get to say optimum vehicle temp has been reached and a icy warning on part 2 plus you can see the speed, Boost gauge, intake temp etc. This is a free plug in you download from playstore and is great!

Part 1

in this video you will see the torque camera working and and verbal alarm come on also you will see the car go into overboost (i think )

Part 2

A storm comes over in the second vid and you will see a purple haze due to my phone camera hating the dark you will also se the wipers go crazy then at end of the vid it gets brighter you will see my car accelerating and hear it!

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Looks good :). That would be useful if you had a problem with the engine, like if it was down on power or something.

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Aww cheers mate yeah well it reads codes too! Also can track and show you on Google maps where you have speed up and slowed down etc it's good man

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