[Rottweiler]

https://obdeleven.com/en/content/44-bmw

Is anyone here familiar with this?

My gut feeling is that it’s likely the same as BimmerCode so it’d be pointless to purchase as well

[lfdal54]

Originally Posted by Rottweiler

https://obdeleven.com/en/content/44-bmw

Is anyone here familiar with this?

My gut feeling is that it’s likely the same as BimmerCode so it’d be pointless to purchase as well

They're big in the Audi / VW world and recently migrated to BMW.

[Rottweiler]

Originally Posted by lfdal54

They're big in the Audi / VW world and recently migrated to BMW

Do you know if they offer features lacking in BimmerCode?

My biggest issue with BC is that by my not being able to read German I’m unable to understand/access any of the options in “Expert mode”

[neilybealy]

I still have my adapter/app from earlier in the year when I had my Golf R. It did the same thing as bimmercode for my Golf but doesn’t have any long coding as they call it for bmw. I checked yesterday in my X4 and it scans and shows/clears errors but only gives the option for one click apps. Basically you have to buy/use credits

I tried using the bimmercode app to connect to the OBDeleven adapter but it didn’t work so I’ll need to purchase a new cable/adapter

Rottweiler I’m sure you’ve recommended the yellow Ethernet cable before?

[neilybealy]

Oh and it’s in German as well in OBDeleven as it’s reading the ecu

[Rottweiler]

Originally Posted by neilybealy

Oh and it’s in German as well in OBDeleven as it’s reading the ecu

Thank you

I’m pretty sure I’m gonna pass on this

[neilybealy]

Yeh if you’ve got BC I can’t see any reason why you would need to pay for OBDeleven as well

[Keefy]

I had it for my VW Golf R, I used it a lot actually, especially when performing service maintenance. Has lots of pre-coded apps.

Found it good for tracing a miss-fire in one of my cylinders as it has live data readout. I also coded my rear DRL's on to function like the Scandinavian cars, so overall I thought the OBDEleven was and probably still is a great product.

[Keefy]

In addition to the above, after checking on the OBDEleven app this morning, it looks as though it can activate the Scandinavian DRL's front and rear simultaneously.

This is on the LCI models.

[ASAP]

obd11 is such a ripoff lmao... i will never deal w this shoddy company again... need credits to code and support sucks... it can do very little compared to Bimmercode

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by Rottweiler

Do you know if they offer features lacking in BimmerCode?

My biggest issue with BC is that by my not being able to read German I’m unable to understand/access any of the options in “Expert mode”

no one will provide a translation of expert mode because there are SO many options and its quite complicated

[Keefy]

Originally Posted by ASAP

obd11 is such a ripoff lmao... i will never deal w this shoddy company again... need credits to code and support sucks... it can do very little compared to Bimmercode

I have zero experience with BimmerCode but used OBDELEVEN quite at bit with my Golf R, it’s certainly not perfect but addressing the credits, each time you open the app you get one credit for free which will mount up, the apps were fine and easy to use but again I only used the apps and the live data read out when fault finding etc….or resetting the service date.

As of this morning I had over 524 credits available and the average cost of purchasing an app was around 10 credits although some were more expensive than others.

BimmerCode is obviously specific to BMW and OBDELEVEN was just specific to the VAG group until they’ve released this new BMW functionality, so BimmerCode will be better but like I found this morning with OBDELEVEN it’s now giving you rear DRL’s on the X3 LCI, which wasn’t previously available, like with most things, things will improve with time. What I like is the fact that these coding products, irrespective of manufacturer, give us additional flexibility and options which can only be a good thing?

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by Keefy

I have zero experience with BimmerCode but used OBDELEVEN quite at bit with my Golf R, it’s certainly not perfect but addressing the credits, each time you open the app you get one credit for free which will mount up, the apps were fine and easy to use but again I only used the apps and the live data read out when fault finding etc….or resetting the service date.

As of this morning I had over 524 credits available and the average cost of purchasing an app was around 10 credits although some were more expensive than others.

BimmerCode is obviously specific to BMW and OBDELEVEN was just specific to the VAG group until they’ve released this new BMW functionality, so BimmerCode will be better but like I found this morning with OBDELEVEN it’s now giving you rear DRL’s on the X3 LCI, which wasn’t previously available, like with most things, things will improve with time. What I like is the fact that these coding products, irrespective of manufacturer they give us additional flexibility and options which can only be a good thing?

the free credits stopped for some time... and OBDeleven which I believe is based in Lithuania has very poor support... I've used it on an S3, A6, Q5 and Q7... it's not a very good experience imho... they significantly slowed support and moved on to other platforms... w bimmercode and expert mode, there is borderline nothing OBD11 offers... bimmercode can do rear drl's... u need to use bimmercode as its a superior app for BMW

[Keefy]

Originally Posted by ASAP

the free credits stopped for some time... and OBDeleven which I believe is based in Lithuania has very poor support... I've used it on an S3, A6, Q5 and Q7... it's not a very good experience imho... they significantly slowed support and moved on to other platforms... w bimmercode and expert mode, there is borderline nothing OBD11 offers... bimmercode can do rear drl's... u need to use bimmercode as its a superior app for BMW

I never knew they stopped the free credits, that’s disappointing to hear.

I haven’t used my BimmerCode yet, are the rear DRL’s available via an app or have you to code it in manually?

[kavatski]

Originally Posted by Keefy

I haven’t used my BimmerCode yet, are the rear DRL’s available via an app or have you to code it in manually?

My LCI came with a checkbox in the settings for “Daytime running light rear” — is that not the case for UK or US cars? If not, you’d think it should be easy to add if it’s just a national market difference.

[Keefy]

Originally Posted by kavatski

My LCI came with a checkbox in the settings for “Daytime running light rear” — is that not the case for UK or US cars? If not, you’d think it should be easy to add if it’s just a national market difference.

It’s funny you should mention that, as it’s defined by law in certain Scandinavian countries that cars have to run daylight running lights on the front and rear. So it must be a simple case of market difference.

So again, from a coding point of view, it should be simple enough to do.

[kavatski]

Originally Posted by Keefy

It’s funny you should mention that, as it’s defined by law in certain Scandinavian countries that cars have to run daylight running lights on the front and rear. So it must be a simple case of market difference.

So again, from a coding point of view, it should be simple enough to do.

Yes, that's correct. On our previous F48 you had to tell it which parts of the taillights you wanted to use with the DRLs, so it was a little more involved. Given that the G01 has a specific checkbox for rear DRLs it must be even simpler than that. Happy to compare my coding with yours if the way to do it in Bimmercode isn't obvious.

[avi66]

Originally Posted by kavatski

My LCI came with a checkbox in the settings for “Daytime running light rear” — is that not the case for UK or US cars? If not, you’d think it should be easy to add if it’s just a national market difference.

Same in the Uk, I have a checkbox in the iDrive menu for rear DRL.

[avi66]

Originally Posted by Keefy

In addition to the above, after checking on the OBDEleven app this morning, it looks as though it can activate the Scandinavian DRL's front and rear simultaneously.

This is on the LCI models.

Why do you need to code ?

You can activate rear DRL on the UK LCI in iDrive under car setting.

[Keefy]

Originally Posted by avi66

Why do you need to code ?

You can activate rear DRL on the UK LCI in iDrive under car setting.

I haven’t noticed it before, if it’s there then great. I know some people were asking about it a while back, which made me think it wasn’t available on the LCI models.