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OBDEleven VCDS Alternative For Android

NextGen OBDEleven Pro

I’ve been since I’ve owned Audis for many years now, I’ve also been using Apple IOS and MacOS on all my laptops.  I just want to get away from Microsoft OS and use wireless for my OBDII instead of dependent totally on VCDS and Windows laptops.  I stumbled on OBDEleven for Audis on Android OS

MMI 2G Bluetooth No Sound or MIC

Q7 Address 77 100900 Telephone MMI 2G

Sometimes after replacing the Bluetooth Module (under the driver seat A8 or Q7), the Phone would pair to the car, but the steering button, sound and microphone don’t work, most of the time, the settings on the Bluetooth module wasn’t done correctly. You do need an OBDII like VCDS (VAG-COM) to enable it again. Read

An Open-Circuit Test On MMI 2G MOST Bus and VCDS Read Out Results

MMI 2G Diagram

Audi MMI 2G & 3G MOST bus is very simple but yet very hard to diagnose which components connected to the bus is faulty due to the serial optical connections. If the system is not thoroughly tested and diagnosed, many good parts can be replaced in the process. This is a simple test just show that an open

How To Use VCDS (Vag-Com) With Mac OS X

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These days, many people moved from Windows OS to Mac OS X computers. Audi uses VCDS diagnostic software to diagnose problems and stuff, but VCDS only runs in Windows OS. VMware Fusion 7 will help to run Windows in Virtual machine without logging out and boot into Windows OS. VMware Fusion is painless to install and

How To Install And Activate Ross-Tech VCDS (VAG-COM) OBDII Dongle

VCDS set up

One of the reasons I like Audis is because I can get an OBDII dongle from Ross-Tech to scan and do things with my Audis. The price of the dongle should be built into the cost of getting an Audi IMO. This is how I set mine up, very straight forward.