That’s okay, you don’t have to install it if you don’t like the permissions the app needs to run.

Storage is for logging data from your vehicle to the SD card.

GPS is so you can map where your vehicle is and/or upload that data to a website of your own choice

Always run / persisitent (well, this is required for logging, you don’t want the app getting paused whilst android goes away and does something or you are using google nav)

Bluetooth admin – Turns bluetooth on/off as per the settings in the app (some people want to turn bluetooth off when the app quits, and on when the app starts)

Global System settings: Turns airplane mode on to shutdown the radios and consume as little power as possible when external power isn’t there (for permanent-in-dash installations)

Phone identity: Somehow, you have to say who you are when you’re uploading data to a webserver (if it is a shared server or there are multiple devices). This is basically an MD5 hash of the the hardware id of the phone

And there are no ads, and even a privacy policy (in case you choose to upload log info to my webserver)

1. Would it be possible to use any telnet aplication from Android Market like Connectbot or Telnet instead of PC computer to scan with torquescan?It would be much easier.

2. Scanning commands with Torquescan is a very good option,but it takes ages to scan all PIDs, everytime from the beginning .It would be better to save the result at one point and start scanning again later from the higher PIDs.Is it possible?

Hi

Your english is better than my Spanish

– You’ll need to look for a theme for your vehicle if you want it to look the same, if there is no theme, then one will need to be made to match what your dial looks like – the themes thread might be a good place to ask

– The voltage measured at the adapter is measured at exactly that, the adapter – if you are using a clone adapter, this may be slightly out (if it has not been calibrated). The control module voltage is that measured (usually) at the ECU. So this will be usually the closest to the battery voltage, less any wire-losses.

(If I have understood this correctly) There is a “fast mode” option in the adapter settings that you might want to make sure is ticked. This will significantly increase the speed that PIDs can be read from the ECU/Adapter (but may not work with some of the cheap clones due to reliability issues)

If you get google chrome, it can translate the pages for you without having to visit a website to do it and cut/paste text

Hope this helps

Ian

Hi

The faults is usually a sign of a comms issue with the adapter. Basically what happens is that Torque asks the adapter to do something (a valid command) and instead the adapter replies with a ‘huh?’ error as it didn’t understand.

The fault happens to lie with the timings between the bluetooth module and obd2 chip within the adapter being slightly different (due to cheap components being used) and thus causes the comms issues.

This means the adapter is faulty. What that means to you is you will see annoying symptoms such as dials/readouts pausing sporadically and even other issues like some sensors not being available or fault codes not being pulled (due to the fault code commands being not understood, *intermittently*).

The app tries to work around this, however there are some situations that will cause the dials to just pause for a few seconds before everything wakes up and carries on again

I’d recommend returning the adapter. Paticularly with that amount of faults (even 1 is bad) You also don’t want the adapter misinterpreting a command (which in rare cases can also happen)

Hope this helps, sorry it’s probably what you don’t want to hear

Ian

There’s wiki page at http://torque-bhp.com/wiki/Bluetooth_Adapters which lists a few, I use the scantool one myself (they have been rather helpful, and I’ve had numerous reports of good after sales support).

Basically all of the adapters that aren’t based on the cheap ebay clones are ok. (and to be open about this, I don’t make anything off adapter sales!)

Another question, how can I find out if mine is up to date with the latest update?

Anyone know the question on trans temp and fuel level as to why it won’t work?

Hi!

Please read the notes in the Android Market, if you have a samsung or HTC and the phone is going slow/rebooting on exit, then it is an issue with another bluetooth enabled app installed on the phone

Typically Vlingo and Pandora trigger a bug in Samsung handsets, causing them to crash after another app releases a bluetooth connection. It’s not a bug in Torque, but a bug in the bluetooth drivers shipping with the affected handsets.

There is a workaround, and that is to uninstall Vlingo / Disable Bluetooth/car mode in Pandora, and/or uninstall any other bluetooth-enabled app that may be running. Once you have done that, the handset should stop crashing.

Hope this helps! I’ve tried to work around this issue a lot, but unfortunately it’s not Torque that is the problem – it’s the actual bluetooth drivers on the handset. But the workaround (disabling other bluetooth apps) should work. It’s really sad, as some people give me a poor rating for this bug in the handset which is outside of my control

Ian

Thats okay, it’s possible that there is another bluetooth enabled application (that may come preinstalled on the device) that could be the culprit. I know this must be fustrating.

I am curious about the equations in the add custom PID
I have factory manuals that has all the pid’s for my 98
windstar . I haven’t the slightest idea what is required
to do this. any suggested reading?
specs:
vegan 7 G-tab
ebay ELM327 Bluetooth OBD-II OBD2 CAN-BUS
full latest version torque.
And I would be happy to share the pid’s.
Torque scan runs but always force close.
did send log. did not make comments.
JohnC434@EnergyTek.net