Odb Ii On Android Phone $15 & V35gt 2003

[vee35]

Its been a while since I have read these forums, but I thought others may be interested and I only found a couple of very brief post on it.

I thought I would let people know that the $15 bluetooth OBD II eg http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/190868683257 work on our imported Nissan Skyline 2003 V350GT coupe.

The trick is that there are only a few apps that will actually connect to our cars, right off the market. Everyone suggest "Torque" which does not work straight up and "DashCommand" looks great, but also did not work for me.

The software that DID work is "Nissan DataScan II Lite" and "EconTool ELM327 for Nissan"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nissandatascan.ndsiilite

and

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scobasoft.econtool

hmm I tried to attach screenshot and vid, but it failed for me. Sorry.

Edited February 22, 2015 by vee35

[V35_Paul]

Wish I knew about this last year.

great work on finding it out.

[sonicii]

I bought one of those Bluetooth adaptors about 6 months ago and it wouldn't work on my V35. But then again, it wouldn't work on my wife's J31 either, so it might just be faulty.

[vee35]

I bought one of those Bluetooth adaptors about 6 months ago and it wouldn't work on my V35. But then again, it wouldn't work on my wife's J31 either, so it might just be faulty.

And it doesn't work for me UNLESS I specifically run the above software. The added bonus is that you can have some hint (ie if the adapter works) with the connect providing status info also, I notice they are currently up to V1.5 on the adapters. do you know what version you had? I am also good with android and am running on KitKat, and know my bluetooth connected to the adapter. On the software that did not work, it actually came back saying that the phone connected to the adapter, but could not connect to the ECU.

Do you remember what ver you had? and where it failed?

Edited February 23, 2015 by vee35

[sonicii]

I'm fairly sure it was V1.5. I could pair it with my phone or tablet ok, with the ignition turned OFF, it would query the adaptor and return the adaptor version, once I turned the ignition on, and queried again to find the ECU, it wouldn't even return the adaptor version number, let alone the ECU details.

Same symptoms on both cars and both from my android tablet and phone (both running Kitkat)

I was also using NDSII lite and I also tried Torque.

[vee35]

Torque never worked for me either or DashCommand. Although there is a paid add-on to the paid Torque app version that implies it will connect to Nissan cars.

It sounds as if there could of been a bug in the version of the Android app you tried, as both the apps listed above had no issues attaching to my ECU. If you still have the plug, maybe download the latest versions of the above two apps and try again. I do notice on their change history that they say something like "Improve connection to ECU". Try the other app that works for me as well, its not as graphical (not that either are compared to Torque), but still connects to my ECU and provides the data.

I have had cases where if I leave the bluetooth adapter plugged in, it wont re-connect until I unplug it and re-plug it in, but that's about it. Oh, and its a little bit of a guessing game as to how long it takes to be up and receiving results.

Edited February 23, 2015 by vee35

[scuttee]

I have a v1.5 ELM327 mini, thought i wasted my time when it would not work with torque but after some fiddling found it does work with the "EconTool ELM327 for Nissan" app. Still is really sketchy as a couldn't connect again after trying a different app but I've only messed with it once.

"Nissan DataScan II Lite" won't connect for me at all though, just tells me it is unable to connect.

Don't know if my series 2 V35 is different with the protocols, i thought i was safe with torque as the 2005 onwards is obdii compliant not the consult.

[V35_Paul]

i had the paid Torque when i had my V35 and it didn't work. Last time i tried it was about a year ago so maybe there was an update

Works on the FJ Cruiser.