NEW AVID Tuning device- The future is near!

[Shelbeast]

This nor PCMTech for 350!?!

I would not mess with voodoo RPMs

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[galaxy]

I would not mess with voodoo RPMs

????? Voodoo RPMs?

Are you saying you wouldn’t tune a 350? If so, why?

 

[Shelbeast]

????? Voodoo RPMs?

Are you saying you wouldn’t tune a 350? If so, why?

With the history of limp mode. I think it’s already great. SC a no go from what I’ve seen. best set up I’ve seen is a twin turbo.

 

[galaxy]

With the history of limp mode. I think it’s already great. SC a no go from what I’ve seen. Twin best set up I’ve seen

I have no earthly idea what you just said!

 

[ZeroTX]

....or instead of buying a redundant piece of tech, they could be doing this as an Android app with a USB-C to OBD2 cable. 100% chance this device runs Android, anyway.

 

[Pws6]

....or instead of buying a redundant piece of tech, they could be doing this as an Android app with a USB-C to OBD2 cable. 100% chance this device runs Android, anyway.

I don't think you fully understand all the functions of this device

 

[ZeroTX]

Anything that can be done through OBD2 can be done on an Android app. The tuners are just choosing to lock you in with hardware.

 

[Pws6]

Anything that can be done through OBD2 can be done on an Android app. The tuners are just choosing to lock you in with hardware.

And I guess just nobody has decided to make this app? Wonder why...guess they don't like money

 

[ZeroTX]

And I guess just nobody has decided to make this app? Wonder why...guess they don't like money

Ridiculous comment. The clear reason is that they want to hardware lock the devices to the cars, which literally is to ensure that they make money (and that no one uses a tune on multiple cars without paying for it). Again, there's a 99-100% chance that this device actually runs ANDROID, in a dedicated device. They don't write new operating systems for things like this. If not Android, it's some version of Linux, which Android is also based on...

Again, the reason for a dedicated device is for hardware locking the device to the car. You don't have to agree for me to be right.

 

[Pws6]

Ridiculous comment. The clear reason is that they want to hardware lock the devices to the cars, which literally is to ensure that they make money (and that no one uses a tune on multiple cars without paying for it). Again, there's a 99-100% chance that this device actually runs ANDROID, in a dedicated device. They don't write new operating systems for things like this. If not Android, it's some version of Linux, which Android is also based on...

Again, the reason for a dedicated device is for hardware locking the device to the car. You don't have to agree for me to be right.

Nobody is claiming it's a different operating system, but your phone is not capable of writing to your car, which is the issue here

 

[ZeroTX]

Nobody is claiming it's a different operating system, but your phone is not capable of writing to your car, which is the issue here

There are plenty of Android phone apps that write to the car... The choice to not use for programming is due to hardware locks, nothing more. Even a cheap laptop with Forscan and a $20 eBay cable can write to the car. Think it through. Perhaps you're confusing the hardware limitations of Apple iPhones, which would be prevented from doing it by Apple, not be hardware limitations, actually.

Just a quick search on the Google Play Store... if one app can do it, any app developer can do it. Again, reason for a dedicated device is hardware locks.... but that cost is transmitted ENTIRELY to the consumer. This benefits only the tuners, not in any way the customer.

 

[Pws6]

There are plenty of Android phone apps that write to the car... The choice to not use for programming is due to hardware locks, nothing more. Even a cheap laptop with Forscan and a $20 eBay cable can write to the car. Think it through. Perhaps you're confusing the hardware limitations of Apple iPhones, which would be prevented from doing it by Apple, not be hardware limitations, actually.

Just a quick search on the Google Play Store... if one app can do it, any app developer can do it. Again, reason for a dedicated device is hardware locks.... but that cost is transmitted ENTIRELY to the consumer. This benefits only the tuners, not in any way the customer.

That app will not write to a mustang, which is what we all drive

 

[beefcake]

Ridiculous comment. The clear reason is that they want to hardware lock the devices to the cars, which literally is to ensure that they make money (and that no one uses a tune on multiple cars without paying for it). Again, there's a 99-100% chance that this device actually runs ANDROID, in a dedicated device. They don't write new operating systems for things like this. If not Android, it's some version of Linux, which Android is also based on...

Again, the reason for a dedicated device is for hardware locking the device to the car. You don't have to agree for me to be right.

this device is not locked to any car. Additional licenses are 125 but you could have 10 cars and you still only have to buy the device one time and $125 isn’t that much for a license

 

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[shogun32]

this device is not locked to any car. Additional licenses are 125 but you could have 10 cars and you still only have to buy the device one time and $125 isn’t that much for a license

$125 to add a '1' to the count of ECU serial numbers?

That doesn't get you a tune too, right?

I found the selling point that people look at their tuning device, just hilarious. I have any number of apps on my phone that let me scrape and display PIDs.

That I don't have to keep buying Sct BDX devices for each vehicle and having them forever married, is an improvement, sure.

But who are these guys and they show up out of left field. Is their tooling any good? sct and HP have been at this for decades. Yeah their apps are pretty crusty.

$600 for an $80 fondle-slab is a bit much.

150 for an app. +40 for additional auto is more like it.

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