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I am in the process of finding a good ICOM Next now to pair with ISTA P so I can reprogram a DDE module in our E70 that has locked itself due to DEF countdown. Lots more research. Long story... but it's always something with BMWs. Wish I enjoyed another brand as much, life would be much easier. And cheaper. |
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11-16-2021, 04:09 PM | #25 |
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I ordered the NT530 from FOXWELL.
I received a defective unit from them in just a few days. In the back and forth via email they just cant understand that they sent a defective unit. DO NOT BUY from any company that fails to support their product! DO NOT BUY from FOXWELL!
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11-16-2021, 06:47 PM | #27 | |
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They shipped a defective unit and won't acknowledge it. Supposedly they have a "UK-US" location, try locating it. Packaging showed it shipped from China. Any suggestions from others that have experienced this are appreciated.
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11-16-2021, 07:42 PM | #28 | |
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11-17-2021, 12:05 AM | #29 | |
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But the purpose of this forum is to share our collective experience. If posting my experience is beneficial to others coming here for insight than this forum is working. Don't support a business that won't support it's own products. Don't buy FOXWELL products.
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11-17-2021, 09:45 AM | #30 |
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I was about to purchase the Foxwell, but luckily I contacted my buddy that's local who has a M5. He has a laptop with the ISTA program on it that's he's going to let me borrow. Order the TC and diff fluid today. Looking forward to changing the fluids and recalibrating the TC.
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11-17-2021, 10:45 AM | #31 | |
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Crappy experience you're having for sure. But this is not a common issue and might be the only DOA Foxwell case I've seen on the forums. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. |
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11-18-2021, 02:50 AM | #32 | |
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11-18-2021, 03:04 AM | #33 | |
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My CC is only too happy to investigate unfortunate situations like this. We'll see how it plays out.
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11-18-2021, 05:35 AM | #34 | |
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Definitely check out ISTA. I have both it and NT530, IMHO purchasing 530 was a mistake and waste of money. I didn't bother trying to refund it, so now its my encase of emergency, no laptop nearby, in trunk unit. |
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11-19-2021, 06:56 PM | #35 | |
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Foxwell customer support continues to say that the sd card isn't formatted correctly! WTF You're absolutely correct that any product is only as good as the support available for it. I'm astonished that Foxwell has really dropped the ball on this. Stay tuned.
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11-28-2021, 06:23 PM | #36 |
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This weeks update:
FOXWELLs USA distribution location will receive the returned unit this coming week. PAYPAL took the initiative on this and motivated FOXWELL to respond, and they did. Now lets see how fast the "final" credit is posted. Final UPDATE, Paypal processed the credit 12/2 and my CC cleared their investigation by 12/21. All good now.
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11-28-2021, 06:36 PM | #37 |
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I have a NT520 and ISTA in my tool box. The 520 doesn't seem to work well with the F chassis, the NT530 might fix that as others have said. I think the Foxwell NT520 does a pretty good job of doing the normal ISTA type service functions and scanning on my E90. ISTA has the manuals, and diagrams which is a pretty big plus, but ISTA has a significant learning curve of getting it setup right. ISTA typically requires a few bux for a Mega subscription to get the large downloads. If you don't want the ISTA hassle the Foxwell NT scanners do a pretty good job IMHO.
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11-28-2021, 07:20 PM | #38 |
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Get ISTA and call it a day. You can search and find things faster on ISTA, than having to delve into trees of stuff to find things on NT530 and waiting on slow load times.
NT530, great for a quick faults check.. or if you have time to spend. ISTA, for everything else.. and some. |
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11-29-2021, 09:51 PM | #39 |
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My foxwell nt530 worked well right out of the box. Pretty intuitive as well.
With that being said I’ve not used ISTA, so can’t give an apples to apples comparison. I also have a Carly and it can do a lot of random coding bits as well. Between the two I feel pretty well covered. Tho I wouldn’t buy Carly now as they area subscription service. I don’t have to pay that. |
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You can find documents on how to do stuff and You Tube videos. What I do is every time I use it for something, I write my own easy to follow document using notepad. |
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A tutorial would have helped as I wasn't always sure that I was doing the right steps, but that's my failing as I didn't bother to educate myself first, not an indictment of the software. There were onscreen instructions and progress bars etc while going through the process, but it was after everything was done that I wasn't sure what to do next as far exiting the program properly. My previous experience with other software such as NCS on my E60 caused a little anxiety as closing that out incorrectly can cause issues and I had one panic inducing moment where my car wouldn't start after. |
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Youtube is full of ISTA tutorials.
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12-01-2021, 02:24 AM | #44 | |
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Its very easy, most difficult thing will be selecting the correct tick box for the connection type in the settings (enet) and waiting for the full vehicle discovery. Im my experience, if you dont do the full discovery, the option to execute the task will be greyd out. I couldn't find a youtube in this, but here is a link where the guys go through you the options you need to follow. https://cartechnology.co.uk/archive/...ead-16186.html |
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