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      12-14-2018, 04:23 PM   #23
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yes, vgate icar 3 is what i'm using. no connection issues so far. silly question, but where are you searching for wifi? on your phone or on the car?

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Is anyone using this VGATE device?
This is the second one I've gotten because i thought the first one was dead on arrival.

When i plug it into the obd2 port, all the lights blink but then only the "battery" light stays red.
Then when i search for either the WiFi network OR Bluetooth devices, nothing appears...

Am i completely missing something or is the device trash?
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yes, vgate icar 3 is what i'm using. no connection issues so far. silly question, but where are you searching for wifi? on your phone or on the car?

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Is anyone using this VGATE device?
This is the second one I've gotten because i thought the first one was dead on arrival.

When i plug it into the obd2 port, all the lights blink but then only the "battery" light stays red.
Then when i search for either the WiFi network OR Bluetooth devices, nothing appears...

Am i completely missing something or is the device trash?
Lol on my phone obviously. I'm just not understanding 1. Why there's a power button in the device that does nothing and 2. Why I'm not getting any other lights on the device when it's plugged into OBD2 other than the "battery light"
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I use the WiFi model and works just fine. I just have to bust out my iPad to access this app to refer to guides etc lol. Annoying.
Could you elaborate? Candidly, I had planned on using my iPad to do all the coding vs. multiple devices.
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I use the WiFi model and works just fine. I just have to bust out my iPad to access this app to refer to guides etc lol. Annoying.
Could you elaborate? Candidly, I had planned on using my iPad to do all the coding vs. multiple devices.
Print out the coding cheat sheet and any coding instructions you are using in advance and you won't need multiple devices.
Lol ya of course you can go ahead and print a bunch of stuff out. I just prefer to access the threads and cheat sheets digitally and I have "Mobil" devices for a reason. An iPhone to code and an iPad to read. Easy enough for me.
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