Review on 🚗 OBDLink CX Bimmercode - Bluetooth 5.1 BLE OBD2 Adapter for BMW/Mini, iPhone/iOS & Android Compatible, Car Coding & OBD II Diagnostic Scanner by Antonio Santiago

In the end OBDLink CX worked and it did everything as advertised. But it was difficult to set up. Initially, the instructions are written for a 1990's car with key ignition. To start the installation, you will be prompted to put the key in Run mode, not Accessory mode. But most cars these days have a "start" button, no key, and no "engine run" mode. So, as soon as you open the door of your modern car to install this OBD device, the car is already in "Accessories" mode. The tiny instruction manual says NOT to use it in accessory mode. Ouch! This means that the downloaded OBDLink software on your iPhone shows "Error" messages when you plug it into an OBD port (in this case on my 2020 BMW X3M Competition) and never allows you to set it up. After several attempts I almost gave up, but then an idea came to me. The secret was that I left the car door open for half an hour (or less) and the car automatically turned off and "turned off" the accessory mode. THEN I plugged in the OBDLink CX and the program immediately started asking the right questions and configuring via Bluetooth LE. The OBDLink app will display four pages of cool gauges (one of which is shown in the attached photo). I bought this OBDLink CX because I wanted to use it with another company's "BimmerCode" app to disable Artificial Exhaust Sound (ASD) in my car and change the external camera setting. It took a lot of fiddling to get the BimmerCode app software working (and had to pay to upgrade to their BimmerLink), but that's in no way OBDLink CX's fault. I'm happy because I succeeded and everything worked. The OBDLink CX is worth buying and will get 5 stars if they update their instructions.