Torque Lite & Torque Pro

[Fifty150]

A thread on the Torque applications.  Feedback, input, tips, advice, opinions........

[Double Nickels]

I use Torque as a daily monitor on a tablet.  I also have FORScan on a laptop.  

 

FORScan is way better.  But only good for Ford. But the options to actually make changes are invaluable.  It seems like Ford owners can do so much with FORScan, that everyone should download it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I can use Torque with a lot of different cars.  For those who are interested, there are a lot of themes, including Ford and Mazda themes.  It's already set up for Ford monitors.

 

 

 

  

[Double Nickels]

I meant to post screenshots of the PID formulas in case anyone needs to know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fifty150]

I bought the OBD connector from Amazon.  I am not a fan.

 

With Torque Pro, the home screen is unresponsive, the app does not load to work, and then it crashes.

 

With Forscan, it shows that the connector is bad.

 

 

 

 

 

[jrm223]

Lots of bad & crappy OBD2 adapters out there. Being a computer tech, people are always somehow surprised at my preference for a physical wire instead of wireless anything. A wire has much less firmware required and thus less to go wrong - especially compatibility issues between different devices. But, wires are not a viable option for cell phone use, either, since they don't support USB connection. I no longer have a touchscreen smartphone as my regular daily device (Sonim XP5S with Android 8.1.0, no touchscreen, no Play Store, sideloaded PDA.Net for hotspot), so I don't care about that aspect myself.

 

That's likely a faulty device that requires replacement. I think some other members have used OHP, but I don't recall if they were troublesome or worked fine. Actually, I just looked at my Amazon, my own OBD2 adapter is OHP, but obviously a wired model. I've never had any of the issues that other members have had with various adapters they've bought. I'll have to look into Torque sometime, just to play with it. It's so rare that I even use Forscan anymore, that I end up having to get a new extended license almost every time I do use it, haha.

[Double Nickels]

On 11/22/2019 at 6:26 AM, jrm223 said:

Lots of bad & crappy OBD2 adapters out there. 

 

The Torque company has a list of compatible devices.  Sort of ticks me off that a "free" app suggest that you purchase a $200 device.

 

[jrm223]

I've had no real trouble with my $30-ish USB device from Amazon. Sometimes a read or write fails, I just make the changes again (if it's a write) and then it generally works fine.