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This alone is miles better than VAG-COM for me, where you are told to 'make a note' of you original values. It also stores a history of coding (by car!), so if you make a mistake, you have the original values to go back to. And all this without having to carry a laptop around. It reads and clears faults, does live data logging, coding, adaption, basic settings, output tests, etc. I've been using this for a couple of weeks and I have to say, for the casual user, it's even better than VCDS. I have been searching for something similar for VAG cars and came across OBDEleven On my BMWs, I used an app called BMWhat (again Android), which is actually very good. I have previously used Torque for Android, which is quite frankly, garbage. What I really wanted was a simple solution for checking and clearing fault codes and doing a little coding. Now I could shell out hundreds on a new interface and latest version of VCDS, but for what I use it for, that's way over the top. I recently bought a 2008 Passat (not a great move, but hey.) and found my version of VAG-COM will not work any more.
VCDS ALTERNATIVE FULL
While this is fine for our mk1 TTs, it isn't any use for the more modern full CAN cars. This means it works great with versions up to 409 (released in 2004), but nothing since then. I've had VAG-COM for many, many years, but I use it with a 'dumb' cable. Hi everyone, I just thought I'd share my experience since I've seen a few people asking about VCDS (VAG-COM) and buying cheap copies on the net. Just saw this post on the TT forum I frequent and thought someone here might already know about it or would be interested - not tried it yet but will look to get one.