recommend a Bluetooth (for Android OS phone) OBDII scanner?

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grazuncle2
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recommend a Bluetooth (for Android OS phone) OBDII scanner?

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Hi all

I have a warning light triangle pop up for a short time yesterday .. mentioned it here in the forum viewtopic.php?f=71&t=76450&p=583503#p583503

Didn't want to mess that post up so posting my question here as a suggestion was to get myself an OBDII scanner and not pay more than £10.. I know you can always pay more for more functions (OBD Eleven?) I'd just like to know if i can detect what the Triangle warning was for.. as it went off and there was no message in the instrument display.

I guess many here will have already purchased one.. I just want one that works well with a Polo 2019.

Any recommendations? thanks
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Re: recommend a Bluetooth (for Android OS phone) OBDII scanner?

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Hi there

I use Carista which has a few mods you can do on the Polo and also diagnose faults which you can clear. If memory serves me right you get a months free pro use on purchase but it is more than £10 to buy. You can purchase weekly or yearly pro use as well.
Found one on ebay for £16.95 if you do a search on there I'm sure there will be other prices.
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That's useful information, thanks

I'm guessing you only pay for the Pro app?

I'm going to do some reading..
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grazuncle2 wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:11 pm That's useful information, thanks

I'm guessing you only pay for the Pro app?

I'm going to do some reading..
Yes thats right. Carista have re-priced pro app used to get a week for £9.99 now it is a month and you now get a 3 month 1 year and lifetime option.
First month is free on purchase which is enough time to do most of what you would want to do

https://caristaapp.com/pricing
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Fantastic!
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