XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 8/28/2021 10:30 AM, Robin Goodfellow wrote:   
   > nospam  asked   
   >> if you want to use a ridiculous car analogy, what you're suggesting is   
   >> someone downloading a bunch of apps to try to diagnose the car despite   
   >> not knowing what they're doing, versus taking it to a mechanic and have   
   >> it properly fixed.   
   >   
   > Keeping with the car analogy, it's like OBD testers exist on all platforms   
   > except on the iOS platform because Apple, for some reason, would hate OBDII.   
      
   OBD-II is interesting because the low-cost OBD-II dongles are   
   Bluetooth-only and use the SPP (Serial Port Profile) which iOS does not   
   support.   
      
   You can buy a Wi-Fi OBD-II dongle, or a BLE OBD-II dongle, that will   
   connect to an iPhone or iPad, but they are an order of magnitude more   
   expensive.   
      
   Of course, just like a Wi-Fi analyzer, I would expect to see a   
   rationalization like: "ordinary users don't need to read OBD-II codes."   
      
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