[PatL]

Complete noob asking for guidance after reading plenty of reviews on Amazon.
Is it important to have a specific model of scanner?
With some specific capabilities?
Some reviewers mention the ability to get "sub-codes", for example...

[COOLGREANY]

Originally Posted by PatL

Complete noob asking for guidance after reading plenty of reviews on Amazon.
Is it important to have a specific model of scanner?
With some specific capabilities?
Some reviewers mention the ability to get "sub-codes", for example...

I haven't tried it yet on the MY24 X1 but I have the FOXWELL NT530 that I used on my MY14 X1 and 2010 MINI Cooper Clubman S.

My X1 is at the dealer to check a transmission error but will try to hook up the Foxwell scanner when I get the car back to see verify it's compatible.

[PatL]

I went with the OBDLink CX, recommended that I purchased on Amazon. It was recommended by various sources online.
Example here https://www.obdadvisor.com/carly-vs-...vs-bimmerlink/

The free app works with BMWs.

[DestinationMoon!]

I bought a couple for older vehicles on Amazon when I needed to reset the battery charging schedule. They worked fine

One thing is recommended is buying a cheap burner phone and not install the app on your actual device. The apps need all kinds of ridiculous permissions for no reason

[PatL]

Originally Posted by DestinationMoon!

The apps need all kinds of ridiculous permissions for no reason

Hmm... The ODBLink app asked for location and bluetooth. I declined the location permission, but the BT is necessary.
Did you see other privacy issues?

[DestinationMoon!]

Originally Posted by PatL

Hmm... The ODBLink app asked for location and bluetooth. I declined the location permission, but the BT is necessary.
Did you see other privacy issues?

They are all different and probably change periodically. I'd check the permissions associated. Sounds like you installed it already. Hopefully you can keep location off. Not the end of the world if you can't. I remember it wanting contacts, camera, mic and others. Very intrusive. Wouldn't work without so I loaded it onto an old phone I had sitting around