Carly OBD App: More than just a simple onboard diagnostic

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Today's cars are a small technological marvel, and there is so much electronics on board that in many models you can't even change the light bulb without an expensive visit to the workshop, provided the model still has H7 headlights instead of xenon lights. or LED light. With the Carly app, you can easily activate or program various functions of a car, which normally have to be carried out by a workshop or are hidden in some submenus of the on-board computer, using your smartphone. Depending on the car brand, Carly offers you various functions to code, analyze and personalize your car. This system is currently suitable for BMW, VAG vehicles (around the VW Group), Mercedes, Renault, Toyota and Lexus.

When coding, you can set the hidden functions such as a digital speedometer or various light graphics for your headlights - anytime, anywhere, simply via smartphone and without a PC. In the lite version of the Carly app you can see how the full version works and in the full version you can code and personalize your car indefinitely. Even updates to the vehicle can be easily installed via smartphone.

With the help of Carly, you can determine the faults that your car has yourself and save yourself expensive OBD2 diagnostics, for which the workshops charge salted prices. So you have imported the edition for the full version of the app again with the first diagnosis. You will also be able to talk to the workshop's mechatronics technicians at eye level, and you will receive better, more professional advice, as Carly App will give you specific error codes instead of just layman guesswork. As a special highlight, Carly can even determine whether the workshop made a mistake if new error codes occur after the workshop.

According to a study by the ADAC, almost 30 percent of all speedometers used in Germany are manipulated. With the help of the Carly app, you can not only unmask speedometer tricks, but also check average speeds, driving routes or deployed airbags to find out how your new used car was driven by the previous owners.

A new feature in the app is the Health Score. This shows the condition of the car. In the full version, you can query the score regularly and identify errors that occur early.

In addition, there are various other functions such as the NOx desulfurization of your nitrogen oxide cat, if it is available in your vehicle, or the battery registration so that you can replace your battery and save yourself the costs of registration. This function is of particular interest when it comes to vehicle tuning, since it can be used to quickly and easily install and register weight-saving batteries, for example. For tuning fans, however, the function of the exhaust flap control, which also works with retrofitted flap exhaust systems, is very important and cool. It can also be opened and closed very easily and at any time, even while driving, using the Carly app. And of course we also tried vehicle diagnostics with the Carly app. Click here for our test report, Carly comes with globally unique features that the company rightfully prides itself on.

summarized the most important functions:

• Used Car Check
  - Control units are read out and compared in order to identify a manipulated speedometer
• depth diagnosis
  - Control units are analyzed, error codes are read out
  - Manufacturer quality analysis
• Encode
  - Customize your car
  - Unlock hidden functions such as digital speedometer, automatic start-stop, US daytime running lights, etc.
• Service reset
  - Reset service intervals
• Live parameters
  - Monitor motor parameters (temperatures, pressures, etc.)
  
• NOx desulfurization
  - Regenerate / check NOx at the push of a button
• exhaust flap
  - Engine sound can be changed (manual control of the exhaust flap)
• Transmission reset
  - Reset automatic transmission (e.g. to relearn the car)
• Battery registration
  - register the battery yourself (save costs for the workshop)
• Diesel particulate filter regeneration
  - Regenerate particle filters at the push of a button
• Electric parking brake
  - Control electromechanical parking brake at the push of a button

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