Connecting BIMMERCODE on Android

App download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.appomotive.bimmercode

Preparing your car

1. Turn on the ignition in the car. For G-Series cars the diagnostic mode has to be activated additionally (press the start button in the car three times in quick succession without pushing the brake or clutch pedal).
2. Please make sure that the engine is not running.
3. Ensure that no gear is engaged (selector lever position P for cars with automatic transmission) and that the parking brake is on.
4. Make sure all electrical consumers (lights, heating, ventilation etc.) are turned off.
5. Disconnect or disable any third party hardware installed to the car that is connected to the CAN bus (e.g. JB4, rear view camera, exhaust flap control), because the communication may be interfered and coding may fail in this case.
6. The headunit has to be in its original state. If you used a third party solution to enable CarPlay or the navigation has been unlocked, these changes have to be reverted, because BimmerCode will not allow coding the headunit otherwise. Retrofitted iDrive systems may also not be accessible under certain circumstances.

How to connect

1. Please make sure to force quit any other app running in the background that may be using the OBD adapter (OBDLink app for example).
2. Plug in the adapter into the OBD port in the footwell on the driver side in the car.
3. Open the Android Bluetooth settings and pair the adapter with the Android device.
4. Enable the Airplane mode on the Android device.
5. Turn on Bluetooth on the Android device.
6. Turn off Wi-Fi on the Android device.
7. Disconnect the Android device in the iDrive settings in the car (“COM” > “Mobile devices” > Select the device > “Disconnect device”).
8. Disconnect any additional Bluetooth connections to other devices.
9. Keep the distance between the Android device and the adapter as short as possible.
10. Open the settings in the BimmerCode app and make sure the correct adapter type is selected.
11. Tap “Connect” on the start screen in the BimmerCode app.
12. Allow BimmerCode to use Bluetooth when prompted in the app.

Troubleshooting

• Make sure to follow the steps outlined in “Preparing your car” and “How to connect”.
• Remove the OBD adapter from the OBD port, plug it in again firmly and make sure that the LEDs in the adapter are lighting up. If the LEDs in the adapter do not light up when connected, the adapter may be faulty or there may be an electrical problem with the OBD port in your car (a bent pin for example).
• Make sure your Android device is NOT paired with a Bluetooth OBD adapter that has "iOS" in its name. If it is, unpair the OBD adapter and pair with the Bluetooth device without the “iOS” suffix. It may take a bit longer until this is showing up in the Bluetooth devices list.
• Make sure that your OBD is supported for your specific car. You can check compatibility here.
• Restart your device and the OBD adapter by unplugging it.
• If you have some kind of third party CarPlay unit connected to the iDrive system in your car, please enable “Ignore headunit” in the settings in the app. If you want to access the headunit with BimmerCode you have to disconnect the CarPlay unit from the iDrive system temporarily.