Carista App

Don't have auto headlights on mine :blue:
Definitely have it enabled but dials only come on with sidelights or headlights
 
Late to the party but glad I came!
Was intrigued by this, being a tight **** that likes to mess around I purchased the flee bay blue dingle dangle dongle, and down loaded the app and guess what?


Yep, the dongle was bobbins for carista.
Worked with torque!
A tad miffed I emailed carista, and within half an hour had a reply, really just confirming my thinking that the dongle was pony!
Any who, cracking customer service I thought, and really inspired me with confidence, I went the whole hog and purchased the genuine real deal dongle from Amazon for about £32, as it stated guaranteed to work...
I ain't got the time or patience for this dongle roulette mullarky lol.
Sooo,
It came today, worked straight away and am very happy indeed.
I activated alarm blip, cornering fogs, oil temp/lap timer, brake light and hazard flash on emergency stop and deactivated seat belt chime and done a scan! (all clear btw) and reassuring.
Now lives in my arm rest and not sure when I will use it again to be honest.
I asked to sign up for beta testing but they are full of participants and don't need no more.
I would like to activate the hidden green menu and tinker with the air con etc that you guys have mentioned but can't find that anywhere
Anyway just my 2p worth, and a definite welcome addition.
If sitting on the fence, just go for it, cheaper and safer than vcds, OK simpler but effective non the less!
 
CHEZ said:
Late to the party but glad I came!
Was intrigued by this, being a tight **** that likes to mess around I purchased the flee bay blue dingle dangle dongle, and down loaded the app and guess what?


Yep, the dongle was bobbins for carista.
Worked with torque!
A tad miffed I emailed carista, and within half an hour had a reply, really just confirming my thinking that the dongle was pony!
Any who, cracking customer service I thought, and really inspired me with confidence, I went the whole hog and purchased the genuine real deal dongle from Amazon for about £32, as it stated guaranteed to work...
I ain't got the time or patience for this dongle roulette mullarky lol.
Sooo,
It came today, worked straight away and am very happy indeed.
I activated alarm blip, cornering fogs, oil temp/lap timer, brake light and hazard flash on emergency stop and deactivated seat belt chime and done a scan! (all clear btw) and reassuring.
Now lives in my arm rest and not sure when I will use it again to be honest.
I asked to sign up for beta testing but they are full of participants and don't need no more.
I would like to activate the hidden green menu and tinker with the air con etc that you guys have mentioned but can't find that anywhere
Anyway just my 2p worth, and a definite welcome addition.
If sitting on the fence, just go for it, cheaper and safer than vcds, OK simpler but effective non the less!
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£32 holy sh1t!

I know your happy mate and I am pleased for you, but I will post a link to a much cheaper one that works with Carista and IPhone for others to buy that is £8.59 delivered.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/231496052402
 
Lol yeah I know it was pricey,
But,
Read this thread backwards, some work some don't, people bought 2 before hitting lucky etc
I am just really Inpatient and to be honest it's not like I rinsed £2k buying a brand new car or anything, I don't want 2 nackered obd's lying about!
I am glad you found love first time round lol
(p. s. That link was for ios not droid) the genuine one I bought supports both
 
The one I linked to when I started this thread works for me. Best thing I have used it for is in replacing rear brake pads. Having the ability to put electronic brake into service mode saved me a packet in garage fees! Glad I started this post!
 
ianv5 said:
The one I linked to when I started this thread works for me. Best thing I have used it for is in replacing rear brake pads. Having the ability to put electronic brake into service mode saved me a packet in garage fees! Glad I started this post!
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I never did find that option, apparently they are beta testing this for the future.
I wonder how you had it ages ago?
 
CHEZ said:
I never did find that option, apparently they are beta testing this for the future.
I wonder how you had it ages ago?
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Have it on beta version.
 
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The update log mentions a4 folding mirrors, can anyone provide more info on that please!
 
Maybe to enable it for retrofit option? I've got them factory fitted, so I'll see if it can read my settings.
 
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I've emailed Carista help asking what likelihood there is that they can include in the next upgrade the ability to change the default stop/start setting to off.
 
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hopefully this means I can access the hidden menu now, will try it tonight after I have updated the app
 
I've had VAG-COM now upgraded to VCDS, but have always in the past kept a Gendan VAG scan tool in the car, now none of my cars are covered by the Gendan VAG scan tool, so I think that I will buy Carista now that I am finally upgrading my "far too old" iphone!
 
ross27 said:
I believe this is normal, and i have had it on other cars too. I think it happens as the car cycles through each of the modules. You normally hear some interference/low tone from the speakers too at one point.
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I can confirm this on my b8.5 A4
 
Got the wifi OBD and works well with Carista on iOS 9.

Activated rear DRL's, Needle sweep, side mirror tilt and added an option to turn off DRL's completely on MMI.

There is no Hidden Menu toggle, I'm not sure why it's not showing on the app :(
 
I did a scan yesterday. It came up with the following?


CAN network gateway:

02256 - Quiescent current
03041 - Energy Management Active
00384 - Optical Databus

Infotainment system:

02067 - Optical Databus Unauthorized Awakening Request

Some googling hasn't revealed anything helpful. Anyone got a clue?
 
jdp1962 said:
I did a scan yesterday. It came up with the following?


CAN network gateway:

02256 - Quiescent current
03041 - Energy Management Active
00384 - Optical Databus

Infotainment system:

02067 - Optical Databus Unauthorized Awakening Request

Some googling hasn't revealed anything helpful. Anyone got a clue?
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I had this come up once before, can be a random thing and not to worry about I believe. Didn't give me any issues and hasn't come back since....
 
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Just had a play and got needle sweet, chirp on lock and cornering fog lights. I want to enable the hidden menu but in brackets next to it says "required reset". Wasn't sure what that meant so I left it alone. Anyone tried it?
 
Matt Benns said:
Just had a play and got needle sweet, chirp on lock and cornering fog lights. I want to enable the hidden menu but in brackets next to it says "required reset". Wasn't sure what that meant so I left it alone. Anyone tried it?
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It means that you'll need to reset the mmi after enabling it. You do it by pressing three buttons simultaneously. Unfortunately don't remember which one.
 
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Matt Benns said:
Just had a play and got needle sweet, chirp on lock and cornering fog lights. I want to enable the hidden menu but in brackets next to it says "required reset". Wasn't sure what that meant so I left it alone. Anyone tried it?
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You'll need to press and hold the SETUP, NAVIGATION WHEEL & the TOP RIGHT OF THE NAVIGATION WHEEL buttons for a few seconds.

Just downloaded the app for IOS and ordered an adapter from Amazon, looking forward to having a fiddle with the functions when it turns up.
 
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Awesome thanks guys. Will resetting it do anything to the settings? I assume it will forget all the radio stations etc?

Also...I found a good thread a while ago about the hidden menu and how to change things but I cant find it now. Anyone here remember it?
 
Matt Benns said:
Awesome thanks guys. Will resetting it do anything to the settings? I assume it will forget all the radio stations etc?

Also...I found a good thread a while ago about the hidden menu and how to change things but I cant find it now. Anyone here remember it?
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No, this is a reboot, not a reset, all settings will remain. Its also required when changing some settings within the Service menu (green).
 
Just switched my corner lights on and rear DRL'S for the winter.
You see too many cars running around in winter with DRL's on the front but not the back, providing poor rear illumination in typical British weather.
 
I tend to agree with that though I'd expect leaving the lights on "auto" would sort that with my cars. I still need to buy the "in app" upgrade, need phone to be "happy" and stop complaining about getting stuck "updating icloud settings" before paying for that upgrade!
 
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