Which MHD K+DCAN cable to buy

nash_86 · 02-15-2019, 05:28 AM

I've lost my dcan cable. Does anyone have a spare one lying around that they'd be willing to sell?

Alternatively, send me a ebay link to one you've bought that works.

Also need a USB OTG cable for Samsung galaxy s8.

Cheers

assassinsbrotherhood · 02-15-2019, 06:02 AM

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_f...cable&_sacat=0. I bought this one (7th one on page) and I use it for Xhp and Icarly flashing and never had a problem. OTG cable is only $10 from any phone store.

nash_86 · 02-15-2019, 07:04 PM

Is that the same seller you bought from? And it works fine?

Pete.J · 02-15-2019, 08:31 PM

Just stick with BimmerGeeks cable, it's faster and more reliable. Those cheap Chinese cables are very dodgy, most likely you'll have to go through a couple of them to find a good one, I got 3 of them here, 2 don't work and 1 works fine. I don't use them anymore, I have a BimmerGeeks cable for peace of mind and I also got an ICOM cable for flashing iDrives and DME... etc.

There's actually a bug in the firmware of those cheap Chinese K+DCAN cables, where every second packet of data getting transmitted to the car gets lost, and it needs to be re-sent twice. This reduces the cable bandwidth and makes it slow, and also unreliable. I have bricked my DME before using one of those dodgy cables off eBay. Lucky an ICOM cable managed to flash it again from scratch and saved the day phewww!!

My advice is to buy the below linked cable, it's faster and it's more reliable due to having that data transmission bug sorted in the firmware, GL.

https://www.bimmergeeks.net/product-...eeks-pro-cable

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Pete.J Lieutenant 364 Rep 571 Posts Drives: BMW M4 DCT (F82) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Melbourne iTrader: (0) Garage List 2015 BMW M4 [0.00] 2006 Honda Accord Euro [0.00]	Just stick with BimmerGeeks cable, it's faster and more reliable. Those cheap Chinese cables are very dodgy, most likely you'll have to go through a couple of them to find a good one, I got 3 of them here, 2 don't work and 1 works fine. I don't use them anymore, I have a BimmerGeeks cable for peace of mind and I also got an ICOM cable for flashing iDrives and DME... etc. There's actually a bug in the firmware of those cheap Chinese K+DCAN cables, where every second packet of data getting transmitted to the car gets lost, and it needs to be re-sent twice. This reduces the cable bandwidth and makes it slow, and also unreliable. I have bricked my DME before using one of those dodgy cables off eBay. Lucky an ICOM cable managed to flash it again from scratch and saved the day phewww!! My advice is to buy the below linked cable, it's faster and it's more reliable due to having that data transmission bug sorted in the firmware, GL. https://www.bimmergeeks.net/product-...eeks-pro-cable __________________ Current: F82 Mineral White M4 7DCT Gone but never forgotten: E92 Sparking Graphite 335i (N54) 6MT build thread.
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