Theres about to be a surplus of android tablets

With all these new android tablets coming out i think it might be a HUGE leap in front of any competitors if you had the first full featured tuning app to work on a tablet.

The android language is very easy in retrospect compared to a PC, and most phones and tablets all have USB. Im pretty sure you can just plug in the Micro-USB to a cable with the standard USB plug on the MPVI.

One slick tablet about to be released, imagine having HPT available for its release. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kll_di3S_Qs

I'd be happy just to get 2.24 out before my Z06 is eligible for Historic vehicle plates.

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Originally Posted by LSXGOAT

With all these new android tablets coming out i think it might be a HUGE leap in front of any competitors if you had the first full featured tuning app to work on a tablet.

The android language is very easy in retrospect compared to a PC, and most phones and tablets all have USB. Im pretty sure you can just plug in the Micro-USB to a cable with the standard USB plug on the MPVI.

One slick tablet about to be released, imagine having HPT available for its release. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kll_di3S_Qs

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Well, HPT is written using .NET (probably C# or C++ but not sure). Android uses Google's own Java API. So, they would have to build the application from scratch plus building a low level interface to connect and communicate with the MPVI as well as with the PCM/ECM/ECU. You then run into some other problems due to the way android handles application requests, which could cause some catastrophic failures when doing reads/writes.

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Originally Posted by SargeZ06

I'd be happy just to get 2.24 out before my Z06 is eligible for Historic vehicle plates.

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lol

Win7 tablets are coming...be patient.

For the android conversion http://mono-android.net/

wow old bump :)

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Originally Posted by SargeZ06

I'd be happy just to get 2.24 out before my Z06 is eligible for Historic vehicle plates.

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Been a year since this post and still waiting lol

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Originally Posted by Tiffo60

Been a year since this post and still waiting lol

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Maybe my addition is bad but I think closer to two years.

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Originally Posted by 8850

Maybe my addition is bad but I think closer to two years.

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Yeah oops, I guess I'm still living in 2012 lol

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Originally Posted by SargeZ06

I'd be happy just to get 2.24 out before my Z06 is eligible for Historic vehicle plates.

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now 2yrs closer.

I thought about working on something like this. I am a computer programmer by day. Could possibly figure out how HPTuners does the communications by using a USB man in the middle type setup. But i don't have a PCM to test on. I once wrote some code that talked to an OBD2 emulator on my computer that was pretty cool. Maybe there would be a way to test using an emulator. I'm not really sure, none of this has really gone past the point of a thought process for me.

I know i'm digging up an old thread, hopefully nobody cares.

I too do Android development. I have my doubts that they would allow this, as it would open up how the license keys are managed.

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Originally Posted by granatl

I too do Android development. I have my doubts that they would allow this, as it would open up how the license keys are managed.

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Thats true, I didn't think about that. Guess we just have to leave it up to HP Tuners team to come out with something.

We do have positions available. :)

https://www.hptuners.com/employment/

Speaking of tablets though, my Surface Pro is probably one of my favorite HPT related purchases. Runs windows 8, touch screen, very portable, and runs the software very well.

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Originally Posted by Keith@HPTuners

We do have positions available. :)

https://www.hptuners.com/employment/

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I saw that. Been thinking about it. Combining my passion for software development and my passion for cars would be a dream come true. Is relocating to HP Tuners headquarters mandatory, or can programmers work remotely?

I just picked up a nexus 7 (13 version 2) is there anyway we can use hptuners on andriod yet?

Hate to bring this one back from the dead again, but I can't stress enough how awesome HPT would be if ported to Android OS. A HUGE market would open up, I can't believe nobody is river dancing on top of this one.

We are looking for a qualified mobile dev in the Chicagoland area....

Wish mac would be able to use HPT but I guess I rather have an android tablet sliding around the car than my macbook pro. Anything to get a laptop out of the car and something smaller so I can leave it hooked up but hide out of sight and/or not slide around.

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We are looking for a qualified mobile dev in the Chicagoland area....

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Thank you thank you thank you! I am dying to use my tablet to tune, I'm SICK of lugging my old windows laptop around to tune and the battery sucks


Frankly, hptuners is the only reason I keep my old laptop around anymore

Love this idea OP! My battery life on my tablet is amazing. Nice to hit the track up and not worry about battery life for a change.

Anything become of this yet Keith? So sick of dealing with Windows BS.

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At the risk of sounding like a dick, the android system would suck to develop for...well maybe i should say support. With the amount of varying hardware, manufacturer interface tweaks, and then carrier bullshit (assuming it's a cell version which are becoming more commonplace), trying to troubleshoot on systems that are on SOOO many different versions because the manufacturer doesn't support. iOS would be a much better choice if it were me having to deal with the headache of supporting, but that's just my $.02. I'm loving my Surface Pro 3... and the HP TM2 before it, Panasonic Toughbook... great devices, in a sea of crappy windows tablets. Anyway, interested to see what the future holds. Keep up the great work Keith.

What would be nice is this. Just an android/ios app to view datalogs and tune details. I'm not ready to put away my tuning laptop just yet. But when I'm not on the laptop, I'm on my tablet/phone. And when people on the forum post requesting help, its a pain to drag out the laptop just to review the files. 99% of my time on the forum is on my phone.

Great idea, and it would also be an easier transition into tuning from that platform as well.

If you have a wifi/bluetooth obd device, you can use the mobile app TrackAddict which we have via the app store.

We're working giving it near the same functionality as VCM Scanner. The idea being that you can use your mobile device to record and view, but if you want to do real data analysis, you'll be sending the file to your PC to open via VCM Scanner.

Any plans to include the GM specific PIDs? Like Knock? Haven't connected to the 2010 LS3 car, just the 2004 Grand Prix 3.8... no GM specific PIDs listed..

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If you have a wifi/bluetooth obd device, you can use the mobile app TrackAddict which we have via the app store.

We're working giving it near the same functionality as VCM Scanner. The idea being that you can use your mobile device to record and view, but if you want to do real data analysis, you'll be sending the file to your PC to open via VCM Scanner.

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Heck yes! Been waiting for this.... Especially since my ECU cannot support black box scanning.

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Any plans to include the GM specific PIDs? Like Knock? Haven't connected to the 2010 LS3 car, just the 2004 Grand Prix 3.8... no GM specific PIDs listed..

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Yes, we will be adding all of the parameters VCM Scanner supports to TrackAddict

I'm really looking forward to this. I hate dealing with cables strewn about in the car while I'm trying to drive to record things. I don't mind plugging in to flash, but this will be great.