rdunham98 said:
Pulled vehicle out into daylight and you're right, OBD on this car way on the right side. Looks clear to me. Thanks!
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Awesome. Thank you sir!
1ags,
Does Mr Dubi have a tracker? He circled suspicious wires that are not part of the harness systems.
Hidden up above the brake pedal and awkward to even get a photo.
2019 WRX
Does Mr Dubi have a tracker? He circled suspicious wires that are not part of the harness systems.
Hidden up above the brake pedal and awkward to even get a photo.
2019 WRX
?third coast.. said:
Idk, but id like to know where he got that car from the future
The bundle is actually above the third pedal.
That looks like the factory connector.
Do you know whether these devices have SIM cards that might be removed/repurposed?1agswitchin4lanes said:
That looks like the factory connector.
Would be interesting to slam one in a USB modem and download a ton of data
txyaloo said:Do you know whether these devices have SIM cards that might be removed/repurposed?1agswitchin4lanes said:
That looks like the factory connector.
Would be interesting to slam one in a USB modem and download a ton of data
Good question. I'm gonna crack one of these open. Standby.
As we thought, This is basically a cell phone without a screen.
Has a little capacitor /battery too it looks like.
Has a little capacitor /battery too it looks like.
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
uncover&humpit said:
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
Nope
Capacitor battery... so if a deadbeat unplugs it, they have a few hours to locate the car.
Deadbeat in this case referring to folks who buy at tote the note type lots who expect to be tracked
Deadbeat in this case referring to folks who buy at tote the note type lots who expect to be tracked
CanyonAg77 said:
Capacitor battery... so if a deadbeat unplugs it, they have a few hours to locate the car.
Deadbeat in this case referring to folks who buy at tote the note type lots who expect to be tracked
Yup. For comparison, here's a Geotab device.
It's apparently on the Verizon network.
Interesting. Is your iphone carrier unlocked? That message normally pops up when the carrier has locked the device to their network/SIM1agswitchin4lanes said:uncover&humpit said:
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
Nope
I have a feeling that card would work in desktop based modem with the correct APN. I'm a bit surprised they left debug pads on the board. You should be able to hook a USB JTAG to those pads and see what the device is doing.
txyaloo said:Interesting. Is your iphone carrier unlocked? That message normally pops up when the carrier has locked the device to their network/SIM1agswitchin4lanes said:uncover&humpit said:
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
Nope
I have a feeling that card would work in desktop based modem with the correct APN
Tell me more.
I tried both iPhone and unlock android
Oh man, I wish I could run up huge data bills with that sim card and stick the dealer with it.1agswitchin4lanes said:uncover&humpit said:
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
Nope
What did the android device say? I have a couple USB -> M2 PCI adapters. They have a sim slot and ufl antenna ports on them. You can use Windows or something like a Raspberry Pi to debug the connection.1agswitchin4lanes said:txyaloo said:Interesting. Is your iphone carrier unlocked? That message normally pops up when the carrier has locked the device to their network/SIM1agswitchin4lanes said:uncover&humpit said:
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
Nope
I have a feeling that card would work in desktop based modem with the correct APN
Tell me more.
I tried both iPhone and unlock android
I edited my last post to note the debug pads on that board. You should be able to solder a JTAG to those pads and see at the console level what the device is doing.
You in BCS? 1ags will be here next Saturday and maybe we could give you the sim for testing?
Nothing on my cars thankfully.
Except for OnStar on my Silverado so basically the same thing except it's factory.
Except for OnStar on my Silverado so basically the same thing except it's factory.
So you are paying to be tracked!Quote:
Except for OnStar on my Silverado so basically the same thing except it's factory.
1agswitchin4lanes said:uncover&humpit said:
I wonder if you can plug that sim card into a Hotspot and use the data plan its on.
Nope
You need an unlocked phone
“A republic, if you can keep it”
AggieKatie2 said:
ETX is honestly starting to scare me a bit as someone who may be trigger happy.
AggieKatie2 said:
ETX is honestly starting to scare me a bit as someone who may be trigger happy.
Probably the sim is loaded with a certain APN. I have this issue when I have configured a 4G modem for IOT items in the field, I have to use specific APN info.
Damn, if I was closer to 1ags I'd volunteer my two unlocked phones to test. Unless you want to mail it to me.
1agswitchin4lanes said:
As we thought, This is basically a cell phone without a screen.
Has a little capacitor /battery too it looks like.
Mercury Topaz
here's an unlocked phone...slappy said:
Damn, if I was closer to 1ags I'd volunteer my two unlocked phones to test. Unless you want to mail it to me.
akaggie05 said:1agswitchin4lanes said:
As we thought, This is basically a cell phone without a screen.
Has a little capacitor /battery too it looks like.
Mercury Topaz
That's another thread
dubi said:So you are paying to be tracked!Quote:
Except for OnStar on my Silverado so basically the same thing except it's factory.
Eh, no. They don't charge you for limited services, IE being able to remote start your car from your phone. Pretty handy when you land at the airport and it's cold or hot outside.
Mac Haik pushes their "anti-theft" devices. I didn't pay for mine but had the app to monitor it anyway. It ran in sprint network and worked about half the time.
I had geotabs installed in hundreds of vehicles for an oil & gas company. We used the data to monitor seatbelt compliance, speeding, and aggressive driving. More than once we used the geotab data to get us OUT of traffic citations and lawsuits...so the gps data isn't always bad.
I myself used GPS Data to challenge a state trooper that pulled me over for speeding. He was certain he had the right vehicle. I submitted the geotab data to his corporal and received an apology phone call. Upon closer look at the trooper's dash cam, it was the vehicle behind me that was speeding. I could have told them that...
I had geotabs installed in hundreds of vehicles for an oil & gas company. We used the data to monitor seatbelt compliance, speeding, and aggressive driving. More than once we used the geotab data to get us OUT of traffic citations and lawsuits...so the gps data isn't always bad.
I myself used GPS Data to challenge a state trooper that pulled me over for speeding. He was certain he had the right vehicle. I submitted the geotab data to his corporal and received an apology phone call. Upon closer look at the trooper's dash cam, it was the vehicle behind me that was speeding. I could have told them that...
love this thread
Hopefully the person that buys my 2018 f150 I traded in doesnt unplug this aftermarket remote start thinking it is a tracker!
Would personal dashcam video do the same thing with regards to a ticket since it records your speed?
The Fife said:
Would personal dashcam video do the same thing with regards to a ticket since it records your speed?
Maybe. In my situation, the corporal first tried "well I don't know what the speed source is on your GPS, it could be wrong." With GeoTab, I had GPS speed and ECM speed off the vehicle. I produced both data sets before I received the apology call.
With my oil and gas fleet of vehicles, we found GPS speed to be surprisingly misleading. A split second of GPS loss and then GPS reconnects and the vehicle went further than it thought it should have caused spikes in speed. We found ECM speed to more representative of the driver's behavior. GPS speed was generally unreliable.
I spoke at a safety conference about the work I did with geotab gps in the oil and gas fleet. With the data, we improved seatbelt compliance by 93%. Reduced posted speed violations by 60 something percent. Limited top speeds of vehicles with Ford's MyKey. During the two solid years of carefully studying the data and placing scrutiny on the drivers, there was only 1 legit injury accident in a fleet of 275 light vehicles and 770 heavy vehicles. We did have lawsuit/injury claims from fender benders. In two instances, the Geotab data helped prove our vehicle's speed and impact was either not enough to cause Injury or wasn't were the claimant said the vehicle was at the time of the supposed accident
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