Some of the mdi clones are just a vxdiag in an mdi case, and the vxdiag does not seem to work with anything that requires pin1 comms. I found this out the hard way I had a VXDiag I bought second hand off EBay. THAT one actually worked for Pin1 comms (I reprogrammed a key fob on the gf's Saturn with...

I saw one of those back in 2013. Did they ever get better than this? The one I saw didnt use MDI drivers on the PC so it was pretty obvious to the user. In fact, the one in the picture here didnt work at all. I had mine apart, and it looks pretty damned close to a legit MDI. I believe the battery t...

I will say this about the clone.... I bought one of those Amazon Mini-VCI XHorse clones to use on the Toyota, and was just going to throw the MDI in a drawer as I now have the OBDXPro for the GM's. NOPE! That MDI SMOKES the Amazon clone as far as comm speed. The Amazon VCI takes 2-3 times longer to ...

I may have asked this question once before, but I'm wondering if anyone has figured out WHY this happens. I have an MDI clone that works great under T2W for my older VPW vehicles, and even under Toyota Techstream for my one Toyota (pin 1 is not used). I have one newer GM vehicle that, while modules ...

A while back I bought a clone MDI2 (I know, it's an MDI in a 2 case :D ). Had to return it because of the dreaded Pin 2/VPW no comms problem under T2W that many have had. The replacement MDI 1 works fine on our VPW cars. But what I have found that, again under T2W, on our new(er) GMLAN car, it will ...

Hello all. Tuning newbie here. Looking at PCM Hammer and Tunerpro as an alternative to HPT as my only real uses will be for learning, deleting VATS and CAGS. I have a VXDIAG nano J2534 pass-thru device that I use for my Tech2 tool, and while PCM Hammer detects it and the self-test passes (and proves...