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Dr Prius not for Iphone?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by ggriggs, Mar 24, 2023.

  1. ggriggs

    ggriggs Junior Member

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    Im looking to get an OBD-2 device so that I can see my engine coolant temps and maybe look at the hybrid battery cells. Unfortunately, I have Iphone and the Dr Prius app only works with Android? I guess I could buy a cheap junk Galaxy phone to use the app? I wouldn't need to have cellular service Im guessing if I did this?
     
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    Did you research? It works on iPhone. I'm using the Carista dongle.
     
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    According to the P10 OBD info, the Dr Prius app only works on Android. Maybe that is old information? Ill check out the Carista dongle now. Thanks
     
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    Ok, great. I guess I looked at some old information. It mentioned “Android only” for Carista. Is this the one Id need for a 2nd Gen Prius? Thanks so much.
     

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    Dr. Prius works with iPhone... The challenge is there's lots of junk readers on the market and you gotta find one that won't be DOA. Here's buyer's guide: Hybrid battery diagnostic and repair tool for Toyota and Lexus
     
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    With the Carista obd dongle, for some reason I'm currently seeing nothing on Amazon. For starters, I would look on the Dr Prius website; there's a page discussing the various dongle, their pros/cons.

    FWIW, this is what I got, a few years back now:

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    Looks like there is 1 on Ebay. Same as yours I think?
     

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    With all the distractions about phones, you've overlooked the fact that Dr Prius is probably not full-featured enough to do what you want to do.

    Read up about various apps and their capabilities here.
     
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    Dr. Prius will work on iPhone, but it's very battery-centric. For more general purposes, try OBD Fusion or Engine Link. At least one of them (I forgot which or if it was both) required me to pay $10 to get all the Prius PIDs. Well worth it.
     
    #10 jerrymildred, Mar 25, 2023
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