OBDeleven killed Lane Assist

[PAPERBOY]

Help please I have 2018 golf Alltrack with lane assist. Saw new OBDeleven one click app Extended lane assist & traffic jam assist so paid 400 credits! Now lane assist doesn’t work at all!
Can’t turn on says error on dash and now this function is currently unavailable. It’s the best feature and it’s stuffed and gone.. anyone have any advice OBDeleven messages said offline till tomorrow.
Thanks anyone
Paperboy

[Guest001]

Help please I have 2018 golf Alltrack with lane assist. Saw new OBDeleven one click app Extended lane assist & traffic jam assist so paid 400 credits! Now lane assist doesn’t work at all!
Can’t turn on says error on dash and now this function is currently unavailable. It’s the best feature and it’s stuffed and gone.. anyone have any advice OBDeleven messages said offline till tomorrow.
Thanks anyone
Paperboy

Well it is Sunday even in Europe

Reverse the App and how come it cost 400 credits Highest Ive seen are 100.. Could have done it with coding and not cost anything WHat does that App actually do or did it just look good so you thought you would have a play

[PAPERBOY]

It extends Lane assist to 15 seconds to 60 Seconds & enables traffic jam assist. Sounded like a good app & don’t have 400 credits, so unsure can just reverse. Yes 400 credits is most expensive app yet. If I was guaranteed reserving would fix I’d pay and try and get credits refunded. Now I have no cruise control either, it’s ****.

[Guest001]

It extends Lane assist to 15 seconds to 60 Seconds & enables traffic jam assist. Sounded like a good app & don’t have 400 credits, so unsure can just reverse. Yes 400 credits is most expensive app yet. If I was guaranteed reserving would fix I’d pay and try and get credits refunded. Now I have no cruise control either, it’s ****.

So buy some more and reverse it.. Usually fixes what you did Wouldnt think it was sensibly safe to extend that for that long. Would give you too long on your phone and you might have an accident because of it You should have bought a Tesla if you want car to do the driving


Or you could read this thread which deals with it and tells you needed hardware and software needed to enable it

https://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-119514.html

[PAPERBOY]

Thanks for replying. Do you think deactivating with put my previous Lane Assist back to normal? Can it be that easy?

[PAPERBOY]

Plugged the OBDeleven in and this app only has active, so that doesn’t help, seems very stupid. So I wonder if I pressed activate, it’ll probably take the 400 credits and still not work. It seemed to work on others cars on the link you sent.

[petemac110]

I don't use OBDeleven for coding (I use carscanner pro instead) but it appears that OBDeleven has a back-up function. I'm hoping that you took a back-up of the coding prior to starting any coding, as outlined in the FAQs on their website. If so, you should be able to revert back to the original coding.

Full backup iOS | OBDeleven
Backup | OBDeleven

I'm not across the intricacies of OBDeleven, however, as I used different software as noted above.

[PAPERBOY]

Unfortunately I was too impatient and forgot about doing backup. That link all sounds too complicated, that’s why I liked OBDeleven, simple one click except for some reason they don’t let you deactivate like other OBDeleven apps.

I’ll take it to a VW computer specialist at Northside Euros and hope they can reset. I’ve heard nothing from OBDeleven as it’s not in Australia. Lesson learnt. Thanks for your help.

[MIG]

It's interesting that OBDeleven is doing lane assist time and TJA, as these are not just coding changes; they involve uploading parameters to the module. A backup of the unit beforehand may not be able to return it to its original state.

Anyone with ODIS or VCP should be able to re-upload the parameters for the Golf

[PAPERBOY]

Thanks who can do that? I’m in Canberra! Will Northside Euros who specialise in VW programming use those for VW cars they mod?

[Flipper Dog]

Just had a look at the app - yes 400 credits.
Warning that it is only compatible with Drivers assistance A5 control unit software number 3Q0980654H.
OBDeleven don't recommend or encourage using it as it may be illegal in some countries or the function is not fully supported.

Reach out to OBDeleven, noting the time difference in Europe, so you won't get any response until Monday night at the earliest.

[DV52]

It's interesting that OBDeleven is doing lane assist time and TJA, as these are not just coding changes; they involve uploading parameters to the module. A backup of the unit beforehand may not be able to return it to its original state.

Anyone with ODIS or VCP should be able to re-upload the parameters for the Golf

Hmm.........I'm surprised too!

OBD11 has been able to make EEPROM changes for some time now - but it's very clunky and at least from a user perspective, it's ONE memory address at a time!!

Even at a cost of 400 Credits, I'm very surprised that the One-Click-App (OCA) has the smarts to detect the required flash-file, then to automatically upload the parameter-file - all without ANY user intervention!!

And in any event, a Audi A5 has a MLB platform build whereas OP's 2018 golf Alltrack has a MQB platform - it's beyond belief that a 400 Credit OCA didn't flag this difference during the compliance testing phase of operation and refuse to implement!!

Anyway, the most impacting aspect of OP's problem is that OCAs don't disclose the changes that they make - which means understanding how to revert values back to their original settings is very much a guess (even if OP has knowledge of how the tweak is manually coded).

My hunch is that the ONLY practical way to address this problem is by contacting the OBD11 help-desk because ONLY the deities on the OBD11 mother-ship know what changes are made. The rest of us may have good intentions - but we are just guessing (no offense intended)

If OP has contacted the help-desk without reply, then more vigorous attempts are needed- with stronger (but polite) words about the accountability of OBD11 fix this problem because they have taken the money!!

But perhaps the most important lesson from this case to all OBD11 users is the resounding message: never use OCAs unless you are prepared to accept the near-impossible task of unwinding coding changes that are not disclosed!!

As I've said before - Using OCA's is like rolling-the-dice: sometimes you win and sometimes you lose! And extending this analogy - the more that you gamble with OCAs - the greater the chance of losing (it's just a matter of luck and time)!!

In OP's case - it's

Don

[PAPERBOY]

Yeah done that, haven’t heard a thing from any human support. They also have a new 200 credit app called Lane Assist Extension Time too! I probably would’ve done that one, didn’t see it. The OBDeleven apps shouldn’t kill it! and take your credits plus not work and I can’t deactivate as it’s saying it’s Active. It’s 10:30am in Europe I reached out to human support again and still no answer. Be warned people don’t try these apps, could kill ya Lane Assist.

Now I might have to grovel to VW dealer to reset all Lane assist features $$$$$

[MIG]

Can you post the details of your A5 unit? Like the screenshot of the info and any error codes ?

[doc_777]

Hmm.........I'm surprised too!

OBD11 has been able to make EEPROM changes for some time now - but it's very clunky and at least from a user perspective, it's ONE memory address at a time!!

Even at a cost of 400 Credits, I'm very surprised that the One-Click-App (OCA) has the smarts to detect the required flash-file, then to automatically upload the parameter-file - all without ANY user intervention!!

And in any event, a Audi A5 has a MLB platform build whereas OP's 2018 golf Alltrack has a MQB platform - it's beyond belief that a 400 Credit OCA didn't flag this difference during the compliance testing phase of operation and refuse to implement!!

Anyway, the most impacting aspect of OP's problem is that OCAs don't disclose the changes that they make - which means understanding how to revert values back to their original settings is very much a guess (even if OP has knowledge of how the tweak is manually coded).

My hunch is that the ONLY practical way to address this problem is by contacting the OBD11 help-desk because ONLY the deities on the OBD11 mother-ship know what changes are made. The rest of us may have good intentions - but we are just guessing (no offense intended)

If OP has contacted the help-desk without reply, then more vigorous attempts are needed- with stronger (but polite) words about the accountability of OBD11 fix this problem because they have taken the money!!

But perhaps the most important lesson from this case to all OBD11 users is the resounding message: never use OCAs unless you are prepared to accept the near-impossible task of unwinding coding changes that are not disclosed!!

As I've said before - Using OCA's is like rolling-the-dice: sometimes you win and sometimes you lose! And extending this analogy - the more that you gamble with OCAs - the greater the chance of losing (it's just a matter of luck and time)!!

In OP's case - it's

Don

You seem to be of a misunderstanding about control units.....the reference is to the A5 control unit, nothing to do with an Audi A5 vehicle.