Open Flash Tablet - OFT TIPS Trick’s & FAQ

[Calvin27]

Anyone have problems with the power switch? I suspect mine drains even when the switch is on or something else is going on. No idea, just trying to eliminate things at the moment.

[MurderousPandas]

Originally Posted by Calvin27

Anyone have problems with the power switch? I suspect mine drains even when the switch is on or something else is going on. No idea, just trying to eliminate things at the moment.

Power switch? What is draining? Did i miss a previous post? This one is beyond vague.

"Chasing speed with patience"

[Teseo]

I guess he mean the obd II cable extension with kill switch

[Calvin27]

Originally Posted by Teseo

I guess he mean the obd II cable extension with kill switch

Yeah that. I did a test and with the OFT plugged in and switched off it seemed to drain in a day. With it unplugged, it lasted 3 days +. I'm not sure if I left it on acc or something stupid, but the battery is shot now (could be battery also) and not keen to run the new battery right down just to test.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Calvin27

Yeah that. I did a test and with the OFT plugged in and switched off it seemed to drain in a day. With it unplugged, it lasted 3 days +. I'm not sure if I left it on acc or something stupid, but the battery is shot now (could be battery also) and not keen to run the new battery right down just to test.

I wonder if just the oft obd cable plugged in the without the tablet drain the battery too

[Lantana frs]

Tonight I plugged my oft into obd to look at real time diagnostics. I got a warning to update template file and now I have a cel. Car runs fine though. Anybody ever experience this? Cel is now off. We'll figure it out.

[Zacharary]

I have an afe intake, catted header, catted front pipe, and run 93 octane. If I got an OFT I would run a stage 1 93 octane ots tune? I would prefer using one of the included tunes because I have no experience with tuning of any sort.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by Zacharary

I have an afe intake, catted header, catted front pipe, and run 93 octane. If I got an OFT I would run a stage 1 93 octane ots tune? I would prefer using one of the included tunes because I have no experience with tuning of any sort.

you will need to rescale maf for the afe intake, elsewise you will be fine.

alternativly sell thhe afe intake and just buy a drop in filter for stock airbox, then you can just run the tune without modification

the stage 1 tune may be better with catted header

[ForzaBRZ]

open flash manager keeps saying "unconfigured device, cannot be used". Ive tried different usb ports and tried redownloading the manager serveral times as well as updating my computer. I was reading through the forum and read that someone had the same problem but i didnt see a solution to the problem (huge possibility i may have just missed it). any help or advice would be appreciated thanks!!

[Mattstermh]

I couldn't find these answers, so I apologize in advance:

1) Do I leave it plugged in when driving?

2) If I unplug it, does the car revert to stock? If not, what is the point of leaving it plugged in, if I don't care to read any active charts or numbers (I don't know what they mean, anyway)?

[churchx]

1) if you want to log multiple params of engine working. I wouldn't leave it permanently in when off/parked, to not drain battery & to lessen possibility of theft. If you don't care about logs, just flash some OTS tune and leave tablet home.
2) no. It's device, which main purpose is to flash tuned ecu code instead of stock one ecu of car runs. You can flash stock code back (for example prior service/dealership visit), but by choice to do so, not by unplugging it.

[OrangeGuitar]

Originally Posted by Mattstermh

I couldn't find these answers, so I apologize in advance:

1) Do I leave it plugged in when driving?

2) If I unplug it, does the car revert to stock? If not, what is the point of leaving it plugged in, if I don't care to read any active charts or numbers (I don't know what they mean, anyway)?

1) no need to leave it plugged in if you're not using it to watch fuel trims, temps, etc. Leaving it plugged in will drain the battery when the car is off.

2) once the oft has written a tune to the car, you do not need to leave it plugged in. The tune stays in the car's ecu until you decide to change it again or revert to stock.

There are several threads that explain how to use various numbers or to explain how the oft device works if you'd like to learn more.


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[oldgunfan]

Originally Posted by ForzaBRZ

open flash manager keeps saying "unconfigured device, cannot be used". Ive tried different usb ports and tried redownloading the manager serveral times as well as updating my computer. I was reading through the forum and read that someone had the same problem but i didnt see a solution to the problem (huge possibility i may have just missed it). any help or advice would be appreciated thanks!!

I have heard that OFT doesn't like usb3.0 ports those are the blue ones. I think that was the problem the other guy had.

[Mattstermh]

Originally Posted by OrangeGuitar

1) no need to leave it plugged in if you're not using it to watch fuel trims, temps, etc. Leaving it plugged in will drain the battery when the car is off.

2) once the oft has written a tune to the car, you do not need to leave it plugged in. The tune stays in the car's ecu until you decide to change it again or revert to stock.

There are several threads that explain how to use various numbers or to explain how the oft device works if you'd like to learn more.


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Cool man, thanks. I'm honestly just a normal street driver, to and from the work, and occasional errands. Still worth the $400 pricetag? I'm not redlining, and I drive an automatic.