Alphaobd Mileage Correction Notes

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1500ram12

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Since there is a lot of "issue" with alphaobd and mileage/Hour's correction I thought if we can compare what version worked with what year truck and what year cluster maybe we can find a pattern.

Version 2.1.7.3
2018 2500 Tradesman 6.4L
2017 7" sport Cluster
Scantool Obdlink MX +
2017 kindle fire 7
Samsung galaxy note 5
Hour's worked first try
Only issue couldn't set exact mileage. Was off .3 miles


2018 Ram 2500 6.4L Hemi Tradesman
 
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Truck: 2016 2500 6.7 Cummins
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Original Radio: 2016 RA2 - 5"
Current radio: 2018 UAQ
Cluster: 2016 3500 6.7 Cummins
Dongle: Scantool MX
Phone: Galaxy S7
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.3
Milaeage: Worked first time. Off by 0.3
Hours: Worked first time. Dead on.
Nav in Cluster: Working with graphics present.
 
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2015 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster
2017 (currently) limited cluster
Truck: 2015 ram 2500 tradesman CTD
Original 3.5” cluster
2016 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster (from above)
All of the above worked the first try for mileage and hours. The whole mileage number is always correct, with the tenths varying between .3-.8 off.
 

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Truck: 2017 ram 2500 tradesman 6.4
2015 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster
2017 (currently) limited cluster
Truck: 2015 ram 2500 tradesman CTD
Original 3.5” cluster
2016 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster (from above)
All of the above worked the first try for mileage and hours. The whole mileage number is always correct, with the tenths varying between .3-.8 off.

Man you are like the 7" diesel clustermeister. I had a really hard time finding one diesel cluster. I guess you had the market cornered on them. ;-)
 

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Man you are like the 7" diesel clustermeister. I had a really hard time finding one diesel cluster. I guess you had the market cornered on them. ;-)
The only one that was actually a diesel cluster was the longhorn. I ran it in my gasser first, then sold it to a coworker who has the 6.7 CTD.
I tend to get bored after looking at the same thing for a while. They’re easy to find and get your money back on the old one.
 

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Truck: 2016 1500 5.7 V8 Hemi
Trim: Tradesman
Original Radio: 2016 RA1
Current radio: 2016 RA1
Cluster: 2016 1500 Laramie 5.7 V8 Hemi
Dongle: Obdlink MX +
Phone: OnePlus 7 Pro
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7
Milaeage: Worked first time. On targe
Hours: Gave error. Set correct.

Worked great! Did get a failure on setting engine total hours and idle hours, but restarting the truck the hours show correctly.
 

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Original Radio: 2016 RA2
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Cluster: 2017(maybe 2018 truck date is 12-17) 1500 Big Horn 5.7
Dongle: Generic ELM327
Phone: OnePlus 6t
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7
Mileage: No error, completed successfully, did not change mileage.
Hours: No error, completed successfully, did not change hours.

Will try again tomorrow with a OBDlink MX. Can't seem to get it to work with cheap OBD reader. Have not had problems with alfa until now.
 

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Tried this again today with OBDlink MX. While it is 6x the price of the scanner i had, you get what you pay for. Worked great! Here are some notes:

I pulled the build sheet for the donor truck, it was actually a 2018 3.6 Big Horn/SLT. P/N 68340663AB.
Both the Mileage, and hours gave me a "procedure failed" message, but took right away(After the flash cycle). Hours appear spot on, and mileage is almost perfect.

Cluster had: 21060.3, I wrote 92,135.6. Odometer now displays 92,135.3

OnPlus 6t is on the latest version of Android 10(10.0.31), Kept the same alfaOBD version.
 

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Truck: 2017 2500 6.7 Cummins
Trim: tradesman
Original Radio: 2017 RA2 - 5"
Current radio: 2016 RA4
Cluster: 2014 3500 6.7 Cummins
Dongle: OBDlinkMX
Phone: Galaxy S9
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7

Milaeage: Worked first time.

Hours: keeps saying procedure failed for both. Wont change

Nav in Cluster: not sure yet

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3.5 cluster to 7
7'clust came from 2017 sport but when hooked up splash screen was power wagon
obdlinkmx
used acer tabled
set engine hours and idel hours first try
milage no go .tryed today and still nothing.
 

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It updated on one part and don’t know if the other one spouse to. Here’s some pics

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Mileage changed first try.
Hours don’t seem to want to change. Shows continental on splash. Kindle says idle then just says connected. Like it just stalls.
 

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Original Radio: 2017 RA2 - 5"
Current radio: 2016 RA4
Cluster: 2014 3500 6.7 Cummins
Dongle: OBDlinkMX
Phone: Galaxy S9
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7

Milaeage: Worked first time.

Hours: keeps saying procedure failed for both. Wont change

Nav in Cluster: not sure yet

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Update guys,, I got another 7" evic,, this one was a 2017 same as my truck,,, mileage changed no problem,,, both hours did change this time(but said failed),, and new evic shows my tpms readings,, so apparently an evic from a 2014 doesn't completely sync with a 2017,, looks like I'll be a selling the 2014 evic

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Original Radio: 2014 RA1
Current radio: 2014 RA1
Cluster: 2016 Ram 1500
Dongle: OBDlinkMX
Tablet: Amazon Fire10
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7

Milaeage: has not worked. Tried multiple times, and disconnected the battery for an over night sleep and still no luck

Hours: keeps saying procedure failed for both, but changed

Nav in Cluster: TBD after RA4 swap

Update: Alexey gave me access to the Windows version to try and update the odometer, but still no luck.
 
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2014 ram 1500 express. 7” evic from a 2014. 8.4 upgraded. Mileage corrected first try but can’t change engine/idle. Alpha says message “currently set as 0”, then goes through the reboot flash screen but changes aren’t made the either. Yes my turn by turn in cluster works once I activated that feature. Using galaxy s8 and alphaobd downloaded last Thursday...ish.
 

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Could not get it to change for months of trying with my tablet. Needed a modern laptop to make it work.

Truck: 2014 Ram 1500 5.7
Trim: ST
Original Radio: 2014 RA1
Current radio: 2014 RA4
Cluster: 2016 Ram 1500
Dongle: OBDlinkMX
Laptop: Lenovo
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.9

Milaeage: correctly changed on the second attempt with the laptop. I needed to enter the mileage in mi not km. First attempt I entered the km value (Canadian truck) and the number the showed was 1.6x

Hours: Changed first try

Nav in Cluster: Yes
 

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Truck: 2017 ram 2500 tradesman 6.4
2015 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster
2017 (currently) limited cluster
Truck: 2015 ram 2500 tradesman CTD
Original 3.5” cluster
2016 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster (from above)
All of the above worked the first try for mileage and hours. The whole mileage number is always correct, with the tenths varying between .3-.8 off.


Truck: 2017 Ram 3500 6.7 Tradesman
Laptop with windows 10 AlfaOBD 2.2.0.0
OBDLink MX+
Original 3.5 cluster
2016 Longhorn cluster
2014 Limited cluster
2017 Limited cluster

I have something similar. I tried a 2016 Longhorn cluster, had someone program it for me (didn't know about alfa at that time), and it worked perfectly. Then I got a 2014 limited cluster, which I programmed with the alfaOBD on my laptop, with no problems and worked the first time, but not all my Sirius stations worked at the top. I also learned that I couldn't change the splash on it because it was a 2014. Due to that (and I really liked the limited cluster in my truck) I purchased another one from a 2017. It was a bit of a problem at first. I programmed the mileage first, and somehow it came up in German. Then I did the idle hours and that worked, then I did the engine hours, which also worked, but all was still in German. I tried to write the VIN to it a few times to reset it, but it didn't work either. I finally decided to restart my computer and take out the ODBLink+. Once I did that and re-wrote the VIN to it, it came up in English. The problem that I'm having still, is that even with the 2017 Limited cluster, I still cannot get all the Sirius stations to work on the top, and I cannot change the startup splash.
 
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and a big shout out to nsram thanks for setting my km and i owe ya a beer of coffie lol
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