[Fraizer]

Hello

i bought an icom next from china and tried so many things but impossible to read the vin of my car E64 LCI 635D of 07/2009... itoolradar saw the icom, ista see it too. i disable the firwall and antivirus i make an new perfectly clean windows 10 and same problem.

but it works on F serie cars...then i took an original icom next of an friend who work at bmw and it worked on my car E64 and on my computer (with the same ethernet cable and odb cable)

on the web ip it Show me A1...

i dont know what to think and how i can fix it.

[spider80]

Hello

i bought an icom next from china and tried so many things but impossible to read the vin of my car E64 LCI 635D of 07/2009... itoolradar saw the icom, ista see it too. i disable the firwall and antivirus i make an new perfectly clean windows 10 and same problem.

but it works on F serie cars...then i took an original icom next of an friend who work at bmw and it worked on my car E64 and on my computer (with the same ethernet cable and odb cable)

on the web ip it Show me A1...

i dont know what to think and how i can fix it.

Chinese ICOM-Next it's a ICOM A2 rework plate, cheap fake.
Clone of the ICOM-NEXT don't exist yet. Only OEM.
Take him back and take the money.

[Fraizer]

Yes spider80.

can you please tell me why it dont read my E64 VIN ? and if it is a way to fix it ?

[Fraizer]

@Spider i dont read all your message sorry

unfortuantly she refuse to take it back saying it work on F serie it mean my car problem. and even refuse to repair it.

then i see only 2 possibility or is a way to fix it or it go for trash. i paid that alot almost 600euros when i discover later i can have for cheaper an original one...

[inspi1981]

It's easy. F-series talking via different system then E64. One part works, other is dead. Get real ICOM

[Fraizer]

It's easy. F-series talking via different system then E64. One part works, other is dead. Get real ICOM

Ok

but maybe it can be fixed right ? it cost me 600euros if i buy an new original one it will cost me not so far...

if is a way to fix it is beter than putting 600euros in trash, i think youl do the same of me or is not problem for you to throw 600euros in trash

[jb2005]

Sorry for your situation, but a genuine ICOM is about 500 eur.

[Fraizer]

i dont understand you guy or my english is very bad

i want to try to fix my actual icom next from china. not to buy another one. if i go to buy another one thoose stuff will cost me an total amount of 1100 euros...! i dont have the 500 or even 200euros to buy another icom..

someone told me on the forum i should replace the VP234 but i dont understood well how to do that and from where and how to program it if i need to reprogram it

thank you

[lapachon]

I also buy a ICOM China Clone. The ENET Part is OK but the K+CAN Part of the Interface is broken.

I can read F Cars but no E60, E61 ,...

400€ for the trash. I would never buy this shit again...

[Node]

i want to try to fix my actual icom next from china. not to buy another one

First. There is NO ICOM NEXT from china. There is only chinese re-engineered ICOM A1 called next and put into box similar to ICOM Next.

Second. It may be anything from missing/bad components to bad soldering. If you want to fix it you will have to trace a path of K-line and/or CAN lines (depending on which ones or both are not working) from the OBD connector into processor. And check that it looks ok and components are there. If you would know that it worked before and stopped, you could assume VP gone bad. But as it never worked, it may well be missing components. Its very tedious task because boards are multi-layered and you can't see the traces clearly. So you will need to use continuity on multimeter and just guess most of a time.

Third. If you bought it from ebay I would raise a dispute and try to return it to seller. If you bought it directly, you may try to ask your bank to cancel the payment. If you really want to try to fix it, good luck, you will need it. I personally would not try to do that because I've seen soldering in ICOM clones being so bad that components were falling off the board just from being touched.