CGDI Prog BMW Key Programmer - Is it worth to buy?

[Alpaholic]

I think of buying the CGDI Prog BMW Key Programmer. Has anyone expierience with this tool?

[darknezz19]

Probably. I've heard and personally have had issues with pogo pins as apposed to soldering. Not as reliable, kinda scary if dealing with a protected mcu.

Edit: need coffee, thought you were talking about ACDP. CGDI BMW is clone of vvdi2 I think. There's lots of discussion about it here.

https://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forum...-CGDI-Prog-BMW

[jamesfawcett]

I think of buying the CGDI Prog BMW Key Programmer. Has anyone expierience with this tool?

I have bought one, it is arriving either tomorrow or Monday.

I have an urgent job to complete on quite a hard BMW so I will let you know
Mine is a 2011 with MSD80 ecu (tricore I think) and ISTAP encryption.

I have also tried FVID2018 which is a poor quality VVDI clone, failed and bricked a CAS.

The reviews look quite good for the CGDI, and when you research if you read through that last link darknezz19 posted, you can see one of the developers (Lisa~) is active on these forums too answering questions, and there are recent updates too even in November 2019.

What car is it for?

[Alpaholic]

No special car, BMW in common.... I have a zedfull, which is good, but costs token. thats why i search for a cheaper reliable overall solution.

[koolstuff]

it's good as it can do coding and programming and also can do FEM and BDC but need to have the FEM BDC plateform. I have it and VVDI2 but it works just like the said.

[Alpaholic]

I order today the ak90 for 14 Euro... thats nothing. So I need something for the cas things.

[Alpaholic]

it's good as it can do coding and programming and also can do FEM and BDC but need to have the FEM BDC plateform. I have it and VVDI2 but it works just like the said.

yes, there are nice packages with FEM BDC with tester for 50 to 60 Euro plus. But i heard its not so safe to do that.

[Alpaholic]

What scares me with ZF is the downgrade request when you have a cas3+... never did it. Is cgdi save with this? What about the sync? ZF have this, never tried it.

[cniksor]

What scares me with ZF is the downgrade request when you have a cas3+... never did it. Is cgdi save with this? What about the sync? ZF have this, never tried it.

ive done many downgrade no problems. make sure you have battery connected to proper power when downgrading. no worries because if something happens to cas during downgrade, you can use cgdi to fix cas, tried it by disconnecting cable during downgrade, killed cas, and restored with cgdi. good product

[spiridonas]

Hi guys please i am thinking of buying this tool for cloning bmw ecu like msd80, msd81, msv80.
Can do clone this ecus this tool ?
Many thanks in advance.

[jamesfawcett]

ive done many downgrade no problems. make sure you have battery connected to proper power when downgrading. no worries because if something happens to cas during downgrade, you can use cgdi to fix cas, tried it by disconnecting cable during downgrade, killed cas, and restored with cgdi. good product

cniksor have you made a CAS to OBD connector?

[cniksor]

cniksor have you made a CAS to OBD connector?

yes i have, i even use bench to downgrade when no power plug is available near vehicle.

[jmautoman]

How is on the FEM?

[TERMINATOR1000]

How is on the FEM?

An CAS is not an FEM , stop guy , you understand nothing ... go back to "Lonsdor is the best" topic !!!

[TERMINATOR1000]

ive done many downgrade no problems. make sure you have battery connected to proper power when downgrading. no worries because if something happens to cas during downgrade, you can use cgdi to fix cas, tried it by disconnecting cable during downgrade, killed cas, and restored with cgdi. good product

it's an criminal act !