The Cobb Accessport Continued Development Roll Call

[COBB Tuning]

Originally Posted by houtan

COBB. Thanks for the reply, but what about continuing to support platforms currently compatible with the Accessport? Is someone going to support COBB's own thread on 1addicts? Or is their a point of contact we should reach out to if we are having issues with our OTS tune?

We try to monitor forums as much as possible, however we do not have much of a presence on E90/1Addicts any longer. If you need a more immediate response please don't hesitate to email us at support@cobbtuning.com or give us a call at 1-866-922-3059. Our Customer Service team can definitely help you work through any issues and get you going in the right direction!

Marshall@COBB

[kprocivic]

Time to jump ship, thanks for a great product nonetheless.

[bodega_bladerunner]

understandable being that the 1 isnt even made anymore

[mar778c]

Originally Posted by COBB Tuning

On the other hand, we are actively working on adding support for a N55 ROM that's recently hit US dealers along with miscellaneous bug fixes and we hope to have out sooner than later so each of you can continue to use your AP and tunes without issue!

Any ETA on the support for the new ROM?

[SixBanger]

Originally Posted by COBB Tuning

First off, thank you all for expressing your desire to see additional Accessport features and new model year support for the BMW platform. I want to assure you that feedback and requests such as these do not go unnoticed. In a perfect world, every enthusiast car would be supported by an Accessport with endless features and greater power potential.

With that said, we do not currently have plans to further develop the BMW platform. COBB is still a relatively small company and we simply do not have the resources to dedicate to creating full-fledged custom features. On the other hand, we are actively working on adding support for a N55 ROM that's recently hit US dealers along with miscellaneous bug fixes and we hope to have out sooner than later so each of you can continue to use your AP and tunes without issue!

We apologize for the less than ideal response, but we want to be honest about our intentions and level the expectations for our continued support. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any additional questions or concerns!

Marshall@COBB

Womp...Womp.....Womp........ On to the next one.

[chrisgarcia800]

Well after seeing that I will be selling my Access port soon!! Hopefully Mhd will have something out in the near future.

[dsocold]

sucks i got an ap pretty much were being told to go elsewhere... cobb should start sellin ap for no more than &400imo theyre price misleads you to believe that it is being updated for life when its really a leftover product with no more support makes me really wanna get the mhd only thing is i feel they have more issues loading the software in with voltage jumps compared to my cobb that i install and uninstall alot, im only stage 2 aggressive and i feel its plenty powerful.. but if mhd has continued support its hard not to jump ship

[feignaw]

COBB, if you don't have the resources to continue BMW development then why not open up the ROMs and your RE knowledge of them to the community and let us do the work?

You have provided a great platform for access to the ecu and done a ton of work to get it to this point. Can those of us interested in seeing the BMW support progress do some of the RE and development?

[bodega_bladerunner]

More like, COBB, if you don't have the resources for continued development for the AP for the 135, it might be a wise idea to cut the price to reflect as such.

[all4bspinnin]

Thank you to everyone that took the time to post in this thread. I appreciate your support in this effort.

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Cobb, would it be possible to continue development on features for the already unlocked N54 vehicles? I know the 128bit encryption was preventing you guys from doing anything on the new platforms but the n54 stuff would appreciate some love. Maybe offer additional maps and charge money for those to help support the development.

Thank you for taking the time to post here and I hope you stay to at least answer a few more of our questions.

-David

[houtan]

Originally Posted by chrisgarcia800

Well after seeing that I will be selling my Access port soon!! Hopefully Mhd will have something out in the near future.

Is mhd developing for the n55?

[houtan]

Originally Posted by feignaw

COBB, if you don't have the resources to continue BMW development then why not open up the ROMs and your RE knowledge of them to the community and let us do the work?

You have provided a great platform for access to the ecu and done a ton of work to get it to this point. Can those of us interested in seeing the BMW support progress do some of the RE and development?

Great idea.

[joshe92]

I'm in. N55 V3 owner

[LeoBurr]

Of course I'd be in. For both N54 (135i) and my X5 (N55).

Though I know it isn't likely to happen in the foreseeable future.

[tglazed]

Originally Posted by COBB Tuning

First off, thank you all for expressing your desire to see additional Accessport features and new model year support for the BMW platform. I want to assure you that feedback and requests such as these do not go unnoticed. In a perfect world, every enthusiast car would be supported by an Accessport with endless features and greater power potential.

With that said, we do not currently have plans to further develop the BMW platform. COBB is still a relatively small company and we simply do not have the resources to dedicate to creating full-fledged custom features. On the other hand, we are actively working on adding support for a N55 ROM that's recently hit US dealers along with miscellaneous bug fixes and we hope to have out sooner than later so each of you can continue to use your AP and tunes without issue!

We apologize for the less than ideal response, but we want to be honest about our intentions and level the expectations for our continued support. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any additional questions or concerns!

Marshall@COBB

Cobb, I understand that 100 or so people is not enough to get your money back for the R&D that you guys would have to put in. But I thought this line was a bit misleading. Aren't you guys currently owned by MSD Performance? It just seems like you guys have opened up this platform and didn't see the return on investment on the line of Early N55 models and abandoned it. I guess I just feel that you are leaving us customers high and dry because you have plenty of money to back the R&D of it.

[all4bspinnin]

Originally Posted by tglazed

Cobb, I understand that 100 or so people is not enough to get your money back for the R&D that you guys would have to put in. But I thought this line was a bit misleading. Aren't you guys currently owned by MSD Performance? It just seems like you guys have opened up this platform and didn't see the return on investment on the line of Early N55 models and abandoned it. I guess I just feel that you are leaving us customers high and dry because you have plenty of money to back the R&D of it.

Tglazed, not sure about them being owned by MSD. I thought they were independent and owned by Trey Cobb.

Just some additional information... I spoke with Drew 2 days ago about unlocking the N55 ROMS. He said he spoke with an engineer about the encryption on the new BMW software and said "it would take 50 computers about 2 years to decode 1 ROM. BMW uses several different ROMS across multiple cars"

So apparently that's the time it takes and it doesn't equal the money invested? Forgive me if it doesnt work this way but maybe they could release a program that you could pull your own ROM and use their decoder to unlock your rom. You send that in to Cobb and they send you your maps? I figure if 200 people do that, you go from 50 computers to 200 and you cut the time down tremendously. Again, it probably doesn't work that way but its a thought.

Like a beta test group or something.

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Yes, absolutely! The N55 is just being tapped for its potential. I'll buy a Cobb if it means more N55 support! That's right: if you do more MEVD 17.2, I'll give you my money. Shoot, if you're low on support, I'll help you analyze stuff to ease the burden for free. I have tons of modern statistical software on my home computer. Need to know if a change is working or not? If you've got the data, I've got the analysis. Cobb, PM me for more info if you're interested.

[Rob_BMW_PNW]

Guess Ill wait for MHD or just go JB4 then.

I used and was (still am) a huge support of the AP for the Subaru platforms, it is just too bad that they are not supporting it for the BMW platform

[snaimpally]

I am in for more features, whatever they are!!!

[spxxx]

True flex fuel support for auto adjusting the fuel scalar, ignition advance, etc

[bodega_bladerunner]

i wish people would scroll through the last few pages of the thread before continuing to post

[Joey911]

Originally Posted by greenc51

i wish people would scroll through the last few pages of the thread before continuing to post

Haha thinking the same