How to Choose BMW 35080 160 Read and Write Tools?

An increasing number of BMW 35080 / 160 chip reading writing tools released on obdii365.com. Let’s have a look at which products they are, what are the subtle differences, which one is the most cost-effective.

Top 1. OEM BMW Dash 35080/35160 Data Reading 8-PIN Adapter
35080/35160-data-adapter
Features:
Read and Write Immo 95128/95256 & dash 35080/35160 No Soldering
Convenient and Safe
Stable without losing Data
Can be used with programmers UPA, Orange5, VVDI Prog, CG Pro etc
1). With UPA.
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3). With Orange 5.
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3) With CG PRO.
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4) With VVDI Prog.
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Top 2. 35080/160 Adapter for Iprog+ (any clone one)
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IMG: 35080/160 Adapter
It can read / write / delete the incremental area in the chips 35080 6, 35080V6, 35080VP, 080D0WQ, 160D0WQ.
35080/160 adapter is designed to work with Iprog+ clone.
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Total price: $129- $169
yanhua-acdp-35080-adapter
Read and write BMW M35080, 35160DO WT etc EEPROM.
Note: it is an adapter only, If you don’t have Yanhua Mini ACDP basic module , please buy one to work with this adapter.
Total Price: $258
Top 4. 35160DW Chip for VVDI Prog
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Eliminate RED DOT problem: temper DOT direct read over SOIC-8 connector
Supports chip M35080, M35080-3, M35080-6, M35080V6, M35080VP, D80D0WQ, 160D0WQ,36160WT,35128WT
Replaced M35160WT XDPG31CH Adapter
Stable and reliable
Perfect replacement of original chip
Refuse the red dot, no need simulator soldering
Support Replacement Chip Models: 
M35080
M35080-3
M35080-6
M35050V6
M35080VP
D80D0WQ
160D0WQ
35160WT
35128WT
Total Price: $453
How to use Xhorse 35160DW Chip with VVDI Prog?
Instruction: This chip used as replacement for ST company 35080xxx, 35160xx, 080D0xx, 160D0xx ,.etc types

Steps:
1. Backup data: Read and Save the dashboard original IC from 3 partitions(MEMORY+LONGID
+ID LOCATION) or ALL option (ALL=MEMORY+LONGID+ID LOCATION), shown as sample
picture
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2. Write data: After replace original chip by Xhorse 35160xx chip, please write step 1 saved 3 dumps to each partition on xhorse chip by VVDI PROG.
3. Mileage correction: ‘Erase INC’ button is for erasing the front 2 lines, after erase INC operation then select ALL or MEMORY option to Read data for verify,
Reading data the front 2 lines should all ‘00’, manually enter the target mileage, then click Write option, operation completed.
4. Verify data: Soldering back the Xhorse chip to dashboard, check whether working well without red dot.
Top 5. M35080/35160 Adapter for CG PRO 9S12 Programmer
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Operating M35080/35160 series chip ,working with CG Pro 9S12 Freescale Programmer.
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Here are the CG-Pro ST 35160WT chip list.
All should be done with a dedicated 35160WT adapter.
Chip:ST 35160WT
Microchip PIC18F6520
Microchip PIC18F6720
Microchip PIC18F8520
Microchip PIC18F8620
Microchip PIC18F8720
Microchip PIC12F635
Microchip PIC12F683
Microchip PIC16F631
Microchip PIC16F636
Microchip PIC16F639
Microchip PIC16F677
Microchip PIC16F684
Microchip PIC16F685
Microchip PIC16F687
Microchip PIC16F688
Microchip PIC16F689
Microchip PIC16F690
Dashboard:BMW 35080 V5 (35160WT)
Total price: $402
Top 6. R270+ read/erase 35080
Need luck. Not all R270 clone can read/erase 35080 chips successfully. Some requires modification to work.  You are at your risk.
If money is not a problem, original R270 is a good choice.
Read/Erase M35080 with R270+ procedure:
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Price: about $50
If you are interested, check:
FYI: Some people have managed to read/erase with cheaper tools Xprog,  Carprog etc, but most of them requires modification which is not recommended.
To be upgrading…