Is ELM327 Emulator safe?

Simulates an ELM327 OBD-II interface over Bluetooth/BLE/network. Useful for development and testing without a real vehicle. Support many protocols CAN, KWP2000, ... any supported by ELM327. Support OBD-II messages. Track what have been sent by the scantool using the log.

Developer: autodiag2
Category: Development
First release: 04 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.github.autodiag2.elm327emu

Latest APK SHA-2568a0c8b9c1d54e85b2eefb1e69352db36ef871044f76223a681af975d5d0da763

Signing certificateFB:B9:CD:50:BA:D7:FD:F3:6F:30:98:A1:69:93:15:D3:44:CD:8C:E4:01:D3:73:5D:62:4B:C9:92:0D:1F:6E:05

MIN ANDROID22TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

03 / History

Project timeline

04 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2904 Aug 202622+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions10 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION android.permission.BLUETOOTH android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES com.github.autodiag2.elm327emu.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗