I figured this is the correct thread to post this since its communication
Proticols. I have the blue ebay cable and i took the housing off to verify
That it has a ftdi chip on the board and it does.
But when i try and flash read with nefmoto it gets to communicating timing
And sits there  which is very frustrating now i also did digging before i posted
Ive tried this on 2 diffrrent b5 s4s  and i get the same place each time
The car is plugged into a battery charger.
I downloaded the ftdi drivers and installed them
And i have the com port set as 1
Also this happens if i try and logg the car through nefmoto the cable will connect
But when i hit start reading under the logger i get to timing and thats its
Any help is much appreciated

Ok ill try that so far all ive tried was the 52800

Uninstall whatever drivers you have and install the ones from ftdi's site.

Which is why I said

"After connecting lower the baud rate to 38400.