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Is rooting it worth it? I have one but I haven't bothered with rooting it yet. It would be worth it if I could start-stop it locally, as the app has to go throu
by StavrosK 7y ago
Is rooting it worth it? I have one but I haven't bothered with rooting it yet. It would be worth it if I could start-stop it locally, as the app has to go through China and the latency is ~2 seconds, which is terrible.
- therealtbs 7y agoYou don't even need to root it. Most Xiaomi smart-devices speak a protocol called miIO. There are several libraries/bindings for your favorite languages/tools as well as a nice CLI tool[0]. The only tricky part is getting the device token[1]. But once you have that it's smooth sailing. [0] https://python-miio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/vacuum.html https://python-miio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/vacuum.html [1] https://python-miio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/discovery.html#device-discovery https://python-miio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/discovery.html#...
- StavrosK 7y agoOh I had set that up and then forgot about it, I'll give it another shot. Thanks!
- ElCapitanMarkla 7y agoOh wow I had no idea this was all out there. Thanks :)