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Are the Huami ones open source or hackable?
by alisonkisk 6y ago
Are the Huami ones open source or hackable?
- vanous 6y ago> Are the Huami ones open source or hackable? The Amazfit Bip has an unofficial BipOs, which is a very cleverly created reverse engineered SDK allowing to uploaded custom compiled programs.
- julianlam 6y agoNot really, no. Sort of. I have a Mi Band 5, and wanted to use GadgetBridge instead of the official Mi Fit or Amazfit/Zepp app. I was surprised to learn this was not easy to do. I needed to retrieve the Bluetooth MAC from the proprietary app via rooted app, or by logging in via script, which no layman would do. The watch is now paired with GadgetBridge, but the steps are hard enough to dissuade anyone from trying it.
- vanous 6y ago> Not really, no. Sort of. > I have a Mi Band 5, and wanted to use GadgetBridge instead of the official Mi Fit or Amazfit/Zepp app. > I was surprised to learn this was not easy to do. I needed to retrieve the Bluetooth MAC from the proprietary app via rooted app, or by logging in via script, which no layman would do. > The watch is now paired with GadgetBridge, but the steps are hard enough to dissuade anyone from trying it. There is now also an android app to fetch the key and gps almanac, very simple to do, no root or python required. Note: I kivy wrapped and apk packaged the above mentioned script.
- UncleEntity 6y agoI got a MiBand 3 (because it was cheap) and most of the bluetooth functionality has been reverse engineered -- but you have to search across multiple sources to get the 'complete picture'.