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I've been using Gadgetbridge, installed via F-Droid, to interface with my Xiaomi Mi Band 4 for years now and can only recommend it. For my device, it's 100% fea
by c0l0 4y ago
I've been using Gadgetbridge, installed via F-Droid, to interface with my Xiaomi Mi Band 4 for years now and can only recommend it. For my device, it's 100% feature-complete, it's VERY polished design- and UX-wise, and it comes without any ties to any vendor's data-siphoning cloud services. You can even set it up so that it works in parallel with your vendor-provided app, by not deleting any data from the device it fetches, if you're yet uncertain you actually want to use it as a replacement for your current app.
Free software at its very best, really!
- hobo_mark 4y agoThat is also what keeps my Pebble2 still running perfectly as my daily driver.
- julianlam 4y agoVERY polished? I think not. It suffers from lack of decent UI because it's built by hackers (in the most positive way) who wanted a focus on privacy. Here's one example: track a run/ride and take a look at the session details. You'll see your average speed graphed out in bar chart form... There will be hundreds of bars stuffed into a two inch wide graph. Not the most user friendly.
- e3bc54b2 4y agoAs always, the answer with Open source is do it yourself, or sponsor someone else who can :) Besides, for the privacy benefits it provides, its definitely good enough. You can also export data and have fancy graphs be shown with minimal effort.
- vanous 4y agoYou are right! I don't think it is polished either, no matter what we try. Having at least a design style to be improving slowly would help. Also, reverse engineering can be quiet challenging, so there's more focus on functions rather than design.