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The Amazfit BIP does all that and can be hacked. The bip2 is much faster and can't be hacked. Both can have GPS and I ran mine for many weeks at a time with not
by graphe 3y ago
The Amazfit BIP does all that and can be hacked. The bip2 is much faster and can't be hacked. Both can have GPS and I ran mine for many weeks at a time with notifications, sleep tracking, pedometer, weather, etc.
- gnicholas 3y agoThe Amazfit GTR4 is also quite nice, with a crisp display, multiple physical buttons, and weeks of battery life. However I found it became unpaired from my phone every week or so, and I didn't feel awesome about entrusting my GPS-based location to a company that I don't know/trust. I also wanted better music controls via the physical buttons, which it didn't really do well. How did you hack the BIP, and what did you do with it then?
- graphe 3y agoIt was a Russian forum, but I can't find it. https://github.com/MNVolkov/libbip https://github.com/MNVolkov/libbip https://likeapp.soft112.com https://likeapp.soft112.com it's called BipOS. The device is safe since on iOS I restrict the Zepp app from any internet, but you need to refresh your GPS with the app. On Android it's much safer with something like gadgetbridge.
- gnicholas 3y agoHow do you restrict an app from internet on iOS? I know how to turn off cellular access but didn’t think it was possible to cut off all access (other than going into airplane mode before opening it, and turning off background refresh).
- graphe 3y agoIt is in cellular, you can disable wifi in the apps when you scroll. Lots of cool features get buried or are unknown in iOS.
- gnicholas 3y agoWhen I go to Settings > Cellular, all I see is a list of apps and a toggle to turn off cellular access for the apps. If you can help me find the wifi toggle, that would be amazing.
- graphe 3y agoI deeply apologize. https://old.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/qus47i/has_apple_ever_commented_on_why_we_cant_disable https://old.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/qus47i/has_apple_ever_... It seems to be only a jailbreak or a Chinese feature. It's not standardized like the new apps store. Mine looks like this. https://ibb.co/k474nBH https://ibb.co/k474nBH
- wkat4242 3y agoYeah gadgetbridge is great. The app doesn't even ask for internet access permission.
- graphe 3y agoI believe it does, I use another privacy based app that can use location and requires data to download the weather stats, but it's optional.
- wkat4242 3y agoGadgetbridge doesn't. That's why it needs an external app to be able to show weather if you need it. I use the German weather app but there's several.
- whycome 3y agoI had and loved the BIP but the glue failed and the screen popped off. Pretty cool little device. What kinds of hacks are doable?
- graphe 3y agoNot much, a calendar and some custom features that I haven't gotten into. I prefer the lite since it doesn't have the annoying GPS download.