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anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Cheap and working smartwatches for 25$ already exists, they are flooding the markets of developing countries and they are of a OK quality for a smartwatch, they mostly originate from Shenzhen China, problem is there are no software engineers to hack these smartwatches and pair them with open source software instead of chinese spyware smartphone apps.
I’ve got myself one of these apps hoping I can learn to program something for it, After extracting the facewatches I found out those were binary files, After many hours searching the internet for help or people who might have already hacked them. I’ve given up because I knew that even If I start learning assembly, there is no guarantee that I can build my own watch faces using that knowlege, it’s a shame cause chinese gadget are a treasure trove for hackers and people looking for good deals.
joat_mon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’d recommend checking out Gadgetbridge. It is an open source app, with no network permission requirements, that replaces the OEM app for a large number of watches. I’m running an Amazfit GTS 4 with it and it has been almost flawless.
Hominine@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Awesome info in this thread, thanks!
anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Tried it, doesn’t work with these smartwatches, they are shipped with proprietary OS and proprietary OEM apps, the Face-watches are also proprietary formats.