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Nest 1&2 Gen may have new life on HA (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 3 months ago by cwisch@midwest.social to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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They found a way to install a custom firmware and working toward getting home assistant local control. Definitely something I'm following now

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Definitely very cool.

It is odd that they went to a “different” cloud instead of making it full local. It seems like that would be more work. Local control of iot is critical.

But I wonder if they dumped the firmware, edited the URLs, and reverse engineered the google API, and made their own.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

That's exactly what they did.

The custom firmware flashes the device with modified bootloader and kernel components that redirect all network traffic from the original Nest/Google servers to a server we specify. This server hosts a reverse-engineered replica of their API, allowing the thermostat to function independently while giving you complete control over your device data and settings.

By intercepting the communication layer, the thermostat believes it's communicating with the official Nest infrastructure, but instead connects to the NoLongerEvil platform. This approach ensures full compatibility with the device's existing software while breaking free from Google's cloud dependency

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well look at you reading TFA! (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

That’s why the source is locked down. It’s a copyright grey area and IANAL but - good luck!

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the next step would be to have that replica API run on HA or another module and redirect the traffic locally instead.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Fairly certain that’s the entire idea already.