• Long Time No See

    boredom101 • 04/09/2021 at 07:54 • 2 comments

    First of all, I apologize for not working on this, I got distracted by other projects.

    I did some research and have discovered the ch341a, which is a cheap programmer, that combined with a clip can be used for solderless dumping of an spi flash chip. Sadly, I by mistake purchased and used one without the required 1.8v adapter needed for the flash included on the alexa dash wand, I suspect I fried the chip.

    I was wondering if someone else could try the dumping process and share the file with the community, I could help that person through it, but I do not feel like going through the process of ordering the new parts right now.

    Thank you for reading, and again, sorry for the delay and lack of work.

  • State of the Dash Wand

    boredom101 • 05/10/2020 at 20:55 • 9 comments

    In normal use, the Dash Wand starts recording on button press (no wake word), and then sends the audio to amazon's server, which returns Alexa's response to the user's query. Also, the Dash Wand can be used as a barcode scanner, though this is limited, as it only adds things to your Amazon shopping cart.

    There have been a few attempts to hack the wand to use it for alternative uses, but nothing really succeeded.

    What I will attempt to do is dump the firmware, and search for an opening that way. This does not seem like it was done yet.