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A project log for Hacking old Galaxy Tabs for better living

How I helped my high-rise neighbors to actually own their smart homes

neighborinoNeighborino 09/12/2021 at 10:190 Comments

💡💡 PROTIP: To experience this exciting story of self-discovery and why I hated chocolate at some point, read through the project logs starting with the oldest:

https://hackaday.io/project/181646/logs?sort=oldest


With my toolkit app every apartment can now:

And all that with a simple APK sideload via internal network. No changes were made to it and every homeowner can decide whether to use my app. Getting limited root access happens within seconds after the first app launch and is completely automated in the background and doesn't even require a reboot or removing the tablet from its wall mount.

There have been no reports of issues and it feels great knowing I could share my enthusiast hobby findings with others.

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