💡💡 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:
- Backup the previously undisclosed WiFi password - I advised everyone to do it ASAP before the 8 years old tablets fail completely
- Considerably speed up their aging tablets by removing everything except for the smart control apps
- For good measure, one can schedule an automatic tablet reboot to keep it in shape - using these two methods the aging tablets will be able to work for a bit longer
- With the WiFi password for each apartment now revealed to its owners, one can go and get a new tablet model and reinstall all the smart home apps on it when they choose to do so - I upgraded mine to the Galaxy Tab A7 Wi-Fi SM-T500.
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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