I used claude to help me hack my Loftie lamp to work with Home Assistant. I decompiled the android app via blutter to figure out the firebase structure and the necessary api calls then I used charles mitm with my phone’s app to sniff the traffic. The end result is a small python script that Home Assistant can use to check the status of the lamp or set the color scheme.
After building everything out in Home Assistant I added a Home Bridge so I could use all of these scenes and lamp controls directly from the Apple Home app and now that is my main way of controlling the lamp. My intention is to keep hacking smart devices that have bad apps and eventually build a home server that I can fully redirect their traffic to.
I used claude to help me hack my Loftie lamp to work with Home Assistant. I decompiled the android app via blutter to figure out the firebase structure and the necessary api calls then I used charles mitm with my phone’s app to sniff the traffic. The end result is a small python script that Home Assistant can use to check the status of the lamp or set the color scheme.
After building everything out in Home Assistant I added a Home Bridge so I could use all of these scenes and lamp controls directly from the Apple Home app and now that is my main way of controlling the lamp. My intention is to keep hacking smart devices that have bad apps and eventually build a home server that I can fully redirect their traffic to.