Install any app on a Google / Lenovo Smart Clock 2 - no root or device modification required!

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Brought to you in blistering 720p resolution thanks to me not changing my camera settings, here is how you unlock the capabilities of the Lenovo Smart Clock 2 using an accessibility services hack.
Full credit to the below thread for finding the "exploit", but i've added some info here not included in the original thread to help you make the most of the device.
Thread: forum.xda-developers.com/t/gu...
Link to the keyboard app to add to your google calendar: f-droid.org/packages/com.menn...
Video timeline:
00:00 - 02:40 - Intro, unbox
02:40 - 07:11 - Initial setup steps
07:11 - 21:56 - "Unlock" steps

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23 июл 2024

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@sracer Год назад

Thank you for this tutorial. It worked perfectly! The first thing I did was use the browser to load the youtube website, log in with my credentials, and then play a playlist that I created with those jazz/lounge music with coffee shop, beach, etc. backgrounds. Then set it to fullscreen. Great to have in my home office while I work. Movies play well on it too. I'm going to try to install Plex.

@JaredDoyle76 Год назад

Have you been able to get Plex running?

@InkaPley 2 месяца назад

Let us know if Plex worked or if BeeTv would work...anyone have any links to a small android remote that would work with it by chance?

@InkaPley 2 месяца назад

Thats brilliant. Adding to Calender and syncing account to Clock. ♡ i love stuff like this thanks. Great that Mic can be muted too

@lazlar14 5 месяцев назад

Thanks brotha, you helped me to get rid of the "cast" thing as I managed to get ReVanced on it. The only issue is that the ram is 1gb but overall its a bit smooth

@nonsenselt Год назад

Good job, thanks a lot for the video!

@nicks4083 Год назад

If you open up the bottom panel there is a small pcb with the power connector and pogo pins. If you look closely there is also a small switch that gets locked in place when you put the bottom shell back on. Does this switch activate dev mode you think?

@pablodominguez3676 8 месяцев назад

When I click on privacy policy it just crashes and goes to the main screen. What should I do?

@janbeanemmer Год назад

Thank you, tutorial works well. I only found one problem. I want to use the clock as a night clock (and use my own melody, which the clock can't do in factory settings), I tried several apps, but the launcher always switches to the default screen after a few hours, i.e. the clock doesn't last overnight. I also tried three different lauchers, they always close any application after some time... Can you suggest any solution? Thanks a lot, keep up the great work.

@InkaPley 2 месяца назад

Dang I had a hunch i should have grabbed a few more...I only got 1 last year for about $20+-USD . Still sealed in box. Was going to wait and resell as from my experience all of these "promo" market pusher items have so many cool options and easy jailbreaks and can later be pretty cool useful little Spy boxes i mean smart clocks..n have a high resell values after theyre pulled from market and the technies start looking for them. Thank you kindly for all the instruction and time taking to do this my friend..new sub here after this!❤

@dementaeia Год назад

what i want is to be able to quickly and easily switch from the clock face to a browser, so do you know how i can make that possible? right now, i have to restart the device to get back to the clock face when im in the browser, and i want to streamline that process. and to get back in the browser, i have to get to the talkback settings, which just takes a long time.

@brandongulla1559 Год назад

both of my lenovos (just set up) lack that setting under accessibility. Only options are "play start sound" and "play end sound". Any help?

@michaelvangeest6026 Год назад

try on android instead of iPhone

@InvisibleDuck795 Месяц назад

Does this work with the first gen clock because it won’t open downloads folder

@fliz93 Год назад

doesnt swiping right from the left side of the screen work as a back button? or does that only work for the core assistant?

@sazwl Год назад

Unfortunately not, no

@jonwhite7261 Год назад

Couldnt access the screen reader setting from an iphone in the home app. Used an android device and it was there.

@sazwl Год назад

Good to know, thanks for commenting 👍

@ivancho5854 Год назад

Cool. Thanks. I got one of these free when I bought another Lenovo product and so far I've not been terribly impressed. It doesn't do very much for the user and like you said is a data collection device. Meh. Hacking it may make it useful so I'm looking forward to your next video. All the best.

@sazwl Год назад

Thanks! Just released my next video with more tips and tricks, hope it's useful! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KbyGzJLwVgI.html

@ivancho5854 Год назад

@@sazwl Excellent. Thanks. 👍

@InkaPley 2 месяца назад

Same :)

@leandro804 Год назад

Wish you could do this on Amazon echos but downloading anything is blocked, if anybody knows a bypass please let me know

@thibautverron6590 Год назад

Once the official launcher is bypassed, does it work offline or without the app?

@sazwl Год назад

You can disable all the Google assistant stuff if you so wish and use the device without any of that stuff. Be sure to set your new launcher as default and you should be good to go

@rahul38474 Год назад

I found a key mapping app on FDroid so I was able to use that instead of having to install ApkPure first. I also mapped simultaneous vol up and down press to the home button so that I can still keep the volume controls.

@marlarius Год назад

You mention that the blue version has a problem with the light sensor. Do you have a link to more information about this problem? Thanks!

@sazwl Год назад

I'm afraid I don't have any concrete info on this, it's just what I observed on the couple or blue units I have - no matter what setting I change, when the screen dims down on the blue units the screen seems to flicker and then turn off. I'm not sure what's causing this, some people on reddit have said they RMAd their devices for this issue

@blank_shade 6 месяцев назад

Is there any way I could get the default Assistant Core launcher apk to work on an android tablet?

@akirraslay 5 месяцев назад

Try using an apk extracted and post it somewhere I wanna try too

@StevenP015 Год назад

It worked let's go!!!!

@neetop1557 Месяц назад

Have you looked up the "isearch start fyi" which the browser defaults to whenever you execute a search? You think you "exploit" something when in fact you're paying them to be exploited.

@SametPOYRAZ Год назад

Thank you sooo much!!!

@michaeltodd17 Год назад

Does the same process work on the gen 1 hardware? Edit: Dug out my old gen 1 device and the browser doesn't show on selecting the privacy policy. You can load a browser via the weather tab but the address bar isn't selectable so can paste in your own url. Maybe able to setup a proxy server to force a selectable redirection but given how slow the device is just switching tabs with the clock faces I suspect it be near impossible to actually run any apps

@sazwl Год назад

Thanks for the info, that's interesting. I've never seen the original for sale here in the UK

@tybeevandenroovaart Год назад

You can click on "privacy policy" when you ask: "send feedback" and after that say "Something". Then you get into the browser and you can download the apk file. The only problem is that it does not open the folders app. I tried everything but got stuck here. Is there any solution?

@guilhermesousa9152 Год назад

@@tybeevandenroovaart same problem...

@mikanguyen7082 Год назад

We cannot do this on the Nest Devices, only third party ones

@Robert-JanKempink Год назад

thanks works great! i have fully kiosk browser running with a Home Assistant dashboard.. BUT. only 1 issue, the service from the key binding app it getting disabled after 1 or 2 reboots... so i can`t get in the menu anymore, it still starts in the kiosk browser so thats fine...

@sazwl Год назад

Did you add the button remapper as an allowed app in duraspeed, in settings menu?

@Robert-JanKempink Год назад

@@sazwl Yes id did all the steps but for some kind of reason the service gets disabled after a couple of restarts

@Robert-JanKempink Год назад

@@sazwl i also try`d another app called "key mapper" and i got the same issue

@ketchup_man8267 Год назад

Do anybody know if this works also with the Smart Clock 2 with Dock?

@sazwl Год назад

Its the same device so should do

@marlarius Год назад

Nice guide! Links are missing in the description, though.

@sazwl Год назад

Thanks for the reminder, youtube would not let me post links until the channel was verified!

@360Fov Год назад

I absolutely love my Smartclock 2! I got free with my new X30 Edge Ultra phone, along with an illuminating wireless charging dock for the phone. Hoping I can install some apps shortly. I get the feeling it will have some security precautions

@Azid333 Год назад

Should I do this on my first gen smart clock or is there another method

@sazwl Год назад

this does not work on the first gen, the URL bar is locked out on that device

@cr112784 Год назад

Mine won’t even connect “could not communicate with your google assistant smart clock”

@orewa_eren_yeager. Год назад

why it gets off when we put out the charger point?

@mugu007 Год назад

It's not a charger, it's a power plug. It does not have a battery

@masonpou2883 Год назад

hi i buy the same lenovo actually this one is from shopee so i follow the same instrution to do it?

@sazwl Год назад

Yes, it should work but only on this specific device-lenovo smart clock 2. Other smart clocks may be better secured

@aaaas7116 Год назад

@@sazwl can I use other android launcher other than this one?

@sazwl Год назад

@@aaaas7116 yes you should be able to use any 3rd party launcher

@aaaas7116 Год назад

@@sazwl ok great thx alot

@franzpleurmann2585 Год назад

Is it possible to use the same way to unlock a Xiaomi Mi Smart Clock?

@sazwl Год назад

unfortunately no, the URL bar is locked on that device i believe

@izzie_izzie4217 Год назад

Suppose this should work on any android device?

@sazwl Год назад

I believe other smart clocks have the browser / URL bar disabled. But if the browser and URL bar are accessible then I suppose this could work on other devices

@Azid333 Год назад

Accessibility settings in the app aren’t there for me

@sazwl Год назад

You will need an android device to enable that, it doesn't work from iphone unfortunately

@Azid333 Год назад

@@sazwl thanks do you know if your can Sideload apps with the USB. And if your can enable dev mode

@sazwl Год назад

@@Azid333 You can enable developer mode, unfortuantely ADB is not possible as there is no USB port. Only way is to take the device apart and solder in a USB, then you can get ADB working, but i have not tried that

@hilmi4601 Год назад

is this step work with xiaomi smart clock global version?

@sazwl Год назад

I believe this does not work on that model unfortunately, it is locked down better

@hilmi4601 Год назад

@@sazwl thanks for your reply. almost to place order to try on xiaomi due to similar design n function.. 😂

@g43s Год назад

11:33 hmm seems they removed the accesibility display settings, bummer. i wanted to get the alexa app running

@alechemy 4 месяца назад

try on an android device

@tomi3788 5 месяцев назад

is it enough powerfull to play amazon unlimited lossless music ?

@tomi3788 5 месяцев назад

It is. Too bad it does not have usb out for dac :/

@beecee7359 Год назад

Keep pasting "home" to the browser not the link....🤬 12:10. Got it on the 5th try. Have to be very deliberate with the gestures.

@BobbyMcFish Год назад

Can I run doom on it?

@sazwl Год назад

...that is an excellent question... only one way to find out

@ivancho5854 Год назад

Emulation!

@360Fov Год назад

You certainly can

@lordpeewee8446 Год назад

Any way to do it in the first gen?

@robertvarano8853 Год назад

you ever figure anything out on the first gen? I have one but have not had luck yet although it seems you can't enable the screen reader from an iphone so I can't tell if its possible or not

@smadu00775 2 месяца назад

Stopped working..: privacy policy won’t open

@fabioamado6725 10 месяцев назад

Does this hack still work or was it blocked in the meantime? I am thinking into buying several to use them as HMI through the house in home assistant and it it off the cloud, blocking it from the internet. Is it safe to buy, will it still work the hack?

@MrMeskiokas 10 месяцев назад

I just received my unit today. Unfortuntaly, the latest version does not support TalkBack anymore. At least on iPhone.

@fabioamado6725 10 месяцев назад

@@MrMeskiokas Those are bad news. I will receive mine in the next couple of days. But in the mean time, try with an android phone. I remember reading somewhere what the option of acecibility or something don't work with iphone. TY

@MrMeskiokas 10 месяцев назад

@@fabioamado6725 I did exactly that and it worked! Navigating and installing necessary apps are pain in the bottom though...

@fabioamado6725 10 месяцев назад

Have you tried yet?

@MrMeskiokas 10 месяцев назад

@@fabioamado6725tried what? If you’re referring to installing custom launcher, then yes. Screen reader was only available on android. Installed it successfully. Not sure if my WiFi is blame, but after ~ a day of runtime it asks which launcher to launch and keeps asking even I select one. Only hard reset helps

@Tamay. 4 месяца назад

Does this work on the clock model 1 as well?

@d0rk4ge Год назад

Starts @7:15

@dnealuk Год назад

Thanks. 'Unboxing' is a waste of time - seems quite insulting to the viewer.

@joshfofer Год назад

you da real MVP

@sazwl Год назад

@@dnealuk yeah you're welcome for the free info mate. Enjoy your unlocked device

@theghostoftheuchiha115 Год назад

Where do I get the link from?

@claytonium13 Год назад

Awesome video! Has anyone got Fully Kiosk to work on this thing?

@sazwl Год назад

Haven't tried it but I don't see why not - see my new video for more info on how to get the clock to auto-boot apps etc

@claytonium13 Год назад

@@sazwl Looks like you can. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z9oHF71npKI.html I need to get one of these now. Thanks for the guide! Loved both videos.

@sazwl Год назад

@@claytonium13 thanks!!