I have a couple of those, one based on the TW64 and the other is from
Aldi and is a rebadged www.cranesportsconnect.com device. They are
different, but they all use bluetooth LE (AKA bluetooth Smart/bluetooth
4.0) and they use some undocumented profiles to get data in and out. I
am not sure that the phone has got the BLE GATT stuff enabled yet to
talk to these devices, I know it didn't at launch time but maybe a new
bluez library has activated that.
It seems that the first step is getting stuff out of it by using
something like gatttool on the desktop. The disappointing thing is that
it would appear that there isn't a standard API for talking to all these
fitness trackers. They kind of need a driver or abstraction layer to
separate the proprietary details from the UI.
Alan.
On 14/03/16 14:49, Johan Gautreau wrote:
Hi Ubuntu Phone fans,
First of all, i wanted to thanks all devs and community members
involved in this awesome project ! One year with my BQ E4.5 and still
happy with it as it became more and more awesome.
Now, i just wanted to have some informations and maybe start a little
project. I'm an Android user since years and recently, i started to
use some wearables : LG G Watch and Mi Band. I know for the time now,
Ubuntu Touch has only one app named RockWork that can handle the
Pebble watch. It's a very good start for a young OS like UT.
I'm not a dev, but i wanted to know if it would be possible to do
something similar with the Mi Band. This device cost only 15$ and is
pretty cool. Some devs made alternative apps on Android : Mi Band
Tools
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak.mibandtools>
and Mi Band Notify
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mc.miband1>. It
seems the firmware is easy to use. If a wearable like that could be
ported to work with Ubuntu Touch, it would be another step ahead for
the platform.
As i said, i'm not a dev, but i would be happy to help someone to
develop the idea : make a simple app that can connect to a Mi Band,
show steps count and maybe heart rate for the 1S version. I would
gladly pay some dollars on the Ubuntu Store to use an app like that.
Eventually, if a dev is interested, i could pay him a Mi Band to help
him develop the app. I can also help with the translations in French.
I hope someone will be interested with the idea :-)
Have a nice day !
Johan
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