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dsign ◴[] No.41835057[source]
The hardware is getting so cheap! But the software...

I bought for $20 a bed lamp that comes with led lights, bluetooth receiver, clock and alarm clock, and wireless charging for my iphone. It has a microphone to stream all my conversations god knows where, though its purported purpose is to listen me sing and pulse the lights according to the pitch.

It comes with a convenient app to set the clock and the lights. But due to a glitch in the software, the alarm goes off every night at 01:00 AM. I haven't been able to disable that via their official app; no real programmers were used making that thing. But there probably is a bug in their bluetooth stack that would allow me to become root of the lamp and fix it myself...if I had the time.

I wish hardware makers for off-brand products would include a minimal hacking kit in their boxes.

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1. trojan13 ◴[] No.41836388[source]
You could try to open it (carefully, you might damage your precious lamp. Also please plug it out beforhand). Often times smart devices like these have debugging ports left on the board you can easily access with some clamps.
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2. Yenrabbit ◴[] No.41838491[source]
Or failing that, desolder the offending speaker to keep the rest of the functionality intact.