Can't find keys in latest ios app (11.0.1)

[akohlsmith]

(edit: also on a jailbroken iphone using August app 10.17.1 and using iFunBox)

Using iExplorer and looking at a full backup, I find AppDomain-com.august.iossapp/Library/Preferences/com.august.iossapp.plist - but within that plist is nothing about bluetooth addresses or keys.

I've checked out a number of other plist files in the same hierarchy but without luck.

Does anyone have an idea on how to find these values?

[akohlsmith]

I may have found it with a combination of keychain-dumper, flex 3 and the older (10.17.1) version of the august app on a jailbroken iphone:

OfflineKeys : {
	{slot : 257, key : hfa33a45}
	{slot : 2, key : h045bd9d}
	skuNumber : AUG-SL03-C02-S03, SerialNumber : L3FXXXXXFT, macAddress : 78:9C:85:xx:xx:xx, LockID : XXXX4F0A54CCXXXX94E3A6B721E7XXXX


OfflineKeys : {
	{slot : 2, key : hb74b56c}
	skuNumber : AUG-SL04-M01-S04, SerialNumber : L4FWXXXXEX, macAddress : 78:9C:85:xx:xx:xx, LockID : XXXXBAEB8852XXXX8E446D048FF0XXXX


Keychain Data: {"slot":257,"key":"xxxx587dd2c3xxxx9979af85xxxx0715", ... }
Keychain Data: {"slot":2,"key":"xxxx534a9021xxxxe9185365xxxx3639", ... }
Keychain Data: {"slot":2,"key":"xxxxd885cef5xxxxb337435fxxxx44be", ... }

Not sure why the oldest lock has two keys listed. It's getting late now but hopefully I'll be able to test this tomorrow.

[werwolfby]

@akohlsmith could you please explain what you did?

[MortenVinding]

I may have found it with a combination of keychain-dumper, flex 3 and the older (10.17.1) version of the august app on a jailbroken iphone:

wow that is very interesting!
any news? did it work or is it just another dead end?

I'm sick and tired of August slow and unreliable gateway. I got it together with my Yale Doorman L3, initially it was very unreliable, but lately it has become stable.
but the damn thing is too slow! I want to use it to disable my alarm system, that has a 30 seconds entry delay, and some times it not even fast enough for that.

also you really don't want the lock on my main door to be reliant on someone else's computer (cloud!).

August/Yale: you really should give us a way to get the off-line key. I don't think you realize how many potential customers in the smart home market you are missing here!

[MortenVinding]

great news!
I was able to get the offline key and key slot from the Home Assistant integration!

by installing the August lock integration in Home Assistant, I can control the lock using the abominated August Connect bluetooth gateway.
but by enabling debug logging for the yalexs module

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    homeassistant.components.august: debug
    yalexs: debug

I get this in the log:

"OfflineKeys":{"created":[],"loaded":[{"created":"2021-09-07T19:25:49.512Z","key":"1e4378a3569562a7b7d7c2638c57a72","slot":5,"UserID":"763f5a6b-12ca-62a7-87dc-98f3d3687a67","loaded":"2021-09-14T22:43:06.745Z"}]

(key and UserID is obfuscated by me 😉)

I have tried them in my config.json:
{"name": "front", "bluetoothAddress": "98:1B:B2:B5:A8:37", "handshakeKey": "1e4378a3569562a7b7d7c2638c57a72", "handshakeKeyIndex": 5}
and it works!

now I just need to find out how to get further info from the lock.
first and foremost I would like to get info about how/who unlocked it (called operator in the Home Assistant integration). This is important because I want to disarm my alarm system when the lock is unlocked, but not if it's manually from inside (using the turner).

@Friendly0Fire do you know how to obtain this info?
also is there a faster way to get status updates from the lock, other than constantly poll'ing the status?
(I guess the Connect gateway is using some sort of notify service?)