CarThing Pomodoro Timer

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Installation on MacOS

Note: This manual is compiled from information in the superbird-tool and DeskThing repositories. If you find any inaccuracies, please feel free to update or fix them.

1. Install Homebrew

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. Install Dependencies

   brew install python3 libusb android-platform-tools

3. Install Hacking Tool
   This is required for the superbird-tool to function.

    python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages git+https://github.com/superna9999/pyamlboot

4. Switch to the working directory.

   cd ~/Downloads

5. Download superbird-tool

   git clone https://github.com/Car-Thing-Hax-Community/superbird-tool.git

6. Download firmware that supports ADB
   Firmware with enabled adb is required. I've used 8.4.4_adb_enabled-new.
   Unpacked it to ~/Downloads/8.4.4_adb_enabled-new/.

7. Flash a firmware to CarThing
   Press 1 and 4 buttons on CarThing and connect it to your computer. The screen will be black, it's normal. Check if the device is recognized:

   cd superbird-tool
   ./superbird_tool.py --find_device

   Switch to the burn mode and flash the firmware:

   ./superbird_tool.py --burn_mode
   ./superbird_tool.py --restore_device ~/Downloads/8.4.4_adb_enabled-new/

   Switch the booting mode to slot B if ADB is not working on slot A:

    ./superbird_tool.py --disable_avb2 B

   After reboot the device should load as normal and you can replace default application with Pomodoro Timer.

8. Download a upload latest version of Pomodoro App

   cd ~/Downloads
   git clone git@github.com:veikus/carthing-pomodoro.git

   Copy the app to the device:

   adb -s 123456 shell mount -o remount,rw /
   adb -s 123456 shell rm -rf /usr/share/qt-superbird-app/webapp
   adb -s 123456 push ~/Downloads/pomodoro/ /usr/share/qt-superbird-app/webapp
   adb -s 123456 shell supervisorctl restart chromium