A tethered root solution for your echo dot 2nd generation.
To start, run main.py
- This is a TETHERED root solution
- It is recommended to block amazon's OTA servers (https://d1s31zyz7dcc2d.cloudfront.net and https://d1s31zyz7dcc2d.cloudfront.prod.ota-cloudfront.net) to prevent updates from corrupting or removing root on your device
- I am not responsible for any damage to your device
- Rooted ADB shell over USB or Wi-Fi
- Record audio from device
- Use your Echo as an indicator for Home Assistant without internet
- Restore your device to factory configuration
This project requires python 3.
I recommend using linux for running this program. Please ensure you have disabled ModemManager if you have it installed.
Install requirements using pip:
pip install -r requirements.txtYou can find how this tool works on my website.
Once you have rooted the device, a file called preloader_no_hdr.bin will be generated. To boot the device, you will need to install mtkclient, copy the file into its directory and run python mtk plstage --preloader=preloader_no_hdr.bin. Replace python with python3 depending on the python version you have installed.
When using the home assistant indicator feature, I would recommend using a raspberry pi zero w or other small SBC to run the python flask server, and boot the device. You can use crontab to make this happen automatically on boot using mtkclient.
This project would not have been possible without:
- j10hx40r - For helping me with initially rooting my device, showing me how to use fos_flags in combination and generally pointing me in the right direction when finding resources
- xyzz's Amonet - This is the exploit I have adapted for this device, including the bootrom exploit
- chaosmaster - Wrote lots of useful amonet code from which I used several snippets, including for fixing my GPT
- You can email me at dragon863.dev@gmail.com
- You can start a conversation on XDA