Note from the Author

Unfortunately, this repo is not actively maintained anymore. There are basically three reasons:

• There is an issue with the camera that causes it to freeze after some time, and then resetting it (by unplugging it and plugging back in) could result to the yellow LED issue. Throughout early last year, I've been on this loop and I haven't been able to find the solution to it and break the loop.
• I've been wanting to get deeper into the camera subsystem (starting specifically with the test_encode program) and hopefully do some cool stuff wtih it, but I haven't been able to. I know there's the GM8136 SDK, which I believe is what the camera is using, but I'm unsuccessful in doing so.
• Lastly, I've moved on to other cameras. I'm using Yi cameras now, so I'm not that far off, and specifically picked ones that have prominent hacked firmwares (so as to not depend on cloud features or have stuff that call home). If you are curious, I use this one from @alienatedsec.

For now, this camera is in my drawer, sadly not being used even though it's still working fine. I'm not counting on it, but hopefully someone else will be able to progress further, or maybe Xiaomi or someone else leaks the source code so there can be renewed interest.

This is an indirect fork of niclet/xiaomi_hack (big thanks!) for the first-gen Mijia 360 1080p IP camera (JTSXJ01CM), with additional features, some probably inspired from different Mi/Yi camera hacks, just to get this to work properly:

• Enable/disable cloud (Mi Home)
• SSH support
• RTSP support
• Night vision (on/off/auto)

However, there are a couple of features not working on Disabled Cloud mode, namely the voice translations; in this case, voice is not working at all. I also wanted to get even more features in here like motor control and night mode, but they're locked up in a library named libdrv.so (at least, according to my initial research).

Unfortunately, I do not have enough time or brains to reverse-engineer either niclet's library (libxiaomihack.so) or libdrv.so, but if you are able to get a hold of their sources, or any other relevant source or clues/hints, just hit me up via Twitter.

The firmware I'm currently using is version 3.3.10_2017121915 that I upgraded OTA via Mi Home years ago, and I haven't upgraded to anything beyond that, so I can only recommend firmwares less than or equal to that. You might be able to downgrade your firmware (if you have a Windows machine) by going to a particular Russian site and getting an older firmware and the flashing tool, but I haven't tested that yet.

0. Set up the camera with the Mi Home app. Make sure the WiFi credentials are correct. (Thanks to @Peter71131, #3)
1. Copy all files to your SD card.
2. Edit config.ini.
3. Insert SD card to the camera.
4. Plug in the camera.

• FTP server
  • Port 21
  • Login: root, no password
• SSH server
  • Port 22
  • Login: root, Password: MCH_ROOT_PASSWORD value in config.ini
• Telnet server
  • Port 23
  • Login: root, Password: MCH_ROOT_PASSWORD value in config.ini
• RTSP server
  • Stream 1 (1080p): rtsp://{IP}/stream1
  • Stream 2 (360p): rtsp://{IP}/stream2

Solid yellow - It's turned on. Hope and pray that it doesn't get stuck in this mode.

Flashing green - Setting up the camera's network configuration and connecting to Wi-Fi.

Solid red - Wi-Fi connection failed. Maybe the config is wrong?

Flashing blue - Connected to Wi-Fi, setting up the rest of the services (e.g. NTP, RSTP, etc.)

Solid blue (or off, if you disabled it) - Startup complete.

Before pushing the reset button or getting a recovery image, try the following first:

1. Remove the SD card.
2. Plug in the camera.
3. Wait for 30 seconds.
4. If the LED is still solid yellow, unplug the camera.
5. Do #3 and #4 five to six times.

I'm kinda lazy to get into jargon, but basically, everything is provided as-is, and I am not liable if using this code bricks your device, causes a nuclear holocaust, or anything in between.