Alternative Tuya smart outlet setup

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Figured this out. Had to install the arm translation (just dropped the zip on top of the running emulator to flash).

Also, I have my devices added through the Tuya Smart app, not Smart Life. Tuya Smart has nearly the same file location, mine being ./data/data/com.tuya.smart/shared_prefs and my file was named preferences_global_keySEEMINGLY_RANDOM_STRING.xml. I wrote a little bash thing to parse the file and give me my outputs. The command string below requires the jq command.

cat YOUR_XML_FILE.xml | sed -e 's/&quot;/"/g' | sed -e 's/.*home_data.*">{"/{"/g' -e 's/<\/string>.*//g' | grep -v "<" | jq '.deviceRespBeen[] | .name + " -- key: " + .localKey + " -- id: " + .key'

If successful, you should get an output like:

"Desk Lamp -- key: OBFUSCATED -- id: OBFUSCATED"
"Guest Lamp -- key: OBFUSCATED -- id: OBFUSCATED"
"Master Lamp -- key: OBFUSCATED -- id: OBFUSCATED"
"Master Lamp 2 -- key: OBFUSCATED -- id: OBFUSCATED"

you can then put the key and id as provided in your switches config.

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I had the ARM issue as well and found this article fixed it: https://pentester.land/tips-n-tricks/2018/10/19/installing-arm-android-apps-on-genymotion-devices.html

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Hey, which component did you use to get yours to work? The one linked in the OP is gone now, and I’ve ben getting errors with another I’ve been trying.

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I’m also trying to find the proper tuya.py file :point_up_2:

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Bump for the proper tuya.py. it really irks me that default integration requires outside internet connectivity

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Linked here, let me know if that doesn’t work. @kikettas @varjo

One note: I have some devices that seem to respond poorly to being controlled/queried by the custom component, they will randomly crash after being controlled or queried and then the device stays off. I believe this is an issue with the firmware on the device, not a problem with the component.

I ended up having to use the custom component (I use it where I can cause it’s fast, and no internet connection is needed) AS WELL AS the official Tuya component for other devices. This will lead to a name conflict, so if you do this you need to name the custom component tuya_custom.py or something…

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Wonderful, thank you! Assuming no custom component works with Tuya bulbs yet? Local is definitely nice for responsiveness.

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I ended up flashing Tasmota to both devices (both have the ESP8266 chip) :sweat_smile:. Thank you anyway @aneisch for sharing it!

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Thanks for that. I’m getting errors that some dependencies couldn’t be loaded now.

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Once I had the info in my text editor, it made the information more readable to replace all &quot with a space.

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Everything seemed to be going smoothly, until the OP’s dev_data_storage.xml didn’t exist.
Someone else said to check preferences_global_keySEEMINGLY_RANDOM_STRING.xml, which does exist, however it is basically an empty XML file.
Has anybody had this issue and figured it out?

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I had the same problem. I realized that it only works with older versions of TuyaSmart. I originally tested with 3.13.0 and got the empty xml as well. I uninstalled that and installed the older version 3.1.3.
I used apkcombo.com to download the older version and then installed it via ADB
Version 3.1.3 writes the information to the file named preferences_global_key…numbers…xml

Using 3.1.3 I could not log in using my phone number so I created a new account based on email address instead.
That worked fine.

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Where can I find the 3.1.3 of Smart Life? It seems to be not available now…

@Newlance

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APK Mirror has all the versions :slight_smile:
https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=smart+life

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No… it stops at 3.4.1… I need 3.1.3

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Sorry my bad. You are right.
You risky do you feel :smiling_imp:
I don’t know apkpure like APK Mirror but they have it…
https://apkpure.com/smart-life/esrith.meawms/download/30051-APK

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@sleeepy2 please avoid junk comments :slight_smile:

This is not Smart Life app, but “Mea Smart Life”… I understand that you are willing to help :slight_smile: but please check before pasting links :slight_smile:

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If you are up to get the ID and key from your tuya, try the 3.4.1. I used 3.3.0 and it worked as well. I think the problem starts from 3.1x.x and above.

If it wouldn’t work i can send you the 3.3.0. (as a file, the link doesn’t work anymore) :slight_smile:

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I used the 3.12.6 and it works…

I got the IDs and I can access to them!! Woowww it’s super fast if compared with cloud behaviour…

Lights are not recognized as color ones…
Do you know how to fix the custom light.py file? I fixed the official one…

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Why lights are not recognized as RGB if running in local mode?