@gwp1
iCloud3 uses the General>About>Name to identify the iCloud device. If you change it there and do not change the iCloud3 configuration, iCloud3 will not be able to find it in the iCloud data and it will fail to be set up. Errors will be in the Event Log.
#3 in my previous reply has a link to the iCloud3 docs that describes the device name and how everything is tied together.
Ok, Iâm clearly staring at this and missing the obvious.
General>About>Name: John Alan
Expectation is this translates to john_alan
config_iC3:
Work MBP shows up great, happy as a clam. It doesnât have iOS app installed and the config notes that.
john_alan and johnwatch error with:
Looking in the Entity Registry in HA under Mobile App I cannot locate device_tracker.john_alan or device_tracker.johnwatch - HOWEVER - I see a device_tracker.iphone-2 which corresponds with the Name field in the iOS app itself, the suffix being from me uninstalling/reinstalling the iOS app a few minutes ago.
@gwp1
From the iCloud3 docs linked to above:
" When iCloud3 starts, it reads the HA Entity Registry file (config/.storage/core.entity_registry ) and searches for a mobile_app device_tracker entity beginning with the device to be tracked (gary_iphone ). If it finds the entity, the mobile_app device_tracker suffix is extracted and iCloud3 monitors that device_tracker entity (device_tracker.gary_iphone_2 ) for zone changes, trigger changes, etc."
What this section of the iCloud3 docs means is:
Example:
iPhone & iCloud3 devicename = âjohn_alanâ
iOS App devicename = âjohn_alan_2â (or âjohn_alan_3â, âjohn_alan_appâ, etc). the suffix doesnât matter, it only hast to make it unique.
Since your iosapp starts with âiphoneâ, it will never be found by iCloud3 and tied to the iC3 devicename
Well it took multiple uninstall/reinstalls of the iOS app on my phone before it stopped saying by default that the device name as configured in the app was iPhone. No more errors!
Thanks very much for your patience and guidance @gcobb321 - looking forward to seeing what this can do and how much clutter it can remove from my presence tracking.
Having real problems with my wifeâs phone not sending updates for some reason. The app is running on her phone, itâs set to âalwaysâ - any ideas what I can check to debug? My phone works fine!
Thank you
@daneboom
It may have been unloaded and itâs not actually running in the background. I would open and force close the shop. Then return it again. That should trigger a âloadâ update and iCloud3 should pick that trigger up. If it doesnât, do a âpull downIâ on the iOS app screen to trigger a location update. Aldo, go thru the location and privacy settings on booth phones and make sure the settings are the same.
Is there any way to disable âStationaryâ zone? I want either âHomeâ, âAwayâ or already created zones only.
Set the Stationary still time parameter to a very large number so the device will never be in the same place for that amount of time. Example: stationary_still_time: 99999
Thank you Gary! I have a question. Why battery entities donât report status for the people who arenât on my family list but I can see their battery information on Find my app. Is that normal behavior?
I installed 2022.7.3 this evening and my iC3 stopped working. Rolled back to 2022.7.2 and iC3 is back up again.
Is there a breaking change in 2022.7.3 regarding iC3?
Apple does not return battery info for Find my devices.
@gwp1
No problems I know of. Any error messages in the HA log or iCloud3 Event Log? Sometimes iCloud is slow to provide devices at startup so you get a âNo Devices to Trackâ error. An Event Log > Actions > Restart iCloud3 fixes that.
Resolved - after the backup restore everything worked normally. I proceeded next day to retry the latest HA update 2022.7.3 and afterward there were no issues. I suspect the update didnât deploy as expected and this was the issue. Multiple updates following have shown no issues.
For the last 2 days I have been bombarded with Apple 2FA messages on my phone. Rather annoying when at work.
Iâve had the 2FA notification pop up a few times in HA asking for new password and the 2FA code, I enter in the details and it either goes away or asks again for the 2FA code, but I continue to get the alerts on my phone.
Any clue as to what is going on here? Thanks.
@cjsimmons When programs (not to be confused with iOS apps), Log into your account, they keep the âsessionâ alive for about 1/2-hour, then the program is required to sign in again. It already knows that program is authorized because the 2fa code was entered at some time. When a program logs in, Apple sends an email letting you know about the sign in. There is nothing iCloud3 can do about this and itâs very annoying.
I have set up a filter in my email (gmail) that filters those messages from Apple and send them to the trash folder, marks them as read and bypasses the inbox.
@gcobb321 thanks for that. I understand the emails and how/why they are sent. The emails are not the issue.
The issue Iâm having is the popup alert on my phone (which is also on my other devices too). The one that says that someone is trying to log in and shows a map with the location. You can either allow or decline. If you allow, you get the 6 digit code for 2FA.
This alert keeps happening. Itâs rather annoying as itâs constantly on my watch too. LOL.
It seems that the integration needs to be reconfigured. Iâve done it a few times over the last few days, but it doesnât seem to reconfigure. I enter in my password to reauthenticate and I get the alert on my phone with the 2FA code, but in HA, the notification to enter in the 2FA code does not appear. It could be an hour before it appears.
@cjsimmons Try resetting the iCloud interface using Event Log > Actions > Reset iCloud Interface. This will erase the cookies and session files and then force the 2fa request that should show up in the HA Notifications.
HI @gcobb321
I am trying to use your icloud3 integration especially because of the ability of tracking family and friends as well.
However, I struggle with the Event Log installation (I have followed the instructions and read tons of threads, but still have problems.).
Although I must admit that I am new to HA (migrated from openhab).
What I did:
I copied the icloud3-event-log-card.js to my /config/www/community/lovelace-icloud3/
(there is no .gz file in the /custom_components/icloud3 I could copy over as suggested in some posts)
Changed the configuration-yaml and config_ic3.yaml as suggested in the docs (and obviously it works as I get updates from my phone).
Changed the recorder settings according to the docs (exclude the event_log).
Installed the lovelace resource manually (Example using âwww/communityâ):
# icloud3 Eventlog
lovelace:
mode: yaml
resources:
- url: /local/community/lovelace-icloud/icloud3-event-log-card.js
type: module
Anyway - please allow some questions:
device_tracker... entity from my phone although I see the others like sensor.iphone_calc_distanceEDIT:
I made some progress and would like to share my experience here.
@gcobb321 (just a suggestion)
Regarding the eventlog procedure (and itâs position in the documentation), I think, that it would make it much easier for the (unesperienced) user to configure icloud3 first and start it before taking care of the eventlog.
The reason is that the icloud3-event-log-card.js is copied automatically without any additional manual step.
(I know itâs mentioned in the docs but the other way around (first icloud config, then taking care of the eventlog installation) would make more sense from my perspective.
Anyway:
I just deleted the icloud3, removed the detected devices from know_devices.yaml, removed the dashboard resource and restarted HA.
Then I:
configuration.yaml per the documentationconfig_ic3.yaml
icloud3-event-log-card.js to the dashboard resourcestype: custom:icloud3-event-log-card
entity: sensor.icloud3_event_log
and the card finally was accepted.
Possibly iât not a great finding - but starting from scratch with the icloud3 did help in my case right away.
@gcobb321
Thank you very much for your contribution and the awesome integration of the icloud!
@gcobb321 I did try that earlier, but got smashed with the 2FA alerts on my phone while at work today. When I got home I had the reconfigure message again, so did that and this time the 2FA notification in HA where you put in the code appeared straight away. So far it seems fine. No more messages.
Thanks for your help. 
@gcobb321 I love this integration and it works perfectly, but only for my iphone. I canât get it to identify or locate any of my gf/friends fmf devices. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Iâm sure I am overlooking something but I cant find it after 3 days. (Sorry if this is hard to read, this is my second post on this forum)
This is my config:
CONFIG_IC3:
devices:
- device_name: my name on iphone
email: apple id
name: me
iosapp_suffix: _app
- device_name: gf name on iphone
email: gf apple id
inzone_interval: 1 mins
name: gf
iosapp_suffix: _app
#picture: tracked_person_picture
#iosapp_entity: tracked_person_iosapp_entity_name
CONFIGURATION:
#### icloud3 ###
recorder:
purge_keep_days: 3
exclude:
entities:
- sensor.icloud3_event_log
device_tracker:
- platform: icloud3
username: My apple ID
password: Apple ID Password
tracking_method: fmf
create_sensors: zon,zonn,ttim,zdis,cdis,wdis,nupdt,lupdt,info`
exclude_sensors: zont,zonfn,lzont,lzonfn,zonts,bat
event_log_card_directory: "/config/www/community/icloud3-card"
config_ic3_file_name: "/config/config_ic3.yaml"
#logger:
#default: info
Errors from Event log:
Thank you!
