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It's super cool and I love G Shock in general but the Casio app is straight up awful.

by rognjen 5mo ago

izivkov 5mo ago
Have you tried this open-source app: https://github.com/izivkov/gshock-smart-sync-webapp https://github.com/izivkov/gshock-smart-sync-webapp
- GetMeSoon 5mo ago
  A web app i have to host on my own, use workaround apps to connect to it vs a clunky casio app that just works? I’ll go with clunky here
  - smt88 5mo ago
    I mean... this is Hacker News. A lot of the audience would be excited about an self-hosted alternative.
    - GetMeSoon 5mo ago
      Not when it’s such a hassle
  - bux93 5mo ago
    I use this app on android : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.avmedia.gshockGoogleSync/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.avmedia.gshockGoogleSync...
  - coldtea 5mo ago
    You make it sound like rocket science or huge bother. If you're a hacker/dev/tech nerd, that's trivial. You do similar things twice before breakfast without thinking about it.
  - izivkov 5mo ago
    You can use the app without hosting it yourself: http://gshock.avmedia.org http://gshock.avmedia.org
- __jonas 5mo ago
  Thanks for sharing this! I'm also looking for an alternative to the official app, since having to log in with an account and accepting a privacy policy every time I want to change the time on my watch is pretty ridiculous – unfortunately I think this doesn't quite fit my use case as usually I'll want to sync the time when I go to a different country, and I'll normally only have my iPhone with me, which won't support WebBluetooth. But this tool might be a starting point to fork and build a capacitor app with that can run on the phone I suppose.
- ThePowerOfFuet 5mo ago
  Have you seen what vibe-coded slop it is? It's WILD. https://github.com/izivkov/CasioGShockSmartSync/activity https://github.com/izivkov/CasioGShockSmartSync/activity
  - __jonas 5mo ago
    You linked to the Android app there, not the experimental webapp linked above – I'm wondering what gave you that idea though? Those commit messages look pretty human to me, don't think an LLM would ever just commit 'WIP' or 'code cleanup', it's also 4 years old, before the height of vibe coding. I can imagine the author may have used an LLM for this webapp version of it though
  - izivkov 5mo ago
    It is hard to reverse-engineer the Casio protocol by vibe-coding. Have you tried it?

It's super cool and I love G Shock in general but the Casio app is straight up awful.

by rognjen 5mo ago

It's super cool and I love G Shock in general but the Casio app is straight up awful.

Have you tried this open-source app: https://github.com/izivkov/gshock-smart-sync-webapp https://github.com/izivkov/gshock-smart-sync-webapp

GetMeSoon 5mo ago
A web app i have to host on my own, use workaround apps to connect to it vs a clunky casio app that just works? I’ll go with clunky here
- smt88 5mo ago
  I mean... this is Hacker News. A lot of the audience would be excited about an self-hosted alternative.
  - GetMeSoon 5mo ago
    Not when it’s such a hassle
- bux93 5mo ago
  I use this app on android : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.avmedia.gshockGoogleSync/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.avmedia.gshockGoogleSync...
- coldtea 5mo ago
  You make it sound like rocket science or huge bother. If you're a hacker/dev/tech nerd, that's trivial. You do similar things twice before breakfast without thinking about it.
- izivkov 5mo ago
  You can use the app without hosting it yourself: http://gshock.avmedia.org http://gshock.avmedia.org
__jonas 5mo ago
Thanks for sharing this! I'm also looking for an alternative to the official app, since having to log in with an account and accepting a privacy policy every time I want to change the time on my watch is pretty ridiculous – unfortunately I think this doesn't quite fit my use case as usually I'll want to sync the time when I go to a different country, and I'll normally only have my iPhone with me, which won't support WebBluetooth. But this tool might be a starting point to fork and build a capacitor app with that can run on the phone I suppose.
ThePowerOfFuet 5mo ago
Have you seen what vibe-coded slop it is? It's WILD. https://github.com/izivkov/CasioGShockSmartSync/activity https://github.com/izivkov/CasioGShockSmartSync/activity
- __jonas 5mo ago
  You linked to the Android app there, not the experimental webapp linked above – I'm wondering what gave you that idea though? Those commit messages look pretty human to me, don't think an LLM would ever just commit 'WIP' or 'code cleanup', it's also 4 years old, before the height of vibe coding. I can imagine the author may have used an LLM for this webapp version of it though
- izivkov 5mo ago
  It is hard to reverse-engineer the Casio protocol by vibe-coding. Have you tried it?