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Smart watch OS?

EnderCat
By EnderCat
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So not a PC mod but I have this cheap Chinese smart watch I got on amazon for like $10 or something and it's honestly kinda useless? I was wondering if there was anyway to make it any less useless by like putting some different program on it or something? Not sure if I'm just completely crazy for thinking this but might as well ask.

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Probably not.

Most mobile OSes need specialized hardware drivers for the hardware they're running on. Good luck finding those.

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Lots of china devices all run the same stuff just different casing. crack it open and have a look at the board, it may have a model number on it. You can work backwards from there to find out what os it runs.

 

it may have internal usb header if you are lucky..

 

check out hack-a-day there was an article about modifying a cheap TV, different beast but the process of working it out will be similar  

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