Gopro Remote Control App Install And Configure

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The standard foolproof procedure is as follows: Press the start button in Shark4Root to start logging the network traffic.

Reverse engineering the network protocol is easier than you think.

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Idea. I had my GoPro Hero 3 since 2013 and it remains one of the best toys Ive ever had of all times I ve brought my GoPro to racetracks, snowboarding, white water rafting to capture all the unforgettable adventures.

I love it wholeheartedly but the biggest complaint I had is its hard to know when the camera is operating This information can only be seen on the camera display or with the standalone GoPro phone application or with a wrist remote.

I dare you to pull out your phone, control your GoPro while going down mountain runs in 40 mph on a snowboard.) A GoPro wrist remote will set you back a cool 90 bucks but I am a frugal computer science engineer by trade and I prefer to do things myself.

Since the GoPro phone application talks to the GoPro camera through wifi, there is a good possibility we can re-use the same API and port the functionality on to an Android watchApple watch, hence the idea, but first we need to figure out the API specification.

Ingredients. GoPro Hero 3 Silver Edition x 1.

The problem space.

As an avid Android engineer, my optimistic approach is to fire an Intent from my custom application and call the hooks in the GoPro android application which allows me to fire events on the go.

To confirm that is not possible, we need to decompile the GoPro Android application with apk-tool to see what is declared in the application AndroidManifest.xml.

AndroidManifest of the GoPro application on Android.

Were not seeing any provider that supports Intent Action, which means we cannot use the GoPro app as a proxy and control from our own app, tough luck.

Another approach is to figure out where the call-path is for the camera communication, and then recompile the application with necessary hooks to make it to work, which seems like a good approach on paper but its not easy and straightforward.

A Change of Plan.

In normal setup, the phone connects to the Wifi network that is broadcasted directly from the camera.

After the connection has been established, the GoPro phone application will issue commands over the wire to communicate with the camera itself.

Since we know the GoPro app talks directly with the GoPro camera through wifi, there is a good chance that we can capture the network traffic and work our way backwards to see the interaction between them.

In english this is what we want to do GoPro phone application talks to the camera directly over wifi.

If were able to intercept all connections between the phone application and the camera, theres a good chance we can re-use the same API and talk to the camera with a different client.

In order to do that, we need to intercept the network connections on the phone level.

Ok, Chris this is cool, how do we do that tcpdump wireshark your friend.

With this, we will be able to analyze the traffic between the phone and the camera from the phone itself.

To make our lives easier, wireshark visualizes these requests and make our analysis work easier to comprehend.

To start, we need to ensure tcpdump is available on your rooted Android device.

In this example, I used Shark For Root application to call the tcpdump program on my Nexus 5 to begin the logging process.

Gopro Remote Control App Install And Configure

To install and configure the tcpdump program, follow this guide.

In case youre using Android Lollipop, you might run into the following PIE issue error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported.

Wireshark is awesomesauce Cool, now we have all the tools we need, lets go ahead and launch the Shark Native app and get some logs.