nyx badge

tl;dr

if you just want to use your badge, the quickest path to success will be:

iOS? the poorly-reviewed sketchy vendor app
android? our sketchy APK that we binary-patched (source)

that sucks, do i have another option

yes, but it depends on what hardware revision you have! my new friends in shenzhen trolled me by sending mixed revs in my shipment

check the flashing instructions to learn how to confirm what hardware rev you have

if you have the old hardware rev (likely, but not guaranteed, for orange or yellow), you're in luck because "badge magic" will just work for you! congratulations, you picked the easy color

if you have the new hardware rev (likely, but not guaranteed, for most colors except orange or yellow), you will need to flash our new firmware onto your badge, then it will work with the existing FOSS app called "badge magic". instructions to do that are here

you can get "badge magic" on f-droid or google play or iOS app store

help

if you're struggling, come find me and tell me you're having a bad time and i'll try to make it better

(with the badge or actually just in general i guess)

greetz

thanks to bkero for throwing meat brain and robot brain at this during teardown 2026

also, my friend dean made a firmware that will turn the badge into a BLE cop bodycam and pervert glasses detector... stay tuned i guess