# DG-M1Q

This nice little device can be had for just over $15 (https://www.banggood.com/Digoo-DG-M1Q-960P-2_8mm-Wireless-Mini-WIFI-Night-Vision-Smart-Home-Security-IP-Camera-Onvif-Monitor-p-1123595.html) and while it is quite capable it has some horrible software.

Operating it requires connecting to some shady "cloud" service and downloading some apps to your mobile device.

Unacceptable.

Here's an alternative way of using this thing.

## Usage

### Root Access

1. Setup an isolated wireless network called `Free-AP0` with no authentication
2. Device wil connect to it on boot
3. Hook up to serial UART pins
4. Enjoy root access with lots of crap dumped on screen, not good enough...
4. Run `/bin/busybox telnetd`
5. Run `ip a` to get the IP address for the device
6. From a separate device on the network run `telnet $IP_ADDR`
7. Login with `root`, no password is needed
8. Enjoy **real** root access

### Persistent Root

*Work in progress*.

Since all the configs are loaded from ramdisk, we can't just change them, they are lost on the next reboot.

### Wireless Network Configuration

*Work in progress*

### Stream Access

If your network configuration is good to go, you can launch your favorite media player and watch your video + audio stream:

```
$ vlc rtsp://admin:20160404@192.168.1.99/onvif1
```

## Logs

 - [First uninterrupted boot log](unbox.log)
 - [U-boot information](uboot.log)

## References

 - http://adamwesterberg.se/blog/cheap-chinese-camera-teardown
 - https://github.com/kfowlks/DG-M1Q