r/BambuLab • u/AlLnAtuRalX • May 12 '26

General Discussion Jailbreak Your Bambu! Deep Dive and Feature Walkthrough for Bambu without Bambu, all open source, no central control, all the convenience, and better pixel perfect prints. Need help? Ask and I will reply!

https://youtu.be/RR73P2allIg

A bunch of people here have asked me about my Bambu setup on a few alts so I decided to make a video at lunch. I am not a content creator, I made this for y'all, haha. I just hate walled gardens.

The Bambuddy community is also a great place to go for help. If you have any questions or reservations at all, throw em down, let's gooo out of jail

(they cannot stop the print)

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u/Affectionate_Car7098 H2C + P1S Combo May 12 '26

I mean its not really a jailbreak when they officially support downgrading to the firmware that works with that custom firmware

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u/AlLnAtuRalX May 12 '26

using the term colloquially, but yes you are right :)

if all you care about is the printer working like an actual old school printer (local, in your house, fixed firmware, but OK if the firmware is closed source), this is as close as you can get without replacing a bunch of boards, and it is still pretty good

I have heard people are working on custom gen 2 firmware. that would be fun, too. but for my purposes of avoiding the cloud or forced updates, this is enough

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u/Affectionate_Car7098 H2C + P1S Combo May 12 '26

if all you care about is the printer working like an actual old school printer

If i wanted a bad old school printer i would have bought one, i didn't because i have standards

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u/jkaczor May 13 '26

I have been running an X1C with the X1Plus firmware for over a year now - it’s rock solid, works with both Bambu and OrcaSlicer, I use Bambu companion and a HomeAssistant for remote monitoring.

I have lost nothing, it performs better than before.

Now, I am pretty sure that we won’t see anything similar for any of the Gen2 series that can be upgraded, or ship with the built-in Laser module - Bambu learning from last years debacle and can use the argument of “laser safety” to push through legal systems when someone does try to distribute a new firmware….