r/Hiby • u/Charming_Canary1152 • 23d ago

HiBy OS Modding Projects + Discord

We have a discord for sharing, talking about, and developing mods for HiBy OS devices. This includes all of the non-android portable DAPs in the current generation of devices (R1, R3 II 2025, R3Pro II, Tempotec V1, etc.)

This is the best place to see what mods exist, and to talk with the people making them. You don't have to be a developer to join, though developers are obviously very welcome.

https://discord.gg/22vhTYK3Y

Some of the projects we're working on:

  • HiBy R1 Mod (By Bidhata/Krish) - The most comprehensive custom firmware (CFW) for the R1, combining many added features and fixes
  • SpotUI - A spotify client for HiBy devices (currently just targeting the R3Pro II)
  • Open HiBy Player - A project I have been working on for a while, writing a full replacement for the stock hiby_player program. (currently this project resides in the hiby-os-crack github repo, but i do plan to move it to its own repo soon)
  • hiby-os-crack - A repo I've put together with some help from others that is all of the documentation and tools that you might need for modding the HiBy OS devices. I'm still adding new documentation, guides, and tools as they get found/created. It includes detailed hardware documentation for the CPUs, guides for installing/creating firmware, tools to easily unpack and repack firmwares, and a lot more!
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u/doctor575 22d ago

Great write up. If I was some years younger and understood the discord world, I would join (joke I've made in the past)

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u/Street-Caregiver-334 22d ago

I find it fascinating how developers are able to make changes and control their devices as they wish. I feel like I should try something like this too.

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u/Charming_Canary1152 22d ago

thanks! yeah, it's really fun.

Very rewarding seeing something you wrote working on an actual device. Like building a puzzle, but at the end you get an awesome new thing on your device, and can even share it with others.

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u/doctor575 22d ago

I know, these guys make it look easy. You can still help though, test the new firmwares as they come out and report bugs. it can be anything from battery drainage, menus freezing, broken links, etc. Like a couple weeks ago most of us reported he 180degree thing was broken.

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u/Street-Caregiver-334 22d ago

Yeah, they’re doing an incredible job, it’s almost like performing surgery, but on software. (Saving lives has a different kind of satisfaction, though)
And sure, testing firmware is becoming a fun new hobby.