Hi, I had interest in running Sky on a DeGoogled android phone with no playstore.
One of many advantages is I don't get the annoying voice notifications.
Prerequisites: knowledge of adb (Android Debug Bridge) and common utilities like zip/unzip.
Disclaimer: this is documenting what 'worksforme'. It is not advice or instruction.
0) I obtained the .apk from one of the popular apk mirror sites.
- Knowing that this itself could involve exposing me to malware.
- Comparing filesizes and hashes between versions to try to detect malware insertions.
1) Renamed Autel_Sky_1.3.25.apk to Autel_Sky_1.3.25.zip
2) Created a new empty directory and moved the .zip to it
3) Unzipped it
4) Connected android phone, started adb daemon and installed with
This gave me working Sky App with english language texts. I do not need other languages.
If anyone knows how to bypass annoying activation whenever I install Sky App to a new device, please let me know.
For reference here are the file details of the unpacked Autelsky App 1.3.5 versions I downloaded.
One of many advantages is I don't get the annoying voice notifications.
Prerequisites: knowledge of adb (Android Debug Bridge) and common utilities like zip/unzip.
Disclaimer: this is documenting what 'worksforme'. It is not advice or instruction.
0) I obtained the .apk from one of the popular apk mirror sites.
- Knowing that this itself could involve exposing me to malware.
- Comparing filesizes and hashes between versions to try to detect malware insertions.
1) Renamed Autel_Sky_1.3.25.apk to Autel_Sky_1.3.25.zip
2) Created a new empty directory and moved the .zip to it
3) Unzipped it
4) Connected android phone, started adb daemon and installed with
adb install-multiple com.autel.autelsky.apk config.arm64_v8a.apk config.en.apk config.xxxhdpi.apk
This gave me working Sky App with english language texts. I do not need other languages.
If anyone knows how to bypass annoying activation whenever I install Sky App to a new device, please let me know.
For reference here are the file details of the unpacked Autelsky App 1.3.5 versions I downloaded.
Name, filesize, md5sum
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Autel_Sky_1.3.25.zip 141449723 601953a77f93de4179f63cc2807c3e34
com.autel.autelsky.apk 56140871 24a16f724bbe4497918f1d638ce6d6b7
config.ar.apk 49561 16a6201c9d553f47d662f1cdd648a380
config.arm64_v8a.apk 77859320 00ad4d4585110549e9efa48a2d145b4d
config.de.apk 49561 fcca6ffcfd645f6495020a96c7281612
config.en.apk 98713 e8a6d85f4db718c33527837f190ceb2f
config.es.apk 74137 8fa04c465949262c4dfcf398772bb47f
config.fr.apk 61849 ccf783aa5bc9e4f75e9c9887634f4039
config.hi.apk 53657 39cafdedb3178ce2d6320233f552c57f
config.in.apk 53657 5192d1b7d1c8b55da78c1652fb4c43ac
config.it.apk 49561 b358e17e1823bf8ac280af824c7c335b
config.ja.apk 57753 fe2b5c64a01c78e8ac8f8ad8703de6bf
config.ko.apk 57753 95c3062e74496ed7001fdb92f8073618
config.my.apk 49561 5631a487e586731066c88afc7e98e451
config.pt.apk 74137 0cf90eea84c920ef50814b8fa9cc6c88
config.ru.apk 53657 2d1f23c7e906df8e3aa7b7decec7aa91
config.th.apk 49561 4d2848ee7a1305bc47190a222b39ad38
config.tr.apk 49561 274eff9dc0ee2be2699be08781241ad5
config.vi.apk 49561 bda498bc31f5e27feaa7d63873a90304
config.xxxhdpi.apk 6198898 65dbf88e5f5c0b1e9fc559d694670b95
config.zh.apk 209305 a61d1d1a271b262c4db1ce641874034a
icon.png 104075 fa21a64c700bc876ca84b92a1c8de78b
manifest.json 2122 d88be987853a217a28063f1b6036cdc4