Doom on a Drone Controller
Back in 2018 I bought a terrible drone manufactured by GoPro, called the "GoPro Karma." The idea behind it was really clever, a drone that worked with the GoPro ecosystem you have already been purchasing from over the years. Slap a camera you already own into a drone, fly it, and when you get back, you can remove the gimbal from the drone and use it handheld. Truly a good idea, but it felt a little hacked together on the software side. The GoPro didn't always want to enter the drone mode, the controller refused to connect to Google WiFi networks, etc. My favorite part, is the controller actually runs Android, and the software for controlling the drone is just an Android launcher and app. What I Did In 2021, 3 years after the GoPro Karma was discontinued, a youtuber found out you could install a different version of Android to the controller . There was a hidden recovery/reflash mode on the controller, accessible via a button combination, and with a custom driver on the...