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Roborock Qrevo S (2025 480€) / r/Roborock

Roborock S8 technical information and rooting (2024)
Why is my vacuum as powerful as my smartphone? (2017?) -> dontvacuum.me
- Roborock Q Revo
Robots with lasers and cameras (2021) / youtube - Liberating your vacuum from the cloud
- With introduction of Roborock S6 (2019): – Signed firmware and voice packages – Each model uses different encryption keys – Signed configuration files to enforce region locks – However: Hardware remains mostly the same
- Keeping rooting methods secret - Assumption: Roborock would lock them down in newer devices
- Every time we publish a method, it gets blocked – Local updates (2017): Blocked via firmware updates in 2018
  - Root password method (2019): Blocked for newly produced devices in 2019
  - U-Boot bypass (2020): Blocked for new models in 2020
- Hardware gets weaker, despite devices getting more expensive
Vacuum robot security and privacy (2023?) / u/dontvacuumme
- Roborock Q Revo (a75) (06/2023)
Reverse engineering and hacking Ecovacs robots (2024)
- the bad and the really bad
- ecovacs only
New Method: FEL rooting - Flash Extension Loader
- Applies to all current NAND-based Roborock models
Roborock rooting and installation
- Roborock S6/T6 Technical information and rooting
- Roborock S7 rooting
- Unleash your smart-home devices: Vacuum Cleaning Robot Hacking - Why is my vacuum as powerful as my smartphone?
The best robot vacuum for me is the one I hacked
What are the differences between Roborock Qrevo S and Qrevo?