Help with wheelchair software

Ahoy!

I got a new phone yesterday. I also use a wheelchair. The wheels have an app called “e-motion M25” which I used on my old phone. I patched it using lucky patcher since most functions (turn wheels on, cruise control, remote to drive the wheelchair to my current chair) are behind an incredible expensive paywall.

Since I don’t own the wheels (they’re technically still insurance property) and the software isn’t super reliable, I won’t pay over €300 just to use my wheels.

But I can’t seem to patch it on my new phone, even when sharing the patched app directly from my old one. The store simply won’t open. I’ve not been rooted since forever and prefer not to root at all, since it was possible to do so on my old phone.

Would anybody care to help me out or give me some tips on where to look? Thanks in advance!

UPDATEafter spending my entire morning on the floor, I installed older versions of the app until I found one that worked with luckypatcher. I know it’s a small chance but if someone using the same wheels finds this post, you have to figure out how to download luckypatcher and use this version of the app. In lucky patcher create a multi patch APK and make sure to turn off “billing” in the second screen. When opening the store, be careful not to scroll to the complete bottom or else the app wil crash. Buy each pack individually and lucky patcher will handle things from there.

To every commenter: thank you. Lemmings are the best and capitalism is the devil.

abracaDavid,

Fuck this company. Fuck these ghouls making this decision.

This is easily the most badass form of piracy I’ve ever seen. The right kind of rebellion.

ManniSturgis,

Damn, we truly live in the most boring kind of dystopia.

riffy,

I just ordered a pair of these wheels on eBay when I saw this post. I hope this works when I get them, cuz I was ticked off to see the $330 unlock price for the app! Also, any tips for these wheels?

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

You can always use my older app trick to unlock all the features and if you need help I can add you on signal messenger to help out more in detail. On/off can be done on the wheels, but it will turn on to the last used setting (1 or 2). If you have the remote, you can use that to change the modes. 1 is indoor use and 2 outdoor.

General wheel tips:

  • Be sure to practice a lot in practice mode and mode 1.
  • Always use some anti tipping wheels on your chair since these wheels can go whack sometimes if you push too quickly/hard or get stuck (ex: door). I always use mine except when using a handbike.
  • Be very careful changing the parameters and test each change you make well. It’s a sensitive boi.
  • Password for getting into the ‘professional’ mode is $AlBr-MtN25!
Thorned_Rose,
Thorned_Rose avatar

I know it's probably annoying, but could you use your old phone just for your chair? Strip it out of everything unnecessary so it's got bare minimum to run the app which would also (hopefully) have the advantage of longer battery?

(And sorry I can't give you a more directly helpful answer)

SpiceDealer,
@SpiceDealer@lemmy.world avatar

In the future, people will remember William Gibson as a prophet.

blakeus12,
@blakeus12@hexbear.net avatar

ah sweet

manmade horrors beyond my comprehension

JokeDeity,

This is so fucked up and sad. Capitalism is pure evil.

empireOfLove2,
@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

literal predatory behavior against society’s most vulnerable members. God, disgusting.

Calling out this company that produces the e-motion, Alber GmbH. FUCK them.

ikidd,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

This brings a new definition to the term “crippleware”.

tkk13909,

300 to operate wheels that you don’t even own? That’s extortion, right?

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

Or I can just use the setting 1 and setting 2 nu carrying a remote control on a lanyard constantly while there’s an actual app available but nooooo

tkk13909,

Damn

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

300 for a button: very normal.

SoleInvictus,
@SoleInvictus@lemmy.world avatar

I’m also disabled. We tend to refer to this as the “disability tax”. Anything that could potentially be billed to insurance or for which there are no other options is incredibly expensive. If we can’t afford it or don’t have insurance, we’re always welcome to go die under a bridge somewhere. Gotta pay for the owner’s yacht.

uis,

Hrrrrr. Anyone, call EU.

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

please spare some ADA for us thanks

uis,

Wait. You ARE in EU. Hmm…

AFC1886VCC,

Very pleased to see other users were able to help you out. Also disgusted at how you were in such a situation in the first place.

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

I am very grateful for the Lemmy community and specifically the pirates. Wonderful community!

Oth,

Hey Op, since you appear to be somewhere in the EU based on your mention of Euro pricing, would you be willing to name and shame the wheelchair manufacturer and/or model?

Without giving too much of my own personal information away, I might be in a position to cause a bit of ruckus for this particular company in terms of bad PR, possibly legislatively. I work for a company that profiles itself on doing this stuff “the right way” (secure practises, not screwing users this way, etc) and we are working on building a list of practises we are hoping to root out EU-Wide with some examples that are clearly exploitative.

I need nothing personally identifiable, just the brand and model, and I can pass it along to the team that can investigate further.

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

Sure thing: invacare is the company, the wheels are Alber e-motion M25. Their argument is the wheelchair is usable without the add ons, which I not only disagree with but why are these wheels 8k if they have an app only usable by upgrading? The older model is cheaper and doesn’t have an app which works in the same way then.

I am curious if something will get out of this! It’s difficult to explain but there’s so many hoops I have to go through, I literally can’t contact invacare myself. I have city council to grant me an indication of what I need, a company that delivers the stuff to me and does maintainance (but theyre extremely lacking), then there’s a company that imports the invacare stuff and deals with the company that deals with me.

We truly need to get some hard rules down in the Netherlands. I’m tired of it all.

Oth,

Thanks! I will pass it along and hopefully we can push for a change. I can’t guarantee that anything will happen in the short term, but at the very least we can create some bad publicity for them.

brbposting,

Wheelchair Manufacturer:

We’ve heard your complaints, which we never got when tiering by selling different physical models of wheelchair. Going forward, our app will be free, but features will be limited by the equipment actually physically installed in our Standard/Premium/Luxury models.

Yes, the physical equipment needed is only fuses, but we’ve obfuscated that by encasing them in cryptexes and adding fancy plastic design elements to the more expensive models.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/27023f1b-8b51-4973-8b82-1403654873fb.jpeg

Now, our business practices are indistinguishable from Honda upcharging for a sunroof. Except life’s harder when you don’t upgrade with us.

:( hey but good job staying at it and finding a way!

mindlight, (edited )

You want to have both hands free while moving or an extra dose of speed to go faster? With the Mobility Plus Package you can activate a variety of clever additional functions in the Mobility App.

With the Mobility Plus Package you can increase the support speed from 6 km/h to 8,5 km/h and benefit from the Cruise Mode that allows you to keep a permanent speed with only one deflection on the push rim.

Holy fuck!?!? The wheelchair is actually actively crippled if you don’t pay?

If you are able to crack software, this is the time to stand up and do actual real good for humanity !

This makes me so angry.

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

Yea the fun stuff is that it’s actually manually operated but it straight up blocks at the 6km or the 8,5. The 8,5 is decent enough but even when turned off the wheels feel ‘blocked’ so I can’t do a quick running contest with my husband. Not the wordt but at 6km it’s just average walking speed which means I can’t take a sprint when crossing the road.

Fun fact: it was stuck in 2,5km/h for months before I finally figured out the manufacturer manual because the actual wheelchair company didn’t know how it worked.

JustUseMint,

Someone needs to call Empress. This is the type of shit she lives for lmao and extremely talented, even if she’s a nutcase

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

Oh my god empress, I fell down that rabbit hole a while back hahaha. I mean I “cracked” the app now with luckypatcher but that’s only locally on my device, I’m not a true hacker even if the boomers I know in real life think I am lol

LookBehindYouNowAndThen,

That definitely makes you a hacker.

It’s more about the spirit than the knowledge, but you’ve got both.

win95,
@win95@lemmy.zip avatar

laughs nervously I am cool now?

model_tar_gz,

You were always cool.

WeirdGoesPro,
@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Does she have a bat signal? She seems like she has a bat signal.

JustUseMint,

Yes it comes in the form of $500 donations shell crack whatever you ask for that price. This is not a joke.

WeirdGoesPro,
@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

$300 per year for the wheelchair software versus $500 one time…seems like a good deal to me.

Donk240978,

While I was reading this comment, I thought it was a sarcastic parody of a promotion for the software…

Then as I kept reading I realised that the lines in italics are not parody, but actually from the company.

Fuck those guys!

mexicancartel,

Fuck i didnt even realise its not a parody

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