FindMy

Retrieve FindMy Objects data (Airtags, Airpods, etc.) from a jailbroken device and publish it through MQTT for use in Home Assistant

First of you'll need to install the Terminal & SSH addon (https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/blob/master/ssh/DOCS.md). Secondly you'll need a (jailbroken) iOS device (iPhone / iPad) that supports Find My (iOS 14.0 or higher), I've used an iPhone 7 with iOS 15.7.5 and applied the Palera1n jailbreak.

Jailbreaking the iPhone:

Download the .ISO from https://github.com/palera1n/palen1x/releases and follow the instructions as mentioned on https://ios.cfw.guide/using-palen1x.

Setup a passwordless connection

• Follow the instructions from Smart Home Junkie on creating SSH-keys https://youtu.be/_ANmn9QSLtA
• If you have got your private and public key copy that key to the iOS device: use ssh-copy-id -i {location of your public key} {username}@{iosdevice--ip-address}, you'll be prompted for your password and after that the SSH-key should be copied.

With Home Assistant now able to download the Items.data file the find_my.sh script will generate a device_tracker that you can use in your Maps-card for example.

The script is under development, so changes will me made.

Home Assistant Configuration

Find_my.sh

Copy the shell script to your prefered shell scripts location e.g. /config/shell/find_my Change the listed variables to match your setup:

• scriptlocation
• iosdevice
• mqttbroker
• username
• password

Configuration.yaml

Add the following line to your configuration and modify it to match your setup:

• /config/ssh/id_rsa should match the location of your ssh-key
• root@192.168.1.100 should match your SSH login
• /config/shell/find_my/find_my.sh should match the location of find_my.sh

shell_command:
  find_my: ssh -i /config/ssh/id_rsa -o 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no' root@192.168.1.100 '/config/shell/find_my/find_my.sh'

Automation

You can create an automation as basic as:

alias: "Run the Find_my script"
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: /5
condition: []
action:
  - service: shell_command.find_my
    data: {}
mode: single