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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Beginning_Moment6274 on 2025-11-23 08:06:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/No-Profession-7969 on 2025-11-22 17:45:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Travel69 on 2025-11-23 02:31:39+00:00.


My latest post will walk you through jailbreaking your Echo Show 5 Gen 1, or Echo Show 8 Gen 1, wiping Amazon’s Fire OS, and loading Lineage Android. You can then install the Home Assistant companion app, View Assist, Fully Kiosk or whatever you want to display your Home Assistant dashboard. In this post I cover:

  • Jail Breaking your Echo Show 5 or 8 (Gen 1)
  • Wipe Fire OS and load Android Lineage 18.1
  • Rooting Lineage
  • Install F-Droid with privileged extension (auto app updates)
  • Installing the Home Assistant Companion app
  • Tweaks for the Home Assistant Companion app
  • (Optional) Install Obtainium for View Assist

Complete Guide: Home Assistant: The Complete Echo Show Jailbreak Guide

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/duckredbeard on 2025-11-23 01:31:56+00:00.


So my son left his phone on my daughter's car today, moments before she drove off. About 20 minutes later my son comes to me in a panic. No sweat. We have Tile installed on his phone and Google location sharing enabled.

Google shows his location to be at home 30 minutes ago. Tile shows his location on a "Davis Rd" which is a few miles long. Could be neither.

I pull up HA map and it shows it at a roundabout just a mile or two from my house, literally at one end of this Davis Rd. I zoom in and it shows that it is on the inner circle of the roundabout. I drive there, park, and without looking at the ground I walk to EXACTLY where HA says it is. Then I look down.

Bingo. Phone found.

Google failed, Tile was vague. Home Assistant delivered.

The screen is cracked, but HA found the phone.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/wtfmatey88 on 2025-11-23 01:26:42+00:00.


  1. Never replace an automation. I keep a “testing” category now and when I want to adjust an automation I rename the old automation with the tag “-RELIABLE” at the end, disable it, and then create a new automation with the changes and save under testing. After a few days or whatever of everything working, I “retire” the “-RELIABLE” automation by changing it’s category to “retired” and then I move the new automation from “testing” into the appropriate area. This has saved me so many headaches when I break something and all I have to do is disable the one under “testing” and enable the one that ends in “-RELIABLE”
  2. Use categories for automations and spend the time to clean them up often. This basically is #1 but continued in the sense that I keep everything under different categories like “button, motion lighting, retired, testing” etc and it really helps me when I have to figure out what needs to be changed.
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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/sah0605 on 2025-11-22 23:16:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/FradBitt on 2025-11-22 22:32:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Eelviny on 2025-11-22 19:33:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/johnw01 on 2025-11-22 19:25:44+00:00.


I set up HomeAssistant a couple years ago in an effort to get a few items into HomeKit that were not natively supported. Recently in an effort to leave Apple, I started looking more into HA as a replacement. I am sure that I am preaching to the choir regarding HA, but this blows Apple HomeKit out of the water. I actually feel kind of stupid for not having embraced it two years ago. I fought HomeKit for years every time Apple would change something. For anyone reading this who is on the fence, you will not be disappointed in HA.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/worldtravel60 on 2025-11-22 14:36:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/psychoholica on 2025-11-22 00:24:53+00:00.


Looking for a high res display that will shut on and off with either camera or a prox monitor. Hoping to snag a nice deal on black friday.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/B1tN1nja on 2025-11-22 01:58:46+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Tmoneyallday on 2025-11-21 22:36:28+00:00.


Just found out I’m going to be a father! What are your favorite automations for babies/kids?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Individual_Net8501 on 2025-11-21 16:15:15+00:00.


Just finished my latest project, routed in aluminium profile into the handrail (made a custom 3d printed jig that matched the curve of the handrail and attached to router) then installed ws2812 tape controlled by wled. There's a Zigbee PIR sensor at the top of the stairs and a door sensor at the bottom (it's my apartment front door) the animation runs using WLED and uses different directions depending on what's been triggered. Pretty happy with how it's turned out. All the electronics are hidden in the wall cavity.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/shol-ly on 2025-11-21 13:18:22+00:00.


Every year, I facilitate a user survey over at selfh.st to gauge interests, habits, trends, etc. across the self-hosted community and always include a question asking users what their favorite self-hosted software is.

Home Assistant almost always tops that list, and per this year's results (linked below), it easily took first place with 588 of ~3,700 responses to the question.

I'm personally a big fan of the platform and developers, so I'm especially excited to see the continued excitement from users.

Congrats!

2025 Self-Host User Survey Results

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Wtrdk_ on 2025-11-21 13:42:40+00:00.


Hey everyone!

'Tis the season to clutter your Home Assistant dashboard with absolutely essential features that have zero practical value whatsoever!

Time to add this delightfully useless (but oddly satisfying) snowflake animation to your setup. Just slap it on as a card, optionally with a condition if you're the responsible type who thinks "maybe I don't need snow in July" (see my example for reference), and watch those beautiful snowflakes dance across your screen like tiny frozen pixels of pure holiday joy.

Will it help you automate your home? Nope. Will it make your dashboard load 0.2 seconds slower? Probably. Will it spark joy? Absolutely.

Your smart home doesn't know it needs this yet, but trust me—it does. Because nothing says "I've mastered home automation" quite like adding digital weather effects to your thermostat controls.

Happy dashboarding, and may your automations be merry and bright!

NB, to be clear, the code is created by u/Possible-Week-5815, I'm just promoting his work

Gif: https://gifyu.com/image/b9cr1

type: conditional
conditions:
  - entity: input_boolean.christmasmode
    state: "on"
card:
  type: custom:html-card
  card_mod:
    style: |
      .type-custom-html-card, htmlCard {
        position: absolute;
        top: -20px!important;
        background:none!important;
        }
  content: |
    <style>
      .snowflakes {
        position: fixed;
        top: -10%;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 110%;
        pointer-events: none;
        z-index: 9999;
        overflow: hidden;
      }

      i,
      i:after,
      i:before {
        background: white;
      }

      i {
        display: inline-block;
        -webkit-animation: snowflakes 6s linear 4s infinite;
        -moz-animation: snowflakes 6s linear 4s infinite;
        position: relative;
      }

      i:after,
      i:before {
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
        content: ".";
        position: absolute;
        top: 0px;
        left: 0px;
        -webkit-transform: rotate(120deg);
      }

      i:before {
        -webkit-transform: rotate(240deg);
      }

      @-webkit-keyframes snowflakes {
        0% {
          -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0) rotate(0deg) scale(0.6);
        }

        100% {
          -webkit-transform: translate3d(15px, 1200px, 0px) rotate(360deg) scale(0.6);
        }
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(3n) {
        width: 16px;
        height: 4px;
        -webkit-animation-duration: 8s;
        -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
        -webkit-transform-origin: right -45px;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(3n+1) {
        width: 24px;
        height: 6px;
        -webkit-animation-duration: 15s;
        -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
        -webkit-transform-origin: right -30px;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(3n+2) {
        width: 32px;
        height: 8px;
        -webkit-animation-duration: 20s;
        -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;
        -webkit-transform-origin: right -15px;
      }

      /* different delays so they don't all start at the same time */
      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n) {
        opacity: .1;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 1s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-in;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n+1) {
        opacity: .2;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 1s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-out;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n+2) {
        opacity: .3;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 1.5s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n+3) {
        opacity: .4;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 2s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-in;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n+4) {
        opacity: .5;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 2.5s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n+5) {
        opacity: .6;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 3s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-out;
      }

      .snowflakes i:nth-child(7n+6) {
        opacity: .7;
        -webkit-animation-delay: 3.5s;
        -webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-in;
      }
    </style>
    <div class="snowflakes">
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