Xiaomi Yeelight news by unbiased tech.
I mentiond I was having trouble a while ago with this lamp.
regarding permissions and the lamp not connecting to my phone,
they emailed me back regarding intrusive permissions and app not connecting to the lamp, saying;
"First of all, 2.1.01 has been published, which fixed those permission issue. Now, at the moment when App need some permission, there will be popup window to ask for confirm.
Let me explain why we need so much permissions:
1. camera permission: There is snap feature, which allow user to launch camera to take a picture, then pick up color from the picture to apply on the lamp.
2. read phone state permission: In previous version, we need read IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) of your device to create exclusive user id as the identity. In version 2.1.01, we will create random value as that identity, so we remove that permission
3. account permission (read contacts as you mentioned): WE WILL NEVER READ YOUR PRIVATE CONTACTS. But some Xiaomi device, or some other device running MIUI, there is already xiaomi account login, we need read that account information from system.
4. read or write SD card: for Yeelight Lamp, we will automatically download latest firmware from backend to sdcard for firmware update.
Basically, since version 2.1.01, it will be your call. If you denied grant camera permission to Yeelight App, you won’t be able to use snap feature; if you denied read SD card permission, your lamp firmware will never be updated."
now the app works but I need location (GPS) on constantly to be able to connect to the yeelight and use it.
I'm going to do a video about it next week. Atm I've got a kick ass nose cold and feel like overdosing on cough syrup.
My latest video; cube i7 tablet review m.youtube.com/watch?v=uoo3aXRESVA
I'll keep you posted on the Xiaomi emails as they might be useful for people interested in this light.