# TelloPython: reconstructing app-only Tello drone commands

> TelloPython implements Python control of Tello drone functions available through its mobile app beyond the documented API. Its notes describe recovering command IDs and packet fields through Android app decompilation and Xposed hooks, then using those findings for joystick movement and flip commands.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jaqxues/TelloPython>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jaqxues/TelloPython/blob/370497e4225927d5238ec37f0a3b52499eae280f/Readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tellopython-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tellopython-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tellopython-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Tello drone is required for control.
- **Prerequisites:** The command-ID extraction scripts require a decompiled Tello app folder; the author recommends Jadx.
- **Limits:** The command-ID list may be incomplete.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jaqxues/TelloPython/blob/370497e4225927d5238ec37f0a3b52499eae280f/Readme.md>

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