# WazeTripper: reconstructing Tripper Pod navigation over BLE

> WazeTripper connects Waze navigation to a Royal Enfield Tripper Pod by patching a Waze Android APK and sending commands over a reconstructed BLE interface. Its protocol notes cover the Pod's GATT transport, packet fields and confidence levels, while the build scripts download Waze and inject Java hooks for navigation events.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jnsdias/wazetripper>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jnsdias/wazetripper/blob/7c4235d5c4de5a1a60aa74ea6ece0c06e9ffab07/docs/PROTOCOL.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wazetripper-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wazetripper-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wazetripper-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Docker and an Android phone; the build script downloads the supported Waze 5.23.0.2 APK. Road use needs a Tripper Pod.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports testing on one Meteor 350 Tripper Pod and Galaxy S23 setup.
- **Limits:** Only Waze 5.23.0.2 is supported; parts of the protocol remain unresolved.
- **License:** Apache-2.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jnsdias/wazetripper/blob/7c4235d5c4de5a1a60aa74ea6ece0c06e9ffab07/docs/PROTOCOL.md>
2. <https://github.com/jnsdias/wazetripper/blob/7c4235d5c4de5a1a60aa74ea6ece0c06e9ffab07/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/jnsdias/wazetripper/blob/7c4235d5c4de5a1a60aa74ea6ece0c06e9ffab07/LICENSE>

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