Quiet Rebellion
Control your Bose QC Ultra 2 directly — no Bose app, no cloud, no account.
Description
Quiet Rebellion gives you full control over your Bose QC Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) directly over Bluetooth — without the Bose app, without a cloud account, and without sending any data off your device.
It implements the BMAP protocol (Bose Messaging and Protocol), the same protocol the official app uses, accessed through the unauthenticated SETGET and START operators. No keys are extracted, no encryption is broken, no traffic is replayed.
<b>Supported device</b>
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) — codename "wolverine"
<b>Noise Control</b>
- ANC level 0–10 (0 = full isolation, 10 = full awareness)
- Wind Block on/off
- Spatial Audio: Off / Room / Head
<b>Sound</b>
- 3-band graphic equalizer (Bass / Mid / Treble, –10 to +10 dB)
- Sidetone level (Off / Low / Medium / High)
<b>Listening Modes</b>
- Switch between Quiet, Aware, Immersion, Cinema
- Custom mode slots (up to 7 user profiles)
- Favourite modes — mark modes with ★, long-press any mode to toggle
<b>Connections</b>
- Multipoint on/off
- Switch active audio source between paired devices (names resolved from headphone memory)
- Enter Bluetooth pairing mode
<b>Device Settings</b>
- Auto Play/Pause (pause when headphones removed)
- Auto-answer calls
- Device rename
- Power off
<b>Appearance</b>
- Two built-in themes: Fresh & Clean (cyan) and Monochrome, each in Light and Dark
- Material You (Android 12+): colours follow your wallpaper
- Tap the settings icon (top right) to switch themes
<b>System Integration</b>
- Persistent foreground notification — connection stays alive when the app is in the background
- Notification actions: ANC toggle · Switch to [next mode] · Power Off
- Mode cycling respects your favourite list
<b>Requirements</b>
- Android 8.0+ (API 26)
- Bose QC Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen) already paired via Android Bluetooth settings
- The Bose app must not be running while this app is active (both hold the RFCOMM channel)
<b>Privacy</b>
No network access. No analytics. No accounts. All communication is local Bluetooth only.
<b>Open Source</b>
Source code: <a href="https://github.com/MadEyez/quietrebellion">github.com/MadEyez/quietrebellion</a>
Fork of the original <a href="https://github.com/aaronsb/bosectl">aaronsb/bosectl</a> protocol library.
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Permissions
What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.
- BluetoothConnect to Bluetooth devices.
- BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
- Bluetooth connectionConnect to paired Bluetooth devices.
- Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE
- NotificationsShow notifications.
- quietrebellion.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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