Using Generic MIFARE Cards with Lockly Smart Locks

Lockly RFID locks use standard MIFARE Classic 1K cards (13.56 MHz), but ship with one sector key changed from the factory default. This causes generic cards to fail enrollment. Using a Proxmark3 on your own Lockly card, you can recover this key and write it to inexpensive generic cards in about 5 minutes, saving up to 96% on replacements. Important clarification: This process does not clone an existing card or bypass your lock. It prepares a blank generic card so it can be enrolled through the Lockly Home app just like a new Lockly-branded card. You still go through the normal enrollment process; you’re just not paying $8 per card to do it. ...

March 14, 2026 · 7 min · 1408 words · Jon Mash