Generally speaking you don't need to go to such lengths to intercept client/server communication from your own device. You can even have your wireless devices use your local WiFi, computer and Fiddler (which I think is roughly equivalent to Charles on Linux/iOS) as a proxy to intercept SSL and decrypt communication.

You don't need to bust open the codebase itself to figure out what comms are occurring. You can stage your own MITM attack against yourself with a couple of home made SSL certificates and a router you have the ability to install your own software on.