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Hello! And thanks for looking in my question :)

I bought one of these lamps. I spent a bunch of time using a glue-gun to stick extra flower petals and branches to it. Now it looks like this, and now... I'm more than a little invested in making the circuitry do what I want.

After only a brief test of the behaviour before I started my glue project, I thought that if I removed power while it was switched on, it would automatically return to the same switch state after mains power was disconnected. But then, I discovered after adding a smart plug between it and the wall outlet, it doesn't actually remember the power mode when power is completely disconnected (for more than a couple of minutes).

This makes me very sad

I was hoping to have it turn on in the morning, and off late at night, via the smart plug.

It does have a battery compartment, but I would prefer not to use any batteries for this device. With it running most of the day, I will go through too many cells.

The touch switch on the base has three modes: off → all LEDs on → 50% LEDs on in flashing sequence. Is there anything I can adjust or re-solder on the board in order to bypass the switch function and always have it running when power is connected?

Here is a photo of the internals of the base. Here are one, two, three more close up angles. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Or if you need other images that I've not taken, I'll provide everything I can. Tyia!!