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I have a Flipper Zero and I've used it... occasionally. Like that one time controlling the Taylor Swift Eras tour wristbands: https://blog.jgc.org/2024/05/contr

I have a Flipper Zero and I've used it... occasionally. Like that one time controlling the Taylor Swift Eras tour wristbands: https://blog.jgc.org/2024/05/controlling-taylor-swift-eras-tour.html https://blog.jgc.org/2024/05/controlling-taylor-swift-eras-t... but it's mostly sat around being an odd device. I duplicated a couple of RFID things, used the IR for some stuff, and once in a while used the radio receiver, but mostly it looks pretty. I'm not sure what I'd do with a Flipper One, but I guess I've done a lot of things with Raspberry Pis so... maybe?

maplant 5mo ago
I plan on using it to create a backup password/2FA device... eventually
tonyarkles 5mo ago
I had similar feelings but the comments below about adding an SDR to it with an M.2 slot got me looking a little closer. This has an 8-core Rockchip A72/A53 processor and 8GB of RAM. This is not an incremental improvement over the Flipper Zero, this is something else entirely. Hmmmmm...
- geerlingguy 5mo ago
  It's more like a portable Raspberry Pi with better efficiency and more IO. And hopefully even better mainline Linux support out of the gate. The key question will be how much it costs. Beyond $250-300, it's a lot more of a niche product. Below $250 would be very interesting. I don't think it will be below $300. With current memory and storage pricing, probably $350-400 is more realistic :(
  - bigiain 5mo ago
    Its got 8gb of ddr5 in it. That's already a huge chunk of $300 - I'm not even sure they will get the BOM down to $300. I'm guessing it'll be $1000 or so. (Which is good for me. Well above my impulse buy threshold. I don't regret buying my Flipper Zero, because it was within my impulse buy and not regret it threshold.)
    - geerlingguy 5mo ago
      I forgot it has a battery as well, so add on the extra power and charging circuitry. Yeah, probably north of $500, but I can't imagine it being closer to $1000 :/
      - Dylan16807 5mo ago
        That extra circuitry is like a dollar retail. That should not be a significant impact on the price. For the battery itself, three 18650s would add $5 to the BOM so I'm not expecting a huge difference from that either.
        geerlingguy 5mo ago
        At the scale they have, prices probably not quite so low, but the power stuff would be more if they use higher quality parts and factor in the integration / firmware bits.
  - fc417fc802 5mo ago
    Does it need to be so cheap? With these specs it would make a decent replacement for a low end general purpose computer. The older NUC I use for a lot of stuff has similar-to-worse specs than this thing does.
    - karlgkk 5mo ago
      If it’s not cheap, then what differentiates it from a $150 Linux laptop and $30 dongle
      - fc417fc802 5mo ago
        That's exactly my point! It's a low to midrange computer with extremely high portability including a grayscale display. Where else are you going to get that functionality combined as a single unit?
        mitthrowaway2 5mo ago
        A steam deck maybe?
        bspinner 5mo ago
        See the Mecha Comet
        karlgkk 5mo ago
        I have a $140 Lenovo education market laptop I got from their site, new. It doesn’t have a built in Ethernet port but I taped an L shaped usb dongle to the back. I use it as a terminal mostly. So I feel like if this costs more than $400, it’s DOA
        Dylan16807 5mo ago
        Considering this is 6.1 inches wide and 1.6 inches thick, I think I'd be happier with a GPD that's 6.8 inches wide and 1.0 inches thick. And I can put the screen into grayscale mode if I want?
        5mo ago
  - rasz 5mo ago
    >better mainline Linux support haha
    - rasz 5mo ago
      for reference https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-outfit-has-linux-mpp-repository-on-github-disabled-after-a-dmca-takedown-request-ffmpeg-team-accuses-it-of-using-libavcodec-code-without-attribution https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-... https://securityonline.info/open-source-standoff-github-freezes-rockchips-code-after-two-year-ffmpeg-license-battle/ https://securityonline.info/open-source-standoff-github-free... https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-linux-mpp-repository-after-dmca-request https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-li... https://legal.gpl-violations.narkive.com/gAoCqXFb/rockchip-rk2808a-rk2808-all-variants-gpl-violation https://legal.gpl-violations.narkive.com/gAoCqXFb/rockchip-r... https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113698847221483936 https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113698847221483936 "I was told Rockchip no longer considers RK3588 to be an “open source” chip"
- Glohrischi 5mo ago
  Oh what is it? A powerbank? No a Router! No its Batman sry had to do this...
- Cthulhu_ 5mo ago
  I'd love to have a "shit hit the fan" style computer (like a cyberdeck), but also be able to do radio communications stuff as a hobby. But there's no ready-made cyberdeck as far as I know; I feel like Flipper has enough mindshare to be able to lead a project like this. (Clockwork comes close: https://www.clockworkpi.com/ https://www.clockworkpi.com/, as do these tiny handheld laptops with network and serial ports like GPD's Micro PC)
  - ramgine 5mo ago
    As someone else mentioned in another thread, this could be what you’re looking for. Unfortunately it’s above my impulse budget https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform
sam_lowry_ 5mo ago
Heh... I used Flipper Zero to clone RFID tags for all the neighbors to T5577 rings, pins, sticky pads and whatever not for our gated community. If you are adventurous, many ski stations have low-tech cards as well, although they also tend to have human controllers once in a while. And, finally, kids like running around with Flipper Zero opening power taps on Teslas.
- m463 5mo ago
  > And, finally, kids like running around with Flipper Zero opening power taps on Teslas. one time I parked in a tesla near to a bank of superchargers. every time someone hooked up their car to charge (pressing the button on the charging cable), my charge port would swing open. every minute or two...
  - anonymousiam 5mo ago
    A friend of mine has a HackRF in his car continuously transmitting the charge-port-open command. Sometimes he sends me videos of the "salutes" he gets from them.
- bigiain 5mo ago
  Pretty sure the most use I've got out of mine is using it as a tv-b-gone.
- wnevets 5mo ago
  Are smartphones not capable of cloning RFID tags?
  - password4321 5mo ago
    NFC yes, RFID I don't know. https://github.com/nfcgate/nfcgate https://github.com/nfcgate/nfcgate
    - monocasa 5mo ago
      Typically the hardware is capable of it, but the drivers aren't.
quietsegfault 5mo ago
I have done exactly the same type and amount of stuff with my flipper zero, probably in the target demo. still, no complaints! I think the one is a cool toy that I will one day (if I’m lucky) use as the perfect solution for a problem. If I can do that just once, it’ll be worth the price for me.
maciejb 5mo ago
I had plenty of fun reverse engineering a 433.92 MHz protocol curtain motors at my house use. Once that was done and I taught first my Flipper Zero, then a RPi with a C1101 to actuate the motors, the Flipper is sitting idly in the drawer.
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abr0ahm 5mo ago
It's about time someone rolled out a watch that has these capabilities.
- MadrasThorn 5mo ago
  Now that's a good idea
  - abr0ahm 5mo ago
    https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/11f8ruz/respect_jimmy_neutrons_watch_the_adventures_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/11f8ruz/res...
    - MadrasThorn 5mo ago
      https://tenor.com/view/brain-blast-jimmy-neutron-jimbo-gif-26286685 https://tenor.com/view/brain-blast-jimmy-neutron-jimbo-gif-2...
runj__ 5mo ago
I've been happy with my Zero, cloned some friends apartment building door fobs, and using it for missing remotes for TV's and fans. But that damn dolphin is always angry with me for not using it enough.
- JuniperMesos 5mo ago
  You can turn that off in the settings.
majke 5mo ago
I've had more success. Flipper taught me about sdr, and I was able to reverse quite a lot from my garage door pilot. Then I went on an adventure of cracking Keeloq cipher, and I haven't stopped since.
ActorNightly 5mo ago
Im the same way. Ive used it maybe twice to change tv channels. I mostly got it for the novelty value, probably gonna sell it. Ive been more excited for this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/interrupt/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/interrupt/ interrupt-linux-powered-hacking-gadget/description. I used to have a One Plus One with Nethunter. That was a lot more useful as a hacking device. The only issue is that it required external adapters for things like wifi deauth, ir remote, e.t.c. But the ability to customize things on the fly was way better, compared to Flipper which you really can't do.
skrtskrt 5mo ago
You can also duplicate RFIDs with like a $5 scanner from Amazon (which is probably overpriced).
ryukoposting 5mo ago
Mine got me an angry email from IT once because I accidentally plugged it into my work laptop instead of the charger. Two black cables right next to each other. Oops.
willis936 5mo ago
I used it to scan my cat's microchips which let me catch that my recent adoption had the wrong number registered and correct it. Today I used my swiss army knife for the first time in a year because I needed a narrow flathead in a pinch. Not all tools need to be used everyday. I can't remember the last time I used my 3/8" wrench.
- jsolson 5mo ago
  Huh, now I feel like I should scan my dog. Thank you.
- bigiain 5mo ago
  > I can't remember the last time I used my 3/8" wrench. Yeah, I always lose my 10mm as well...
- yourapostasy 5mo ago
  > Not all tools need to be used everyday. I can't remember the last time I used my 3/8" wrench. Now our 10mm sockets on the other hand, would be used everyday if we could ever lay our hands on one when we need them.
stronglikedan 5mo ago
I've always wondered what could be done with Flock-style cameras (that I own, of course).
itstotallykyle 5mo ago
I used it almost exclusively to give my nieces virtual amiibos when I come over to their house
ChuckMcM 5mo ago
I use mine all the time, in that it has a subGhz app that queries a raspi for the room temperature and if it gets above 78 degrees F it sends the 'on' code to the ceiling fan, above 85 degrees and it sends a couple of speed up codes. When the temperature reverse it sends slow down and then off codes.
kimos 5mo ago
I have most often used it to be every amiibo that exists.

maplant 5mo ago

I plan on using it to create a backup password/2FA device... eventually

tonyarkles 5mo ago

I had similar feelings but the comments below about adding an SDR to it with an M.2 slot got me looking a little closer. This has an 8-core Rockchip A72/A53 processor and 8GB of RAM. This is not an incremental improvement over the Flipper Zero, this is something else entirely. Hmmmmm...

geerlingguy 5mo ago
It's more like a portable Raspberry Pi with better efficiency and more IO. And hopefully even better mainline Linux support out of the gate. The key question will be how much it costs. Beyond $250-300, it's a lot more of a niche product. Below $250 would be very interesting. I don't think it will be below $300. With current memory and storage pricing, probably $350-400 is more realistic :(
- bigiain 5mo ago
  Its got 8gb of ddr5 in it. That's already a huge chunk of $300 - I'm not even sure they will get the BOM down to $300. I'm guessing it'll be $1000 or so. (Which is good for me. Well above my impulse buy threshold. I don't regret buying my Flipper Zero, because it was within my impulse buy and not regret it threshold.)
  - geerlingguy 5mo ago
    I forgot it has a battery as well, so add on the extra power and charging circuitry. Yeah, probably north of $500, but I can't imagine it being closer to $1000 :/
    - Dylan16807 5mo ago
      That extra circuitry is like a dollar retail. That should not be a significant impact on the price. For the battery itself, three 18650s would add $5 to the BOM so I'm not expecting a huge difference from that either.
      - geerlingguy 5mo ago
        At the scale they have, prices probably not quite so low, but the power stuff would be more if they use higher quality parts and factor in the integration / firmware bits.
- fc417fc802 5mo ago
  Does it need to be so cheap? With these specs it would make a decent replacement for a low end general purpose computer. The older NUC I use for a lot of stuff has similar-to-worse specs than this thing does.
  - karlgkk 5mo ago
    If it’s not cheap, then what differentiates it from a $150 Linux laptop and $30 dongle
    - fc417fc802 5mo ago
      That's exactly my point! It's a low to midrange computer with extremely high portability including a grayscale display. Where else are you going to get that functionality combined as a single unit?
      - mitthrowaway2 5mo ago
        A steam deck maybe?
      - bspinner 5mo ago
        See the Mecha Comet
      - karlgkk 5mo ago
        I have a $140 Lenovo education market laptop I got from their site, new. It doesn’t have a built in Ethernet port but I taped an L shaped usb dongle to the back. I use it as a terminal mostly. So I feel like if this costs more than $400, it’s DOA
      - Dylan16807 5mo ago
        Considering this is 6.1 inches wide and 1.6 inches thick, I think I'd be happier with a GPD that's 6.8 inches wide and 1.0 inches thick. And I can put the screen into grayscale mode if I want?
        5mo ago
- rasz 5mo ago
  >better mainline Linux support haha
  - rasz 5mo ago
    for reference https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-outfit-has-linux-mpp-repository-on-github-disabled-after-a-dmca-takedown-request-ffmpeg-team-accuses-it-of-using-libavcodec-code-without-attribution https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chinese-semiconductor-... https://securityonline.info/open-source-standoff-github-freezes-rockchips-code-after-two-year-ffmpeg-license-battle/ https://securityonline.info/open-source-standoff-github-free... https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-linux-mpp-repository-after-dmca-request https://hackaday.com/2026/01/05/github-disables-rockchips-li... https://legal.gpl-violations.narkive.com/gAoCqXFb/rockchip-rk2808a-rk2808-all-variants-gpl-violation https://legal.gpl-violations.narkive.com/gAoCqXFb/rockchip-r... https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113698847221483936 https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113698847221483936 "I was told Rockchip no longer considers RK3588 to be an “open source” chip"
Glohrischi 5mo ago
Oh what is it? A powerbank? No a Router! No its Batman sry had to do this...
Cthulhu_ 5mo ago
I'd love to have a "shit hit the fan" style computer (like a cyberdeck), but also be able to do radio communications stuff as a hobby. But there's no ready-made cyberdeck as far as I know; I feel like Flipper has enough mindshare to be able to lead a project like this. (Clockwork comes close: https://www.clockworkpi.com/ https://www.clockworkpi.com/, as do these tiny handheld laptops with network and serial ports like GPD's Micro PC)
- ramgine 5mo ago
  As someone else mentioned in another thread, this could be what you’re looking for. Unfortunately it’s above my impulse budget https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform

sam_lowry_ 5mo ago

Heh... I used Flipper Zero to clone RFID tags for all the neighbors to T5577 rings, pins, sticky pads and whatever not for our gated community. If you are adventurous, many ski stations have low-tech cards as well, although they also tend to have human controllers once in a while. And, finally, kids like running around with Flipper Zero opening power taps on Teslas.

m463 5mo ago
> And, finally, kids like running around with Flipper Zero opening power taps on Teslas. one time I parked in a tesla near to a bank of superchargers. every time someone hooked up their car to charge (pressing the button on the charging cable), my charge port would swing open. every minute or two...
- anonymousiam 5mo ago
  A friend of mine has a HackRF in his car continuously transmitting the charge-port-open command. Sometimes he sends me videos of the "salutes" he gets from them.
bigiain 5mo ago
Pretty sure the most use I've got out of mine is using it as a tv-b-gone.
wnevets 5mo ago
Are smartphones not capable of cloning RFID tags?
- password4321 5mo ago
  NFC yes, RFID I don't know. https://github.com/nfcgate/nfcgate https://github.com/nfcgate/nfcgate
  - monocasa 5mo ago
    Typically the hardware is capable of it, but the drivers aren't.

quietsegfault 5mo ago

I have done exactly the same type and amount of stuff with my flipper zero, probably in the target demo. still, no complaints! I think the one is a cool toy that I will one day (if I’m lucky) use as the perfect solution for a problem. If I can do that just once, it’ll be worth the price for me.

maciejb 5mo ago

I had plenty of fun reverse engineering a 433.92 MHz protocol curtain motors at my house use. Once that was done and I taught first my Flipper Zero, then a RPi with a C1101 to actuate the motors, the Flipper is sitting idly in the drawer.

deleted 5mo ago

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abr0ahm 5mo ago

It's about time someone rolled out a watch that has these capabilities.

MadrasThorn 5mo ago
Now that's a good idea
- abr0ahm 5mo ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/11f8ruz/respect_jimmy_neutrons_watch_the_adventures_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/11f8ruz/res...
  - MadrasThorn 5mo ago
    https://tenor.com/view/brain-blast-jimmy-neutron-jimbo-gif-26286685 https://tenor.com/view/brain-blast-jimmy-neutron-jimbo-gif-2...

runj__ 5mo ago

I've been happy with my Zero, cloned some friends apartment building door fobs, and using it for missing remotes for TV's and fans. But that damn dolphin is always angry with me for not using it enough.

JuniperMesos 5mo ago
You can turn that off in the settings.

majke 5mo ago

I've had more success. Flipper taught me about sdr, and I was able to reverse quite a lot from my garage door pilot. Then I went on an adventure of cracking Keeloq cipher, and I haven't stopped since.

ActorNightly 5mo ago

Im the same way. Ive used it maybe twice to change tv channels. I mostly got it for the novelty value, probably gonna sell it. Ive been more excited for this https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/interrupt/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/interrupt/ interrupt-linux-powered-hacking-gadget/description. I used to have a One Plus One with Nethunter. That was a lot more useful as a hacking device. The only issue is that it required external adapters for things like wifi deauth, ir remote, e.t.c. But the ability to customize things on the fly was way better, compared to Flipper which you really can't do.

skrtskrt 5mo ago

You can also duplicate RFIDs with like a $5 scanner from Amazon (which is probably overpriced).

ryukoposting 5mo ago

Mine got me an angry email from IT once because I accidentally plugged it into my work laptop instead of the charger. Two black cables right next to each other. Oops.

willis936 5mo ago

I used it to scan my cat's microchips which let me catch that my recent adoption had the wrong number registered and correct it. Today I used my swiss army knife for the first time in a year because I needed a narrow flathead in a pinch. Not all tools need to be used everyday. I can't remember the last time I used my 3/8" wrench.

jsolson 5mo ago
Huh, now I feel like I should scan my dog. Thank you.
bigiain 5mo ago
> I can't remember the last time I used my 3/8" wrench. Yeah, I always lose my 10mm as well...
yourapostasy 5mo ago
> Not all tools need to be used everyday. I can't remember the last time I used my 3/8" wrench. Now our 10mm sockets on the other hand, would be used everyday if we could ever lay our hands on one when we need them.

stronglikedan 5mo ago

I've always wondered what could be done with Flock-style cameras (that I own, of course).

itstotallykyle 5mo ago

I used it almost exclusively to give my nieces virtual amiibos when I come over to their house

ChuckMcM 5mo ago

I use mine all the time, in that it has a subGhz app that queries a raspi for the room temperature and if it gets above 78 degrees F it sends the 'on' code to the ceiling fan, above 85 degrees and it sends a couple of speed up codes. When the temperature reverse it sends slow down and then off codes.

kimos 5mo ago

I have most often used it to be every amiibo that exists.