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Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by Simon_O_Rourke »

nibbleshifter wrote: post #67
sschueller wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm still waiting for my Kickstarter version (suposideley by July 26th) and as one of the first few backers I would hope I receive mine before others can just go buy one... Yes I live in Switzerland but it's not at the edge or the world. Most have received theirs already but Swiss people had to wait a while...

Also in Europe area, still waiting. I think its with the notoriously slow last mile carrier that never updates tracking, so maybe next week or two...

Ahhh, good to know, friends of mine been waiting for them despite being a local courier tracking number

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by lokedhs »

sschueller wrote: post #49
mrbuttons454 wrote: post #4

Anyone else having issues ordering? Apple Pay fails, and manual checkout says it can't be shipped to my address. It's a normal US residential address. Edit: According to their forums, "There are no US region (R02) flippers in stock at the moment." https://forum.flipperzero.one/t/unable-to-place-order/4251/4

I'm still waiting for my Kickstarter version (suposideley by July 26th) and as one of the first few backers I would hope I receive mine before others can just go buy one... Yes I live in Switzerland but it's not at the edge or the world. Most have received theirs already but Swiss people had to wait a while...

Still waiting for mine as well. I'm in Singapore and it's apparently the last region to be served. I have yet to get a shipping notification. I hope to get it soon though.

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by darkwater »

jackson1442 wrote: post #103
tantalor wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you need "a couple"?

One for capture and one for replay so you can do it from afar, I assume.

Exactly, BT range is not that great although probably with one you can do something already

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by splitrocket »

Justin_K wrote: post #115

Is it me or are the comments all complete spam? The top three all say the same thing, roughly, "well built / good build quality / impressed with build, etc".

Check my karma: It's not spam. It really is really well built. Should be: took them years to get it built, I bought into their kickstarter early. That said, I learned huge amounts about building hardware from their engineering blog, strongly recommend it.

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by mschuster91 »

stjohnswarts wrote: post #91
Rebelgecko wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use mine as a remote for a lot of things: My front gate, my parents front gate, and any other front gate (check your local laws before doing this). Controlling a lamp I have (works with any device I've tried that uses 433mhz) Backup remote for my TV (the Flipper infrared UI is kinda clunky but it works) Backing copies of NFC cards And most importantly, you can use it to turn the pages during a PowerPoint presentati…

How do you get the details of the remotes you're replacing with it? Scanning through frequencies? Don't they have "secrets" for the actual ACK that lets your in and garage doors rotate through codes do they not? Just curious.

> Don't they have "secrets" for the actual ACK that lets your in and garage doors rotate through codes do they not?

Remote door controls are painfully dumb and relied on the absence of affordable software-defined receivers and especially transmitters. With most of them you can set the code via binary DIP switches at the back and that's it. No replay protection, no nothing, if you're lucky the receiver has a brute-force detection.

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by mschuster91 »

pnw wrote: post #112
stjohnswarts wrote: post #89

I wonder why they're only selling in Europe? Has shipping to the USA from Europe become a pain and not worth it?

Likely because the company is Russian.

They're shipping from Hongkong per their FAQ [1], and are incorporated from the US [2]

[1] https://flipperzero.one/faq

[2] https://www.flipperdevices.com/

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by Aspos »

ajsnigrutin wrote: post #93

PSA: the main benefit of this s the ease of use, due to a lcd display, buttons and software support. If you're familiar with arduino/esp* programming, you can get the components (eg. esp32, cc1101, nfc reader, and infrared transciever) for a lot cheaper on aliexpress or your local reseller, and all of those things are in stock. (or in other words, if you're one of those people who buy stuff like this, play with it fo…

Certainly you can spend time reading datashets, ordering components on aliexpress, soldering them together, going back to square 1 every time you burn something, etc. Alternatively, you can pay a tad more and get everything in a single device with a nice interface.

This device lowers the entry barrier into hardware for software people.

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by [deleted] »

splitrocket wrote: post #124
Justin_K wrote: post #115

Is it me or are the comments all complete spam? The top three all say the same thing, roughly, "well built / good build quality / impressed with build, etc".

Check my karma: It's not spam. It really is really well built. Should be: took them years to get it built, I bought into their kickstarter early. That said, I learned huge amounts about building hardware from their engineering blog, strongly recommend it.

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Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by notatoad »

jdelman wrote: post #10

Would something like this be a good way for a beginner to get into hardware hacking, or is it more for intermediate-advanced level hackers?

Given all the comments here praising the build quality and conspicuous lack of comments talking about the actual things it can do, I'm guessing it's fairly difficult to use for anything beyond admiring it's build quality

Re: Flipper Zero – Portable Multi-Tool Device for Geeks

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Post by rbarrois »

Cockbrand wrote: post #56
capableweb wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who just ordered one to the EU, you people in the US finally get a taste of your own medicine :) I can't even recount how many times I've wanted to order something, and not until the final step before doing the payment they put up a "Sorry, we only accept orders within the US & Canada".

I'd like to order one as well (EU, too), but I'm a bit repelled by the $35 tax on top of the price. Did you pay the same tax? Did you research whether you'll have to pay customs fees as well?

It seems to be available from resellers, lab401 seems to be their official reseller in Europe: https://lab401.com/collections/flipper-zero
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