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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 r2_pilot »

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".

I have had one since around April, and the hardware quality is good. Their blog also shows where they had to change processes because their QA caught things like the header plastic warping and is a good source of how to bring a product to market in the middle of a pandemic. I do feel like their software quality, while functional, could stand some polish, but it's fine. I'm currently working on making an add-on board for its gpio pins.

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

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Post by r2_pilot »

enriquto wrote: post #71

But does it exist? The website is written in the future tense here and there.

I've had one since April. The company, while established in the US, consists of many people who use English as a second language, and who have been under considerable difficulties with being a hardware startup servicing the world market during a pandemic.

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

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Post by r2_pilot »

pnw wrote: post #113
ciguy wrote: post #28

Just wasted 20 minutes trying to figure out how to order. It kept saying no shipping rates found for my address. Turns out they aren't allowing US orders at the moment but they don't actually say that on the website you just get a cryptic shipping rates message. Not the greatest experience.

Probably not easy taking orders on a Russian website from the US right now?

The company was established in the US since at least 2019, so this is not an issue. They ship out of Hong Kong.

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

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Post by Cockbrand »

rbarrois wrote: post #130
Cockbrand wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

That's in fact a lot cheaper. Nice one, thanks!

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

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Post by sitzkrieg »

wnevets wrote: post #84

I have a passing interest in wireless hacking but I have no idea if I have the skillset to make any use of it. How useful is this for someone with zero pen testing and/or wireless experience? I'm curious to know what it would take to hack my garage door or key fob for my car

i have developed firmware for a few ism band products and basically had to create a few scrappy one off tools for testing and debugging. something like this ready to go is totally killer to have from a rf software standpoint too. but yea, rf is everywhere. key fobs. in your tires for tpms, garage doors, crappy bluetooth products whatever. i could see this being useful in many cases

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

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Post by catskul2 »

ciguy wrote: post #28

Just wasted 20 minutes trying to figure out how to order. It kept saying no shipping rates found for my address. Turns out they aren't allowing US orders at the moment but they don't actually say that on the website you just get a cryptic shipping rates message. Not the greatest experience.

I think they may be shipping from Russia, so that may be part of the problem.

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

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Post by site-packages1 »

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

Currently they don't list USA as a place with availability.

From the shop page:

Shipping in August 2022. Currently available only for: Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Vatican City, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

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

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Post by Fnoord »

backtoyoujim wrote: post #85
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…

Would it be hard to get my neighbor's garage door to respond ?

Probably not, but it depends on the garage door. I used to be able to open my neighbor's garage door with the remote for my own garage door. There's also the opensesame attack (replay attack, search for it). You can perform such with a YTS-0 (Yard Stick One). I still ordered a Flipper Zero. Its cute as hell, probably has a neat community, and its more portable than my PortaPack + HackRF or Proxmark + Blueshark.
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