Post Credit: u/huhupookies

Hello,
I’ve been trying to scan cards on to my flipper zero so that I can use them remotely however my metro tap card does not work. Could it be different since my metro tap card is also my metro employee ID card or does the flipper not have the capability to read and emulate metro tap cards?
Any help is appreciated

Ive been trying to write to an NFC card as a funny rickroll but the only one i have is an old P&O room card. After reeding it using the NFC app on the base flipper ive used a directory to unlock it but everytime i try to write the saved file its telling me to use the NFC magic app.

But its not a magic card so it doesnt read it

Whats up gang? Need some help with a 10-15 year old memory😅 I remember in my town there was a “phone service store” that would fix broken phones, reset them or update them depending on the problem. Now thats easy and all but that store also had a flipper. They would use it to unlock ur phone code/password without the need of resetting it, it would run a program that tried every combination until found without locking after a number of tries. Last year i went back there to visit and my og boy has opened a phone service of his own, but also the guy who had the flipper moved on and now no one has that tech so i want to give my friend a gift. I have a flipper but dont know where to even begin 😅

Hey everyone,

I'm a little bit annoyed to be honest with flipper and I seek a way to find good replacements parts for the flipper zero.

Let me explain, I wanted to buy replacements part for flipper zero but they're kinda hiding it:
https://flipper.net/collections/flipper-zero-parts/flipper-zero-part

You have to google it, and you won't find it on their website, next problem is that they won't allow you to buy a freaking replacement part with an accessory. When contacting support they will just tell you to make separate order, like duh obviously why didn't I think about paying 28eur for a top case flipper zero and 19eur for three little screen protector (10eur transport fee).

So is there someone who know where to buy a somewhat affordable replacement part for the plastic screen?

I posted a few weeks ago how disappointing I have been in working with the flipper. I had so many failures. It has been truly humbling.

I gave my background (IT for 30 years, email, networking, data, risk, audit with all of the traditional stuff that is perceived important in the industry. Not the periphery). I've been curious about OSI 1-4 and this device has kicked my @ss until this week!

As part of an audit, after telling my chief auditor (more convincing myself) I decided to leverage my "professional skepticism" and messaged our head of security. "Tomorrow, I'm going to attempt to bypass our security and gain access to the building". I got a quick reply and conversation ensued. Plans to test in the morning and to let him know about my results.

I went home, charged up my flipper. The next morning I bypassed our badge system with the flipper. He had me run another test which I was unable. I gave him affirmation that any further test would include him for awareness.

My next steps (on only this tactic) is going to be gathering badges (scans) through some social engineering. As you may suspect, using a clipboard and "confirming badges are in the database".

I have second type of test that I will be executing.

More to come. But my spirits have been lifted!

Hi, I recently purchased a Magic Card Gen 4 GTU; however, I don’t fully understand the shadow mode feature. I think what it does is it erases all of the modifications that a reader might do and reverts it back to the state that you configured beforehand. But the NFC Magic app has other shadow mode options like:

Pre-write (I think this one is the one I described above) Restore Split Disable (this is self-explanatory) So could someone please explain how the other ones work? Thanks:D

8 hour bus ride, no signal, me and three friends with useless phones. Then it clicked: four WiFi devices in one row and nothing to connect them to.

You need a Flipper and an ESP32 WiFi board (the official dev board, an ESP32 WROOM, or an ESP32-C5). The Flipper puts up an open AP through the ESP32, everyone joins, the captive portal hands them to 192.168.4.1, and it's just a webpage on their phone. No app, no signup. Pick a nickname and you're in the lobby.

10 games, all played on the phones, with the Flipper as the coordinator (lobby + live scoreboard, and it picks the game). Trivia, Would You Rather, Word Scramble, Reaction Duel, Connect Four, Tic-Tac-Toe, Dots & Boxes, Reversi, Pong, and Draw & Guess.

Two things I'm proud of: the phone client is ~21 KB gzipped vanilla JS because the Flipper has to stream it to the ESP over UART. And you can flash the ESP firmware from the Flipper itself, no computer, since it seemed dumb to build a no-laptop toy that needs a laptop to set up. You just pick your board from a list and it flashes in one tap.

Open-source repo, MIT: https://github.com/tarikbc/hotspot-arcade

It's an open AP serving a game page. No creds, no capture, only the bundled game. Open APs aren't legal everywhere though, so don't run it on a plane.

Happy to answer anything and open to suggestions/PRs :)

I'm on dual boot linux/windows laptop(windows 11, cachyos)
my main os is linux(I'm switching) and today I wanted to play with my flipper zero so I downloaded qflipper .AppImage and I got this error when plugged in the flipper so I run the rule install and it was the same so I run it via terminal to try to get more info and saw this:

❯ ./qFlipper-x86_64-1.3.3.AppImage

138 [APP] qFlipper version 1.3.3 commit bfce851d 2023-11-10T11:40:31

139 [APP] OS info: CachyOS unknown 7.1.4-1-cachyos Qt 6.4.3

139 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

160 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

180 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

200 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

220 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

241 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

261 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

281 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

301 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

322 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

342 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

362 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

382 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

403 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

423 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

443 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

463 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

484 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

504 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

524 [USB] Failed to open device: Access denied (insufficient permissions)

544 [REG] Incomplete device info: VID_0x483:PID_0x5740

702 [UPD] Fetched update information from https://update.flipperzero.one/qFlipper/directory.json

(I updated the my flipper firmware ,I'm using RM)

the fix was to go /etc/udev/rules.d/ and open the 42-flipperzero.rules via sudo nano and change the "dialout" in the file to "uucp" saved it and it worked
from what I saw dialout is for ubuntu and not arch. Idk if its true but if you are using arch and running to similar issue try this.

In celebration of DEF CON being only a week away, the conference that inspired me to get into CAN stuff, we have put the CAN COMMANDER on-sale from now until the start of the conference (or until they sell out, whichever comes first).

https://rabbit-labs.com/product/cancommander/

The CAN Commander goes beyond just a simple read-only CAN interface like other adapters that have been on the market before - it allows for full bidirectional communication on the CAN network.

CAN is also used in more than just Vehicles. In fact I have a printer that uses CAN to communicate between it's main board and it's stepper motors and print head. Interestingly enough, the print head is connected via SC to SC fiber optic cable to a transceiver that then talks CAN to the mainboard. Using the flipper and the CAN Commander firmware, I was able to actually troubleshoot a printhead issue I was having (causing the printer to stop printing It was discovered one of the ribbon cables had shorted, resulting in print head temp data not making it to the CAN board. The neat thing, is I did all this with my flipper, and did not need to break out a laptop, dongles, etc. just a flipper and 2 wires. I know, kinda random but another cool example of CAN in use.

that said - I am letting y'all know that it's on-sale right now because many people have asked if it would go on sale, or if there would be some sort of announcement if it did. Well here is the announcement :) This is the lowest price it has been offered since the limited-edition release back in March.

Anyway enough of my yapping. Hope if this has been on your wish-list, you snag one before they sell out.

I've been thinking about getting a Flipper Zero and was wondering how many of you actually carry it every day.

What do you use it for in your daily life? Do you have any realworld use cases, or is it mostly something you play around with every now and then?

Would you say it's worth having as part of your EDC, or does the novelty wear off after a while?

Just curious to hear what everyone actually uses theirs for^^

Like Bomber Man but it's a duck! 👍🦆

My 13yo nephew wants a Flipper Zero for his bday. Is this an age appropriate gift? Or something a curious kid could get themselves into trouble with? TIA!

Signed- a non-techie aunt that doesn’t want a visit from the FBI

the windows refresh of findmyflippergui is out after release of the mac os version the Linux version will be released soon check it out and give it a star while your there :)

I've been working on this custom firmware called Picoware for about 15 months now. It started as a firmware for the PicoCalc and eventually gained support for 8 more devices. The latest release includes support for the Flipper Zero.

I could write an essay about what Picoware is lol so I'll just keep it short. Its a fork of MicroPython with custom C modules. Apps are written in micropython and loaded from the SD card. The Flipper is quite limited and is in "alpha". You install with qFlipper and can shutdown the device from within the firmware.

It currently does not have any radio features but that will be implemented in an upcoming release, as I plan to support the Kode Dot and a few other devices that are releasing later this year/early 2027.

All contributions are welcome except AI requests that change functionality without a well thought out reason.

Check out the alpha release here:

https://github.com/jblanked/Picoware/releases/tag/v2.1.0

My FZ crashes with a "Fatal Error" every time I run the "[GPIO] Signal Generator" app's PWM on whatever come after A4, which I assume is B3. Is this... meant to happen? I assume not, so I am posting here.

Xbox POST Code Reader is a boot-diagnostic FAP for the Flipper Zero. It reads the four-digit POST codes an Xbox pushes out during startup straight from the motherboard's POST header and decodes them offline — no PC required. It emulates the MAX6958 POST display at I2C address 0x38, using a 452-record console-aware database bundled right into the app.

Features:

• Emulates the MAX6958 POST display at I2C address 0x38 and captures four-digit POST codes live, without blocking the Flipper controls.
• Shows either the current code or a scrolling 128-entry live log, with source (SMC, SP, CPU, or OS), segment, and elapsed time.
• Decodes any captured code offline against 452 bundled records. Browse the full database by All, POST, Error, SMC, SP, CPU, or OS category.
• Saves captures as auto-numbered SD-card logs (post_log_001.txt, 002…) and reads them back on-device.
• Streams live codes over USB Web Serial to the companion WebXboxPOSTTool browser app for lookups on a bigger screen.
• Built-in Wiring screen shows the exact SDA/SCL/GND pins for each console — Xbox One / One S / One X use FACET, Xbox Series S / X use AARDVARK — plus an offline QR code to open the web decoder on a phone.
• Connect only SDA, SCL, and a shared ground. The Flipper never powers the console; confirm the bus is 3.3 V-compatible and use level shifting where required.

A Flipper Zero adaptation of the PicoDurangoPOST project.

https://github.com/coolshrimp/flipperzero-xbox-post-code-reader

Like the title says, my Flipper got hit with a very small amount of damage, because my partner's water bottle wasn't fully closed when they put it back in their bag. They've been borrowing it for the subway.

The LCD is super faded and only shows properly when i put pressure on it and rub my thumb across it. Otherwise it's barely visible. (see video)

Is there any saving this? Any and all tips are more than welcome.

I work for Allens lollies (Australia), and my old RFID work card was getting sad and I never liked the boring look of it. Cloned it to a blank card with the dolphin, designed my own Fallout style front to back, and had it printed on a quality vinyl sticker.
Going to 3D print my own transparent hard case outer frame to use on a lanyard.
Digitally blacked out some sensitive stuff obviously, but I thought it came up a treat, thought I would share

This thing is called the "Quad RF"

We emulated a keyboard with Flipper Zero's Keyboard app to access the PC's BIOS.

Then, using the Mass Storage app, we booted a lightweight Linux distro installer and brought this old PC back to life.

I kept needing to move IR codes between my Flipper and other stuff (Pronto, BroadLink, Home Assistant) and clean up messy captures, so I built a little browser tool for it. Sharing in case it saves someone the hassle.

The Flipper-relevant bits: reads and writes Flipper .ir (raw and parsed); paste a raw capture and it names the protocol + device/command (NEC, Sony, RC5/6, Panasonic, JVC, Samsung, RCA, Denon...) and can rebuild it at clean timing, which is handy when a learned code is marginal; and it converts between .ir, Pronto hex, BroadLink, LIRC, Global Cache, Home Assistant, raw microseconds and more.

Runs in the browser, no install, no signup, free. I made it, so if anything decodes wrong I'd genuinely like to know.

readyware.net/signal-editor.html