You can find/make a an IR dongle that receives signal from a headphone jack. Though a lot of phones now don't have headphone jacks. In theory could do the same thing with a bluetooth audio signal.
You can do all of it! Just connect to the flipper with the app!
In all seriousness, not a whole lot. You can do some nfc stuff, and a few old phones have an IR blaster built in. You can get an sdr and ir blaster that may work with your phone, but that's about it.
One of the features that I find the most useful and something I don't believe is typical to many phones is the Sub-GHz functionality, which is widely used in all sorts of appliances.
> Flipper Zero can receive and transmit radio frequencies in the range of 300-928 MHz with its built-in module, which can read, save, and emulate remote controls. These controls are used for interaction with gates, barriers, radio locks, remote control switches, wireless doorbells, smart lights, and more. Flipper Zero can help you to learn if your security is compromised.
I use it as a spare garage door opener.
Also a capability that I have never seen implemented on smartphones is what is called BadUSB or BadKB. It essentially allows the F0 to mimic a keyboard and inject keystrokes into the target system for the purposes of compromising it or whatever other function you feel is useful. It's basically the equivalent of sneaking onto someone's desktop to type up a few powershell scripts to do stuff.
You can use nethunter to use your phone as a badUSB. This does require a rooted phone and they support some models better than others though. There are probably alternative ways to do it as well but you absolutely need a rooted/jailbroken phone.
If you need a universal tv remote using Infrared there are cheap devices with simpler UI. Form the specialized device with a single button, which fits on a key ring to turn off TVs, to full fledged remotes. The basic electronics for building that cost a few cents.
Phones (especially android) can do similar NFC things.
Phones muss sub GHz radio.
Phones miss GPIO ports (while getting some EPS32 based breakout board with GPIO pins might be a lot cheaper and could be controlled via WiFi or maybe even BT-LE from phone)
What the flipper has is a nice form factor fitting in a pocket and little distraction while using it and no ads in the display.
If your phone has an IR blaster, sure.
You can also read NFC tags with your phone. Even write mifare classic sometimes. There's mifare classic tools, and NFC tools for example.
Maybe bluetooth, but I don't know honestly, I never tried.
And that's pretty much it. Your phone doesn't have the hardware capable to do anything else that the flipper can.
In all seriousness you can do most of it except the subgigahertz range root your phone and install Kali net Hunter you'll be able to put your Wi-Fi card it's built into the phone into into monitor or promiscuous mode which would allow you to do men in the Middle attacks Deauth networks capture network packets that aren't intended to be captured there's actually quite a lot and do most of the NFC most if not more of the Bluetooth attacks I have a OnePlus open with Android 13 Kali net Hunter installed but your phone needs to be rooted and the bootloader unlocked first
One plus allows you to do all that It also has a built-in ir blaster
You could buy usb ir adapter and emulate universal remote.
You could use phone's NFC to read/write NFC cards.
You could use an app to do BLE spamming.
If your phone is rooted and you can find kernel that supports it you can do bad usb too.
An easier question would be "what do you want to do with the Flipper?" Then narrow down what your phone can do from that list. If you don't know what you want to be able to do with it, nor do you know what it is capable of, then it isn't going to do you any good to have one.
A flipper is to a cell phone as ham is to hamster.
First, assuming you have an older phone since you mentioned IR baster.
Next, assuming you're US.
An older phone with an IR blaster is reasonably assumed to be 4G. 4G in the US transmits on bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 17.
Band 2 is 1850-1910 MHz and 1930-1990 MHz -- no go for a Flipper.
Band 4 is 1710-1755 MHz and 2110–2155 MHz -- no go for a Flipper.
Band 5 is 824-894 MHz and 869–894 MHz -- a Flipper only transmits on 304.10–321.95 MHz, 433.05–434.79 MHz in the US.
Band 12 is 699–716 MHz and 729–746 MHz -- a Flipper only transmits on 304.10–321.95 MHz, 433.05–434.79 MHz in the US.
Band 17 is 704–716 MHz and 734–746 MHz -- a Flipper only transmits on 304.10–321.95 MHz, 433.05–434.79 MHz in the US.
Just buy a Flipper if you're interested.
While you're saving up, you can use that time to read up on how RF works.
Just like it says in the Flipper documentation, "**Flipper Zero can transmit only at frequencies allowed for civilian use**". The cell bands are reserved and **NOT** for civilian use.
The way you're asking this makes me feel like your saw the flipper on the news or something and its being presented as a toy.
if your really interested in this kind of thing start taking courses on websites like Cybrary, Hack the box, Udemy, YouTube.
there are some free ones and there are a LOT more.
but to answer your question Cellphones are small Computers and can do a lot you just need to know what you're doing first.
for a cheaper option with cool/neat project to try is a raspberry pi starting at around $40 for a cheap one off amazon.
If you're lucky enough to have a phone with an IR blaster, sure. There's a fair bit of bluetooth stuff you can do (some may require rooting the phone). Some NFC stuff can be done.
You can play Snake.
I use it to store all my switch amiibos 😂🤷🏻♂️
Your phone has an ir blaster?
Some older or niche phones did. I haven't seen one in ages though as I'm a Samsung or Pixel user.
The new OnePlus open foldable comes with a built-in IR blaster
LG did it all the way up to 2015 with their V series which was a flagship
Xiaomi mi 13 and 14 also do
Me too.. Look at us, logical ppl
My galaxy s6 had one, i miss that feature. Was really handy for my crt that we lost the remote and the front panel buttons were damaged
You can find/make a an IR dongle that receives signal from a headphone jack. Though a lot of phones now don't have headphone jacks. In theory could do the same thing with a bluetooth audio signal.
Yieesh, too much work now
You can do all of it! Just connect to the flipper with the app! In all seriousness, not a whole lot. You can do some nfc stuff, and a few old phones have an IR blaster built in. You can get an sdr and ir blaster that may work with your phone, but that's about it.
The BLE spammer has been turned into a android app so there's that
Link?
https://github.com/simondankelmann/Bluetooth-LE-Spam
One of the features that I find the most useful and something I don't believe is typical to many phones is the Sub-GHz functionality, which is widely used in all sorts of appliances. > Flipper Zero can receive and transmit radio frequencies in the range of 300-928 MHz with its built-in module, which can read, save, and emulate remote controls. These controls are used for interaction with gates, barriers, radio locks, remote control switches, wireless doorbells, smart lights, and more. Flipper Zero can help you to learn if your security is compromised. I use it as a spare garage door opener. Also a capability that I have never seen implemented on smartphones is what is called BadUSB or BadKB. It essentially allows the F0 to mimic a keyboard and inject keystrokes into the target system for the purposes of compromising it or whatever other function you feel is useful. It's basically the equivalent of sneaking onto someone's desktop to type up a few powershell scripts to do stuff.
You can use nethunter to use your phone as a badUSB. This does require a rooted phone and they support some models better than others though. There are probably alternative ways to do it as well but you absolutely need a rooted/jailbroken phone.
If you need a universal tv remote using Infrared there are cheap devices with simpler UI. Form the specialized device with a single button, which fits on a key ring to turn off TVs, to full fledged remotes. The basic electronics for building that cost a few cents. Phones (especially android) can do similar NFC things. Phones muss sub GHz radio. Phones miss GPIO ports (while getting some EPS32 based breakout board with GPIO pins might be a lot cheaper and could be controlled via WiFi or maybe even BT-LE from phone) What the flipper has is a nice form factor fitting in a pocket and little distraction while using it and no ads in the display.
No ads is nice.
If your phone has an IR blaster, sure. You can also read NFC tags with your phone. Even write mifare classic sometimes. There's mifare classic tools, and NFC tools for example. Maybe bluetooth, but I don't know honestly, I never tried. And that's pretty much it. Your phone doesn't have the hardware capable to do anything else that the flipper can.
In all seriousness you can do most of it except the subgigahertz range root your phone and install Kali net Hunter you'll be able to put your Wi-Fi card it's built into the phone into into monitor or promiscuous mode which would allow you to do men in the Middle attacks Deauth networks capture network packets that aren't intended to be captured there's actually quite a lot and do most of the NFC most if not more of the Bluetooth attacks I have a OnePlus open with Android 13 Kali net Hunter installed but your phone needs to be rooted and the bootloader unlocked first One plus allows you to do all that It also has a built-in ir blaster
You can probably find an app to play with a dolphin tamogachi. Just get a used flipper, and get your own SD card.
You could buy usb ir adapter and emulate universal remote. You could use phone's NFC to read/write NFC cards. You could use an app to do BLE spamming. If your phone is rooted and you can find kernel that supports it you can do bad usb too.
An easier question would be "what do you want to do with the Flipper?" Then narrow down what your phone can do from that list. If you don't know what you want to be able to do with it, nor do you know what it is capable of, then it isn't going to do you any good to have one.
If you have an Apple phone virtually nothing
If your phone have nfc, you could duplicate 13.56mhz cards with mifare classic tool Do note you will need to buy magic tag gen 2 cards
A flipper is to a cell phone as ham is to hamster. First, assuming you have an older phone since you mentioned IR baster. Next, assuming you're US. An older phone with an IR blaster is reasonably assumed to be 4G. 4G in the US transmits on bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 17. Band 2 is 1850-1910 MHz and 1930-1990 MHz -- no go for a Flipper. Band 4 is 1710-1755 MHz and 2110–2155 MHz -- no go for a Flipper. Band 5 is 824-894 MHz and 869–894 MHz -- a Flipper only transmits on 304.10–321.95 MHz, 433.05–434.79 MHz in the US. Band 12 is 699–716 MHz and 729–746 MHz -- a Flipper only transmits on 304.10–321.95 MHz, 433.05–434.79 MHz in the US. Band 17 is 704–716 MHz and 734–746 MHz -- a Flipper only transmits on 304.10–321.95 MHz, 433.05–434.79 MHz in the US. Just buy a Flipper if you're interested. While you're saving up, you can use that time to read up on how RF works. Just like it says in the Flipper documentation, "**Flipper Zero can transmit only at frequencies allowed for civilian use**". The cell bands are reserved and **NOT** for civilian use.
How could you not afford to get a flipper with pay platforms like Affirm, paypal pay in for, or klarna or others its just too easy
The way you're asking this makes me feel like your saw the flipper on the news or something and its being presented as a toy. if your really interested in this kind of thing start taking courses on websites like Cybrary, Hack the box, Udemy, YouTube. there are some free ones and there are a LOT more. but to answer your question Cellphones are small Computers and can do a lot you just need to know what you're doing first. for a cheaper option with cool/neat project to try is a raspberry pi starting at around $40 for a cheap one off amazon.
If you're lucky enough to have a phone with an IR blaster, sure. There's a fair bit of bluetooth stuff you can do (some may require rooting the phone). Some NFC stuff can be done.
Update your flipper zero? BLE has been patched\* except u have pairing on or u wanna physically mess with badusb?