Make Your Own Raspberry Pi Cell Phone 

Motorola still has a modular phone like that but there is not much interest from buyers/devs, Moto Z2... Really love the modular phone idea tho

@@paulrodriguez300 rip projevt Ara

I still dream about this. 5 months after you made that comment. We'll get there.

First reply from 2020

I'm still dreaming about it. Modular phone should be an option by now.

I see what you did there

Can you don't

*wheeze*

no wait stay, lets talk

Take my like. :)

Alanna Lopez Trimming it down more is totally possible! For now Im keeping it "full size" since this makes developing with it easier until Im satisfied with the software side of things.

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the pic of the finished product. Still an awesome project though!

As a beginner, i assume removing the ethernet too would be acceptable?

yes, it's totally possible

Prototype

Dude this is a pretty solid idea

the ultimate all in one

yeah that thing was rad

Did you end up making one?

Qt is the library for building the GUI. Add variables and functions to the GUI elements. (number_0, number_1, add_to_contacts, dial_number, etc.)

yes

How did the project go? Did you make one?

Peter McIlroy Thanks! Right? Now I can plug in whatever I want on the fly (plus hours of coding) to add more features

Andy West Thanks Andy! Not only is it colorful, but it doubles as a self defense brick

Yup, just like the OG cell phone of the late '80s!! LOL

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Definitely

Do R/C! Dude that’s such a genius idea 👍🏻 I like it

That’s why I looked this up lol

Konnor Bowen I'd belive it. I wanted to be certain it would operate fine. I doubt the on board USB hardware and the screen would be too happy (or operate at all) without a solid 5v

I know that a pi 4 can run android pretty well, so if your using a pi 4 you probably could. Android is also linux based so there might be some patches for the drivers.

There are a large variety of screens and unique controllers for which someone would need to write drivers. While you can buy most OEM screens, you'll find the documentation for them is pretty sparse, or nonexistent, because this is proprietary hardware. You're better off with the well documented screens with SPI interfaces or miniature displays with HDMI.

@@MrVolt sir m currently using hdmi and a hdmi to vga convertor... it was just a idea to attach an easily available screen .... as pi itself proved to be the worlds cheapest computer and to keep the pi like that we need cheap and easy solutions....... My point is sir that if pi along with its accessories goes above the cheapest desktop or laptop in the market ..what will be the point in buying it ??? Also thanks for the reply....keep up the good work...god bless you

orçun For sure! Im pretty sure I saw a VoIP phone based on the ESP32 on hackaday recently...

idk no

Hey Jeremy, it's a teensy LC!

@@MrVolt Ah found it online! I bought a mega battery pack brick phone and converting it to a Pi Zero powered 4G/LTE phone! Let me know if y'all interested in see it.

I wonder whether they considered the 3A+ when doing this project? The Zero 2W is pretty much the 3A+ really, and now it's -available- released, it would probably make for a slimmer build...

You can find the build details at the community page linked in the description.

Because it is much slower than the rpi 3B+

@@muh1h1 For the level of features he showed off in the video even a Zero should be more than enough. In fact, there's a different project that is already using the rPi Zero as a phone that's worth checking out for those interested here: hackaday.io/project/19035-zerophone-a-raspberry-pi-smartphone/log/51839-project-description-and-frequently-asked-questions

I agree, this is the best guy at the moment out of all the new people. No one tops ben tho lol.

Yeah not by that much tho

EthanDoezWhatever. Thanks! Yeah as mentioned below, the zero is much slower compared to the 3B+ especially when running graphical apps, plus I did want the full size usb without needing to add a hub to the zero.

I did skip over it because it's rather dull and involves contact information. I'm using TING which still has 2G GSM connectivity and a cheap pay per use plan.

Never get that issue on bitchute but lots of creators REFUSE to support bitchute

Which android build works best? Is it GPU accelerated yet?

element14 Presents android 8.1 Oreo works good on it

8.1 works fine i can host a .img file if u want me to?!

No way, really? Last I checked there was no Raspberry PI support... Now I'm kind of excited. Is it just the 3.5 b+ or will other PIs run it also??

I want you to, is 'gapps' working because android means nothing to me unless I can get in the google play store or have some way to get apk's on the board. I tried emetria and something else I think I was having a PSU issue. Any way , where can I find a working image with google play or a way to install apks. Android never plays nice with my hardware for some reason even today I tried booting an x86 64 version in a vm to try it out. I just recently came across this pretty cool older asus netbook. and I ran it live and tried with a full install and it was sitting on a black screen with a blinking cursor for an hour before I was sick of trying. I bought the 3b+ thinking everything that worked on the 3b would work , I was sadly mistaken. I upped the USB output and stuck diet pi on a flashdrive, made a self deleting ramdisk , and customized it to my liking. I manually installed a bunch of software( not from the launcher), the system is pretty optimal, for me. I still want an android os though so please post it, thanks.

PJ McBigguns that’s what I would like to know. Is he getting free access on a cell network?

I am wondering the same thing! I wish that was mentioned in the video so that if people wanted to try to get it for free and it wasn't they wouldn't waste money on it.