Firmware update

we are constantly updating flipper zero firmware we recommend updating your device regularly to get the latest features and improvements you can update your flipper zero via flipper mobile app or qflipper on this page, you’ll learn how to update your flipper zero firmware via flipper mobile app and qflipper there are three firmware update channels development (dev) development (dev) we have an ongoing development process so, a new development version of the firmware is built with every new commit, often multiple times per day this version includes all the latest features, but it may be unstable, cause freezing or corruption of your data, or fail to function altogether release candidate (rc) release candidate (rc) it ’ s a firmware version that has been submitted for validation testing to our qa department if any bugs are detected during the testing phase, the version is revised, and a new release candidate is issued once the release candidate successfully passes all tests, it becomes the release version release release the stable version of the firmware it ’ s been extensively tested to ensure its reliability, so we recommend it for general use you can find the changelog for flipper zero firmware on the releases page of our official github repository updating via flipper mobile app with flipper mobile app , you can update your flipper zero via bluetooth the application is available on ios and android connecting to flipper zero after you have downloaded flipper mobile app and activated bluetooth on your phone, connect the mobile application to your flipper zero activate bluetooth on your flipper zero by following these steps 1) go to main menu > settings > bluetooth 2) set bluetooth to on in flipper mobile app, tap connect on the next page, next to the detected flipper zero’s name, tap connect in flipper mobile app, enter the pairing code displayed on the flipper zero screen tap pair to finalize pairing if your flipper zero is not detected make sure bluetooth is activated on your flipper zero > how to turn on bluetooth on flipper zero check the bluetooth connection on your phone disconnect flipper zero from other devices > how to forget all paired devices on flipper zero update flipper zero to the latest firmware version it is important to update your flipper zero regularly > how to update the firmware on flipper zero check if the latest version of flipper mobile app is installed on your phone > app store or google play reboot your flipper zero by pressing and holding the %left% left and %back% back buttons for 5 seconds updating flipper zero to update your flipper zero via flipper mobile app, do the following i n the main tab, tap update channel and select desired firmware ( release is recommended ) tap the update button in the dialog window, t ap the update button to confirm the action the update via flipper mobile app may take around 10 minutes if flipper zero update failed check the bluetooth connection with your flipper zero make sure your flipper zero is turned on if your flipper zero doesn’t respond, reboot it by pressing and holding the %left% left and %back% back buttons for 5 seconds restart firmware update update your flipper zero via qflipper updating via qflipper qflipper is a desktop application that allows you to update your flipper zero via a usb cable qflipper is available on windows, macos, and linux to install qflipper on your computer, do the following download the qflipper installation file for your operating system you can also download qflipper on the flipper zero firmware update page run the downloaded file and follow the instructions for your operating system for windows, qflipper is compatible with windows 10 and 11 only qflipper is compatible with macos version 10 14 or later the application is optimized for m1 apple silicon macs for linux, qflipper is downloaded in the appimage format before running qflipper on linux, you need to make it executable using the gui in the file manager, right click the downloaded file go to properties > permissions click the allow executing file as program checkbox if you are using a nautilus based file manager (files, nemo, caja), or click the is executable checkbox if you are using dolphin, or change the execute drop down list to anyone if you are using pcmanfm close the dialog double click on the appimage file to run using the terminal open the terminal change to the directory containing the appimage file make the appimage executable chmod +x filename appimage run the appimage /filename appimage set up udev rules after making the application executable via the gui or terminal, you’ll need to set up udev rules in order to use qflipper as a normal user /qflipper x86 64 appimage rules install \[/optional/path/to/rules/dir] updating flipper zero to update your flipper zero via qflipper, do the following connect your flipper zero to your computer via a usb cable on your computer, run qflipper in qflipper, go to the advanced controls tab click update channel and select a firmware version from the drop down list ( release is recommended ) click update to start the update process having trouble updating firmware of your flipper zero? check out the following pages internal storage repair firmware recovery