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thank you so much for buying flipper zero! we’re excited for you to explore all the possibilities this device offers and can’t wait to hear about the amazing things you’ll accomplish with it enjoy your new flipper zero! powering on power on your flipper zero by pressing and holding the %back% back button for 3 seconds r ebooting if your flipper zero freezes while in use, press and hold the %left% left and %back% back buttons for 5 seconds to reboot the device inserting a microsd card the microsd card stores various types of data, such as keys, cards, remotes, databases, and more flipper zero supports microsd cards of up to 256 gb, but a regular 16 32 gb microsd card is sufficient to store all the necessary data keep in mind that flipper zero may take longer to recognize a microsd card with a higher storage capacity for more information, visit the microsd card setup page if your flipper zero doesn ’ t recognize the card, visit the corresponding section of the microsd card setup page updating the firmware flipper zero firmware is under active development and changes frequently we recommend updating the firmware of your flipper zero to the latest version right away you can update your flipper zero via flipper mobile app or qflipper with flipper mobile app , you can update your flipper zero right from your phone via bluetooth flipper mobile app is available on ios and android connecting your phone to flipper zero once you ’ ve downloaded flipper mobile app, you can connect your phone to your flipper zero activate bluetooth on your phone activate bluetooth on your flipper zero 1) go to main menu > settings > bluetooth 2) set bluetooth to on in flipper mobile app, tap connect on the next screen , 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 finish pairing updating flipper zero via flipper mobile app to update your flipper zero via flipper mobile app, do the following in the main menu tab, tap the update button tap the update button to confirm the action updating via flipper mobile app may take around 10 minutes 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 from 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 it ’ s optimized for m1 apple silicon macs for linux, qflipper is downloaded in the appimage format before running the application on linux, you need to make the application 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 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 via qflipper to update your flipper zero via the qflipper application, do the following connect your flipper zero to your computer via a usb cable on your computer, run the qflipper application in the qflipper application, go to the advanced controls tab and click update for additional information regarding the firmware update steps, visit firmware update customizing system preferences once you ’ ve updated your flipper zero, you can modify system settings, such as switching to left handed mode, setting your preferred units of measurement, and selecting your time and date format to access system settings, go to main menu > settings > system for more information, visit the settings page join the community join our discord server and forum community! there you can ask questions, seek advice, and share your thoughts with others official forum discord want to learn more? check out these pages microsd card setup firmware update pet dolphin power reboot controls settings flipper zero tech specs desktop