qFlipper

qflipper is a desktop application for updating flipper zero firmware and databases, managing files on the microsd card, and repairing corrupted firmware qflipper is available on windows, macos, and linux on this page, you’ll find an overview of the application and learn how to install it on your pc you’ll also learn how to update and control your flipper zero and report qflipper issues installing qflipper to install the qflipper application 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, the qflipper application is compatible with windows 10 and 11 only the qflipper application 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 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] qflipper overview after you’ve installed the qflipper application on your computer, connect your flipper zero (with an inserted microsd card) to your computer via a usb cable in the device information tab, you can view the main information about flipper zero hardware and installed firmware, update the device https //docs flipper net/qflipper#orl5q , and control it remotely https //docs flipper net/qflipper#yag86 in the advanced control tab, you can back up, restore, and reset your flipper zero, as well as choose firmware to install on the device similar to the device information tab, you can control your flipper zero and initiate the update procedure see internal storage repair to learn more about backup and restoration procedures in the file manager tab, you can delete, rename, and upload files to flipper zero you can easily navigate through files with the keyboard arrow keys how to upload files using qflipper to upload files to your flipper zero, in the file manager tab, drag and drop files to the desired folder or right click the required folder and click upload here you can easily navigate in the file manager tab using only a keyboard command keys on %windows%windows and %linux%linux keys on %mac%macos enter return return back backspace backspace upload ctrl+l command+l download ctrl+d command+d delete delete fn+backspace delete immediately shift+delete shift+fn+backspace new folder ctrl+n command+n rename ctrl+e command+e refresh view ctrl+g command+g updating your flipper zero via qflipper the qflipper application has three firmware update channels development (dev) development (dev) the ongoing development is constantly building a new version of the firmware with every new commit, often multiple times per day this development 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) the version submitted for validation testing to the 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 is extensively tested to ensure its reliability and is therefore recommended for general use 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 click update channel and select a firmware version from the drop down list ( release is recommended ) click update to start the update process controlling flipper zero via qflipper you can also control your flipper zero remotely via the qflipper application by doing the following in the device information tab, click the flipper zero image click the buttons on the screen or use your keyboard to control your flipper zero remotely click ℹ️ to learn more about keyboard controls additionally, you can capture screenshots from your flipper zero device and save them directly to your computer by clicking the save screenshot button reporting qflipper issues if an error occurs during the update process, it is important for us that you describe the issue in detail since we don’t collect any usage data and statistics from your computer, you’ll have to report the issue yourself on the forum on the forum flipperzero one https //forum flipperzero one/ https //forum flipperzero one/ website, go to the firmware update / qflipper section read topics and check if this issue was already addressed in the previous topics if the issue hasn’t been mentioned earlier, create a new topic by clicking the new topic button in the new topic, describe your issue with steps that led to the issue attach qflipper logs in the txt format and click the create topic button to get qflipper logs for the current session, do the following in the qflipper application, click logs click open full log and save the opened file to your computer in the txt format qflipper saves logs for 100 last sessions on your computer, ensuring easy access to past issue records to r etrieve the qflipper logs for the previous session, do the following in the qflipper application, click logs right click the area where the current session logs are shown in the opened context menu, click browse all logs in the opened folder, select the log file you need, paying close attention to the timestamp indicated in its name having issues with qflipper on windows? check out the following page troubleshooting drivers on windows