PiPhone - A Raspberry Pi based Smartphone

Working smartphone based on Raspberry Pi, Adafruit PiTFT touchscreen display, and a SIM900 GSM/GPRS module. All suitably powered by a DC-DC conveyer and a Lithium Polymer battery. See www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-ras... for more information. Source code at github.com/climberhunt/PiPhone
Strictly no reproduction without permission.
(C)2014 David Hunt - All Rights Reserved.
Tutorial at learn.adafruit.com/piphone-a-...

[@m1l3nk0]

Imagine going to school with that in like middle school or something. "What's that?" "My parents took away my phone so I fucking made my own."

[@Dan-TechAndMusic]

+Vapor Then the teachers freak out thinking it's a bomb. We really don't need another Ahmed Mohamed incident! :P

[@redstoneisawesome9336]

+Daniël's Tech & Music Channel That happened to me before )=

[@sime3250]

xD

[@quranalone5824]

+KellinDuzIt xd

[@Metroidprime2002]

+Daniël's Tech & Music Channel Just correct them, it not "A" bomb, it's "the" bomb. XD

[@craftedfire9504]

You know what would make this even better? A nice beeping countdown timer.

[@zapingzone199]

rofl

[@jonathanemery9557]

CraftedFire Gagagagagghahahahaha

[@PhilipAnthonyTV]

XD

[@XGaming1]

CraftedFire make that his ring tone

[@DialecticalMaterialismRocks]

you can even throw it and scream allah u akbar

[@LiamHaHaX]

I wounder what security at an airport would do if you tried to carry this onto a plane.

[@Louis-qp9hg]

@Aniket Kokate can you tell us when you did it??

[@larsganther2153]

@@Louis-qp9hg soon at CNN

[@typo7279]

This is still one of my favorite things anyone has made with a rpi

[@Ishanp17_]

Still has an audio jack. BETTER THAN I PHONE! XD

[@JulianMartinez-su8pg]

Comment of the year

[@igorordecha]

this phone has 2 AUDIO JACKS!! it has also 2x Usb, hdmi and its not lagging

[@fatihcakr2193]

has two*

[@tekoppentekoppen761]

Ishaan Parashar Splendid Point.

[@ACrazyTown]

but has one app

[@reeseyme9613]

i'm pretty sure if you were to use it in a subway, people will just freakout thinking its some sort of remote detonator.

[@bluestonebest1893]

Reese Me LoRa protocol is a wifi that can cover 10km with 255 bytes per 10sec

[@SheIITear]

@@bluestonebest1893 what

[@Dr34dStudio]

I wanted to make a phone out of my pi , but couldn't really figure out how to do it. I'm so glad that someone has actually made it though.

[@StitchesLovesRats]

Mate you just gave your friend's number to the whole internet 😶 Anyhow, from an objective position of practicality, what you have there is absolutely ridiculous that anyone would bother to build such a thing. Of course, it's also frikkin awesome. And you did it because you could. I love this. It's brill.

[@sandeepkumar-markov]

What you have done is actually very inspiring for an average person.

[@AdvancedSoul]

Now slap Android on it, and you have the Nexus π.

[@123spill90]

there's like one nexus that's had any bending problems

[@angrycinnabon2956]

@Hank Threlkeld depends on the model of the raspberry pi, you'd likely have some success with the 4gb Pi 4.

[@karimismail3734]

Dave,this is a super fine project. Some viewers don't get it. Thank you for your clever creation. I may try it as it looks kind of involved with so many components...... Others want to go to Walmart to buy a clone!!. Wake up guys.

[@yena-coco]

How long is its battery life? I mean I wondered how long its battery sustain after charging one time.

[@Kummituslinna]

Do a drop test

[@melonball7408]

It's a "smartphone" because of its ingenuity, uniqueness, & that's pretty smart to me. Forget standard definitions, could you build this? =Smart. Don't get critical of something that is 1 of a kind.

[@saurabhzuve]

So amazing... brought tears to my eyes ... loved it!

[@heywhatdoyouthink]

walk into an airport with that and get tackled by security no joke that looks like a bomb

[@yungven9469]

dosent look anything like a bomb what the inside of most old school phones would look like and the inside of most technology its not a crime to not have a case or home made devices unless it violates goverment law. they would most likely want to know what it is and why you have it with you,

[@OopsieGoopsie]

If you've never seen a circuit board before, Yes. It looks like a bomb.

[@Maxatal]

yung ven You clearly misunderstood the joke

[@fran5678can]

@@sukecchizu it actually does

[@piplup2009]

Looks like something Tony stark would make if he was on the run from the government

[@SpeedrunnerG55]

you mean exactly what tony stark would not make if he was on the run from the government. xD

[@jagadishgospat2548]

Peter Parker maybe

[@mfreeman2696]

A hipsters dream right there. That man is going to make millions.

[@DaveHuntMaker]

M Freeman, Next time you're in my neck of the woods, I'll buy you a Guinness... :)

[@warlockpaladin2261]

Post the blueprints? The code? Sources for the parts? 😮

[@petefinnigan1270]

Hi Dave, just found your video when looking for info on GMS / voip gateways. Very cool!!!, as its a PI you could also, I guess put asterisk on the pi and actually use it as a voip / gsm gateway with a wifi dongle also to access the internet for the voip pipe. excellent. cheers Pete

[@ut4uum462]

A PiPhone - my raspberry Dream! Great work! Thanks for video!

[@mattomara227]

You should probably blur your phone number

[@DaveHuntMaker]

Hi Matt. We're way past that at this stage! :) I should have done that 2 years ago when the video was published, but it was already out there. Thankfully I've only received a handful of phone calls, mostly from people who've built their own PiPhones, so I don't mind! :)

[@steadyposted1781]

+Dave Hunt is this for sale

[@DaveHuntMaker]

The parts are for sale on Adafruit, etc :)

[@CharlesNicolosi]

Pretty awesome for doing something simply because it could be done! That is the true definition of an IT hobbyist :)

[@gawadinc]

I think, the same result is achieved can be inserted in the Pi USB Modem 3G and send a voice stream in Pi and do not need a DC-DC.

[@maycontainnuts3127]

It's a bit bulky and has no case but I love it coz u made it, Davey

[@MohammadShikha]

Are you going to do a step by step tutorial on how you built this machine!

[@Mrvideosandgames]

Heh, I'd rather keep my current phone. Also, NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR NUMBER ON THE INTERNET UNLESS YOU WANT TO RECEIVE CALLS!

[@DaveHuntMaker]

The only calls I've got are from people who've built their own PiPhones. It's quite exciting, actually! :)

[@Mrvideosandgames]

Dave Hunt Oh, lol. Don't listen to me then. :P

[@dojo_mast3r503]

Dave Hunt lol just be careful people can trace your location!

[@JoshLathamTutorials]

>;D

[@captain42979]

DoJo_Mast3r how :)

[@FatherlyFox]

Modify the Pi a bit like remove the Composite, on board audio, ethernet, and have one usb port, and use the micro usb-a port as a charging port, and remove the gpio port to further compact it but not to much where there is no airflow to keep it cool, make the screen internal for the pi, make the GSM module internal for the pi, and then add a internal memory flash for a raspberrypi GSM operating system and there you go, you have a raspberrypi phone nice a compact, now you'll just have to get a custom case made that has a detachable back for the battery

[@RayKelly1]

This is really cool Dave! Fantastic!

[@Luftbubblan]

I really want something like this :D Id love run a os like Arch, so i can run programs that i want / need instead of apps. Some basic gui to make calls from. Perfect :D

[@Centar1964]

Very Impressive! Add some more software and you have a Pi Smartphone...an Open Source smartphone, now there is an idea...

[@michaelvivirito]

Craig Diamond and how pi phone exists lol

[@giatu1]

I came from the future: You have Pinephone and Librem 5 lol

[@ianb4music]

This is brilliant, thanks for posting.

[@ZOMBIEEZ]

Wihh the raspberry pi zero out and the alternative latte panda I'm supprised no one has made a thinner version

[@Cnctrldotcom]

Well I don't think it's going to catch on as the next big must have device but it's a brilliantly clever bit of work. I'm half tempted to try and make one to use as a new geek badge of honour.

[@YAMIYAD]

walk on the streest in paris with it, i dare you!. Show them around there en upload some counter-strike C4 sound in it!

[@alexp2808]

xD

[@akoamvs5533]

And it will wearing hijab 😂😂😂

[@thathatr797]

Don't do that in America or you'll get 7 warning shots in the back xD

[@alexp2808]

"warning" xD

[@evanopmr]

+Alex Pocklington Your profile pic made me think that there was a damn bug on my screen XX

[@imaboutthislife]

This is a cool way to bring back the bricks. Cool video

[@kolorso]

That's a neat project.hope to see what else you come up with.

[@aidanbowie5391]

Any plans to make a Pi Zero version?

[@k_lar]

+CoveN But it could work alot better in a smartphone like this because of it's size and lack of parts you dont need in a smartphone like hdmi

[@dylanharding5720]

K_Lar your can remove unnecessary parts from the pi. Zero will not run well as a phone.

[@lucius1976]

@Coven Depends on the application. For a smart phone, i guess.

[@rootabeta9015]

"I'm just waitin till my blackberry dies.. Cause I'll replace it with a Raspberry Pi!"

[@crimes_against_bean-manity]

That's beautiful. I want one over a new iPhone. That's just so cool!

[@SpartanLee117]

What a great project, good job!

[@HapplyFace]

could you reduce the thickness by removing the composite video out, ethernet, and usb ports and instead have a usb wifi module soldered directly to the board?

[@homomculus]

If you were building your own board, or comfortable with hacking a Pi, that should be very possible. As is, he's using something which already comes with those, so for prototyping it'd be a hassle to remove all the extra stuff (although it'd be cool-but-unnecessary to have a phone with all those ports too :p)

[@AislingPhoenix]

integrate a decent mic/speaker, add a camera, and boot android on it and 3d print a housing, it would be nice considering you could fix it yourself instead of worrying about some stupid warranty

[@anonmiss2112]

John Bowen I guess this is just in the prototype stages. There definitely is a lot of possibility for this. And yea I was thinking the same thing, if some of those ports where removed it could become quite thin.

[@tbogamer2244]

Or why not get a zero w That is already so slim and has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

[@MrTheNintroller]

Its truly only a smart phone if It can play angry birds.

[@dgb5820]

Wow this is amazing the concept has many opportunities

[@leolee6786]

Dave Hunt, you sir have talent

[@mikigry9838]

Try to make Android boot on it.

[@mikigry9838]

3ksoda Mebay it is possible. I"m not a dev so cant tell for sure. I wonder how would it be to use Pi - Phone with Android as a daily device :P

[@mikigry9838]

Michael Johnson I watched some vids about Android on PI. GPU drivers arent working well , system is laggy as hell , No Internet connection.

[@michaeljohnson_ok]

Pretty accurate, but the latest I've tried had the native wifi on pi3 working fine. Some google store apps wouldn't work. Netflix was the only one I wanted but didn't work either

[@mikigry9838]

Michael Johnson Do there is progres. What is the Android version ? 4.0 or 2.3.6 ?

[@michaeljohnson_ok]

It was version 7.0. They update it a lot, and looks like they have another version 7.1 out today. git.embedded.rwth-aachen.de/rtandroid/downloads/raspberry-pi/

[@ikarsmelnalknis5250]

from front it looks like bomb :P

[@05Rudey]

Wow, well done. Super impressed.

[@floralpoboop]

I'm pretty sure the pi zero would be a better board to do this with. It would at the very least allow for much more space. There is a android build for raspberry pi, and it does work with the pi zero w which would allow for so much more capablities. The one issue is the pi zero w would actually need to be overclocked, which is easy to actually do without causing too much of a temp issue, the issue is when you slap a screen on it would. I have done this to run my 2 doom servers, which 1 of them eats up more resources then my quake, assault cube server, mumble, irc, mysql, and apache combined. Also I recommend not using apache with the pi zero, there are more light weight options.

[@jrjubach]

My iPhone looks just like that.

[@logsadlasdm1967]

are you sure its not a Nokia?

[@julian4064]

+the epic derpTheres no difference between an iphone and a nokia 3310 so...

[@yuya6530]

+Julian Ollivieira who said that specific type of Nokia? There are bulky one jeez

[@julian4064]

Its a joke mate -_- like "it looks just like my iphone" "are you sure its not a nokia?" with my reaction "nokia 3310 is like an iphone because i dont like iphones." so i comment that

[@yuya6530]

sorry couldn't tell because it wasn't funny.

[@MinecraftEpicPlayer]

A phone, but not a smartphone.

[@AislingPhoenix]

the pi is capable of android so if he felt like it, he could

[@AislingPhoenix]

***** USB port, i have a friend with android as a secondary on his laptop

[@AislingPhoenix]

***** should, androids for built in drivers for most touch devices lemme see if i can find a vid of it running android

[@CarMoves]

actually it is exactly a smartphone smartphone = mobile phone + OS

[@jackbaldwin2092]

Every phone thats ever been has had an os

[@clinton.p.jordan3721]

About time some one can relate to me thank u bro. I been looking how to build something similar to your deal

[@90ramkumar]

You should totally start a kickstarter campaign man!!

[@disuko]

IS THERE A HEADPHONE JACK? I WANT A PiPHONE X

[@user-xr3rb6pn9m]

There is one in RPi itself - unlike in the original iPhone 😀

[@SerenaDeerGirl]

@@user-xr3rb6pn9m that's a half lie

[@user-xr3rb6pn9m]

@@SerenaDeerGirl what do you mean?

[@SerenaDeerGirl]

@@user-xr3rb6pn9m The original iphone had a headphone jack but it was proprietary

[@Lagggerengineering]

I would think that an arduino would be more than sufficient for a phone... But this is hella awesome!

[@dakshdangwal]

Depends on how complex the "phone" is I guess.

[@terko79]

I liked the power button, that was kool!

[@brandonlee8312]

This is really cool, thanks for the video! Ive made several projects using raspberry pi, their the best!

[@0MARLBC]

Still better than IPhone

[@WheredoestheSPengo]

Prank call time .. Muhahahah

[@georgehills6553]

That's very nice! Good job!

[@XBR4Da]

this is amazing. Would you ever make a tutorial for this?

[@jjcarter6539]

SNAKE? SNAKE!? SNAAAAAKKKKEEEEEEEEEE????!!!!!!!!

[@user-lp2xh1qk4x]

how did you make the operating system

[@DaveHuntMaker]

Harry, See www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone/ for more information

[@HawkGTboy]

Easy. He created a GUI interface using visual basic!

[@user-lp2xh1qk4x]

Thanks but I just realised he did it in python using pygame

[@CaseyJames8181]

Its not hard,their are tuts on line.

[@HikikomoriDev]

HawkGTboy ...Visual Basic doesnt run on any of these...

[@p.s.9261]

That‘s the coolest thing I saw for months 👍

[@gesar2918]

dude that is epic! you should design it to be like the pipboy in fallout

[@FracturedPixels]

p-iPhone. The name is perfect.

[@gamesroblox968]

FracturedPixels yes pea phone

[@NIRDSTUFF]

Am i the only idiot who was expecting to see an actual pie?

[@legoAnim]

um... yes 'pi' not 'pie'? you are being sarcastic right?

[@NIRDSTUFF]

legoAnim lol o how i wish i was being sarcastic. I mean i caught it as soon as the video started. I thought: ohhhhh PI. But yea i was hoping to see gooey filling make a phone call. I apologize on behalf of all humanity

[@gamesroblox968]

Yes

[@123spill90]

epic

[@Benswan187]

Mr Hunt that is simply fantastic. I love it

[@kit-katthesneakyrat4690]

Should make one of those THICC 80s phone case, that'd be tight af.

[@walterorellana-aguilar9844]

The year is 2072, a discussion emerges between two friends: Friend 1: Hey dude! look, I got the new iPhone C-OSX 23! isn't it awesome? Friend 2: Can't believe I'm friends with you. I TOLD you it'd be better to build your own phone instead of that Pre-Built garbage. You'd save so much money and it'd be way more powerful. Remember what happened in the PC-Console wars during the dawn of the century? Microsoft and Sony were completely destroyed after people realized the terrible deal they were getting Friend 1: What's a Microsoft?

[@gamesroblox968]

Haaaaaaa cool skit you should post them

[@noralasiah5623]

IPhone 67c*

[@virtlink]

Tweakers has copied your footage. Contact them if you want to claim your copyrights and have them replace their copy with your original KZbin video. You can find the article with the copied video here: tweakers.net/nieuws/95658/hobbyist-bouwt-mobiele-telefoon-met-raspberry-pi.html

[@DaveHuntMaker]

Contacted and resolved within an hour. Thanks for letting me know.

[@yokonthesage]

How were you able to connect a SIM card and a lcd display? Isn’t it one or the other since they both use the gpio headers?

[@alexanderdigiacomo557]

Would this be able to run any apps like whatsapp and the like? I'm guessing not, unless since its more of a computer than a smartphone, you could download whatever unix like versions are out there, correct?

[@redstoneisawesome9336]

I called dat number :P

[@DaveHuntMaker]

+RedstoneIs Awesome Was that you? ;)

[@redstoneisawesome9336]

Yeah XD

[@DaveHuntMaker]

+Spillegal123 Cost is in the blog article linked at the bottom of the video. :)

[@shane6766]

Still better than the iPhone 5S

[@robertogomez1651]

Nice joke

[@gyuguhijb8497]

I can't rotate my screen, I wrote''options fbtft_device name=adafruitct28 rotate=0 frequency=32000000'' in /etc/modprobe.d/adafruit.conf but when I reboot my screen is still in ladscape mode. Can you please help?

[@hacman1337]

How do you plug the microphone into the Raspberry Pi? I've been looking all over the internet for a solution...

[@CudiKid2011]

Thumbs up if you considered calling his number...

[@kapildnayar528]

Still a better love story than twilight Still better hardware than an iPhone

[@blueraven1116]

ETA PRIME has multiple videos on how to install android onto the pi 3 and apps,this works as a phone with the SIM900 GSM/GPRS,but is cheaper and less bulky

[@jonathan_herr]

anyone wonder how much better it might be if you used a pi zero instead? at least in terms of size and power usage. no Ethernet jack or USB hub/jacks to make it extra thick.

[@jeronic7768]

Better than an Iphone

[@fahmianugrah]

nice.. just like maroon five.. nice build sir..

[@JosephBogucki]

This is the most awesome thing ever

[@parjacpar3077]

Can this be used to access internet net using mobile (cell) phone network ?

[@EverlostXP]

This guy is a fucking genius. I can never understand how to build one of these so I respect his brain.

[@TBrot]

Reminds me of these old Nokia phones for some reason. Good work though!

[@lukofezz]

Worlds first smartphone with LAN socket! Awesome

[@kohlrak]

Now that there are kits out there that can give you a touch screen via HDMI, have you considered updating this? I thought about doing this a while back when i first stumbled onto your project, but noticed that the screen as a primary display device wasn't very practical. Now that it is, it would be interesting to see if a practical smartphone would be possible with pi, which would give us our classic desktop environment, and if we lugged a pocket sized wireless usb keyboard along, we could have a simple netbook replacement computer that doubles as a phone. We could develop and debug apps on the machine as we test them, and this could all be done with completely free software (and thus we also have access to countless existing free softwares), and giving us better control over apps for security (which seems to be a problem for the android and iphone phones right now where a flashlight app gives away GPS locations). Mix it with "data plan controls" and you could make it so only phone calls and texts use the tower, and the rest relies on wifi (also possibly through nub) so that data usage can be turned on and off to control phone bills better. What do you think?

[@vanhetgoor]

It would be nice if the PiPhone could do a little more than what other telephones could do. Like giving the exact location of the call, the duration and the names of the used masts of the telephone operator. Then the Raspberry could record all conversations, or make the call himself, with prerecorded messages and filled in information.

[@AristarcoPalacios]

This is so awesome!!! You, sir, are awesome!!! Maker FTW!!

[@123woefie]

you can make it smaller. if you desolder unneeded parts on the Pi

[@balinjones8146]

+Dave Hunt That is impressive my dear sir

[@yungven9469]

dose it run off of a sim card or connect straight to satalite ?

[@FrankMohnhaupt]

Gratulation...a very cool project ! Like it !!!

[@Bahrta_sai]

Yes you need a Sim card. He mentioned that a few times.

[@harikili]

Awesome man. seriously.

[@henry2008kim]

Very impressive work! Would it be possible to build a raspberry pi based gadget that uses 4G LTE connection?

[@VoltairicPriest]

I actually have a rasberry pi around my house somewhere... I just had to stop using it because the software got corrupted or something on it. I need to get a new sd card and give it a go

[@darwinop8434]

where do get the wiring schematic for it

[@thecomputerandme4141]

Does somebody try this with the Pi Zero? If this gets smaller and smaller, the DIY-phone would be fully available if cases for that are printed...