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Raspberry Pi Phone-Your Own Phone That Can Call and Text Under $70

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A year ago I noticed an project to build a raspberry pi phone. It was $200, and what I realized was that the code would not work because it was made 8 years ago and the software was outdated. That phone could Call, text, and take photos. I changed the code so it works without a SIM card an this phone can call, text, play games, and more. I am close to hitting 10k views which is very big for me so if you can subscribe I would appreciate it! If you want to see what the PiPhone can do you can look at this youtube video below. It is not that good but I shows how it works. Also if you think this project is to simple for you, I made a harder version two but this time it can do anything! I will also include a link below. Thanks for making this and I hope you enjoy!
https://hackaday.io/project/189830-piphone-version-2-putting-it-in-your-iphone

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  • 1 × Raspberry Pi 3 b+
  • 1 × Micro Sd card
  • 1 × Inland 3.5 inch TFT touchscreen with stylus
  • 1 × USB Micro phone
  • 1 × USB Wifi adapter Connectors and Accessories / Telecom and Datacom (Modular) Connectors

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  • Attaching Parts

    PiCreate10/04/2022 at 21:14 0 comments

    Connect the pins on the raspberry pi to the screen. To test the connection, plug in the raspberry pi. The screen should glow white. Take the SD card, and install it with the latest version of Rasbian. Attach the USB microphone and adapter.

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  • 1
    Attaching Parts

    Connect the pins on the raspberry pi to the screen. To test the connection, plug in the raspberry pi. The screen should glow white. Take the SD card, and install it with the latest version of Rasbian. Attach the USB microphone and adapter.

  • 2
    Coding

    Attach raspberry pi to monitor, and go through the setup guide. Go into a terminal and type

    sudo rm -rf LCD-show
    git clone https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show.git
    chmod -R 755 LCD-show
    cd LCD-show/
    sudo ./LCD-show 90
    

    Wait a few minutes until your monitor turns off and your screen turns on. Open another terminal and type

    sudo nano /usr/bin/toggle-keyboard.sh

    than inside the file type

    #!/bin/bash
    PID="$(pidof matchbox-keyboard)"
    if [  "$PID" != ""  ]; then  kill $PID
    else matchbox-keyboard &
    fi
    

    Press ctrl+x, then y, then enter to save.

    Type

    sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/toggle-keyboard.sh

    Once that is done type

    sudo nano /usr/share/raspi-ui-overrides/applications/toggle-keyboard.desktop.

    Inside the file type

    [Desktop Entry]

    Name=Toggle Virtual Keyboard

    Comment=Toggle Virtual Keyboard

    Exec=/usr/bin/toggle-keyboard.sh

    Type=Application

    Icon=matchbox-keyboard.png

    Categories=Panel;Utility;MB

    X-MB-INPUT-MECHANISM=True

    Then press ctrl+x, then y, then enter to save.

    Run cp /etc/xdg/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel /home/pi/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel than

    nano /home/pi/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel. Go to the bottom and type

    Plugin {

     type=launchbar

     Config {

      Button {

       id=toggle-keyboard.desktop

      }

     }

    }

    Press ctrl+x, then y, then enter to save.

    sudo reboot. When the screen loads again, on the taskbar you should see a keyboard. This is for texting.

  • 3
    Calling and Texting

    On your computer type www.poptox.com. This is a google website that is a dialer. Subscribe for any plan you want, from $10 to $50. You will get unlimited calls. Type this in the raspberry pi browser and star it so you don't have to type to get it. Go to Vonage to get a free trail texting. Star that too. Anything you want to add like games, star. If you want to text, open google, click the Vonage star, and click the keyboard in the taskbar.

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PiCreate wrote 06/11/2023 at 15:04 point

phones and tablets soon going to be sold at http://asherdundas.wixsite.com/picreate

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PiCreate wrote 04/13/2023 at 18:13 point

If you want a better PiPhone, I am making a thin android version which you can find here.

https://hackaday.io/project/189830-piphone-version-2-putting-it-in-your-iphone

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PiCreate wrote 11/11/2022 at 12:32 point

For audio you can get raspiaudio mic ultra++

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