[HH] [Discuss] build my own cell phone

[Kurt Keville]

Maybe something built around GNU Radio? I know they can do the backhaul part of the equation...

http://openbts.sourceforge.net/FieldTest2/index.html

wouldn't look much like a cell phone though... the USRP is pretty big...

On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Tom Metro wrote:

> [Cross posting to Hardware Hacking from BLU.]
> 
> Stephen Adler wrote:
>> ...I've set out for my new years resolution, to build my own cell
>> phone...
>> Anyone on BLU ever attempt or know of anyone who attempted to build
>> their own cell phone?
> 
> Didn't the Openmoko (http://www.openmoko.com/) guys run into some
> significant roadblocks when it came to creating open firmware for the
> GSM radio? The carrier don't take kindly to arbitrary code running at
> that layer.
> 
> However, your goal is a bit fuzzy. Presumably you aren't planning to
> build your own GSM radio. How much of the phone do you need/want to
> build to achieve your goal? You best bet might be to start with a
> purchased phone and mod it in some fashion. I'm not aware of any phones
> that are designed to permit swapping components.
> 
> -Tom
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