flipper-factory-reset

This was tested on ubuntu 22.10 and above and on latest macOS. Current version is for NON-TRANSPARENT VERSION!!

Fully reset flipper and set it to the shipping state:

Here are two ways of resetting your flipper zero to factory state:

Required items

SD card (preferably less 8GB, but not crucial)
USB Type-C cable for flipper
Flipper must be updated with any OFFICIAL release firmware >= 0.64.3
Ubuntu 22.10 or latest macOS

Semi-automatic reset

Preparation

You will need to have git installed and clone this repository

git clone --recursive https://github.com/flipperdevices/flipper-factory-reset.git

Do following step one time, when setting up your reset bench. It will clone our repo and download the toolchain. It will download about 1gb of data, so it may take a while.

./install_requirements.sh

This needs to be done single time as well, unless you need new SD card. Prepare an SD card, preferably lower size, insert it into a functional Flipper Zero.

!! THIS ACTION WILL WIPE ALL DATA ON SD CARD

You can check flipper docs on how to insert SD card or power on the device

./prepare_sdcard.sh

Flipper reset

Plug USB cable into device and computer.
Insert SD card into the device

This script will update to a factory firmware, prepare a slideshow, disable debug and do a factory reset

./automatic_reset.sh

Unplug the device and remove SD card.
Power off the device by holding back button for 5 seconds and then pressing right.

Manual reset (Advanced)

You can check flipper docs on how to insert SD card or power on the device

Install qFlipper app for your operating system. Or alternatively you can use internal update system, by copying files into an update folder on your formatted sd-card. (Manual update folder in this repository)
Install BLE stack for the firmware. Note that version of firmware, its location and file type may vary on your system

./qFlipper-x86_64-1.3.2.AppImage cli core2radio ./stm32wb5x_BLE_Stack_full_fw.bin

Install factory firmware

./qFlipper-x86_64-1.3.2.AppImage cli firmware ./flipper-z-f7-full-0.64.4.dfu

Install python 3.10 or higher
Install all required python packages

pip install pyserial colorlog numpy==1.22.3 protobuf==3.20.2 protoletariat Pillow isort opencv-python termcolor

Go to flipper settings->system->factory reset.
Go to settings->system and disable debug and set logging level to Default.
Make sure you do not open any apps, if you do, factory reset flipper again continue from this point.
Copy following script and change flipper name to one on the device.

./slideshow/slideshow_gen.sh flipper

./storage.py send /tmp/flipper_slideshow /int/.slideshow

Make sure SD-card is removed from the device
Power off the device and place it in the box

Troubleshooting

If you get errors when installing firmware, or flipper does not boot, try to use Repair in qFlipper app

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