<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Maybe something built around GNU Radio? I know they can do the backhaul part of the equation...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://openbts.sourceforge.net/FieldTest2/index.html">http://openbts.sourceforge.net/FieldTest2/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>wouldn't look much like a cell phone though... the USRP is pretty big...</div><br><div><div>On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Tom Metro wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>[Cross posting to Hardware Hacking from BLU.]<br><br>Stephen Adler wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">...I've set out for my new years resolution, to build my own cell<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">phone...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Anyone on BLU ever attempt or know of anyone who attempted to build<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">their own cell phone?<br></blockquote><br>Didn't the Openmoko (<a href="http://www.openmoko.com/">http://www.openmoko.com/</a>) guys run into some<br>significant roadblocks when it came to creating open firmware for the<br>GSM radio? The carrier don't take kindly to arbitrary code running at<br>that layer.<br><br>However, your goal is a bit fuzzy. Presumably you aren't planning to<br>build your own GSM radio. How much of the phone do you need/want to<br>build to achieve your goal? You best bet might be to start with a<br>purchased phone and mod it in some fashion. I'm not aware of any phones<br>that are designed to permit swapping components.<br><br> -Tom<br>_______________________________________________<br>Hardwarehacking mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Hardwarehacking@blu.org">Hardwarehacking@blu.org</a><br>http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>