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Thanks for buying your HackRF+PortaPack device. That is what I would say if I was actually the one selling them as the intro line for the documentation, but I am not. I am just trying to document the great work of a lot of people involved in this project, listed here.

The following documentation is split in two parts. The User manual intends to emulate a typical instruction manual for the end user, while the Developer manual documents all the apis available in order to write custom apps.

If your device wont boot, please view this troubleshooting guide.

Enjoy!

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User FAQ:

• Q: My device never boot/ white screen/ black screen after upgrade firmware/ reset/ coin battery dead/ took out sdcard.

  A: Check Won't boot and Config Menu

• Q: Something is abnormal/ crashed/ not working/ behaving unexpected/ Guru Meditation

  A: Try Completely reset, if not helps, try Updating the Xilinx CPLD on hackrf board, if still not helps, report an issue on GitHub.

• Q: no splash screen displayed/No time & date displayed/ touchscreen not working/ status bar icon disappeared/ backlight timeout abnormal/ encoder dial abnormal

  A: It's an option in settings, go check settings.

• Q: It says xxx missing/ can't find xxx/ xxx read error/ xxx is outdated/ apps are missing/ can't see xxx

  A: Make sure you correctly put the sdcard contents matching your firmware version.

• Q: There's an unexpected spike on my waterfall/ IQ/ spectrum

  A: It's either a DC offset or noise from power. For noise you can try to use inner battery to reduce. For DC offset you can do nothing with it.

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