Can a Drill sergeant search you and only you without permission?

HOLY CRAP!!! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY ARMY!!?!?!?!? Social freakin media in AIT!!?? Suck it up cupcake!!! And try using a damn dictionary the next time your panties get all wadded up!! DAMN!!

Gotta love Barracks Lawyers, from AIT, no less. Put on your Big Boy Britches and quit whining. I guarantee your Drill Sergeant has more to do than hate you.

The comments below address everything I wanted to say and more. PVT, I will just add this; you are obviously young and feel that you are being treated unfairly. First, as mentioned before, social media is not your friend. I applaud you to reaching out to senior folks in a form like this but I caution you in how you state your case and where you comduct your complaining. All the comments thus far have been constructive; I would read what others have written carefully. I do not believe your DI hates you. Your DI sees you as someone who has violated the rules on multiple occasions; so if course you’re on the radar. Your DI has seen many like you come before. It’s their job to correct the problems they see, or help you figure out whether the military is right for you. You’ve got two months to correct yourself. If you do make these corrections it will be noticed (you are being watched more closely). Best of luck. I hope you can be successful in the career you’ve chosen. Learn from your mistakes and grow.

Private, if you dont think that the First Sergeant already knows all about this and likely knew before it happened, you have alot to learn about the relationship between NCOs

Please just leave. Now. You lack the discipline to continue. You give other females a bad reputation based on your failing to follow instructions, hiding a phone you were not to have and then put it out there publically. Grow Up. You are in AIT. You are still not qualified simply because you completed basic training. You said it yourself, you cant take it for another 8 weeks.
I'm not being harsh, I'm being real. If you have this behavior in AIT, statistically it will continue to your unit. Fix yourself, read the regulations and UCMJ.
Senior Leades are not babysitters, we dont have time for games, we have a mission to accomplish.

It's the fucking Army. You lose a lot of personal privileges when you join and seeing that you are in AIT and not permanent Duty station she is free to search you as often as she likes if she has basis to. And second of all she was correct that you had another phone and you should have just given it up. You should be lucky that you got phones. When I was in we barely got to make phone calls on pay phones

Holy s#@$!!!!!! Can you really write a paragraph with no punctuation?? THAT, my young friend, is an indictment on either our school system, or your ability to learn. 5,000 words IS, in fact, too long for one sentence. You really should just count your blessings that the Army even took you at all and that you're not earning minimum wage...or less. Just my two cents.

Don’t be a PU$$Y!

You should go straight to the CSM and demand an apology. You have rights and shouldn’t be treated like this.

The easiest way to solve this is go ask your DS what you need to do to be a better soldier, take the first step in opening a dialogue. This may not be a kind and friendly moment, be prepared for lots of firm "discussion." But it will send a message that you want to change and it will make an impression. She should do 99% of the talking, you maybe 1%. This may not be pleasant, it may be brutal or it may be a two way conversation. I've been in for over 40 years now and clear communication and understanding what is expected of you is key - you probably know this. The Army is not a democracy, don't mistake it for one - everyone isn't equal and you surrendered many of your rights when you signed the contract.

Keep in mind you better remember what she says and follow through to the letter because if you don't it's gonna get worse. Or just ride it out for eight more weeks, it's really not that long - focus only on each day, don't look to the end. Stop viewing yourself as a victim as it's clear a few things occurred that were your fault. Be grateful you didn't join in 1978, drill sergeants disciplining soldiers was WAY different than now - particularly in the infantry. Regardless, make the best of it and suck it up. Based on some of the other comments I've read here you're not going to find at lot of sympathy - listen to the 1SG's who've commented, they are trying to help you.