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I have a whole drawer full of android phones with broken screens, or in some cases bad headphone sockets, flakey USB sockets, etc. Some software to turn these
by tacostakohashi 4y ago
I have a whole drawer full of android phones with broken screens, or in some cases bad headphone sockets, flakey USB sockets, etc.
Some software to turn these into gadgets like a surveillance camera, doorbell camera / intercom, walkie talkie, etc would be cool. Basically the equivalent of a Nest camera / doorbell using the camera, and not using the screen so much (although its often still useable, just a bit too annoying for frequent use). It would be nice re-using some broken, "free" hardware, so if it gets damaged/stolen it doesn't really matter, those Nest / equivalent devices are not cheap.
- Vrondi 4y agoEasy to turn an old Android phone into a webcam (I wrote this up for a less tech-savvy friend): http://teadragon.org/?q=content/turn-old-android-phone-or-tablet-wireless-security http://teadragon.org/?q=content/turn-old-android-phone-or-ta... Once set up, you can plug the stream into a security software on a PC or NAS to record the stream, detect motion, etc.
- doubled112 4y agoPassword protected or not, something about that tutorial suggesting to forward ports to an old Android device running a camera software scares me.
- zozbot234 4y agoThe issue is that mobile devices (phones, tablets) are not really designed to run continuously like that. At a minimum, you'd want to remove the battery and connect a separate power source. And even then, the electronics inside might still overheat and degrade.
- nikau 4y agoCan confirm, setup an old galaxy smartphone as a webcam during the pandemic, after a few months the battery turned into a pillow.
- xchip 4y agoThat is not a webcam, is an IP cam.
- mod 4y agoThe app says "IP Webcam"