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Easy 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
by Vrondi 4y ago
Easy 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"