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Unused android phones

RaymiiRaymii Member
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As I now have two unused android phones doing nothing, I was wondering what you do with unused android phones. Both are running android 4 or up.

I've now set them up to run BOINC, previously they were bitcoin mining via ltcminer to deepbit, but that didn't work :(. Still got 120 hashes/sec from both.

Also one has run a little webserver and ssh client for a while, was thinking to make one of the a raymii.org node.

Any ideas?

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  • gsrdgrdghdgsrdgrdghd Member

    Surveillance cameras

  • skaska Member

    You can do a lot with them:

    • GPS tracker for your car
    • Internet-Radio receiver
    • Webcam
    • Mediaserver
    • Filesharing with connected USB-Disk
    • Door-Opener
    • Wifi-Hotspot in your car
    • Universal remote for PC
  • rds100rds100 Member

    I use one for a 3G to wifi hotspot, because 3G USB sticks are not always convenient to use.

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  • GunterGunter Member

    Setup a weather balloon, fly it to the edge of the atmosphere and have it take pictures of the side of the earth with a Raspberry Pi + Camera module. When it falls at 100 miles per hour onto the ground potentially hitting a airplane, a bird, and a farmer, use your Android phone with 3G to find the GPS location of the weather balloon.

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  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    Or give me the phones :) XD

  • RaymiiRaymii Member

    @ska said:
    You can do a lot with them:

    • GPS tracker for your car
    • Internet-Radio receiver
    • Webcam
    • Mediaserver
    • Filesharing with connected USB-Disk
    • Door-Opener
    • Wifi-Hotspot in your car
    • Universal remote for PC

    The Internet Radio Receiver is a good one. I think I might put one in the car for podcasting, navigation and a WIFI hostspot.

  • DroidzoneDroidzone Member

    @rds100 said:
    I use one for a 3G to wifi hotspot, because 3G USB sticks are not always convenient to use.

    I do the same. But it has the downside that it requires a continuous power feed.

  • JeffreyJeffrey Member

    Why not just sell them on Ebay marked as "Used"?

  • RaymiiRaymii Member

    @joelgm said:
    I do the same. But it has the downside that it requires a continuous power feed.

    USB plugs in the lighter hole solve that, only make sure your motor is running, otherwise your car battery is drained...

    @Jeffrey said:
    Why not just sell them on Ebay marked as "Used"?

    Because then I don't even get a quarter of the price I bought them for.

  • GunterGunter Member

    @Raymii said:
    Because then I don't even get a quarter of the price I bought them for.

    I'll give you a quarter of the price then :)

  • blackblack Member

    What phones are these? Model name?

  • RaymiiRaymii Member

    @black said:
    What phones are these? Model name?

    1 Galaxy S4 (EU, GSM) and one chinese clone of the Galaxy S3 Mini, it is named Star SIII mini, but the boot animation is from Samsung. Dual sim tough.

  • awsonawson Member

    Sell them

  • taronyutaronyu Member

    Whats wrong with the S4? If it was a S1 or 2 I could have understand it but the S4 is still top notch.

  • RaymiiRaymii Member

    @taronyu said:
    Whats wrong with the S4? If it was a S1 or 2 I could have understand it but the S4 is still top notch.

    Does not do Dual Sim. And, I received it as a gift, I wouldn't buy it myself. So, selling it would be harsh for the person who gave it.

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  • taronyutaronyu Member

    Too bad haha, but know the problem.

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