Creative but new Ideas to Reuse Old Android Phones
This article will introduce you with a number of new ideas to reuse your whole or some of the components of your old Android phones. The ideas are being explained in detail, so you can follow the steps to make your old phone worth something. It's gonna be a lot of fun.
1. Security Cam
Reusing your smartphone as a security camera, this can be done with your camera component of your phone, which can be effectively utilized for making something like a security cam.
You can do this by using your camera alone or you can also put your smartphone somewhere to make it as something like a webcam. For example, you can download some apps like Alfred or Manything on your old phone which will let your old phone capture and stream it real-time to your actual phone or computer wherever you are. It will just require some internet connections. So set up the old phone to be a camera device and your current phone which you are using right now as a viewing device. Attach your phone to this ceiling or something that can cover the good view of whatever you want to stream or secure at your home or office or whatever. Plug it to a charger and let it go. It's done. And it is cool and different, right? You can check things at your house even without visiting it and it is just acting like a real security camera. Cool, ain't it?
2. Media Player
You can also use your smartphone storage and fill it with your music choice or movies or some media like images and use it as a streamer or player. How you can do it? You can do it by first wiping your phone storage and resetting its settings to the factory default and fill it with your favorite songs, movies or audiobooks and connect it to a Bluetooth speaker or any speaker of your kind. And just put it on. It's different and cool because you get no notifications on the device and no calls, so no disturbance, just the pure media.
3. Smart device for home
You can take your old Android phone and convert it to a smart device controller kind of thing. Just install some apps like Google Home, Alexa, or SmartThings, connect to your Wi-Fi, and set it up for the role of the controller. You can keep it on your study table, bedroom lamp table, or anywhere, wherever you want, in your house, and just ask it for something, and it will act accordingly, just as a smart controller do. Why is it different? Because it saves you a lot of money.
4. Digital Photo Frame
You can also turn it into a digital photo frame like a dynamically changing photo frame that performs slideshow of all your photos at regular intervals. So how to do it? You can do it by installing some apps like that or in your own phone gallery you can just play the slideshow of all the photos. Or better options might be installing Fotoo or Digital Photo Frame app and uploading the photos which you want to be shown there and then place your phone on the wall. I mean mount it with some double-sided tape or something.
And then you can go on and relieve your memories. And it's way cheaper than buying a digital photo frame.
5. Secondary display
You can also use it as a secondary display device by utilising the touchpad. You can turn the screen into an additional touch display that can be connected to your PC or laptop and you can control it.
You can download some apps like Duet Display or Space Desk and then connect both the devices through USB or same Wi-Fi connection, and then you can see your phone's details in your PC for screen casting or using it as a secondary display, something like that. The working process is extended and thereby increasing your efficiency. That's why it's good.
6. As a GPS Navigator
You can also use your mobile device as a GPS navigator that can be put in your car. What you need to do is download the Google Maps offline or some other offline map, whichever you like, and plug it or mount it on your car dashboard. Plug it to the charger for the endless use and then have a go. No need to put out your real use smartphone and no need to worry about the battery usage of your actual smartphone.
7. Gaming console
You can also turn your old smartphone into a retro gaming machine. Yes, you read it right. It's a gaming machine. So, how to do it? It sounds cool, right?
Install different emulators. For example, RetroArch or PPSSPP. Download the ROM of your favorite childhood game. Attach any Bluetooth controller. And relieve the old gaming moments without having any expensive console.
These are the projects or fun projects or ideas that you can not only use for fun, but also can be useful in your daily life. Comment out your favorite one. And introduce us to your ideas also that you are gonna use right now.
