Hi,

Which things can I do with an old android phone ? Like a Xiaomi mi a3.

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    41 year ago

    I use an IP webcam app and run my old S10+ as a CCTV camera inside my garage, viewable in Home Assistant.

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        11 year ago

        The app lets the screen turn off. I have it plugged in to a smart power switch, and have the HA Android app installed.

        This way, I can monitor the phone’s battery level with HA and use automation to keep the battery charged between 40% and 80%.

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          11 year ago

          Nice, I will check that app. In the past I used to separate apps for that and screen off didn’t work well, it would wake even if nothing happened.

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            1 year ago

            Honestly, the screen being on doesn’t really worry me too much now, and I suspect an Android change in the past few releases has made it less reliable when the app tries to do it, because I’ll occasionally walk by and see that it’s on.

            I’ve set the brightness all the way down and it sits up at ceiling height, on top of a wall-mounted network cabinet. I remote control it from my computer, using scrcpy (requires adb over TCP/IP).