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Turn your old phone into a home surveillance camera in three steps

Turn your old phone into a home surveillance camera in three steps

If you have some old phones that collect dust on them, do not sell them for a small amount, if they are working then you can use them well in your home.

You can convert one of these devices to a baby monitor or a Google Home speaker (Google Home) temporary, but one of the most useful ways to recycle an old phone is to turn it into a home security surveillance camera.

Step 1: Obtaining the security camera application that works on your old phone 

You will need to choose the security camera application for your phone. Most applications offer many of the same features, such as local broadcast, cloud storage, recording and storing footage locally or remotely, and motion detection.

Once set up, you’ll be able to monitor your living space and control your safety camera from anywhere, directly from your new phone.

Alfred is an application (Alfred) is one of the best options for setting up your phone as a security camera. It is a multi-system system, which means that it does not matter if your old phone is running Android or iPhone. The same application must also be installed on your new phone.

The app is free, and gives you many features including remote monitoring, motion detection with alerts and free cloud storage, two-way audio feed, use of both front and back cameras.

To take advantage of additional features, such as viewing and recording with higher accuracy and zoom capabilities, removing ads, and thirty-day cloud storage, you can upgrade to the premium version of the App.

After downloading the application to your old and new phone, enter the application from your new phone, where you can change some additional settings, such as turning on notifications or setting a camera, or adding other people to the “trusted circle”(Trust Circle) – a feature to give other people access to your video feeds.

You can also remove the camera and check the number of times the camera has been cut, and improve the motion detection sensitivity and low-light filter control on the cameras.

While Alfred is a strong choice, it is not the only option; there are many powerful free options with little subscription cost if you need more features.. 

Step 2: Choosing a spot to place the camera

 After launching the application, you will need to prepare the camera so you may want to focus it on the main entry point into your home or the backyard of your home or the place where the valuables are stored or a point that you think will be particularly vulnerable. You can also set the camera as a baby monitor.

If you have many older phones around you can set up multiple cameras for fairly strong video coverage.

Step 3: Install and operate the camera

To install or place the camera, the smartphone holder can triple
(Tripod) or other mobile phone holder help you position the camera in an inconspicuous place.

To expand your field of view, consider purchasing a wide-angle lens for your phone, which can be purchased for between $ 5 and $ 20 online.

Video streaming and recording is energy-intensive, and if the phone is available 24/7, you will need to place it near a power source. It will give you a small USB charger( 3-meter ) Micro-USB is more flexible where you put it.

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