What do you do with your old smart phones /g/?

>>61081703
Still use them?

I have my Nexus 5, it works, it does what it's told, today i ordered a new case for it. Yeah, battery sucks but that's a poor justification to spend 800 $ on a phone as good as the Nexus 5 was when it came out.

chuck em at cars from an overpass over a highway

Old one died and new one running since 2.5 years (note 4). The trick is to keep using them until they stop working. It's not like I don't have money for a new one or i don't want one in fact I'd love to have a brighter screen these days. What I'd hate the most is a perfectly fine smartphone laying around in a drawer because it has been replaced in an unnecessary manner. I really have no uses for smartphones other than texting and webbrowsing.

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porn.

all i use it for is porn so i honestly don't give a fuck if gets infected with anything. also the chrome build on my old phone lets me download vids off most porn sites so it's a win/win.

>>61081771
nexus 5 was your first smart phone?

Keep them as backup or give them to my younger siblings who don't have the money to buy new phones. Or just sell them, I keep all the boxes and original accessories for this.

Storing them in my garage for future use. Doing this since 2005.

Just retired my Nexus 5X. I'll keep it around as a backup phone.

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use it with cardboard for vr porn

>>61081831
Galaxy note 4? You run ROM or stock?

>>61081884
Third "smart phone", had a Galaxy S2 before and a HTC Hero before that, it's my 7th phone total. Thanks for reading my blog.

>>61081703
I use my old Nexus S as a stream player. It outputs audio from the headphone jack at line level and I don't have to max out the volume to get an acceptable signal.

>>61081937
you still use all of them?

>>61081936
Stock. I like the fingerprint sensor and I don't think custom ROMs support fingerprint. The stock based modded ROMs I've tried so far were too pajeet style - not really reliable. I do however use xposed framework for added functionality on the stock ROM.

>>61081771
You got ripped off, son. I got the 5 for my dad at about $300.

>>61081907
I have a crack across mine. Anyone have any experience replacing these screens? Looks easy enough on youtube vids.

>>61081703
I don't get a new phone until the old one breaks.

Got a 5c with a broken logic board and a Droid Turbo with a broken display

>>61082725
Speaking of, does anyone know what would happen if I used an 8gb logic board with a 16gb iPhone?

>>61082743
You would have an 8GB iPhone. This is assuming that you aren't trying to put an iPhone 4 logic board in a 4S or something like that.

I use my Nexus 5 as a front door camera. Separated the camera from the phone which is on a terminal near the door on top of the home security system. Have two feeds connecting to two different computers (work and home) as well as a cell feed that updates me.

It was pretty extensive to set up but honestly it's great.

>>61083316
That's a great idea

>>61083257
So if I used a 32gb board I would be able to use the phone normally?

The board and phone are both 5c

either handed down to people that don't care what they're using

or

using it as a remote for various home/car automation projects

>>61083316
>Separated the camera from the phone which is on a terminal near the door on top of the home security system.
Wait, how did you interface the camera with another device? This would be perfect if you can get it on something with ethernet

My old Moto G4 is a backup phone in case my current phone dies on me.

I also have a Galaxy Note 4 that I'm eventually going to turn into a dedicated music player for my home. Throw a huge microSD card into it and load it up with high-quality music, so I can make use of that good DAC.

I collect them

>>61081703
Use them. My iphone 3gs is my mp3 player.

>>61081703
>buying a new phone when your old one works just fine

You don't really do that, do you?

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lose them

>>61081703
>he uses voluntary tracking devices for the NSA, CIA and your service providor.

>>61081703
Tinder phone

I usually sell it to recoup some of the cost of its replacement.

Still using an LG Optimus G (E975).
Running a somewhat stable Nougat ROM, still works flawlessly and is better than any other low-budget current phone i could buy anyways.

>>61081771
Toxic response?

>>61081703
swappa

give them to my sisters because they always manage to destroy theirs

or put them in the cupboard, half-assembled because my repair attempts failed

should probably sell some on ebay at this point..

>>61081703
Buy another SIM card and use it as secondary device.

Throw them away.

>>61081884
Mine was. Any problem with that?

>>61083726
As I understand it, the logic board is the main part of the phone, contains the IMEI, serial number and all that. Everything else is just accessories to the board. So you are just exchanging parts from an 8GB and 16GB phone, should work I think

>>61083316
I was thinking about doing something like that, any software or app recommendations? Do you permanently store video feeds somewhere? Are you using motion detection to trigger it?

I can't believe no one has said it yet, but, full time emulators. All my old phones are turned into emulators filled with all the roms.

>>61081892
Yup

>>61081703
security cameras / dash cams

>>61085670
yeah what r u 10

>>61086019
23.

>>61085704
>playing emulator games on a device with bad battery life
>not just buying a screen, rechargablebattery, raspberry pi, buttons and shit and making your own little portable emulator for enjoyment

pleb, bet you like dicks too

>>61081703
stick a throwaway sim in it, use it as a shitphone for online accounts which need a sms verification or such shit. Tinfoil mode

>>61086690
Downloaded offline Maps and stick that phone in the car as a GPS/emergency phone.
Another phone as a hub for all my email accounts that I don't use but don't want to lose and for another Puzzle and Dragons account.

Wish I was more creative and had a real use for them.

Use it as a remote for Kodi.

>>61081831
>The trick is to keep using them until they stop working
Hard to do that when most new apps uses more resources than the OS.

I have an old smartphone that just lies in my room so I can use the whatsapp web client.

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>>61081909
What's like?
I'm thinking of buying pic related for VR porn.
>tfw no female POV VR porn

>S3 mini

Can't do shit with the slowest phone in existence

>>61086872
>Downloaded offline Maps
From where?

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>>61081703
turn them into surveillance cameras and situate them around my room to use for when I go smoke a cig... so I can check to make sure my mom didn't sneak in my room and discover all the piss & cum bottles while I was outside

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>Nokia C7
It still count as smart phone , right?

>>61084670
This.

>>61087771
check maps.me or osmand

>all this "if it werks y upgrade?" cunts

Just fuck off.

>>61087950
Problem?

t. Galaxy S4 owner

>>61087965
Why are you still using obsolete technology?

>Nexus 5
>old
Underage please leave.

I un-Googled my Nexus S, put some free as in freedom apps on it and gave it to my mom to learn how to into smartphones.
My current phone is a Nexus 5 I bought 2 years ago. Need to flash LineageOS instead of CM because sometimes when I use mobile data in enclosed rooms the SIM card stops being recognized for a second, and I get random shutdowns once every 2 months or so. Other than that it's perfectly fine. I'd use it for navigation on my bike too but it gets hot in the tank bag and shuts down, plus battery life is pretty bad.

>>61087979
Because it works just fine.

Obsolete is a relative term.

>>61087784
TOPLEL.
How much cum do you have stored? Can you post a picture + timestamp?

>>61087984
4 years is a century for smartphones.

>>61087771
Google maps allows you to download offline maps.

>>61087784
Wouldn't you know if she discovered the bottles by her screaming and kicking your NEET ass to the curb? IMO it would be far more sensible to focus on deterring rather than detecting. Mustard gas mines behind the door, snake pit under the mat.

>>61087990
You can get an S8 that does everything it does plus more and faster. Plus battery life after 2+ years is shit. Personal experience (I owned an S3)

>>61081703
I still use that. Am I behind the times?

>>61081703

Use them until they die. Still using my '12 galaxy s3 with LineaogeOS.

>>61088000
But you'd need a dedicated app.
I want a printable map that cover an area of 1km x 1km, with enough details.

>>61088017
Would you pay for it?

>>61088003
My battery life is perfectly fine, even after two years. I'd rather not waste $600+ on something I don't really need desu.

It's reasonably snappy, not using the stock ROM or Touchwiz does wonders for that.

>>61088073
Does S4 have removable battery?

If it does, I understand. If not, I'd definitely switch

>>61088063
I'd pay for the paper and ink used to print it, yes.
>generic map
I don't need that, I need a map for this area.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9311455,8.7306017,1131m/data=!3m1!1e3

>>61088124
Please go to openstreetmap.org and link the location from there, thank you.
Also, use Osmand~.

>>61081703
Stick them up my butt

>>61088135
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/41.9311/8.7306
But OSM doesn't have satellite view.

Eat them

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>>61081703
Keep it around to test out new operating systems and any ARM apps you make, unless you're a normalfag. Then just throw it away and buy a new one, then repeat every 6 months.

>>61081771
I still use a Nexus 5. I put an LG G2 battery in it and the battery life improved significantly.

>>61082743
The 5 and 5c boards are different sizes, so make sure that you're using a 5c board. IIRC Apple never made an 8GB iPhone 5, so you should be good. It'll work fine, and the software will read 8GB of storage as normal. You'll have the same phone, just with less storage.

>>61083726
As long as there's a 32GB 5c board available. If you were to solder a 128GB EMMC to the board of a phone that tops out at 64GB, it would probably fail to boot, or even to restore in iTunes. Or it might work but only address 64GB of that space. You never know. So if the maximum storage configuration is 32GB, you're golden. Just never buy modded, hacked together chinkshit.

>>61088166
Osmand lets you download tiles from different sources, including satellite views. Get it on F-Droid.

>>61088251
>Osmand
But not printable paper.
Thanks anyway.

>>61081703
Use it to store my passwords on.

>>61088265
>printing from your smartphone

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>>61081703
Where can I buy broken Nexus phones (for parts) on the cheap?

Nexus 5 landed exactly where all the specs for Android flagships suddenly doubled.
RAM went from 1gb to 2gb, core count went from 2 to 4, screen resolutions went from 720p to 1080p, processor frequent went from ~1ghz to ~2ghz and so on.
The nexus 5 was one of these flagships with the exception that it had a price tag similar to the pervious generation of flagships.
By now there might be a comparable update in smartphone hardware available but it sure as hell doesn't cost $300 at launch. The N5 is the only justifiable smartphone you could've ever gotten.
And this becomes pretty clear when you realize that Google killed off the phone's production in 2015 just because it was too good.
There will never be anything worth upgrading to.

>>61088520
OnePlus phones are really great for the price.

>>61088520
>Nexus 5
Moto G5 is the current Nexus5

>>61087747
>no female POV VR porn

lol you're wrong fag

>>61082685
read again.
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>>61088648
Let me rephrase
There's no decent female POV VR porn for females (males)

>>61084670
I'm thinking of trading in my lg g4 for a xz premium. it covers around 1/11 of its costs. worth it?

>>61081703
Sell it or gift it to a family member. I hate device clutter so I always get anything I don't need out of my sight and it will make other people happier anyway.

>>61087965
That's literally the phone I've got, m8.

If had the money to throw around/different priorities I probably would get something better but right now I can't justify it because I'd only be making gains in speed. I'd still be doing the same stuff, using the same apps

>>61088087
Not the one you're replying to but I did have an s4 for a while and I do believe there was a removable battery (if my memory isn't shit). The non-removable came with the s5, as it was the first water-resistant galaxy.

>>61086472
>building something that looks like an IED with sub par components when you could use something that's already been made

>>61087747
just get cardboard, i have the one in the picture and its bulky as fuck and uncomfortable.

try get the v2 cardboard with foam surrounds and strap

>>61090623
What about the lenses?

>>61090639
they come with it, not the best lenses but do you job.

>>61081703
Sell them for 10 bux
Then eat that money in front of the jewish children in my dungeon

>>61090689
Oh, I thought you meant making my own.
Speaking of DIY cardbox, how do you get the proper lenses?
There's optometrist near my place, do they make that kind of lenses?

Yeah lol

>>61090738
just buy the v2 cardboard, it costs £4 from ebay and it comes with lenses.

idk why you are trying to get proper lenses made

>>61090870
There's no shipping to my third world country.
So I have to buy whatever available in the market or go DIY.

>>61091054
go on ebay and get it shipped WITHIN your 3rd world country.

It's a bit of cardboard, i'm pretty sure they can ship that worldwide.

>>61091112
You don't understand there's no postal system of any kind where I live.

>>61081703
I'm using an old one as wifi repeater

>>61091142
Lol

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>>61091142
where do you live anon?

You have an optometrist but no postal service?

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I dropped my old Lumia under my bed so I keep it under my bed now

>>61091231
That was partly correct.
We have postal system, it's not utilized.
Same for land telephone lines.

You can order stuff online, however you need to send the link of the thing you want to people who have a postal box.
And those usually charge 30-40$ per item.
And they handle your stuff as it was a rag with no refunds.

>optometrist
You just need a snellen chart, and a machine to make the lenses to call yourself optometrist.

>>61081703
I use OPO at the gym. Its great, I download hours of podcasts on it and dont have to worry if its stolen, as if someone would steal a three year old phone. It has android 7.1.2, though.

I use older s4 mini as a baby monitor.

>>61091349
Now I'm interested. Where do you live, anon? Do you have a high speed internet? Or 4G?

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>>61091518
>high speed internet
We're still on broadband, distributed through smaller ISPs that get internet connections from either 3-4 major ISPs.
All have shitty internet, and I mean shitty.
Pic related.
>4G
Still on 3G, and it's expensive compared to other worlds.
There are offers of """FREE""" subscriptions to use mobile data, that give a limited number of messages, minutes, and 50 MB of data weekly for small amount weekly fee.

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>>61087784
>piss & cum bottles
Fuckin piss in the toilet and cum in tissues like sane people do