Usage for old nearly smashed phone?

[zindan]

Hey, I am wondering if anyone knows how I can use an old nearly smashed and drowned iphone 6s. The mic is broken and calling/texting does not work. The wifi and everything works perfectly well though. The phone is extremely fast and responsive in every other way. Unbeliveably fast phone, I don't know why it is so fast. 

My question is what such a phone could be used for? I have a main phone (Iphone 7 plus). But I feel like having a device like that lying is a waste of a very fast functional device. I don't wanna sell it because I'd get so little for it. What can it be used for ?

Thanks. 

[Streetguru]

Just now, zindan said:

Hey, I am wondering if anyone knows how I can use an old nearly smashed and drowned iphone 6s. The mic is broken and calling/texting does

You can turn it into a security camera but I can't think of much else.

[minibois]

Dedicated MP3 player, possibly one you just leave in your car to play music from. Or a navigation/GPS device would work too.

[zindan]

Just now, Streetguru said:

You can turn it into a security camera but I can't think of much else.

Really? That's kinda cool. So the charger should be in at all times? And I would need aditional software for this to be smooth right ? 

[zindan]

Just now, minibois said:

Dedicated MP3 player, possibly one you just leave in your car to play music from. Or a navigation/GPS device would work too.

good idea! 

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, zindan said:

Really? That's kinda cool. So the charger should be in at all times? And I would need aditional software for this to be smooth right ? 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred-home-security-camera/id966460837

[zindan]

Just now, Streetguru said:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alfred-home-security-camera/id966460837

Question is, can it see in the dark? Can it transfer the recording to a HDD on my pc ? 26gb on the phone isn't gonna be able to hold a lot of video time.

[steelo]

There's software you can download where you can 'log in' and view your camera. You can also set it to record whenever it detects motion - I wish I remember the name of the software though. As far as storage space, I'm using a raspberry pi as a surveillance camera with 16gb of sd card storage. I remedy that by having the system delete anything older than 7 days.

 

Your old phone would also serve well as a mp3/pandora/spotify player for home speakers or your car audio system.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, zindan said:

Question is, can it see in the dark? Can it transfer the recording to a HDD on my pc ? 26gb on the phone isn't gonna be able to hold a lot of video time.

There's likely an auto delete function and other stuff to get the data off of it or directly into your icloud or something

[zindan]

On 10/16/2019 at 2:23 AM, huilun02 said:

You can use it as USB WiFi receiver with usb tethering enabled

USB wifi reciever? I have no idea what that means.