Did you know that you could transform your old phone, the one you left lying inside a drawer for a long time, into a security camera?
Did you consider buying a security camera so you can monitor your home's surroundings? If you have an old mobile phone lying around, which you are not using for a long time, then you need not buy a new security camera. You can transform your old mobile phone into a reliable CCTV that you can use to keep your home under tight monitoring.
Transforming an old phone into a security camera involves only a few easy steps. Before you get down to it, make sure that your old phone has a working camera and the mobile device itself still turns on.
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Download and Install a Security Camera App
There are many ways you can breathe new life into your old phone. For instance, you can transform it into a baby monitor, or a DIY home speaker. However, one of the best ways to upcycle that old phone you left lying inside a drawer for many months is to transform it into a security camera.
The first step in transforming your old phone into a security camera is to download and install a security-camera app compatible with the phone. There are many apps available online with features like cloud and local streaming, recording and storing footage remotely or locally, as well as security camera apps with motion detection and alerts.
Bringing your Phone Back to Life
Once everything is set up, you can utilize that old phone as a security camera, which you can use to monitor your living space. Using your new smartphone, you can control the old phone you transformed into a security camera from anywhere. One of the best security camera apps around is Alfred. Since the app is cross-platform, you can use an old iPhone or Android phone.
Best of all, Alfred is free and provides you with remote live feed monitoring, two-way audio feed, as well as allows you to use your old phone's rear and front cameras. It also has motion detection features and comes with cloud storage capabilities. For those who want to transform their old phone into a security camera, using the Alfred app is the best path to do it. If you want more from Alfred, you can always upgrade to its premium edition so you can enjoy higher-resolution recording and viewing, as well as zoom capabilities, and 30-day cloud storage.
Setting Up
After downloading Alfred, it is time to breathe a new life into your old phone and transform it into a fully functional security camera. Install Alfred first on your new phone, then slide through its introduction and tap Start, choose Viewer, and then tap Next to go to the sign-in page. You can use your Google account credentials to sign in. On your old phone, perform the same steps but instead of choosing Viewer, choose Camera, then sign in to the same account you used on the new phone.
Once signed in, you need to tweak some settings to complete your old phone's transformation into a security camera. If you are using an iOS, you can only activate motion detection and audio, as well as select which camera to use. On an Android, you also have these options and you can activate continuous focus and much more. On the new phone, you can turn notifications on or off and grant other people access to video feeds. By now, you have given a new life to your old phone and make it usable once more.
