All The Uses For An Old Android Phone

Modern smart phones are incredibly capable devices. The guidance computer that got Apollo 11 to the moon and back could be simultaneously emulated 10,000 times on the smart phones that we are replacing every couple of years.

There’s got to be something better than just chucking them in a drawer.

After an exhaustive survey of the interwebs, I’ve turned up roughly 15 things that it makes sense to do with your old phone. The most obvious, and least satisfying, is to just keep it charged so you can use it as an emergency phone. Meh. An improvement would be to install a VOIP service and use it to make free calls over your home Wi-Fi network. If you don’t want to use your old phone as a phone, you can take advantage of all that memory; load it up with content and it can be an MP3 player, an e-reader, a game system, or even a full-fledged media server (yes a server). Whatever you do…please don’t just use it as an alarm clock.

All that and more after the jump.

• Turn An Android Phone Into An Infotainment System (in car)
• 8 Uses For An Old Smartphone
  • emergency phone
  • Wi-Fi phone
  • MP3 player
  • game system
  • e-reader
  • portable storage
  • misc
• 8 More New Uses For Your Old Smartphone
  • GPS navigator
  • remote control
  • mouse/keyboard extension
  • development platform
  • alarm clock
  • media server
  • MP3 player
  • messaging device
• Turn Your Old Smartphone Into A Great Media Player
• How To Make Free Wi-Fi Calls
• Servers Ultimate Turns Your Old Android Phone Into A Tiny, Multipurpose Server
• 5 Alternative Uses For An Old & Out Of Date Android Phone
  • audio player
  • gaming system
  • Wi-Fi phone
  • portable storage
  • alarm clock
• Don’t Toss Out That Old Phone, Turn It Into A Wi-Fi Only Media Device With This MOD
• Turn Your Android Into A Baby Monitor
• What Can I Do With An Old Smartphone (Besides Sell It)?
  • remote control
  • dedicate to one task
  • gaming system
  • Wi-Fi phone
  • development platform
• IP Webcam – Turn Your Android Phone Into Live Spy Webcam
• How To Turn Your Android Into A Killer Portable Media And Gaming Center
• Turn An Android Handset Into A Free Wi-Fi Phone With Google Voice

If you like some of these ideas, but you don’t have an old smart phone, head to ebay. The selection of used Android phones is impressive. Some are going for under $25, and nearly all are under $75.

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