5 original ideas on how to use your old phone

When you buy a new smartphone, what do you do with the old and how to use your old phone? You might give away, sell or leave it somewhere to gather dust. Whatever model your old phone, it could be your more useful. While it is technically out of date, your phone can still serve you well.

FROM MAKE USE OF 5 HAVE CREATIVE IDEAS TO RECYCLE YOUR MOBILE PHONE AND HOW TO USE YOUR OLD PHONE. HERE THEY ARE:

1. SMARTWATCH

If you have an old Nokia phone or another “dumb” phone that you no longer use can turn it into a smart watch. Site Tinkernut will find a video that shows step by step how to do this. The total value of the parts that you will need besides your old phone is less than $ 50. Not bad for a new smart watch, right?

2. UNBREAKABLE BY HACKERS PHONE

You do not want hackers can easily track all data from your phone. If you have the additional smartphone, you can turn it into a “ghost phone”. With this phone ghost will be able to keep your identity online, something very important nowadays. Whenever you want to do something in confidence on the Internet, you can use this phone.

THE CREATION OF “GHOST PHONE” IS THE PRETTY SIMPLE TASK. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

– Install an application for a temporary phone number, such as Hushed or Burner.
– Add VPN application that encrypts all data that come out of your phone. CyberGhost and Hideman are two possibilities.
– Create a new Google or Apple account from this phone. Do not enter with your existing account in the app stores.
– Do not buy any applications or services. Online transactions leave a trail.

3. PORTFOLIO

You’ll need an old phone that you must remove all gadgets. You need only the outer shell and nothing else. Sites like iFixit will show you how to disassemble things.

4. SECURITY CAMERA

Rather than spend money on security cameras can use your old smartphone. For Android device, Perch download the application, put your phone where you want it and you can watch all the action to another phone or computer. For iOS, you can use Presence, and for Windows Phone – Gotya.

5. UNIVERSAL REMOTE

This is one of the most popular ways to breathe new life into your old smartphone. Whether the device is Android or iOS you will be able to control almost everything in your smart home. What you need to check is whether your Android phone has an infrared (IR) blaster. iPhone does not have one. If your device has an IR blaster will need only the correct application such as SURE (free) or Smart IR Remote ($ 7).

If your phone does not have an IR blaster can add an accessory to a third party, which will cost from $ 40 to $ 60.

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