Up until a few days ago, I've had a Google Pixel 5.
I used it for about 3-4 years, but I had to replace it due to its' hardware failing and it hitting EOL software support wise.
Especially the USB-C port is damaged, and the battery is drained in just one blink of an eye.
Said device is now lying around in the drawer, and I want to find a good use out of it.
It's still a fine phone. Like all those phones other people have in their drawer. It's probably faster than my homeserver, has cameras, sensors, wireless connections, and much more.
It has GrapheneOS installed, and is still more or less secure, probably even more than 80% of other android phones right now I guess?
**Do you have any ideas for what I can repurpose it?
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I know that there's Octo4a, which can turn it into an Octoprint server for my 3D-printer, but I already have a Raspberry Pi for that, and as said, the phone has an unstable USB connection.
Maybe I could use it for my photography equipment, e.g. as remote shutter?
Do you know of any resources or guides on how to do that fake hotspot? I think it'd be so fun to do a little network-announcements thing.
No, I have no links or guides. It was an off-the-cuff idea. But speculatively, I would assume you could start by following one of many guides on how to configure an Android as a functional hotspot, such as:
Then cut off the uplink by removing the SIM chip or going into airplane mode (then re-enable wi-fi). I’ve not tested that. From there, if that works, you would need a web server. F-droid has a few prospects:
Ideally you would also have a redirection mechanism that acts like a captive portal and redirects all traffic to your server. That’s getting a bit beyond me.. perhaps a firewall like Netguard or AFwall could do that, but I’m not sure.