Turn old Android phone into a security camera

An old Android phone can turn into a security camera monitor with just simple steps.

Have you ever wished you could use the "tech toy" is to monitor your home while you are away?You can be there. All you need is an old Android phone. And here's how to make things "tech toys" in camera tracking, so you can detect when someone enters your home.

1. What is needed?

For this tutorial, you will need the following items:

- Android phones have cameras, have access to local Wi-Fi network. The older Android phones that we use here is the HTC Hero .

- Charging Cable for phone (if you want to put this device in a fixed position).

- A copy of the software SECuRET SpyCam ($ 4.5 USD)

We encourage you to give Android phone his former status set at factory, then update it to Android version can last.

2. SECuRET SpyCam Configuration

SECuRET SpyCam help filming and taking pictures when motion is detected, then automatically sent to the e-mail messages, Twitter for employers. In addition, users can also set the synchronous mode Real-time data to Dropbox account.

First, download and SECuRET SpyCam about setting up your device. Once installed, launch the app to start the configuration process:

In the upper right corner of the screen , next to the Help icon Settings menu icon. Click the Settings menu configurations to suit your purposes.

Depending on whether you want security cameras taking pictures or recording video when activated, navigate to General Motion Capture Mode select Photo or Video. For the purposes of this guide, we will configure the camera to take pictures select Photo.

While still in the General menu, select Photo Settings to configure the settings and picture messages.

Here you can choose between color or black and white image, image resolution you want, with the ability to turn on continuous shooting or not (you can set up continuous shooting mode 5 images per trigger).

In the Actions section, you can enable email notifications and Twitter. We choose Auto select Email Email Captures enter the account information for Gmail .

The next step is configured to sync with Dropbox. Navigate to the General Dropbox to enter your Dropbox login information, your installation.

Select Auto Sync Captures click Log In to authenticate SECuRET SpyCam with your Dropbox account. Install ultimately choose whether you want to sync via Dropbox only via Wi-Fi or both Wi-Fi and mobile data plans her.

Exit the main menu select Built-in Camera press Start you will see a screen like this: a smaller screen appears in the upper left corner.

It takes about 1-2 minutes to wait before the fish swam to:

Images are captured, stored on the device, sync with Dropbox account and attach to the email message like this: