What can I do with an Old Android Tablet

[Gineer]

Hay guys,

I have an old Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 that no longer supports any of the new updates and will soon become little more than a paper weight. As a maker/hacker,tinker'er..?!? what do you guys think I could do with it.

Up at the top of my list is to simply enclose it into a "vandal proof case" and mount it at my front gate and use it as a video intercom system with solar charging, connected to my home WiFi.

I know I could rip it apart and use the screen, but that feels like a waste for the rest of the hardware.

What do you guys think?

David

[Org Jansen van Rensburg]

Use it as a fixed controller for some home automation? 

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[Quentin Harley]

https://www.lineageos.org/

New life for your old tablet

[Gineer]

@Org,

Sounds like a plan... How though? You mean just use the built in web browser as the UI to some kind of server(Pi/Arduino/ESP8266 or similar) or are you saying there is some way to make this the controller?

David

On Friday, 18 August 2017 11:59:29 UTC+2, Org Jansen van Rensburg wrote:

Use it as a fixed controller for some home automation? 

On 18 Aug 2017 11:41 a.m., "Gineer" <gin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hay guys,

I have an old Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 that no longer supports any of the new updates and will soon become little more than a paper weight. As a maker/hacker,tinker'er..?!? what do you guys think I could do with it.

Up at the top of my list is to simply enclose it into a "vandal proof case" and mount it at my front gate and use it as a video intercom system with solar charging, connected to my home WiFi.

I know I could rip it apart and use the screen, but that feels like a waste for the rest of the hardware.

What do you guys think?

David

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[Gerhard L]

I mounted unused tablet to the fridge handling MQTT messages, alternatively you can browse NodeRed dashboard.

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[Org Jansen van Rensburg]

I would use the built-in browser, but maybe via a shortcut. If using Chrome, you can pin any site to your home screen and it becomes like a site-specific browser. 

For home control frameworks look at:

NodeRed 

Openhab 

Home-assistant.io

Etc...

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[Org Jansen van Rensburg]

Nice Gerhard! That is the use case which I had in mind. 

[Rudi Ahlers]

This sounds like a fun project! Question is, how long will it last till it gets stolen or broken at the gate?

What about a media player in your car?

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[Gineer]

Wow, as always, you guys are a gold mine of inspiration. Just when I thought this group was running a bit cold.

;-)

This is the only Android device in my house. If only I could install windows on that tablet to make it actually useful... </dig>

[Gert van den Berg]

On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 11:05:20 AM UTC+2, Gineer wrote:

This is the only Android device in my house. If only I could install windows on that tablet to make it actually useful... </dig>

https://wiki.winehq.org/ARM 

LineageOS does not seem to support the Original Galaxy Tab 7... (It does support the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (wifi version as well) though...)

You can check https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab/development (You would need to check the model number for the right options) for other ROMs...