Turning your smartphone into a surveillance camera
Surveillance camera in most time is a normal camera but a situation where you have to buy a camera and however if you think it is unnecessary you can not spend money and buy a camera but you have an old phone you can make a good use of it.
- Download Alfred (Android, iOS) on both your old and new phones, or any tablets you want to use.
- On the new phone, swipe through the introduction and tap Start. Select Viewer and tap Next.
- Once you get to the sign-in page, click Sign in with Google (a Google account is required) and sign in with your Google account credentials.
- On the old phone, repeat the same steps, but instead of selecting Viewer, select Camera. And make sure to sign in to the same Google account. Or
Download the program IP Webcam, and then adjust the video capture quality. If you have any questions, the application has a FAQ guide with answers.
Click "Run" - "How to connect".
Choose the type of connection: mobile internet or Wi-Fi. You will be given the ip-address and port of the camera - enter it in your browser. Example: http://127.0.0.1:8090.
select the way to watch the video in your browser
The application does not run in the background, so it must be open on your phone all the time, and the device must be connected to a charger to avoid battery running flat or low to keep your watching alive
Try it!
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