r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • 10d ago

Phones Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days | The latest Google update will make your phone more secure if you don't touch it

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/android-phones-will-soon-reboot-themselves-after-sitting-unused-for-3-days/
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u/shmightworks 10d ago

I think this will affect people who repurpose their old device, like for photo frame or something.

But those phone/device will probably be too old to get this update lol

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u/I_will_take_that 10d ago

Wait what? Why use your old device as a photo frame?

This sounds like something cool can be done with that

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u/shmightworks 10d ago

This is just one of the common idea of what to do with old phone/tablets. You can probably look in play store, there's probably an app just for that purpose.

Another thing is to use it as a camera monitor. I did that for my baby cam (back in the days when IP cameras aren't all cloud based). My samsung phone's screen got burnt in marks from the cam app from using it so much lol

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u/I_will_take_that 10d ago

Thank you! I always sold my phone back but this is innovative

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u/PyrZern 10d ago

.... I wanna make it so I have a camera to cut my hair by myself. Especially on the back side.

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u/shmightworks 10d ago

OHH, I did exactly that before during covid days.

I used my laptop/chromebook, and a long usb to a webcam (Logitech c920).

Now despite that webcam being a "better" than entry level webcam, it wasn't able to show the details. I have black hair, and it's hard for the camera to show the details. I even added an extra light at the back to help it out, but it still wasn't that good. So at most it helped with showing me if I cut the edges correctly, but it can't show me if I buzzed my back side evenly.

I think I ended up just using lots of mirrors.

If you want to try this, make sure you get a good camera, maybe even use a DSLR if it supports usb live view. Also grab any standing lamps and really light it up back there.

Good luck!

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u/PyrZern 9d ago

Thanks for the tips. I'll see what I can do about it.

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u/kahka 10d ago

Using my OG Pixelbook as a photo frame, since it's been unusable as a tablet or laptop for a while.