Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras

Re:Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras by dr_kiszonka on Sunday February 23, 2020 @06:20PM (#22400275)

Thanks for the suggestion! From what I read, Wyze's cloud doesn't store continuous recordings. They only store 12 sec event-triggered videos with events being at least 5 minutes apart.

They say that continuous video can be saved to a microSD and played back in Wyze app. Do you know if this playback works remotely or would I have to be on the same WiFi?

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Re:Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras by stevenicr on Sunday February 23, 2020 @08:38PM (#22400925)

not sure about all that, I see another posted a reply that seems to allow app access remote - have not tried yet.

For continuous - I used an offline completely ,swann wired security system outside, and a secondary wired system from nightowl that has an app they say after setup never touches their servers, for remote access, also now has Human detection technology. - around $250 More expensive on the front end, and have to deal with wires, but keeps days worth of recordings, keeps it local - have not tried the app / remote access setups yet because I see a rabbit hole of getting into router settings for private network setup and all that. One of these days when it's more needed.

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Re:Haven: turn old Android phones into security cameras by girtdzc on Sunday February 23, 2020 @06:51PM (#22400438)

Works whole not on the same WiFi. I just tried it by disabling WiFi on my device and accessing camera playback.

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