ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 12:30, Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
> There are probably a lot of old phones with good camera or other
> capabilities and you could put several on one old laptop

DroidCam will do that, apparently.

https://www.wired.com/story/use-your-phone-as-webcam/


> and have multiple camera and internet connections
> for reliability.

[Cynical] That sounds like a path to more complexity and thus _less_
reliability to me.

> I'm thinking about automated modes,
> taking pictures of lab experiments, but also a remote
> security setting where the thing is unattended
> for long times. Kind of like a wildlife camera maybe lol.

For that, look for info on security cameras or CCTV cameras.
https://www.cnet.com/home/security/turn-old-phone-into-security-camera-in-3-steps-heres-how-android-iphone/

> If its supposed to be this easy though to get USB modem
> over the carrier it sounds like the stuff the carrier,
> consumer cellular, is blocking something.

Some do that, yes. I had at least one phone where the vendor turned
off tethering support.

> Their Bluetooth
> app routinely gets stuck downloading file "Null"
> and requires multiple tries - I even gave up trying to transfer
> multiple images at one time.

Weird, but TBH I have never found bluetooth easy or reliable, except on Macs.

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