Hello XDA friends,
I have two captivate phones I want re-purpose to use as wifi security cameras using IP Webcam I have them fully setup and working with the app, but they seem to overheat and shut down after an hour or so. I also have two Galaxy 2 Skyrocket phones that I have done the same thing with them. They had the same problem with overheating, but I found this post which led me to remove the battery and solder power cord directly to the battery terminals of the phone. My understanding is that the constant recharging of the battery and the power needed to run the phone is causing the overheating, so by removing the battery and eliminating the charging to the battery equals less heat. That has worked for about two months , still working. I tried this with the captivate phones but for a reason I don't know the phones won't boot up without the battery even with power directly to the battery terminals of the phone. I have removed the back of the phone but I am unable to see where I might connect directly to power the phone without the battery. I'm hoping there are are some users on XDA that might have the technical knowledge to help me either with the overheating or the direct power connection. I appreciate any help. Thank you.
Sean
************************UPDATE PROBLEM SOLVED*****************
In case someone else wants to try this I am posting my resolution here.
Although there were no replies to my plea for help, at the time of this update I see that 52 users at least viewed this thread. Thank you for looking.
I have been playing around with setting up these phones as network cameras on and off for awhile now. After posting this thread, I continued to research the issue, then I found this post by ADAMOUTLER, discussing the middle battery pin (battery size indicator). This led me to test the resistance on the battery between GND and the BSI. The measurement was 1500 ohms. I connected a 1500 ohm resistor to the BSI and the GND terminals of the phone, then cut the end off of a usb cable, connected the red wire to the BATT+, the black wire to the GND- (battery connection pins on the phone). I plugged the USB cable into a charger, pressed the phones power button and
Voilà! The phone turns on and boots up no battery installed. I now have it running the IP Webcam app, streaming video through my home network, I can view the video on my other smartphones (OnePlus One), and on my home network computers and from my computers at work. It has been running for several hours now, hopefully the overheating issue has been defeated. I believe it has.
Thank you ADAMOUTLER for all the amazing work you have done and shared on this phone.
I have two captivate phones I want re-purpose to use as wifi security cameras using IP Webcam I have them fully setup and working with the app, but they seem to overheat and shut down after an hour or so. I also have two Galaxy 2 Skyrocket phones that I have done the same thing with them. They had the same problem with overheating, but I found this post which led me to remove the battery and solder power cord directly to the battery terminals of the phone. My understanding is that the constant recharging of the battery and the power needed to run the phone is causing the overheating, so by removing the battery and eliminating the charging to the battery equals less heat. That has worked for about two months , still working. I tried this with the captivate phones but for a reason I don't know the phones won't boot up without the battery even with power directly to the battery terminals of the phone. I have removed the back of the phone but I am unable to see where I might connect directly to power the phone without the battery. I'm hoping there are are some users on XDA that might have the technical knowledge to help me either with the overheating or the direct power connection. I appreciate any help. Thank you.
Sean
************************UPDATE PROBLEM SOLVED*****************
In case someone else wants to try this I am posting my resolution here.
Although there were no replies to my plea for help, at the time of this update I see that 52 users at least viewed this thread. Thank you for looking.
I have been playing around with setting up these phones as network cameras on and off for awhile now. After posting this thread, I continued to research the issue, then I found this post by ADAMOUTLER, discussing the middle battery pin (battery size indicator). This led me to test the resistance on the battery between GND and the BSI. The measurement was 1500 ohms. I connected a 1500 ohm resistor to the BSI and the GND terminals of the phone, then cut the end off of a usb cable, connected the red wire to the BATT+, the black wire to the GND- (battery connection pins on the phone). I plugged the USB cable into a charger, pressed the phones power button and
Voilà! The phone turns on and boots up no battery installed. I now have it running the IP Webcam app, streaming video through my home network, I can view the video on my other smartphones (OnePlus One), and on my home network computers and from my computers at work. It has been running for several hours now, hopefully the overheating issue has been defeated. I believe it has.
Thank you ADAMOUTLER for all the amazing work you have done and shared on this phone.
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