Have an old android device or blackberry phone kicking around? we all do. Here’s what I’ve done:
1. Took my old HTC Incredible and turned it into a mini music player for my home.
- Wipe it by going to factory reset in the settings –> storage area
- when it comes back up keep doing the activation call (let it fail a few times) and it will bring you to the home screen
- Setup the device on your wireless network
- Add a google account or setup a new one
- Install the system update and go to the Google Play Store (market) and download Google Music Player
- BAM – now you can keep this near your stereo and just plugin to listen to all your music or take with you
- Pop in an SD card and you can copy over MP3’s for a music player on the go
2. Took my old Blackberry Curve and made it a white noise player for my kids
- bought a great rain on the river MP3
- Wiped the Blackberry curve through options –> security —> security wipe
- Setup on wireless
- Copied over the MP3
- Now I have a portable, battery powered white noise player
