I just discovered this and it works fantastically on any old / unused android device you might have lying around, I was shocked at how easy it was, all the instructions are there, once you have it running all you need to do is set your router DNS settings to your pihole IP address and presto! Ads and trackers are gone!
On should have a look on the energy saving behavior of the device, as android tends to shutdown processes occasionally. Which is pretty bad for a DNS server IMHO
Sure it does. But you can also tell it to put some processes in a top priority list.
Yeah I’ll keep an eye on it and see how it goes, should be alright though
Oh shit. Something to use that old galaxy s4 I still have for. Been wanting to set up a pihole, but didn’t want to buy a raspberry pi just for that.
Take the battery out if you can to avoid lithium fires.
Old batteries on constant charge… I worry about this kind of thing.
Good point, I’ll have to look into that
You might also be able to turn on Battery Idle Mode, although it’s not supported on every device.
Got it up and running now! Thanks mate
I have an old Nexus running as a weather station. I just bought a WiFi controlled plug for the power supply so it switches on and off continuously
Thanks for the tip. Got a tablet running HA and thus plugged in 24/7. Just ordered a smart plug to schedule the charging.
Can I ask what kind of setup you have there? In terms of software etc…
It’s just a screen that shows me the weather forecast tbh. It’s a paid app called whatweatherpro
I removed the battery but now I can’t get the fucker to turn on lol
Most mobile devices won’t work without batteries. The best way to work around this is to supply it with 4.2V (anything between 3V and 4.2V will do) over the battery connector.
I think I might have broken something, even when I clip the battery back in I get nothing 😟
This could be a long shot but if it’s a Samsung Galaxy Tab S, the battery connector solder joints kinda die after a while, which can either be fixed by reflowing them or by applying pressure (I have a tablet with that issue). You could try pressing on the battery connector and see if it works then.
I looked a little closer at the battery connectors and when pulling the battery out I must have yanked the little wires out of the clip just ever so slightly (I could see a little bit of them reflecting on one side) I carefully pushed them back in and avast! There is life again! Thank you kind stranger!
This is where fair phone and framework laptops shine. So easy to take the batteries out.
Not to take away from what you’re saying but old phones and laptops are very likely to have easily replaceable batteries as well.
Good concept but the WiFi latency and the processing speed would I’m sure slow down your browsing experience.
Cool though!
I’m not sure about that. The average consumer router is fairly underpowered but is still capable of handling the needs of most home networks.
I don’t think you know about what you’re talking about mate
Wifi adds latency. Adding 30-300 ms of latency will noticeably affect your browsing experience.
Probably worth it to remove ads and trackers thogh