I’d love for the developers that make this place so great to donate time to Galaxy Upcycle (GU). A project Samsung just announced for replacing firmware on their Galaxy phones for use on many projects. Bitcoin mining, fish tank monitoring, CCTV, etc, are just some examples you can use your old phones.
Now just imagine how epic it would be if GU IoT devices talk to our ST Hubs!!
There’s been an active discussion on how this new feature will work with smartthings in the following thread. (The topic title is a clickable link.) However note that the sensor feature will only work with models that are galaxy 9 or newer.
I have tried to install this on my old Note 9 but everytime I receive an error code, stating that the app is not available. I reported it the Samsung Smartthings but the response was not very helpful, simply stating they need more info from me.
During the initial Upcycle setup, this statement appears at the bottom:
“You’ll need an old phone to use as a sensor. (Galaxy S9/Note 9 or higher)”
I was hoping this was just fluff to get us to buy new phones, unfortunately it seems to be true. I’ve tried many workarounds but cannot get this feature to work on any of my older devices (pre-S9).