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Oct 13th, 2011, 11:32 pm
MobileWebCam (2G/3G/WIFI, no PC required!) v1.71
Requirements: Android 1.5 and up
Overview: Use your Android as a simple mobile webcam via WIFI or Mobile Network! It works without PC and even Wi-Fi!
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There are a lot of fine webcam (with video!) apps in the Market. But I found none which can be used with just a phone without any computer or wifi connection and placed in your car, weekend home, garage, ... to upload pictures to a server in defined refresh times. So I built this app. It is not finished but good enough for a lot of things.

Edit: The app can now also automatically email the pics, upload to ftp or simply store them on sdcard. Also a manual mode is new for when you are running around taking pictures to be uploaded to your website/email account on the go with one simple tap.
Dropbox usage also possible now!

I will use this with an old phone with broken touch input (but luckily a dpad) and a simple free sim card wich has 30MB data traffic free/month (don't know if providers in other countries offer something like that). So I can have about 20 picture refreshes a day at a location with no WIFI or 3G (and of course no cable/dsl/...). FOR FREE! In the App activity times can be set so no black night views. No WIFI needed, just power to keep the phone running (I wonder how long it will last .

Also I use this with my main phone to quickly show my wife the kids playing on the playground, watch the garden when I am working inside and stuff like that. For this use case an email notification can be sent containing a link for her to view on her phone or pc at work.

Should run on Android 1.5 up (what causes the camera options to be very few and landscape mode only). So you can buy a somewhat broken phone on ebay (speakers not needed, display doesn't have to work well, ...) and have one of the easiest and cheapest webcam setups possible (I think ...

For your personal website webcam you need a php capable server somewhere where the picture can be refreshed. There you have to place the two files (mobilewebcam.php and index.html) attached to this post. Since version 1.3 you can also sent the pictures to an email account or simply store them on sdcard. From version 1.6 on ftp upload is also possible.

This also can be combined with my WebLiveWallpaper App easily and your webcam is then visible on your homescreen background all day.

More Info:
Code: Select allhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2554465

Download Instructions:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2548960481

Mirrors:
http://depositfiles.com/files/pxt65efxn
Oct 13th, 2011, 11:32 pm