Turn dead phone into something clever

[Lumiana]

Just out of curiosity has anyone turned a dead phone into a working master piece? I saw a YouTube clip of a dead phone, got taken apart then added a few extra processor chips and turned it into a mini PC and played a few PC only games on it. Any pics and a description would be fantastic

 

[KhawarNadeem]

Was the phone you watched an Android? It's likely much more harder (if not impossible) to on WP because of its closed nature. Compare that to Android phones which can be brought back from the worst of bricks using stuff like JTAG...

 

[someone2639]

You could use it as a paperweight...

 

[sinime]

If it's a Nokia, they make great armor plating

 

[bokchoy1]

If it's a Nokia, they make great armor plating

I can vouch for my old Nokia 3205 (similar to the 3200). Tested from the second storey landing.

 

[bokchoy1]

You could use it as a paperweight...

Or a missile.

 

[someone2639]

Or a missile.

Or a prank

 

[bokchoy1]

I read about somebody using old Nokia phones as synthesizers once.

I'm going to listen to some old polyphonic ringtones