Hass Core on Android phone - how to install addons?

[MV_Lalusin]

Hey everyone, I installed Hass Core on an old android phone base on articles written here by Mr. Alex. I have a lot of projects needing Add-ons like Hacs and Motioneye.

I also found out that ffmpg integration is not installed with this installation.

Can anyone help me install these manually.

Thanks

[Burningstone]

You should not run Home Assistant on a phone, only the companion app that connects to Home Assistant to control it.

Home Assistant Core doesn’t have add-ons.

[MV_Lalusin]

I got it running on an old samsung S7 edge with 4gb using this tutorial.

Home Assistant Core on Android Tablet

[image] The Home Assistant installation guide recommends using a Raspberry Pi to run the automation server. If you have an old Android tablet or phone lying around, why not make use of it instead? An additional benefit is that the tablet can be used as a wall-mounted UI for Home Assistant - UI and server, all running on one device. The original guide was written in [this GitHub repository] LINK(https: / /github.com/alexanderhale/home-assistant). I have pasted it here so that it can be collabo…

I was thinking Hass is an easy task given the phones. 4GB ram+ 8core 64bit ARM v8 processor.

I hope someones exploring potential to fully utilize Hass on old phones.

[Burningstone]

@MV_Lalusin

I hope someones exploring potential to fully utilize Hass on old phones.

I don’t think this will happen. A phone is just a really bad choice for a server that controls your home. I doubt you’ll be able to attach some USB sticks for ZigBee/Z-Wave, the network connection is wireless (wired >> wireless) etc. Get a Pi 4 and you’re good to go.

[dennis84de (Dennis)]

@MV_Lalusin

I have a lot of projects needing Add-ons like Hacs and Motioneye

HACS is not an Add-on. It is a custom_component, so you should be able to install that since the totorial mentions a SSH access.

But I believe a simple Pi4 would be a much better choice compared to a 5 year old phone.

[MV_Lalusin]

Yeah, a Pi4 is better. If only I have one lying around.

[MV_Lalusin]

Update. I installed Hacs and made all Hacs integration work.

[pipanosa]

Hi people,

Although a few of you advice not to (I haven’t fully understood the points) I’m thinking about installing Hassio on a phone (Samsung note9 with broken screen).

So I have a question for those who managed to do that: is it possible to use the phone connection in case of ethernet/wifi failure? Just like an alarm would do, in order to send a SMS maybe?
Or some light linux install maybe could, and I 'd install home assistant over it?

I already have a nice Home Assistant install working on my NAS Qnap, but looking for improvement and an alarm-like system (I already know that domotics should not be compared as a real alarm system,that i’m also equiped).

[D.king (Emanuel)]

How did you do it. I want to put it also. I don’t understand the fuzz against phones and tableslts. Most have more computing power than a raspberry pi and can connect hardware via USB

[alfonslm]

I have an raspberry pi 4 as my main server and was thinking about using two phones with broken screens for other tasks like remote music players but I would agree that they are a terrible choice for being a master server for several reasons but it’s not likely to be worth replacing a screen when they go for the same price as the repair on eBay.