How to run OctoPrint on your phone!
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- Can't get your hands on a Raspberry Pi? Just use your old phone to run OctoPrint!
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+1 for the TempleOS computer! 😂👍
The os that shall not be mentioned.
@@rjanderson4207 The OS that should be ran on all computers
Temple OS is a great OS for Octoprint! Been running it since 300 BC
Terry indeed was the smartest programmer that ever lived
I chuckled about sideloading on MacOS and then I was like "wait wha-?"
ive been wanting to get into octoprint for over a year now and this video just made it happen for me! Tons of android phones laying around waiting for a second chance.
I have as well, and the dongles...but also have like 6 rpi's here so Ill use that as I dont love the idea of batteries in a heated chamber. I do think this is a great solution to use old phones though, as there isnt many use cases for them and if you are like me you have a bunch of them.
You can use an old Laptop aswell. But to use a Phone is 1337
I am glad that i dont have to solve this "Cheap" Problems this old phones produce
@@francistaylor1822 remove the battery and in it's place solder a capacitor.
@@jurgislll can you elaborate on that one?
Amazing work man and thanks to octoprint 4a crew too👍
You were and still are a great tutor for whole 3d printing community.
Honestly, thanks for doing this. I was looking into ways of running RasPi apps virtualized in Android and this video popped up in my suggested a few days later, this is literally perfect.
As a few folks have said below, for Creality printers that have backpower issues, cover the fourth pin (5V) on the USB-A connector (host side plug, one that will go into the hub or adapter) with a small bit of electrical tape as well to take some of the strain off these older batteries.
Have it working now, and I thank you and the Dev behind this app, for putting in great work!
Been looking at the Octo4a the past few days. Thanks for clarifying everything runs smooth. Thank you.
Now this was a very useful video. What to do with your old phone once you upgraded to the new contract phone.
And no need for HDMI cables to a monitor you are using on your PC. Very nice. Thank you Tom for always coming up with a relavent topic for your videos.
FYI, your 18650 battery video. I pay 1.5 Euro's for a brand new battery. So you paying 1 Euro each is a massive saving when you need hundreds of them.
Awesome! Anything to keep the phones out of landfills, but huge bonus that the re-use is such a great application.
Thank you for this! I am glad to have a use for my old devices and having a camera built in is great. Also noticed that when uploading print files on octoprint it is much faster than my rasp pi setup
ohh man, I have wondered if a phone could be used for several years. I thought I would have to root it and install something complex. This is ground breaking for me. Amazing video
How perfect ist this video rn. I have an old phone with good camera quality and the same Adapters all at home.
For benchmarking the UI load time over an other browser, I recommend to time it after the login screen.
The login screen has been optimised to take the least resources possible.
Speaking as a dev who works with OctoPrint on the daily.
Great vid and eye opener. Really enjoy it whenever people can repirpose their old hardware
Thank you, this literally took me under 5 minutes to get this fully working on my old Galxaxy Note 10+, really amazing.
This is exatly what i had been hoping to do with my old phones :D thank a super bunch bud
That segway into the Sponsor Spot was awesome!
What a gem this guy is, I discovered Tom a while back, but only now realise how amazing his content is, useful, innovative, novel, fast, comprehensive and to the point.
Really enjoy listening, very good and humble teacher and also very fair on and subtle with sponsers and never in your face to support him.
Amazing 3D printing channel, subscribed and hopefully will try support you somehow. Keep up the amazing work, we really appreciate it!
Welcome aboard!
@@MadeWithLayers thanks Thomas!
been looking for a raspi 3 for th last 2 weeks now and havent found any in stock that werent just too expensive for my use. Have phones just lying around, this was super easy to set up and looks to be working great :D Thanks for the video!
I had several usb connection lost issues with my odroid xu4 running octoprint and I was just about to order a raspberry. After I had seen this video, I hooked up my Nexus 7 (from 2012!) and gave it a shot. It is not only running more reliable now, but having octoprint acessible right next to the printer on a big touchscreen is such a treat.
Been waiting for this for literally years!
I had planned on trying this at some point and now I think I have to do it. Great upload!
Got an old tablet I've had for a while. Going to give this a bash and see how it goes!
Thanks for the great video...
I have an old galaxy s5 lying around. You just gave it a new life.
I just recently got a 3d printer and wanted to have octoprint but i dont have a raspberry pie, i have so much faith of people believing there might be already a solution that you can use android phone as an alternate, so i searched the keywords, android phone octoprint and here i am. A big thank you to you sir for creating this video and the developers behind this!.
I always wanted to use octoprint but never got around to it but now that it's so easy to get it going I will definitely give this a try with my spare samsung galaxy S9+ hope it will work well. Thanks Tom for this video and many other videos this is why I sub to your channel over 4 years ago. Your videos are always packed with useful information.
any updates on the s9+?
Thank you, was looking for a pi, but this will be great on a Galaxy Note 8 that sits around collecting dust. Exactly what I needed.
As a returning 3D printer user I wanted to set up octoprint but I did not want to buy new hardware so I installed it on an old Raspberry 1B(!) I had lying around. Everything worked fine, even a webcam, but it was incredibly slow. Inspired by your video I converted my old Xiaomi Mi A1 (Android 9, LineageOS) to an octoprint server and everything works flawlessly and the UI is really snappy. Filip did an amazing job on the Android port, thank you very much for bringing it to my attention. To be honest I kept my old phone exactly because I was thinking about an application like this and I couldn't think of a better way to repurpose my old phone.
THANK YOU... I've been wanting to look more into OctoPrint, but since I've only had my 3D printer for a couple months I thought it could wait until I figure a few more things out. Now this might open up a whole new realm of possibilities. I have few old phones lying around (like everyone else) and even a couple tablets that I might be able to re-life as a print server :)
I think I'll try my old netbook first but I'm very happy to have an alternative now!
Thanks!
Appreciate you and your channel! Just discovered you recently and keep watching non stop 👌💯
Finally i have a use for my old phones, thanks!
UI Customizer plugin also gives a better responsive mobile experience for loading the interface on the phone directly and is still actively developed where TouchUI has several plugin conflicts and doesn't seem to be maintained anymore.
I just posted on Reddit a few days ago looking for alternatives. Thanks Tom!
I'm using an old netbook which is another cheap alternative.
Innovative, informative, knowledgeable person, keen to share, and very detailed content. It is sufficient for anyone like me to get started.
Wish I'd seen this a few months ago, before I bought a Raspberry Pi 3B. I managed to find a decent deal, but I will definitely be using Octo4a for my next OctoPrint installation!
Are you a scorpio Tom? This is awesome i do not have many heros but you are definitely one of those heros bro.
You made a huge impact in the 3d printing community and i can honestly say you always have been legit .
Thank you
DUDE! Finally a use for my older pixel 2xl and Galaxy tab E. Yes! Thank you!
I actually just reorganized my game room and actually found my Galaxy S3. I thought about just formatting it and tossing it out but I'm super glad I kept it now. I even have the USB dongle it came with as well so all I need is a splitter. Great video, thank you!
you dont even need that! the s3 has pins for wireless charging under the shell where you could connect a charger
@@bullzebub I actually realized its not an S3, its an S7 haha. I already ordered the cords anyway so it's no biggie.
This video was so helpful I've always wanted to do this and it was so easy to do following you're awesome guide
Fricking amazing! I'm definitely going to use this. This sounds so much easier than using a pie. And it even saves e-waste! Good job OctoPrint!
I tried couldn’t get it to work
I'm glad that you are advertising a PCB company because I might need to get a PCB made with parts soldered soon. I just added to favorites. I have a few companies that do PCB in favorites and I will compare to see who is cheaper.
I plugged my tv box Formuler Z10 PRO into my printer. I installed octo4a on it... less complicated than installing it on an old cell phone... it works
I'd just like you (and your sponsor) to know that I was just looking at getting a PCB printed and the sponsor message couldn't have come at a better time. Plus, I suddenly find myself with a spare Android phone and OTG connector I was almost retiring. Spooky good timing
And in fact I was about to retire EXACTLY that Samsung Galaxy Nexus!
Thank you very much, this works great, been looking at the Pi's and didn't want to spend that for one. I only had to go to git issues to fix the failed install on the phone, but this is a very good solution.
4:20 I used one of these on my trip to Japan. I used my phone to take tons of pictures. When it was full I used this to move the pictures to a flash drive, then went right back to taking pictures.
7:22 That one caught me off guard! I wish I could upvote twice!
My RPi4 just died, and orders for a replacement are at least a year out (14 months for me).
Found this while looking for alternatives, and this appears to be a really good one and has me hopeful to get my printer back up and going.
Hi Thank you for the videos, it gave me the idea of putting Pi OS on Window Surface RT tablet I had collecting dust. Then I put OctoPrint and OctoDash on it. Now I can use the RT tablet for controling my 3d printer. The touch screen works great and it has a big screen.
haha i remember bugging the dev (politely ofc) on discord to release an update and open source for a few weeks! Glad to see it's actually usable now
Dear Thomas. Your explanation is impeccable, very detailed and easy to understand. I had been wondering if there was a way to replace the Raspberry Pi with an Arduino nano or uno (looking for a cheaper option since PI is very expensive where I live)...and suddenly, you came up with this great video and explanation. I just started 3D printing and the truth is that there are interesting things to learn. I have already subscribed to your channel. I send you a big greeting from the South of Argentina!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this! I don't have any spare pi's, but I've got a phone that should work perfectly for my ender 3!
Saving this. I have a couple old android phones and was wondering if there was a way to connect them straight to the raspberry pi. This is even simpler. Thanks! You have a new subscriber.
Nice, I wanted to tried this after seeing a Video from CC2TV about linux on old smartphones. thx for the video
This is great. I have an old Samsung Galaxy S7 that's been sitting in a box under my TV for a year. I was going to try and sell it, but it looks like it's going to get a new lease of life with me. Cheers.
Borrowed a friends old galaxy s8 and it works well.
Big problem, now I want one for each printer and I have to learn octoprint now…..
Great solution and great video!!!
Just started coming across your channel thank you for the great video, you just solved my dilemma 😁
Fantastic timing, I was thinking of retiering my Android tablet (Sideloaded the Google Play Store onto my Surface Pro).
using this since it first released.Its been great ton more power then a pi as well.
I never sell my old smartphones, usually cuz Im worried I'll break mine new device. Now I finally have a use for my old tech....THanks!
Nice vid. Good info. ...I'm a Pixel 5 guy too. I like the reuse of old phones for something practical.
Thanks a lot Thomas! I have just installed this on a Huawei with Android 8.
Terry blesses you for including templeOS in your list.
Super idea and fantastic video this could bring back a old tablet. 👍🏻
Wish this had come out sooner. I've been using an old 2008 iMac I bought from a local school for about a year now. Works perfectly fine, but it takes up a lot more room.
I thought I was wasting money last year when I bought several Pi 4's to use for emulation. Now all of my enclosures have been gutted and I'm definitely glad I grabbed them when I did.
This video just made my day ! I always wanted to make those cool time lapses on my Ender 3 V2 but never had the option because I already had the Creality wifi box... That works well but doesn't allow the variety of options which Octoprint does. Will surely be trying this out! Thanks a lot Tom 💯👍🙌
creality wifi box.. octoprint with none of the advantages LOL
@@LouisePaisleyUK not exactly... I got my first printer for 215 dollars with the wifi box and could pretty much print remotely so buying a ras pi didn't make sense. It was good enough for starters, but this is gonna be a lot of fun!
@@nisargdoshi2640 Creality wifi box... Octoprint with none of the advantages other than wifi printing
;)
@@LouisePaisleyUK yep that's true
@@LouisePaisleyUK That's why I'm making the switch. could you just explain to me one thing, something that I saw in another comment thread about the y cable messing up the printer instead of charging the phone... thanks!
That triagonal mosaic is so beautiful!
BTW, it's probabably best to remove the battery because of potential fire hazard. There are some workarounds for the missing battery.
Got lucky and grabbed a Pi0 2W for $15 the day they came out. It’s running octoprint and a camera just fine!
This dude just described my situation perfectly
Thanks Thomas! been trying to get OctoPrint for my printers and i didnt want to spend like $100 on a Pi, and my old phones been sitting here gathering dust for a yr and a half lol
Your are great, just the Info I've been looking for, Thanks
Great idea! I have my three old android phones stacked in a box and haven't got around to adding a webcam to my Cr10SProV2+Octoprint+RPi2+Klipper yet :) Now I won't need to hunt around for a probably at most 720p webcam for the pi at a probably not cheap price :D
Simplish webcams are affordable again. I could buy a 1080p30 webcam with a very wide angle lens and fixed focus and terrible IR rejection and slightly wonky colour at Conrad for only 15€ (regular price for this sort of thing hovers around 30€) just a couple weeks ago. But it is actually super sharp and actually 30fps in MJPEG mode.
I do love it when I find something to add to my printer that I already have the materials for. Currently setting my old Moto X4 up for this.
Did it work for you with a X4? I'm trying and it just keeps crashing installing dependencies
@@bjohnrini I've been using my x4 for a few months now, no issues.
@@Oddman1980 Thans for the reply. I have an amazon branded X4 and it keeps crashing when installing the dependencies, any ideas? Also, can you tell me which Y cable you purchased? or how you are powering the phone?
@@bjohnrini I have an old USB-C laptop dock plugged into the phone to both power it and give me a connection to the printer. My phone is a Google Fi phone I bought in 2017.
@@Oddman1980 You have a link or info on the dock you are using?
Thanks a lot for this video! It was just what i needed for my diy 3D printer. I will try it for sure and get rid of the laptop used...
OMG this is amazing .. I was about to buy PI zero 2W ... Thank you
this is awsome. i have a raspberry pi but ive not had the time (also i was being lazy) to set this up. but i have like 4 old phones.
Just got my first 3D printer up'n'running (Prusa i3 MK3S+, haven't even installed the MMU2S I got with it yet) and was going to get a PiZero 2W and plug it onto to printer's board. This seems to be a better solution for me, with no cost for connection and camera since I already have a couple of Mobiles and OTG-cables. Subbed to get more goodies 😁😁
Thanks for this video
I am gonna check this out!
Wow great video man, I'm connecting my retired galaxy s8 this weekend
On the phone clamp: Edelkrone has a phone clamp in their partially 3d printable line of products. Granted, the non-printable parts still cost more than the clamps you linked to. But printer cred! :D
That was a hell of a good video! Dankeschon!
Finally someone using an "old" smartphone for a video like this
For you and for everyone:
I waited a few weeks to write my opinion. After then I can confirm Octo4a works very well for me. I tested it on more smartphones. It worked also on a quite old Huawei P8 Lite. It runs now on a Huawei P20 Lite without any performace problem. I was able to set the energy management easyly. I made an "Y" cable, but it didn't work for either. It is currently running only on battery power. It lasts even up to a 24 hour of printing, or more. With a very used battery!! Especially when I turn off the camera server.
I ordered a USB multiport hub. It's on the way. I hope it will work. I don't want to modify the phone with an additional battery charging module. The only one issue to me is about the camera focus. When I turn off autofocus, everything will be awful blurry. With autofocus too, but not as much as when it's turned off. I saw on github this is a current issue. So I'm waiting it will be fixed sometime.
Overall I'm happy. I installed a BLtouch sensor. I was really scared to modify my printer. I scared about changing the firmware and losing the SD support too. But everything works fine. By the way my printer is Anet A8 Plus.
Have you managed to get charging to work with the hub you mentioned? I have a p20 lying around with information regarding simultaneous charge with otg scarce for whatever reason. I'm curious if you got it going and if you did, could you share the model of the hub?
@@moritzannoys Same issue, bought a otg cable from the link thomas provided but my one plus one doesn't charge while connected to the printer. thus the printer gets usb "power" from the connector of the charger....
Great video! Working good with the nord n200 phone and ender 3+ printer. Cheers 🍻
I just tried this with stuff I had laying around and it worked flawlessly! Unfortunately my wireless charger can't keep the battery from dying so I will have to buy an otg cable but very cool.
i have a couple of old android devices i might try this with.. thank you for the info
New use for my old huawei p8lite with broken wifi module. Bought a ethernet microusb adapter which should also work for my amazon fire stick in another life. This will free up my rpi3 for home assistant duty. Thanks Tom. Annoyingly couldnt find my otg cable that i know is in my empire of dirt somewhere.
May i recommend using UI customizer plug-in instead of Touch UI. It's made to be responsive and supports phones, tablets and more
Very cool, didn't know about this. Thanks!
Nice work. Never even thought of that. Time to dig out my 2 Galaxy S3s lol
I've tried this in the earlier stages about 6 months ago, but not much since then. much has probably changed since I used this. It's a great piece of software if you're in a pinch and want to try it out, but don't forget an old PC with an installation of linux can run octoprint just the same (plus there's a longer development trail, so it would be generally more reliable.). Great option though for quick setup (except for maybe designing the phone holder). Great Concept though and I bet it will only get better!
everything has worked out great so far, only thing is, I cant connect my prusa since it is not able to find a fitting baudrate.
That was a couple of seconds ago, found the cause: disable the rpi setting within your prusa printer settings.
I run octoprint on a 20 year old laptop, running linux. Works great, it's nice to have a big screen for control and monitoring, but mainly it's just what I used prior to octoprint. A linux install of octoprint is a bit more involved than just running the octopi image, but I had no prior Linux experience when I started and there are guides.
You can also run octoprint on windows, but it's not quite ideal compared to Linux apparently.
Top content, Tom! Thanks!
So i recently got back into Printing and this kinda was a tedious task that made it much more fun. I dont print often but now i have a way to do it without switching sd cards and spending money on a new piece of Hardware that might become obsolete in 5 to 10 years. I just wish there was more support for it. I would like to post my results whever i get some time (maybe also in 5 years) but I did mine using an old Oneplus 6 and an Ender 3 Pro 1.5v (4.2.2) Marlin 2.1.x. I learned a lot about more about the printer and code and i feel a little more satisfied with myself now that its almost finished.
Thanks Thomas for the info! Yesterday I was finally able to convert my old android phone without a battery to a printer support! I've removed the battery, soldered wires to the test pads (fortunately there were 3 of them for each traces!), added a LM2596s module and a 10k resistor as a thermistor. Without a resistor the phone won't turn on.
Previously I've tried several Y microusb OTG cables but the phone stopped charging after a few seconds. This way I can use it until the charger is plugged in.
Okay, tried printing a few models now and have some trouble maintaining stable connection. I'm getting timeouts randomly and that causes the printer to pause for a few seconds. Sometimes the motherboard disconnects completely and the printer fully stops. I'm not sure if it's some kind of noise, but I'll check with a raspberry pie soon.
I'm trying something different myself. I grabbed a trash tier Galaxy J3 and made it charge between 40 and 60 percent through software (AdvancedChargingController).
Less risk than a constant 100% charge. Making it work through a usb cable without battery is possible, but it's too much of a hack job.
@@MiGujack3 Totally agree with you! I wanted to go this way, tried like 3 or 4 different OTG + charging cables (for micro usb port), but I gave up. I wasn't be able to charge it while using as a host.
@@adamhun994 I will do a custom cable myself and report back. One of the pins should be disabled to prevent power going to the printer board. As in, full lines go to the phone but only 3 go to the printer board.
@@MiGujack3 The cable work?
Very well explained, gave it a go and it works like a charm :D
for those who's cable is powering the phone for a split second then disconnecting go to your phones settings. the go to connected devices and then switch the preference to this devices. My issue was that it was trying to send power to the usb device plugged in which stops it from charging the phone.
Nice, informative video - one thing to note is that currently I can only find one reputable company (or a company at all) that provides simultaneous charge with otg, that being Lava, but they happen to be very expensive, at about $30-40 apiece.
I use Octoprint on a RP with Polymer on the phone, works for years now. Can work also over internet with a VPN connection. This looks like a lot of work to get it right... And be careful with the batteries of the phones, especially with the lithium polymer, a fire in your house is really possible. This type is also very popular with drone owners and has already caused quite a bit of trouble.
Oh, this is perfect, my cell phone just busted to no daily use but for this it is perfect!
I'm just not being able to find the USB Y-splitter, for a usb-C phone.
Great video.. we really appreciate your tutorial! Thank you