Old phones are often fated to sit in a box somewhere, or in an e-waste landfill. Here's how you can repurpose your old Samsung phone into a smart home device.

To enter safe mode on a Samsung phone, access the power menu, tap and hold the power off option until you see a safe mode icon, then tap on it. Use your phone while it's in the safe mode.

If you’re on an old Samsung Galaxy phone, hold off on updating it for now and double-check if auto updates are off, too. 9to5Mac (via Engadget) reports that Samsung is rolling out an update to ...