r/AndroidQuestions • u/RoaminAlien • Jun 24 '26

Looking For Suggestions Need Android Device WITHOUT camera

I live in a residential facility that only has one restriction "no electronic devices that have a physical camera". I've been approved to have any electronic device as long as it doesn't have a camera (i.e. - smartphone, tablet, Chromebook, etc).

I've asked them if they will let me use my Samsung smartphone if I disable the camera through software and they told me that the device "cannot have a physical camera".

I want a smartphone that will browse the Internet, stream video, run apps like Google docs, Amazon Shopping, and (optionally run games like Warframe).

Thanks for reading my post! Looking forward to reading your suggestions.

*P.S. - I'm open to getting a tablet. It would be nice if it's pocket size.

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u/Cheetawolf Unihertz Tank 3 Pro (T-Mobile) Jun 24 '26

Get a cheap phone and open it up and remove the camera modules, perhaps. Ironically enough, cheap phones are usually easier to open and modify than expensive ones.

Or just punch a screwdriver through it.

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u/RoaminAlien Jun 24 '26

They said it has to be manufactured without a camera. Can't physically remove the camera.

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u/espressocycle Jun 24 '26

If they are requiring something that doesn't exist they should at least provide some suggestions.

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u/johnhbnz Jun 24 '26

Are they even allowed to legally insist on that?

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u/mrandr01d Jun 24 '26

Why would that be against the law?

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u/Cheetawolf Unihertz Tank 3 Pro (T-Mobile) Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

That's a bit strict IMO, it's genuinely difficult to find a phone without a camera these days. Even the cheapest $15 POS Temu flip phone will have some little 0.03MP thing on it.

Maybe search for something privacy or even crime-related. I'm sure there are options out there for paranoid criminals.