Donated Phone Requirements

Build Your Own Google Expeditions Kit

Mattel View-Master VR Viewer- Amazon link

District I-Pad w/ Google Expeditions app loaded on it. Use already being used in your building. Google Expeditions IOS App Link

Donated phones that have been wiped and processed by district technicians

Guidelines

For donated phones, they will need to remove their personal accounts from the phone, and then wipe.

Prepare IOS for donation: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351

Prepare Android for donation: http://www.androidcentral.com/what-do-giving-away-or-selling-your-android-phone-or-tablet

For full specs, IOS needs to be 8 or higher, Android has these requirements:

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If you want to put together your own kit, you can use the app with Android tablets and phones. Expeditions will run on any Android (4.4 and above) or iOS (8.0 and above) device, but multiple devices are required to use the app. The phones used with a virtual reality viewer need to meet the required specifications.

Required specifications:

  • A gyroscope and accelerometer: This is essential for determining orientation and doing head-tracking in virtual reality viewer.
  • Android 4.4 or later OR iOS 8.0 or later
  • 1GB ram

Even if your phones meet the required specifications, some devices may still not be able to use Expeditions. For more certainty and a better experience, we recommend some additional specifications and features.

Recommended specifications:

  • GPU comparable with an Adreno 330
  • High resolution screen: 720p or 1080p is recommended.
  • Minimum of 2GB ram, 3 or 4 would be better
  • 2.4ghz and 5ghz wifi support
  • VR viewer compatible screen size (check the specifications for your viewer for recommended screen size)


Recommended Phones

View-Master® VR works best with the following smartphones (not included):

IPhones need to be iOS 8.3 and above

• iPhone® 7

• iPhone 7plus

• iPhone® 6s

• iPhone 6s plus

• iPhone 6 plus

• iPhone 6

• iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c*, iPhone 5*

Android phones need to be Android 4.4 or above

• Samsung Galaxy S®6

• Samsung Galaxy S®5

• Samsung Galaxy S®4

• Samsung Galaxy Note® 4

• Motorola Moto X™ (2014)

• Motorola Droid Turbo

• LG G4™

• LG G3

• HTC One®

• Nexus 6™

• Nexus 5

NOTE: View-Master® VR may also work with newer model Android and iOS smartphones not listed above that have screens between 5 and 6 inches.