Hey guys I put together a little video of a 15$ android phone cold storage, this takes an unactivated prepaid phone with no internet connection, skips the setup and sideloads a wallet apk (mycelium in this video).
https://youtu.be/fzLLZYhbA50
The phone I bought was 15$ (looks like it is around 30$ online at most store now) either of these will work as well though :
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-LG-Lucky-Android-Prepaid-Smartphone/44465717
http://www.amazon.com/ZTE-Boost-Warp-Black-Mobile/dp/B00FX76TSM/ref=sr_1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1453952362&sr=1-5&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A7107988011
This will work for a micro sd: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-microSDHC-Memory-SDC4-4GBET/dp/B00200K1TI/ref=sr_1_7?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1453952244&sr=1-7&keywords=micro+sd&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011
Here is the mycelium link: https://mycelium.com/
https://youtu.be/fzLLZYhbA50
The phone I bought was 15$ (looks like it is around 30$ online at most store now) either of these will work as well though :
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-LG-Lucky-Android-Prepaid-Smartphone/44465717
http://www.amazon.com/ZTE-Boost-Warp-Black-Mobile/dp/B00FX76TSM/ref=sr_1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1453952362&sr=1-5&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A7107988011
This will work for a micro sd: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-microSDHC-Memory-SDC4-4GBET/dp/B00200K1TI/ref=sr_1_7?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1453952244&sr=1-7&keywords=micro+sd&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011
Here is the mycelium link: https://mycelium.com/
What happens if the phone broke? Is $15 of android phone is safe to use or the software and hardware it uses?