[Journey] PhoneFarms

Djewman said:
I've worked as an automation architect within the mobile app space for a decent amount of years now and always find it amusing when my customers give up on the emulators at some point and ask me to migrate their setups to real devices.
The main issue with emulators (both native iOS & Android) is that they are not built to run for more than just a couple hours on lightweight applications. And they always end up causing weird issues due to their memory leaks that the platform engineers never tend to care about.

But hey, I wish you all the best and hope that you can find a good balance between performance & reliability.
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Yeah, those are some really good points, and I definitely agree that there’s nothing quite like running things on a real device. Unfortunately, not everyone has the expertise or the means (especially the budget) to actually build and maintain a real-device setup, and I know it’s not exactly cheap to get started with either.

I guess it really comes down to what your end goal is and what kind of journey you’re on. I only set this setup up around 2–3 weeks ago, so I’m still experimenting with it. I’ve created a few sample accounts and I’m using some of the cheapest proxies you can find, and honestly, I was surprised that the accounts are still running without a single CAPTCHA so far, even with Google. I’ve also got some automation running to handle the warmups.

Out of curiosity, could you share a bit more about your experience as an automation architect? I’d be interested to hear what kind of setups you’ve worked with and what usually ends up pushing people from emulators over to real devices, I'm always up to getting to know like-minds. Pleasure to meet you and welcome to the forum.
 
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justmeseo said:
Yeah, those are some really good points, and I definitely agree that there’s nothing quite like running things on a real device. Unfortunately, not everyone has the expertise or the means (especially the budget) to actually build and maintain a real-device setup, and I know it’s not exactly cheap to get started with either.

I guess it really comes down to what your end goal is and what kind of journey you’re on. I only set this setup up around 2–3 weeks ago, so I’m still experimenting with it. I’ve created a few sample accounts and I’m using some of the cheapest proxies you can find, and honestly, I was surprised that the accounts are still running without a single CAPTCHA so far, even with Google. I’ve also got some automation running to handle the warmups.

Out of curiosity, could you share a bit more about your experience as an automation architect? I’d be interested to hear what kind of setups you’ve worked with and what usually ends up pushing people from emulators over to real devices, I'm always up to getting to know like-minds. Pleasure to meet you and welcome to the forum.
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i would love to read more about this too man.
 
justmeseo said:
thanks bro, you seem to be fan #1 , let me know if you have any other ideas that might help with the virtual devices.

yeah for sure.
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you can't deny that the project is looking pretty damn good man fr :)
 
How do you think to monetize this setup? Will you provide also app based scripts?
 
Narakhu07 said:
you can't deny that the project is looking pretty damn good man fr :)
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thank you man, like I said, text me when you free and I can showcase it to you.
UltraSPAM said:
How do you think to monetize this setup? Will you provide also app based scripts?
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There will be automation scripts as well. In terms of monetization, I think the main opportunity is renting out physical devices to users who want to establish and maintain their accounts on real phone devices. This would be especially useful for managing Facebook and TikTok advertising accounts.

Another monetization model would be renting out the servers/infrastructure to companies, allowing them to deploy as many devices as they need and manage everything themselves.
 
Are those devices actually running apps at the same time or mostly sitting idle? Curious how the CPU/RAM usage looks after running them
 
justmeseo said:
Current setup: (currently can run around 50-100 devices)

  • 16GB RAM
  • 6-core CPU
  • Astro js + Java + RUST
  • My own custom version of android (with injected GSM + google play)
  • No dedicated GPU
  • Custom lightweight Android environment
  • Play Store + Google services integrated
  • ADB access for device management
  • API for managing and communicating with Android instances
  • Multiple Android instances running from a single PC
  • Android/app data can be backed up and restored
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I'm planning to make a setup like this.
justmeseo said:
Rotating proxies also work well with this. I’ve already tested it with 5 devices running rotating proxies for YouTube watch hours, and it worked really well and stayed consistent.
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How would rotating proxies work for IG/Tiktok etc. accounts? I think they would get banned.
And, which proxy do you use for the best result?
justmeseo said:
Update #2, thanks @Narakhu07 for the idea.

New feature:
- Camera spoof
- Helps with account verification, you can use any webcam in your computer including obs as shown on the video.
- Verify social media accounts, and appeals using fake face renderer...

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This is one of the excellent features!
 
On emulators the first thing that got my accounts flagged was static sensor and battery data, so randomizing those mattered more than rotating IPs.
 
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