This is the best way I’ve found to keep my EO1 working, be able to update wifi settings, and push new images to it from a computer or phone remotely. “Zombie mode” keeps the body and OS of the EO1, but replaces the brain that controls image selection and slideshows with an Android app.

Here’s a writeup of how I approached it:

https://z32guru.com/tech-projects/electric-objects-eo1-zombie-mode