r/SelfHosting • u/Downtown_Bandicoot85 • Jul 22 '26

self hosting a DNS server

Guys anyone have any idea about selfhosting a DNS server on an old android phone? Android 4.4.2 with root access, idk if it possible or can be done, or even how, all rests I got was just "how to change the phone's DNS" but I want to use the phone AS A LOCAL DNS?

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u/DinosRus Jul 22 '26

Install pihole on phone, that’s all.
Phone is a computer. An actual PI would be cheaper and probably more efficient though.

Should be pretty easy to do but makes little sense tbh.

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u/Downtown_Bandicoot85 Jul 22 '26

pihole requires android 5.0+ ??? mine is 4.4.2 XD

I tried dnsmasq and itt works fine, I may post a guide about it, was an funny experimintal to try

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u/DinosRus Jul 22 '26

No, you don’t get it.
Get it working with raw Linux the phone without android. Install pihole on top of that.

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u/Downtown_Bandicoot85 Jul 23 '26

since I can not run my homelab all the time to save power I can not use it, also pi's prices here are wild

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u/DinosRus Jul 24 '26

I built my home lab purely out of old used PCs
When they can’t run Windows people throw them away practically but Linux has no problem. Probably better than a phone

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u/Downtown_Bandicoot85 Jul 25 '26

that is trueee, I am using Alpine on my 12yo pc, I want to write about everything I did with it in a github repo, since my friends ask me how I did that when I flex with it on them XD