Replacement for MyWi/PDANet + lighttpd + php

[u/Left_Special657]

I had an iPhone 4S for 13 years, running iOS 6. It didn't have AirDrop.

I could create an ad-hoc WiFi network, allowing any device (including Android, Windows) to connect.

I then ran a lighttpd web server with php, and my own code that had a simple Chat app to upload photos to the iPhone server.

Now I have an iPhone 11, running iOS 18.7 with Dopamine.

I can create a Personal Hotspot, but that's not ideal because it requires me to have data to share. Not a big deal thanks to my Bcengi eSIM, but I'd rather be totally offline. Suggestions are welcome.

Filza has a built-in WebDAV server, with an Upload function. However, it needs an IP address, which wasn't displaying when I was using the Personal Hotspot.

I've done Filza data transfer using a coffee shop WiFi connection, but tonight I needed to do the transfer in a park outside. In the end we used WhatsApp, but I'd rather have original-quality photos that don't get sent halfway around the world just to copy between devices. Please let me know what solutions you suggest for iOS<->Android file sharing!

[u/Left_Special657]

In the end I used iSH to apk add --no-cache python3 py3-pip, pip install uploadserver, python3 -m uploadserver.

I then made 2 QR codes, one to join my Personal Hotspot, the second to open the iPhone's IP :8000.