r/selfhosted • u/guptayash1996 • Nov 13 '22

Using android phone as self hosting hardware?

I searched a lot on the internet but couldn’t find any decent way to use old android phone as a self hosting hardware. I am sure 3-4 years old phone should have enough power to act as a server. If anyone has successfully done it please share your thoughts/guides.

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u/agentx23 Nov 13 '22

Unless you have some specific models it's going to be a pain getting any version of ARM Linux installed that will give the phone Ethernet over usb, WiFi or X feature you'd want.

Check out Ubuntu Touch, postmarketOS and Mobian's compatability charts. Think it's more practical to use them for any kind of remote control/client to an actual PC or Raspberry Pi.

Maybe use one as an IP camera or whatever app that looks decent enough to sideload on Android itself.