<![CDATA[Powerful enough for using as a file server!?]]>Hello friends,

I used my Aquaris E4.5 until Ubuntu officially ends Ubuntu phone project then back to Android (using BQ Android ROM) before release of UBports.

After these years phone working just fine - a little slow but well - until the touch screen has been damaged 😕 and I forced to change my phone - Nokia 2.2.

I decided to install UBports on my old Aquaris E4.5 and just archive it in the original BQ box.

But I wondering in matter of CPU, RAM and the storage (64GB microSD card included) it's powerful enough to using it as a file server for my home network 😁 e.g. SMB sharing or even Syncthing or even as a DNS server for Ad Blocking using hosts file?

Right now, I can using the Camera and Notebook to record audio notes with help of Android's Accessibility Suite (Switch and Voice Access). 😁

Thank you so much that give me your time :folded_hands:

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7287/powerful-enough-for-using-as-a-file-serverRSS for NodeSun, 10 May 2026 11:14:50 GMTThu, 20 Jan 2022 12:36:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:38:12 GMT]]>Nextcloud Server on a Linux Phone!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSKHbYVvKF0

TechHut asked, is this (Pine) phone a raspberry pi with a built in screen? NexCloud runs easily on a Rasperri Pi. To run a Nextcloud on a (Ubports) Linux phone is a great idea. It eventually could make it easier to read and write files on a Ubports phone.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/63440https://forums.ubports.com/post/63440Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:38:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Tue, 29 Mar 2022 06:55:57 GMT]]>@fakeshell I would build a Rasperri PI server in your case. Rasperri PI s are affordable, and to build a server with it is much more straightforward than with a phone.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/63386https://forums.ubports.com/post/63386Tue, 29 Mar 2022 06:55:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:13:03 GMT]]>I run a CIFS server on my Redmi note 9s to transfer files between host and Waydroid and it uses 60-70mb of ram while transferring data highest was 120

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/63367https://forums.ubports.com/post/63367Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:13:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:23:52 GMT]]>@nero355 One the PinePhone, you can run a Minecraft Server:

https://www.facebook.com/TechHutHD/videos/minecraft-server-on-a-linux-phone-pinephone-stress-test/189355259291065/

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/63361https://forums.ubports.com/post/63361Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:23:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:22:37 GMT]]>@krillin15 said in Powerful enough for using as a file server!?:

After these years phone working just fine - a little slow but well - until the touch screen has been damaged 😕 and I forced to change my phone - Nokia 2.2.

Have you tried to find a replacement screen for it ??

IMHO it would be better to replace the screen and keep the phone just as a spare phone than to try anything else with it 🙂

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60517https://forums.ubports.com/post/60517Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:22:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:12:13 GMT]]>You can use it as a FTP-Server with WifiTransfer from openstore without big trouble. It should simply work.
For smb/nfs etc. there's no app, so you have to configure the OS to do this job.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60500https://forums.ubports.com/post/60500Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:12:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Powerful enough for using as a file server!? on Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:04:49 GMT]]>It could definitely be used as a syncthing node. But as a file server I don't know... You'd have to get CIFS or NFS services working, and you would have to fight the OS to do that...

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60499https://forums.ubports.com/post/60499Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:04:49 GMT