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    Powerful enough for using as a file server!?

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        krillin15
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        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 πŸ˜• 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:

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          arubislander
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          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...

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            kristatos
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            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.

            BQ Aquaris E4.5 (UT 16.04)
            Vollaphone (UT 24.04)
            Vollaphone 22 (UT 24.04)

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              nero355 @krillin15
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              @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 πŸ˜• 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 πŸ™‚

              My phones :

              • BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Phone Edition - Ubuntu Touch 16.04 LTS
              • ZUK Z2 Pro - ZUI Android 8.x
              • Xiaomi Mi 9T - Jolla SailFish 3.4.x Community Build

              P.S. : I am NOT a developer! ;)

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                Peter Gamma @nero355
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                @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/

                PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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                  FakeShell @krillin15
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                  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

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                    Peter Gamma @FakeShell
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                    @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.

                    PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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                      Peter Gamma @Peter Gamma
                      last edited by Peter Gamma

                      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.

                      PETER GAMMA (Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND

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