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You can strap Raspberry to your phone via USB and you have 100% Linux phone without restrictions. Communication happens via Phone's USB-tethering and Raspberry'
by timonoko 4y ago
You can strap Raspberry to your phone via USB and you have 100% Linux phone without restrictions. Communication happens via Phone's USB-tethering and Raspberry's Internet-via-USB (and bVNC). OTG-phone can also power the Raspberry.
I used this setup a lot, but nowadays Termux with X11-server is good enough.
Most use nowadays is photo editing with GIMP. You can gain excellent dexterity with bVNC with time.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoI'd been considering working out a way to do this over Bluetooth networking for a while - have a Pi0W on a power bank in my bag, hooked up to phone over BT for when I want to test something quick on the go (ideas often happen on buses, subways, etc). Might tinker with it this evening.
- axytol 4y agoThinking of the Pi0, I assume you would need 2 usb cables and a hub: 1 cable goes to Pi's power usb port, 1 goes to the other usb port for connectivity, then both cables joined through a hub to the phone's usb port.
- timonoko 4y agoMay have been also that when you connected Pi to a power source it powered the phone too. I was using this system 10 years go with very cheap phone without OTG, so Pi was solution to this and other problems.