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Depending on the phone, if the phone has a USB-C, you could definitely turn it into a NAS with an external disk caddy and an ethernet connection (usb-c port ext
by BossingAround 2y ago
Depending on the phone, if the phone has a USB-C, you could definitely turn it into a NAS with an external disk caddy and an ethernet connection (usb-c port extenders do that). That said, it'd definitely be cheaper and better user experience to just use something with Linux on it (like an older NUC, openWRT as you say, or something similar).
- sandreas 2y agoA phone is an extremely versatile device (Audio, Camera, Storage, Display, Battery, USB-C), but for some purposes it is just not the right choice. I use old phones as remote audio player surveilance cam book scanner What I would love to have is an Android KVM device - an old phone capable of remote controlling a PC like PiKVM[1]. Should be possible, but remote display stuff is pretty hard to handle... 1: https://pikvm.org/ https://pikvm.org/