I've wanted to try this with an old phone and OTG storage for a local mysql database for my weather station instead of remote vps But it still seems too tediou

I've wanted to try this with an old phone and OTG storage for a local mysql database for my weather station instead of remote vps But it still seems too tedious/unreliable and most android devices cannot charge at the same time as using OTG even with special cables, needs kernel support