My pixel phone has meager storage. Could I use an old phone with bountiful SD space to serve up media via Bluetooth?
Any ideas if this would work practically speaking?
Edit: Looking for a functional equivalent of on-device storage space, i.e., for offline media consumption
USB phone jack is often used for power, so it’s unlikely available for OTG storage
Battery life in the server phone should be ok since it will be running in airplane mode with only Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth, and display off mostly
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Just saw the edit and if you don’t want to go the router route + LAN for some reason guess another option would be a ucb c dock that allows power pass through. I have an anker one that I use on occasion and recommend it. You can then either get an external drive or a SD card.
Bluetooth is probably too slow for what you want, but you could use your old phone as a Wifi hotspot and even install various server software on it via Termux.
That’s a neat idea of using an extra phone as a file server. I’ve only thought of phones as consumers, not providers.
@BigMikeInAustin @Pretzilla Only thing to worry about is the battery of the phone if its being left on 24/7
I would have to find a way to keep them on without needing a battery inserted.
GL.iNet’s travel routers have a USB port and support plugging in a EHDD to share over the network they create.
Pretty sure some even have an SD card slot too so even less weight to carry
Get a NAS for home, and VPN in as needed. Store all your media on the NAS, and also use it as a phone backup target.
Downside might be that this requires a good internet connection, which depending on where OP travels might not always be available.
Thanks but looking for offline solutions
Does it have support for microSD cards?
This seems a bit impractical. 2 phones to keep charged and manage.
Depending in your use case can’t you just get some external USB storage?
