Create Live Media with Smartphone Successful

[Member ModdIt]

I am writing this post from a live USB stick created using an android phone.

I downloaded antiX 21 full to phone storage using Bromite Browser,
which I had Installed through F Droid.
Checked the ISO, sha256 using Hash Droid app installed from F Droid
Wrote the Fully featured antiX bootable USB stick using an app
called ISO 2 USB. Downloaded from APK Pure

Set language and booted in to a fully featured antiX live experience.
Only extra needed, a USB C to OTG adapter.
My phone: Huawei 9XPro, a non google device with android 9.

Depending on device USB B or C OTG adapter will be required along
with the USB Stick for installation.

Pls do remember to delete the ISO from phone if your space is limited.

[Member madibi]

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It is amazing what can be done.
The only limit is your imagination!
Just yesterday I saw a tutorial on youtube, how you can recover an old broken smartphone, attach a monitor to it, and build a wooden case.
Keyboard bluetooth.
The result being a desktop pc alike.
With your idea, that would be a fantastic use of antix! 🙂

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• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by madibi.

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@madibi – the procedure that Moddit describes is for using an android device to create the USB live pendrive that allows antiX to be installed to a personal computer, not for running antiX on an android device.

Side note – I do not know if my android devices can use an OTG to connect to and monitor – but I tested using usb pen drives and keyboard and mouse with android devices (still using their tiny screens). Currently is way cheaper to get an 10 inch (or larger) android tablet – that is OTG compatible – “decrapify” it, install LibreOffice/Collabora Office, VLC, a nice opensource file manager, PDF reader, etc, connect it to a USB hub (connected to an usb keyboad and a mouse, even a printer)
And use it as a netbook/laptop. It’s much cheaper than buying a new computer, and it’s sufficient for the most common tasks ( web browsing, watching streaming video, play video files and do office work ) and still have access to thousands of applications. And yes, there’s even a way to run Linux on an android device, no root needed… But I never tested antiX that way!

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