I read this, thought "that's gotta be something you can do in Termux", searched it, and sure enough; that's something you can do in Termux.
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Awesome! This is just what I was looking for! Thanks!
Honestly sounds like a job for a Raspberry Pi Zero.
Small battery pack and a USB key, a bit of software setup, off you go.
Install Raspbian: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/getting-started.html#raspberry-pi-imager
Set it up as a hotspot:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#enable-hotspot
Configure Samba share:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/remote-access.html#samba
Wonderful suggestion, I have an older raspberry pi and a libre sweet potato and i know i could achieve this with those, but I was hoping there was a project out there that would let anyone with a phone do it! I think this would be an excellent way to get people interested in torrent and libre software, because if someone shows up to a location and all it takes is attaching to a wifi access point and then downloading files, it feels very simple and easy to become engaged with it.
Thank you nonetheless though, I think this is wonderful suggestion!
and if you want to go even cheaper get an esp32 board with an sd card slot (i like the tdongle from lilygo) and it can just serve yhe sdcard files meow
Car battery works.
True, they are typically 12 volt aren't they!
I just took mine out of my car for an unrelated issue haha, totally valid suggestion!
They make little ones for stuff like motorcycles and tractors. Just make sure it’s 12v, because atv batteries are 6v I think.