Reuse Old Android phone as FTP Server, http Server

Hello friends, In this article tutorial we are discussing on how to Reuse Old Android phone as FTP Server, http Server ?

Why use old Android phone as FTP Server ?

Ans : sometimes people's have there Old phone are lying around or in table drawer. Reuse Old Android phone is always good option rather than lying around and getting damaged .

What is FTP Server ?

Ans : FTP stand for 'FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL'. Most hosting website provides FTP access to your web hosting. FTP Server is just like a cloud storage . Using FTP anyone can backup there data/media to FTP Server. Possible to use FTP server on local network.

Pre Required things:

Old Android phone with ROOT 

FTP Server apk

Http Server apk 

I'm used xplore file manager by lonely cat game for system/root access of phone. Copy ftp server.apk and put it in /system/priv-app/ftp & give permission 644. ( Apk & folder name must be same : if folder is ftp then apk name should be ftp.apk ).

     Just like ftp.apk , copy http.apk file in /system/priv-app/http ← here

Example of My diy FTP Server project :

This is my old Android phone used as FTP+ HTTP SERVER in local network. It's working as FTP + HTTP SERVER at a time.

I'm modified my phone boot.img to automatically boot phone when charger plug-in.

External Battery : I'm using and external Battery. Connected and replace old battery

This is my local network  FTP + HTTP SERVER. It's connected to my Wi-Fi.

Phone Hardware:

• Android 7
• RAM 1GB
• INTERNAL 16GB
• EXTERNAL 64GB SANDISK U3
• SPD 9832A quad core

Phone 📱 Can automatically boot & start FTP+http server automatically by itself. No need to do manual action. Phone connected to charger for 24/7 at 5V 0.500mah power . 4 months passed but No battery problem at all.