Re-purpose Android smartphone for wsprdaemon?


Bruce KX4AZ
 

I am about to retire a Pixel 3 Android smartphone.  As I understand it, it should be possible to install the Linux operating system on an old Android smartphone like this....which leads to my question.  I wonder if anyone here has any experience installing/running wsprdaemon on such a device.  I also wonder how the CPU horsepower might compare to a Pi4 for such a use.


Rob Robinett
 

I expect it would be a major effort to port WD to such an environment since there are many, many library dependencies.

Since my WD installations at KPH on a Pi4 and AI6VN on a Thinkcentre are running out of CPU,  I am exploring port WD on to the new Mac OSX / M1 CPU as a long term solution to my out of CPU problmes

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 7:56 AM Bruce KX4AZ <bruce@...> wrote:
I am about to retire a Pixel 3 Android smartphone.  As I understand it, it should be possible to install the Linux operating system on an old Android smartphone like this....which leads to my question.  I wonder if anyone here has any experience installing/running wsprdaemon on such a device.  I also wonder how the CPU horsepower might compare to a Pi4 for such a use.



--
Rob Robinett
AI6VN
mobile: +1 650 218 8896