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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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EtchDroid USB writer, a good tool for writing bootable images to usb sticks (www.f-droid.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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Got a PC up and running linux with this

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[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Do modern android phones have standard USB ports or can you just use USB storage devices through the charging port with an adapter?

[–] cron@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Most phones have standard USB-C connectors where you can connect USB-C storage devices. For USB-A, you obviously need an adapter or a docking station.

[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok, I was confused because OP said USB "sticks". I knew that Linux phones have standard USB ports so I thought that maybe modern android phones had them too.

[–] cron@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"USB Stick" is the german word for "USB flash drive". This sometimes leads to confusion.

And BTW, I have never seen any phone with an USB-A port. As you mentioned Linux phones, the pine phones come with USB-C.

[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Ok, I know what happened. Because of Wikipedia's new layout, I saw "two USB 2.0 ports" but missed the part where it stated that those were included on the docking bar.

On a side note, I have seen people take a raspberry PI and use a case with a touch screen and a battery so they can use it as a phone.