How I turned a 5‑G Android phone into an always‑on home server
An old CMF Phone 1 now runs Surf, a finance tracker, screen‑sharing and several web apps, surviving reboots and network switches. Its 8‑core ARM CPU, 8 GB RAM, Wi‑Fi 6 and built‑in battery replace a small Hetzner VPS, and the author shares what hardware tricks work and which Linux‑flashing attempts fail.