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Re:How Not to Go Off the Grid by nijave on Thursday October 13, 2022 @09:32PM (#33198647)
On Android, you can usually plug flash drives into the phone's USB port (either USB-C drives or using the correct dongles/adapters). They might insist you format them first so make sure you start by plugging them in and formatting on the phone before adding media. I think there's some apps that can read, for instance, NTFS (although I remember it being a little flakey)
Re:How Not to Go Off the Grid by autoexec on Thursday October 13, 2022 @10:29PM (#33198977)
I never heard about that before, but if that works it'd be amazing! Now I just have to dig up an adapter...
Re:How Not to Go Off the Grid by dredmorbius on Friday October 14, 2022 @12:03AM (#33199510)
A feature to look for is OTG (USB On The Go) connectors and devices.

This allows storage, peripherals (wired headphones!) to connect to the USB-C port:

<https://www.minitool.com/news/what-is-otg.html>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go>

Re:How Not to Go Off the Grid by TheNewsIsHere on Friday October 14, 2022 @12:18AM (#33199573)
You can also do this with iOS/iPadOS devices, although it won’t write NTFS.